Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney held his weekly Zoom conference call with the media Sunday evening and updated the status of a starting offensive lineman who suffered an injury in Saturday’s 40-10 win over Miami at Death Valley.
Swinney said starting left guard Marcus Tate, who went down on Clemson’s first possession and had to be helped off the field, will be out for the rest of the season.
The sophomore will have to undergo surgery after sustaining a knee injury in the game. While that’s the bad news, Swinney said the good news is that Tate’s injury is not related to his ACL or MCL.
“We got good news and bad news,” Swinney said. “Good news is his ACL and all that stuff is good. Bad news is there’s like a — I don’t really know how to explain it other than there’s like a little ligament or tendon or something that holds your kneecap, and that’s where he got hurt. K.J. (Henry) actually had a similar thing a couple years ago.
“So, he’s going to have to have surgery on that to get it fixed. Again, it’s not like an ACL surgery, so he’ll be fine. So, that’s the good news. The bad news is he’s going to be out for us.”
Swinney added that he expects Tate to be back this spring — not at full speed, but in a green jersey, Swinney said.
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