As 2023 draws to an end, Clemson will play its final game of the college football season on Friday when it takes on Kentucky in the Gator Bowl.
Clemson (8-4) enters Friday on a four-game winning streak after starting the season 4-4. Kentucky (7-5), on the other hand, has dropped five of its last seven.
Records aside, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is expecting the Wildcats to bring their all.
“You come to Clemson, that’s every single game. You’re going to get everybody’s best every single week,” Swinney said on Thursday. “We talk about that all the time. It doesn’t matter who we play or where we play or what time we play. Whoever we play, we’re going to get their best.”
That said, here are five Clemson players to keep a close eye on when the Tigers take on the Wildcats at noon on Friday: