Perry Tuttle Perry Tuttle is a former Clemson football standout in the early 1980s . His career continued into the National Football League ( Buffalo Bills , Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and Atlanta Falcons ) and Canadian Football League ( Winnipeg Blue Bombers ) . Now , he is known for his inspirational speaking , sports marketing , and sports ministry . Early life . Perry Warren Tuttle was born on August 2 , 1959 in Lexington , North Carolina to Russell Samuel and Betty Mae Tuttle . He attended North Davidson High School and was a standout player throughout his high school career . His successes in high school led to his recruitment by and later him attending Clemson University . College Life . The prime of Tuttle football career was during his three seasons ( 1978 - 1981 ) at Clemson University . As of the 2008 Clemson football season , Tuttle ranks 2nd all - time for touchdown receptions with 17 , 2nd all - time for receiving yards with 2 , 534 , 4th all - time for receptions with 150 , and 9th all - time yards per catch with 16 . 82 . Tuttle caught the winning touchdown pass in the 1981 Orange Bowl , which secured the National Championship for the Tigers . His celebration after the TD catch in the 3rd quarter , arms outstretched above his head with ball in hand , made the cover of the January 11 , 1982 edition of Sports Illustrated with the caption stating , “ Orange Bowl Hero Perry Tuttle of Clemson . ” In 1991 , Clemson added Tuttle to their Hall of Fame , and in 1996 , he was named as a member of Clemson ’ s Centennial team . Later in 1999 , “ a panel of historians ranked Tuttle as the 14th best player in Clemson football history . ” NFL career . On April 27 , 1982 , the 6 foot , 178 pound , Tuttle was selected in the first round ( 19th overall ) of the NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills . It was in Buffalo that Tuttle spent the majority of his three seasons in the NFL . For the two seasons that he spent with the Bills , Tuttle had 24 receptions for 375 yards and 3 touchdowns . Between 1982 and 1983 , the latter year was his most productive season . He averaged 15 . 4 yard a catch on 17 receptions for 264 total yards . After his two seasons in with the Bills , his career in the NFL took a major decline . Due to a very short time with the Buccaneers , Tuttle did not post any stats in Tampa Bay . And later , while in Atlanta , he only played in 5 games which led to only minimal stat production , 1 reception for 7 yards . CFL career . In 1986 , Tuttle began his 6 season career in Canadian Football League with Winnipeg Blue Bombers . Throughout his time with the Bombers , he caught 321 passes for 5 , 817 yards for 41 touchdowns . On November 25 , 1990 at B . C Place Stadium in Vancouver , the Bombers ( 12 - 6 ) defeated the Edmonton Eskimos , 50 - 11 , to win the Grey Cup Championship , the equivalent to the Super Bowl in the NFL . The Bombers quarterback Tom Burgess awarded the Offensive Most Value Player honor and linebacker Greg Battle was named Defensive Most Valuable Player . In the third quarter of the game , Tuttle caught a 60 yard pass that later led to his 5 yard touchdown catch . Two seasons after the Blue Bombers championship win , in 1992 , Tuttle ended his football career and moved his family back to North Carolina ( Charlotte ) . A few years after his retirement , Tuttle was once again recognized for his outstanding football talent with an induction into the Winnipeg Blue Bomber Hall of Fame .