The Clemson football team in 2024 has an incredibly high ceiling, but a lot of that will revolve around the level of play at quarterback.
Like the team, Clemson’s starting quarterback, Cade Klubnik, has a high ceiling. Throughout the history of the game, we’ve seen quarterbacks with a ton of potential fail to live up to it, and Clemson fans don’t want to see that with Klubnik.
Clemson offensive coordinator Garrett Riley is confident in the progress Klubnik has made, but he’s not the only quarterback on the roster improving. Redshirt freshman Christopher Vizzina has brought a lot of competition to that QB room.
“There’s competition there, and that’s what’s good. You get a guy (Vizzina) that’s going to put the ball in play, and I don’t care what team, if it’s ones, twos, threes, whoever and whatever group he’s in, he’s leading, and we’re driving the ball and scoring touchdowns. That’s naturally going to kind of create that competition, and that’s what we’re seeing right now,” Riley said.
Competition is a great thing, as iron sharpens iron. There’s no doubt that Klubnik is QB1 heading into the season, but there’s also no doubt that feeling comfortable with the guy behind your starter is massive.