Take a step back for a moment and marvel at Trevor Lawrence’s college football career so far, before you point out that he didn’t have a great game in Clemson’s national title loss to LSU on Monday.
The quarterback has one championship under his belt, one that came by taking down Alabama. He made another title game this year, and who knows what will happen with the Tigers next year.
And then there’s this much-cited fact that’s incredible: Monday marked the first time Lawrence lost a football game since … November 17, 2017, when he was in high school.
Can you imagine what that’s like? Dude hasn’t lost in over two years!
Trevor Lawerence hasn't lost a game since November 17, 2017. I talked to @ClemsonFB's QB about expectations, consistency and winning championships. pic.twitter.com/UOELGq9J3p
— Maria Taylor (@MariaTaylor) December 28, 2019
Thanks to The Athletic, we have footage from that night when Lawrence’s Cartersville High lost to Blessed Trinity late in the fourth quarter:
TOUCHDOWN Blessed Trinity with 12 seconds left! 20-17 late!! pic.twitter.com/vpIAwnvxgk
— Rusty Mansell (@Mansell247) November 18, 2017
This quote from that article stood out to me:
“When I came to (Clemson), it was something where I was like, ‘I don’t want to lose anymore,’” Lawrence said Monday as a swarm of reporters surrounded him at Clemson’s on-campus media day. “Me and coach (Dabo) Swinney have had talks: It’s not in the rulebook that you have to lose.”
Unfortunately for him, he did have to lose. But what a run.
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