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Bye week comes at ‘good time’ as Clemson tries to get healthy

In speaking on the status of his team’s overall health, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney cracked a joke that might not be too far from the truth. “We had a team out there in yellow (during Monday’s practice) that could probably go win bowl games,” Swinney …

In speaking on the status of his team’s overall health, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney cracked a joke that might not be too far from the truth.

“We had a team out there in yellow (during Monday’s practice) that could probably go win bowl games,” Swinney quipped during his weekly radio appearance Monday night, referencing the jersey color designated for injured players who are held out of contact.

Clemson has two weeks to prepare for its next game at Syracuse, which won’t be played until Oct. 15. A critical part of that process for the Tigers will be using the extra time to get healed up after their injury list grew longer during their win over Boston College on Saturday.

One of those players, Will Taylor, won’t be back this season. The freshman receiver tore his ACL early in last week’s game and will undergo season-ending surgery, but Swinney voiced optimism that most if not all of Clemson’s other ailing players who could return this season will do so by next weekend.

“The open date is coming at a good time for us,” Swinney said. “We’re a M.A.S.H. unit. We’ve got a lot of guys that we’d have a hard time probably playing this week. I feel like we’ll be in good shape come Sunday.”

Receiver Justyn Ross and tight end Braden Galloway are both going through concussion protocol, Swinney said, after they took hits to the head and neck area early during last week’s game. Swinney said the decision to remove Ross from the game was more precautionary given his recent spinal fusion surgery, but he said he expects both to return to practice either at some point this week or early next week.

“Galloway I think was a little more concussed,” Swinney said. “Ross, he got hit right there in the head area. And obviously with his situation, (the medical staff) is going to be cautious with him. But he’s good. Looked great (Monday), so I feel good about that.”

Offensive lineman Will Putnam missed Saturday’s game with a toe injury, but Swinney said Monday the Tigers’ right guard is “a little better.” Swinney said he’s hopeful Putnam can start practicing again early next week.

Cornerbacks Malcolm Greene, Mario Goodrich and Fred Davis were also held out. It’s the second straight game Greene has missed at his nickel spot with a shoulder injury. Swinney said Greene still isn’t fully healthy but that he was ready to play Saturday if needed and has been practicing.

“(Greene) is one of the toughest kids we’ve got and definitely a guy we’ve got to get in there more,” Swinney said.

Goodrich, who started the first four games opposite Andrew Booth on the outside, is dealing with a groin injury while Davis has missed back-to-back games with a sprained ankle. Swinney said they’re in the same boat with receivers Frank Ladson Jr. (groin) and E.J. Williams (hand), who left Saturday’s game after getting banged up. Williams later returned.

“We anticipate all of those guys being able to go, but we’ll see where we are at the end of the week,” Swinney said.

Meanwhile, starting tight end Davis Allen was unavailable for most of last week’s game after being ejected for targeting in the first quarter. But since it happened during the first half, Allen won’t have to miss any time against Syracuse.

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What It Means: Latest close call offers glimmer of hope for Clemson’s offense

There D.J. Uiagalelei was. Still throwing passes. There wasn’t any time left on the clock. No defense to try to crack. No fans watching his every move. Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, long after Boston College’s players and coaches as well as the 79,159 …

There D.J. Uiagalelei was. Still throwing passes.

There wasn’t any time left on the clock. No defense to try to crack. No fans watching his every move.

Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, long after Boston College’s players and coaches as well as the 79,159 fans in attendance had filed out of Memorial Stadium following Clemson’s 19-13 win, Uiagalelei was back on the field throwing against air. With a student manager on the receiving end, Clemson’s quarterback repped some of the throws he had missed — throws that, if he’d connected on them, could have made for a much comfortable margin of victory.

A lot has been said about Uiagelelei’s rollercoaster start to his sophomore season, but no one can accuse Clemson’s quarterback of not caring or working. Still, Uiagalelei knows he can be better. Because even before he started that late-night throwing session, during his postgame interview with reporters, Uiagalelei admitted as much.

It left the Tigers’ quarterback, who’s often shouldered the blame for Clemson’s offensive woes even if it hasn’t always been warranted, talking about a hopeful performance from the unit he leads instead of a breakout one.

“Just got to continue to finish in the red zone and turn those field goals into touchdowns, but we took a huge step (Saturday),” Uiagalelei said.

Clemson only reached the end zone once Saturday night, but the offense’s performance was far from the slog it’s typically been this season. Through four games, the Tigers had the lowest yards per play in the ACC and ranked among the nation’s worst offenses in total yards. Clemson racked up 438 yards against Boston College — 143 more than its season average — and ripped off 6.4 yards per play. The only game in which it’s been higher? South Carolina State.

Perhaps the best news for the Tigers was most of that production came on the ground behind their retooled offensive line that underwent more alterations. With right guard Will Putnam (toe) unable to go, Matt Bockhorst slid over from center and Marcus Tate re-entered the starting lineup at left guard. The end result? An offense that began the day averaging less than 126 yards on the ground (99th out of 130 FBS teams) finished with 231 rushing yards, easily the most Clemson has rushed for against an FBS opponent this season.

A good chunk of that came on a 59-yard touchdown run by Kobe Pace — the Tigers’ longest play from scrimmage — but it wasn’t the only chunk play on the ground. Freshman Phil Mafah, getting his first career snaps with Will Shipley (leg injury) out and Lyn-J Dixon (transfer) no longer around, ripped off multiple runs of at least 10 yards, including a 28-yarder. Even Uiagalalei, who continues to be utilized more and more in the run game, had scampers of 14 and 15 yards.

It helped the Tigers make eight trips into Boston College territory. Two possessions after Pace’s scoring run early in the first quarter, Clemson put together a 10-play, 94-yard march that reached the Eagles’ 2. But the Tigers had to settle for a field goal that put them up 10-3 at the time.

B.T. Potter kicked three more field goals on drives that reached at least Boston College’s 25 before stalling out. And that was the Tigers’ biggest issue.

“We’ve got to finish some of the plays that are there,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “We’ve got several plays that we need to finish that, they’re there. And we’ve got to just continue to develop that chemistry and get it done.”

Boston College stoned a handful of goal-line runs before Potter booted that first kick through the uprights, but there were a handful of opportunities to put the ball in the end zone through the air against man coverage that Clemson hasn’t seen much this season. Offensive coordinator Tony Elliott said Boston College likes to play that type of coverage with a high safety anyway, but the Tigers’ effectiveness on the ground lent itself to the Eagles dropping more defenders in the box and leaving their corners on an island with Clemson’s receivers.

Elliott dialed up some deep balls to try to take advantage of those matchups, and Uiagalelei’s receivers didn’t always help him out, particularly late in the fourth quarter when Joseph Ngata dropped a pass inside Boston College’s 5 a few plays before Potter kicked his final field goal to give Clemson the six-point advantage. But Uiagalelei had chances to connect with Ngata and Beaux Collins on a handful before that. He overthrew all of them.

“Playing quarterback, you’ve got to have an intensity to just be able to lock in,” Uiagalelei said. “You can’t worry about anything that’s going on around you. I thought I did a pretty good job (Saturday), but there are a couple of throws, I wish I had those back. One to Joe. A couple to Beaux. It’s all good though. Just need to keep learning.”

Uiagalelei finished 12 of 26 passing for 207 yards but was oh so close to putting more points on the board for the Tigers. Touch and accuracy on the longer passes has been an issue for him all season, and Swinney said the Tigers will have to start hitting on some of those if the offense is going to truly break through.

The Tigers have an extra week to work on it, and getting healthy would help. Clemson enters its open date with receivers Justyn Ross, Frank Ladson Jr., E.J. Williams and Will Taylor banged up to some extent. The same goes for tight ends Davis Allen and Braden Galloway. Swinney said Ross and Galloway both took blows to the head Saturday while Taylor sustained a knee injury, though Swinney didn’t know the severity of it afterward.

Clemson kept itself afloat in the ACC title race with Saturday’s win, but the Tigers will almost certainly need to put more points on the board against the rest of its schedule if it’s going to stay that way. Awaiting Clemson are back-to-back road games starting Oct. 15 at Syracuse, which has scored at least 24 points in four of its five games. The Tigers then head to Pittsburgh, which is scoring more points than anybody in the FBS (52.4 per game).

“We’re just in the process of refining all the details,” Elliott said. “And once we’re able to combine the details with the passion and fight, I think these guys are going to explode.”

Whether the Tigers can put it all together by then remains to be seen, but the offense Clemson trotted onto the field Saturday looked like a unit that’s getting closer to doing just that.

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The good, the bad and the ugly from Clemson’s heart-stopping win over Boston College

No. 19 Clemson got just enough offense and another late stand from its defense to pull out another nail-biter over Boston College late Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. Here’s the good, the bad and the ugly from the Tigers’ 19-13 victory. The good …

The good

Where’s that running game been all season?

Outside of an opponent it was able to physically overwhelm (South Carolina State), Clemson hasn’t come close to racking up the kind of yards it did on the ground against the Eagles. The Tigers finished with 231 yards on 40 carries, or 5.8 yards per carry. Only against S.C. State (6.7) has Clemson ripped off more yards per tote this season.

A good chunk of that came on Kobe Pace’s 59-yard touchdown run early in the first quarter, Clemson’s longest play all season. But an offensive line that again had to shuffle things with right guard Will Putnam (toe) out got more consistent push at the point of attack, and the Tigers also got out on the edge some to rip off other runs of at least 10 yards. Freshman Phil Mafah, getting his first snaps of the season, had 58 yards on just seven carries, including 10- and 28-yarders. Quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei again got involved in the running game, too, with two of his 12 rushes going for 14 and 15 yards.

Clemson also played its first turnover-free game while the defense had its most opportunistic performance off the season. The Tigers forced three turnovers, nearly matching its season total coming (4), and continued to come up clutch to minimize the Eagles’ damage when they threatened, holding Boston College to 13 points despite five of its possessions reaching Clemson’s 23-yard line or farther. None was more timely than K.J. Henry’s fumble recovery to turn the Eagles away in the red zone in the final minute.

But without B.T. Potter, none of it may have mattered. Clemson’s veteran kicker hadn’t gotten much work this season with the offense struggling the way it has at times, but Potter got four field-goal opportunities from various distances Saturday and connected on all of them to help push the Tigers over the top.

The bad

The reason Clemson had to rely so heavily on Potter for most of its points was because the offense often stalled out after putting together promising drives. Clemson racked up 438 yards of offense and made four trips inside Boston College’s 25, but the scoreboard didn’t necessarily reflect that simply because the Tigers didn’t finish drives in the end zone.

Potter’s field goals came at the end of all four of those possessions, including one where the Tigers got all the way to Boston College’s 2 after marching 94 yards on 10 plays early in the second quarter.

More misses from Uiagalelei in the passing game contributed to that. Clemson’s effectiveness running the ball finally forced Boston College to commit extra defenders to the box and play more man coverage on the back end, giving Clemson more opportunities to strike down the field than it’s had much of the season. But Uiagalelei routinely overthrew his receivers on those deep balls as he continues to search for consistent accuracy and touch in the passing game.

The shot plays are something Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Uiagalelei is going to have to start hitting if the Tigers expect to maximize their offensive potential this season. The sophomore quarterback finished 13 of 28 through the air for 207 yards, his second straight game completing less than half of his passes.

“Just a little off, but it’ll come,” Swinney said. “Same guy who threw for almost 500 (yards) against Notre Dame last year, so it’s in there. Just got to keep rolling.”

The ugly

The injury bug continued to take a massive bite out of the Tigers. Putnam and cornerback Fred Davis, who missed his second straight game with a bum ankle, were ruled out before the game. And once it started, the hits kept coming.

Receiver Justyn Ross left the game in the first half after taking a hit to the head, Swinney said, and didn’t return. Freshman receiver Will Taylor, who doubles as the Tigers’ punt return, was injured early and watched the rest of the game from the sideline with ice on his knee. Fellow receivers Frank Ladson Jr. and E.J. Williams, who had already been dealing with a torn thumb ligament, were also banged up.

So were tight ends Davis Allen and Braden Galloway, forcing seldom-used Sage Ennis and Jaelyn Lae into action at that position. Another cornerback, Mario Goodrich, was also held out because of an unspecified injury he sustained the previous week against North Carolina State.

Swinney didn’t have many updates afterward on the players who were injured during the game, but Clemson’s bye week couldn’t be coming at a better time for an ailing team before the Tigers head to Syracuse on Oct. 15. They were already dealing with the losses of defensive tackles Tyler Davis (bicep surgery) and Bryan Bresee (torn ACL) as well as running back Will Shipley (lower leg), which are longer-term injuries and, in Bresee’s case, season-ending.

“It was crazy,” Swinney said. “Like a M.A.S.H. unit going on. … The biggest thing is just the health of our guys.”

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Uiagalelei backs Elliott: ‘He’s the best offensive coordinator in football’

D.J. Uiagalelei has the back of his offensive coordinator. During Monday’s media availability, Clemson’s starting quarterback wasn’t the only player to come to the defense of the team’s play-caller, but he took a pointed remark at Tony Elliot’s …

D.J. Uiagalelei has the back of his offensive coordinator.

During Monday’s media availability, Clemson’s starting quarterback wasn’t the only player to come to the defense of the team’s play-caller, but he took a pointed remark at Tony Elliot’s critics.

“I think it all needs to stop,” Uiagalelei said of the criticism surrounding Elliott’s playcalling. “I think Coach Elliott, he’s definitely not the problem, it all starts with us. Coach Elliott is the best offensive coordinator in football. I’ll stand by it. We have the best offensive coordinator. We have the best defensive coordinator (Brent Venables).”

Davis Allen and now Uiagalelei have both strayed from blaming Elliott, who has received his fair share of criticism from fans, social media and ESPN analysts/former quarterbacks like Robert Griffin III and Dan Orlovsky alike.

Instead, both Uiagalelei and Allen have pointed to execution as being the main thing that isn’t clicking for the Tigers offensively.

“Coach Elliott, I love that guy,” Uiagalelei said. “The amount of work he puts in every week, day in and day out, it’s unbelievable. I’ll ride with him until the end. So, I got full confidence in Coach Elliott.

“I think it starts with us players. He’s putting us in the right position. We just gotta make it work…I don’t think it’s anything that Coach Elliott’s doing…I think he’s doing a tremendous job, just like he’s done the past couple of years. Just the execution part. We got to go out there and execute for him.”

Clemson has yet to score more than 14 points in regulation against any of its FBS opponents. The offense is clearly a work-in-progress and the criticism that Elliott has received comes with the territory, but the players have stressed that it’s on them to execute at the end of the day.

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Allen: ‘I don’t care what anyone else thinks, I only play for one person’

Davis Allen delivered a blunt assessment of the current state of the inner makings of Clemson’s locker room and how the Tigers reduce the outside noise from here on out. Allen, who started for Clemson at tight end in the team’s 27-21 loss to N.C. …

Davis Allen delivered a blunt assessment of the current state of the inner makings of Clemson’s locker room and how the Tigers reduce the outside noise from here on out.

Allen, who started for Clemson at tight end in the team’s 27-21 loss to N.C. State on Saturday, put things into perspective.

Nobody in Clemson’s locker room is quitting on each other. Nobody is pointing fingers. They’re trying to figure out how to get better. This is really the time that they’ll hold each other accountable and not worry about what other people are saying.

“I don’t check social media,” Allen told reporters during Monday’s media availability. “Not right now. It’s filled with negativity. It’s not good for the soul, in my opinion. I’ve been staying away from that.”

Allen is not worried about what anyone has to say, except for his teammates, coaches and those within the confines of the program.

“It is what it is, I guess. You’re gonna find out who your true friends are,” he said. “I don’t play to the appeal of the fans…I play for one person and that’s my savior, Jesus Christ. I play for him and I really don’t care what anyone else thinks about how I’m doing or how this team’s doing because at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter. What matters is how we think ourselves, how we think about this team.”

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Allen: Elliott ‘not to blame’ for offensive struggles

Clemson’s offensive struggles have brought plenty of criticism the way of the Tigers’ coaching staff, which head coach Dabo Swinney said was warranted after the latest poor showing in a 27-21 double-overtime loss at North Carolina State on Saturday. …

Most of that heat from fans and others on the outside of the program has been directed toward offensive coordinator Tony Elliott. But tight end Davis Allen said Monday the criticism is misdirected.

“He can’t worry about what everybody says about him because he’s got to lead the offense, and he’s done a great job with that,” Allen said. “For all the people that are criticizing him, he’s not to blame. He really isn’t. He’s not the guy that needs to be blamed. The players are the ones that play. He’s had great game plans every week, and it’s just a lack of execution on our part.

The Tigers, who sit at 2-2 overall and 1-1 in ACC play through four games, rank in the triple digits in most national statistically categories and have yet to score more than 14 points in regulation against any of their FBS opponents. It’s in stark contrast to the level Clemson has been been used to producing in recent years with Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne helping the Tigers average more than 50 points and 500 yards since 2018.

The D.J. Uiagalalei era has been a major work in progress early on, but Elliott recently got a vote of confidence from Swinney. He’s got one from Allen, too.

“He cant worry about what everybody says about him because he’s got to lead the offense, and he’s done a great job with that,” Allen said.

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Podcast: Will Tyler Davis’ injury hurt Clemson’s defense?

Clemson Ring of Honor member Levon Kirkland may surprise you with his latest ACC Power Rankings. Levon and myself break down our new power rankings, while also listing who we think are the top 10 teams in college football after the first quarter of …

Clemson Ring of Honor member Levon Kirkland may surprise you with his latest ACC Power Rankings.

Levon and myself break down our new power rankings, while also listing who we think are the top 10 teams in college football after the first quarter of the season.

We also discuss the latest injury news concerning Clemson defensive tackle Tyler Davis and what it means for Clemson’s defense going forward. There is also news on running back Will Shipley and tight end Davis Allen.

And finally, Levon and myself have strong feelings when it comes to college football’s targeting rules.

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Clemson changing TE pecking order for N.C. State

Clemson is making a change at the top of the depth chart at a particular position this week. Davis Allen is in line to start at tight end against North Carolina State on Saturday, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday. Senior Braden Galloway had …

Clemson is making a change at the top of the depth chart at a particular position this week.

Davis Allen is in line to start at tight end against North Carolina State on Saturday, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Tuesday. Senior Braden Galloway had started the first three games there, but Swinney said Allen, a junior, has earned the opportunity to start based on how he’s performed so far.

Swinney said the position will continue to be evaluated weekly.

“He’s just played better,” Swinney said. “And Braden hasn’t played bad. … But (Allen) is like Shipley. He’s earned the opportunity to run out there first. After the first few games, Davis has been a little bit more complete player.”

Swinney’s comments came after Clemson listed Galloway and Allen as co-starters on its updated depth chart ahead of Saturday’s game. Known more as Clemson’s receiving tight end, Galloway had one catch for 1 yard in the Tigers’ win over Georgia Tech last week but also had a drop on another target.

At 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, Allen is a more physical presence as a run blocker and also has more catches (6) than Galloway (4) through the first three games. He had two for 13 yards in last week’s game.

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Galloway took matters into his own hands this offseason

As fall camp is set to wrap up by week’s end, Monday provided an opportunity for Clemson’s tight ends to speak with reporters. Braden Galloway, Davis Allen and Jaelyn Lay all had their chances to speak following Monday’s practice. Up first was …

As fall camp is set to wrap up by week’s end, Monday provided an opportunity for Clemson’s tight ends to speak with reporters.

Braden Galloway, Davis Allen and Jaelyn Lay all had their chances to speak following Monday’s practice.

Up first was Galloway, who will likely split time at first-team tight end with Allen. That’s exactly the rotation that was seen during Clemson’s intrasquad scrimmage Saturday.

Now that Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott is also coaching the tight ends, it should create more opportunities for Galloway and his teammates.

They certainly will be more involved in the team’s passing game going forward and should provide a sense of relief and security for D.J. Uiagalelei under center.

“I think with Coach E obviously coming over, he’s the one who’s calling the plays, so I do think we’ll have a little more of an opportunity,” Galloway said during Monday’s media availability over Zoom, “but I think the best part of our group is that it’s a bunch of selfless guys.

“We want everyone to be successful and if that’s me making a play, Davis making a play, Jae Lay making a play. We’re just trying to do our job to the best of our ability and when other people are succeeding, we’re happy for them.”

There’s hope that the level of selflessness throughout the room will allow for the position group to succeed.

To make sure that he showed up to fall camp ready to go, Galloway took matters into his own hands this offseason, while he was away from the team.

So, he put on some muscle this offseason.

Galloway indicated that he weighed in at 247 pounds this morning.

With that, he was really just trying to get stronger overall. There was an obvious emphasis on his lower body, but overall body strength is something that he was striving for during the offseason.

Speaking of working on his game, Elliott mentioned earlier this summer that he wanted Galloway to become a more consistent presence in Clemson’s run-blocking scheme.

Galloway was asked how he thinks he’s developed that aspect of his game during fall camp.

“I’m definitely growing,” he said. “That’s definitely still the weakness in my game and I’m not naive enough to think that it’s not. I’m attacking it every day, trying to get better at it…because it doesn’t really matter how strong you are, if your technique’s terrible, you’re not gonna be able to move anybody or get your job done.”

Going up against Brent Venables’s defense every day in practice will surely help not only Galloway become a better overall tight end, but it’ll certainly help the offense in the long run.

Iron sharpens iron.

Clemson’s offense has been mitigated by a strong effort from the defensive unit. That was on display during Saturday’s scrimmage as the offense was stifled for much of the afternoon, while not being able to overcome self-inflicted mistakes.

As far as evaluating the offense is concerned, Galloway thinks it is more so about the individual and not the entire offense as a whole.

It goes without saying that all 11 guys have to be on the same page, but one unit is working on installation while the other is scheming against the particular offense that they’re shown.

“I think you see the maturity in camp, but I think going against our defense is what makes us one of the best offenses in the country every year,” Galloway said. “It’s very rare that you get to practice against what we get to practice against.”

Galloway said there is a level of frustration that comes with a lack of offensive success, but he believes that it will lead to results, especially for himself, whenever the season comes.

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Iron sharpens iron at fall camp in Clemson

Few programs in the country practice against a defense of Clemson’s caliber in practice every day. In the first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday the defense held the upper hand on the offense. But tight end Braden Galloway did not seem worried …

Few programs in the country practice against a defense of Clemson’s caliber in practice every day.

In the first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday the defense held the upper hand on the offense. But tight end Braden Galloway did not seem worried after Monday’s practice at Jervey Meadows.

Galloway raved about the Tigers’ defense and how thankful he is to practice against one of the best defenses in the country every day.

“I think you see the maturity and growth through camp but I think going against our defense is what makes us one of the best offenses in the country year after year,” Galloway said. “It’s very rare that you get to practice against what we get to practice against.”

This season the tight ends look poised to take on a larger role in the Clemson offense with a wealth of experience and talent in the room from Galloway to Davis Allen and young players like Jaelyn Lay.

The senior hauled in 27 passes for 369 yards and two touchdowns last year in 12 starts.

As Galloway enters the season he knows the advantage of facing stiff competition in practice which he feels gives the Tigers an extra boost in preparation ahead of the highly anticipated season opener against Georgia.

“So when they bring crazy blitzes, crazy coverages and formations and stuff like that, you get to the first game and it’s not going to be anything we haven’t seen,” Galloway said. “They give us pretty much anything that any team can run in 15 games or the course of the season and they give it to us through two and a half weeks of camp. From that perspective I think that’s how you have to look at it.”

Galloway even went as far to compare the depth of Clemson’s defensive line to one of the best in program history in 2018 that featured the “Power Rangers” with Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence, Austin Bryant and Clelin Ferrell.

“I honestly think we had a great defense last year and in 2019 but I understand what you are saying. We’ve had seven or eight guys that have started on the defensive line,” he said. “They are a very veteran group, they bring it everyday and obviously we go against them every day and they are making us better.”

“There are a lot of similarities on the defensive line between this team and the 2018 team just as far as the veteran guys a D-End, they are super talented at tackle and they are super talented so I think that’s the biggest similar characteristic,” Galloway said.

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