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Clemson players who will attend the 2023 ACC Football Kickoff have been announced

These Clemson players will attend the 2023 ACC Football Kickoff.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Wednesday the 42 student-athletes who will attend the 2023 ACC Football Kickoff, July 25-27, at The Westin Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. For the third consecutive year, each of the league’s 14 teams will bring three players to the annual event.

ACC Network will broadcast live from the ACC Football Kickoff. The three days of expansive coverage will begin at 9 a.m. every day and the 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports will provide the event’s most robust television coverage to date.

Among the offensive players in attendance at ACC Kickoff will be 11 quarterbacks, eight offensive linemen, three tight ends, two running backs and a wide receiver. Defensively, eight defensive linemen are scheduled to attend, joining five linebackers and four defensive backs.

The ACC continued to establish itself as the Conference of Quarterbacks in 2022, and many of the leading players return this season. Four of the quarterbacks at this year’s event ranked among the ACC’s top five in passing yards per game last season – North Carolina’s Drake Maye (308.6 – 1st), Florida State’s Jordan Travis (247.2 – 3rd), Duke’s Riley Leonard (228.2 – 4th) and NC State’s Brennan Armstrong (221.0 – 5th; while at Virginia).

Maye, the 2022 ACC Player of the Year, tied for the ACC lead with 38 passing touchdowns, two scores shy of the conference freshman record set by Florida State’s Jameis Winston in 2013. Maye’s 4,321 passing yards was the most ever by a freshman and ranks fifth all-time in the ACC.

Travis, who has thrown for nearly 5,900 yards in his time at FSU, returns after being Pro Football Focus’ (PFF) highest-graded FBS quarterback and the ACC’s highest-graded offensive player in the ACC (91.7). The West Palm Beach, Florida, native accounted for 32 touchdowns a season ago, the third-highest total in program history.

On the defensive side, the ACC’s top tackler in North Carolina’s Cedric Gray will be at this year’s event. Gray posted a Power-5 best 145 tackles with 82 solos in 2022, 27 tackles higher than second place. Miami’s Kam Kinchens, who paced the conference with six interceptions a season ago, will represent the Hurricanes at this year’s event. Kinchens was the first Miami DB to lead the ACC in interceptions since Artie Burns had six in 2015.

The ACC Kickoff student-athletes hail from 14 states with eight from Florida and six from North Carolina and Virginia. Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania will have three student-athletes apiece, while Maryland and New York will have two players each. Five states are each represented by one player, along with Ruisbroek, Belgium (Georgia Tech defensive lineman Sylvain Yondjouen).

The ACC celebrates its 71st season of football, as the conference continues to build off its storied tradition. The ACC has had a team in either the College Football Playoff or the BCS National Championship Game in eight of the last 10 years, including two teams in 2020. The ACC has the second most CFP appearances of any conference. The ACC posted five bowl victories in 2022, which tied for the second-most among all conferences.

The complete list of 2023 ACC Football Kickoff attendees include:

Boston College
Head Coach Jeff Hafley
Emmett Morehead, QB, Woodside, Calif.
Donovan Ezeiruaku, DL, Williamstown, N.J.
Christian Mahogany, OL, Elmwood Park, N.J.

Clemson
Head Coach Dabo Swinney
Cade Klubnik, QB, Austin, Texas
Will Putnam, OL, Tampa, Fla.
Tyler Davis, DL, Apopka, Fla.

Duke
Head Coach Mike Elko
Riley Leonard, QB, Fairhope, Ala.
DeWayne Carter, DL, Pickerington, Ohio
Jacob Monk, OL, Clayton, N.C.

Florida State
Head Coach Mike Norvell
Jordan Travis, QB, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Jared Verse, DL, Dayton, Ohio
Kalen DeLoach, LB, Savannah, Ga.

Georgia Tech
Head Coach Brent Key
LaMiles Brooks, DB, Jacksonville, Fla.
Jordan Williams, OL, Gainesville, Ga.
Sylvain Yondjouen, DL, Ruisbroek, Belgium

Louisville
Head Coach Jeff Brohm
Jawhar Jordan, RB, Long Island, N.Y.
Ashton Gillotte, DL, Boca Raton, Fla.
Bryan Hudson, OL, Georgetown, Ky.

Miami
Head Coach Mario Cristobal
Tyler Van Dyke, QB, Glastonbury, Conn.
Kam Kinchens, DB, Miami, Fla.
Matt Lee, OL, Oviedo, Fla.

North Carolina
Head Coach Mack Brown
Drake Maye, QB, Huntersville, N.C.
Cedric Gray, LB, Charlotte, N.C.
John Copenhaver, TE, Roswell, Ga.

NC State
Head Coach Dave Doeren
Brennan Armstrong, QB, Shelby, Ohio
Payton Wilson, LB, Hillsborough, N.C.
Aydan White, DB, Asheville, N.C.

Pitt
Head Coach Pat Narduzzi
Phil Jurkovec, QB, Pittsburgh, Pa.
MJ Devonshire, DB, Aliquippa, Pa.
Matt Goncalves, OL, Manorville, N.Y.

Syracuse
Head Coach Dino Babers
Garrett Shrader, QB, Charlotte, N.C.
Oronde Gadsden II, TE, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Marlowe Wax, LB, Baltimore, Md.

Virginia
Head Coach Tony Elliott
Tony Muskett, QB, Springfield, Va.
Chico Bennett, DL, Ashburn, Va.
Perris Jones, RB, Alexandria, Va.

Virginia Tech
Head Coach Brent Pry
Nick Gallo, TE, Richboro, Pa.
Josh Fuga, DL, Woodbridge, Va.
Ali Jennings, WR, Richmond, Va.

Wake Forest
Head Coach Dave Clawson
Mitch Griffis, QB, Ashburn, Va.
Michael Jurgens, OL, Damascus, Md.
Chase Jones, LB, Warren, N.J.

-Via the ACC.com

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Top ACC players Notre Dame will be playing in 2023

Keep your eye on these players when the Irish face them.

In exchange for retaining its football independence, Notre Dame plays a certain number of ACC opponents every season. The only other sport in which Notre Dame is not an ACC member is hockey, which plays in the Big Ten. While old-school Irish fans might long for the days of the program being able to schedule almost anyone at anytime, some often forget that this arrangement means some thrilling football. The home wins over recent powerhouse Clemson in 2020 and 2022 are two examples.

College football isn’t back yet, but you still can look at the rosters and see which quality players play for whom. Twitter’s Big Game Boomer has done just that and come up with a list of the top 50 ACC players for the upcoming season. When you look at the list, you’ll see the Irish have many of them set to face them. Let’s see who the Irish are playing when you take away the players whose teams aren’t on their schedule:

Putnam Named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week

CLEMSON, S.C. – Center Will Putnam has been named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance in Clemson’s 40-10 win against Miami (Fla.) on Saturday. Clemson has earned 11 weekly accolades this season and a total of 564 ACC weekly honors …

CLEMSON, S.C. — Center Will Putnam has been named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance in Clemson’s 40-10 win against Miami (Fla.) on Saturday. Clemson has earned 11 weekly accolades this season and a total of 564 ACC weekly honors since 1968.

The ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honor is Putnam’s second of the season, joining his selection for his performance against Louisiana Tech in mid-September. Clemson has collected four ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors this year, including two by Putnam and two by All-America candidate Jordan McFadden. Putnam and McFadden are the first Clemson offensive line duo to each collect multiple ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors in a single season since their position coach, Thomas Austin, accomplished the feat with Barry Richardson in 2007.

Against Miami on Saturday, Putnam recorded five knockdowns and allowed no pressures or sacks according to Clemson’s coaching staff. He centered an offensive line that helped Clemson to 447 total yards, including 240 passing yards and 207 rushing yards, Clemson’s 58th game under Dabo Swinney in which it has reached 200 yards in both categories. Putnam and his offensive line cohorts helped control the line of scrimmage for a Clemson squad that posted its largest time of possession (38:15) since 2020 and its best third-down percentage (73.7 percent) since 2018.

What We Heard: Will Putnam

On Saturday, the Clemson Tigers hosted their annual Military Appreciation Day game when senior offensive lineman Will Putnam carried the American flag down the hill prior to the Tigers’ 31-16 win over Louisville. “It meant a lot to me because even …

On Saturday, the Clemson Tigers hosted their annual Military Appreciation Day game when senior offensive lineman Will Putnam carried the American flag down the hill prior to the Tigers’ 31-16 win over Louisville.

“It meant a lot to me because even though I was carrying down the flag, it wasn’t necessarily about me and spotlight on me, but more so for my dad,” he said.

Putnam’s father, Col. Neil Putnam, served 30 years in the United States Army, including 24 years as a member of the Special Forces regiment known commonly as Green Berets.

“It was just a really special moment for my family,” Putnam reflected.

With a military background in his family, Putnam often moved around. Originally, Putnam was born in Michigan and continued on to move to Northern Virginia, Oahu and Illinois, finally finishing in Tampa.

When asked about his time in Hawaii, Putnam reminisced, “Great time, great people and football was great too. It’s pretty serious over there as well.”

Putnam continued on to say, “It was always good for me. A lot of places have weight limits for football and Hawaii has no weight limits. They actually have two seasons for football.”

To recap the Tigers’ win over Louisville, Putnam shared, “I think we did pretty well. We were efficient in the run game.”

Coming into the game, the Tigers knew that running the ball was the best option against a good defense, similar to Syracuse, that moved around a lot.

“When the coaches needed us to run the ball, we ran the ball and it was
great,” he said.

Overall, the Tigers had 439 yards of offense, which was a key factor in the victory.

Coming off a loss in Week 10 against Notre Dame, preparation was no different than any other week.

“Win or lose, that has never really changed my preparation, and I can speak for the offensive line, our preparation,” Putnam said. “We prepare just the same for anybody.”

With the win over Louisville, the Tigers clinched the ACC Atlantic Division outright.

“It means a lot,” Putnam said. “Our goals are win the home opener, win the division, win the state and win the closer.”

Previewing the upcoming matchup with Miami, Putnam said, “They play physical football. It’ll be a good matchup for us up front, especially getting that run game going.”

Despite being a senior, Putnam’s time as a Tiger is not over.

“Coming back into the season I was leaning towards that, and yeah, I want to come back,” he said. “I look forward to it.”

The Tigers look to secure their 10th win to finish out a regular season of perfect ACC play when they take on Miami at 3:30 p.m. at Death Valley on Saturday.

Will latest OL attrition force Clemson to go portaling?

With Clemson set to lose at least part of its depth along the offensive line next season, will that force the Tigers to look for help there again in the transfer portal? That was a question posed to head coach Dabo Swinney following the news he …

With Clemson set to lose at least part of its depth along the offensive line next season, will that force the Tigers to look for help there again in the transfer portal?

That was a question posed to head coach Dabo Swinney following the news he delivered Wednesday night regarding Mason Trotter. Swinney said the Tigers were hoping to get back the junior interior lineman, who hasn’t played since last season, but Trotter recently underwent career-ending back surgery.

That leaves Will Putnam, sophomore Trent Howard and redshirt freshman Ryan Linthicum as the options next season at center, where Trotter started five games a season ago. Swinney said he still feels good about that depth currently on the roster.

“As I say every year, for us, the portal is about responding strategically if you have gaps,” Swinney said. “But we’ve only got one (departing) senior in J-Mac (Jordan McFadden). Everybody else is back, and Linthicum and Trent have really progressed for us.”

Swinney didn’t completely rule out the possibility of seeking outside help if needed. It’s what he briefly felt like the Tigers should do in the spring when the attrition was heavy at the position.

When Swinney revealed then that Trotter would likely miss most of this season for an unrelated reason that was never revealed, it came on the heels of Hunter Rayburn’s medical disqualification. Rayburn, who also started a handful of games at center last season, was forced to retire from football because of stinger issues shortly after last season.

Clemson went after a select few interior portal linemen but didn’t land any of them. Ultimately, Swinney decided to move Putnam, who had started the previous two seasons at guard, to center after the senior performed well in the spring. 

Putnam has been a bright spot for the Tigers up front at his new position, starting every game there so far this season. He’s already decided to use his COVID year to return to the team again next season. Clemson also has three offensive line commits that are expected to sign with the Tigers in the coming months.

So the plan is to sit tight for now. But with the first window for players to enter the portal set to open Dec. 5, Swinney acknowledged it’s a tentative one.

“We’ve got a really good group of linemen that we’re going to bring in here, but who knows?” Swinney said. “We may sign our class, and you may have some guys leave that you don’t know about.”

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Senior makes it official he will be back next season

One of Clemson’s seniors has made a decision regarding his future. During his press conference on Tuesday he talked about his decision to return. After spending four years in the Tigers’ program, senior center Will Putnam said he’s not yet done. …

One of Clemson’s seniors has made a decision regarding his future. During his press conference on Tuesday he talked about his decision to return.

After spending four years in the Tigers’ program, senior center Will Putnam said he’s not yet done. Putnam revealed he plans to return to the team next season while working toward his MBA (master of business administration).

“I will probably be back,” Putnam said. “Coming into the season, I was kind of leaning toward that. I was pretty much going to come back and yeah I want to come back. I look forward to it.”

Why did Clemson’s center feel like the best decision was to return?

“I always felt like I wanted to come back,” he said. “Coming into this season knowing I was going to play center, I knew it was something I wanted to do.  I think it would be good for me to get another year of playing center in. I feel like, as the season goes on, I am feeling more and more comfortable at it, and I feel like having another season that it would be great as well. I am also looking forward to getting my MBA while I can while I am still in college.

A third-year starter for the Tigers, Putnam, who has a COVID year he can use to return next season, started the previous two years at guard before making the move to center before this season. The Tampa, Florida native has played in 43 career games with 32 starts since joining the program before the 2019 season.

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Putnam: More confident offense ready to have some fun

Clemson traveled up north this past weekend to take on the Boston College Eagles and came out with a 31-3 win. After a slow first half, Clemson came out of the locker room at halftime ready to get the ball moving in its favor, and the Eagles just …

Clemson traveled up north this past weekend to take on the Boston College Eagles and came out with a 31-3 win. After a slow first half, Clemson came out of the locker room at halftime ready to get the ball moving in its favor, and the Eagles just couldn’t keep up.

After playing three years at guard, there’s a new face this season at center, Will Putnam.

After starting his first game against Georgia Tech, to the most recent performance this past weekend at Boston College, Putnam sees his offensive line taking strides towards progress. He says, “We definitely feel more comfortable as a unit. I think some of that is to where we have consistent starters, it’s the same starting five from week one. I think we’ve definitely improved in our pass protection for sure, picking up stunts and twists.”

Contrary to last season, something we’ve seen done a lot more this season is quarterback DJ Uiagalelei’s running game. As an offensive lineman, Putnam “loves seeing his quarterback 20 yards ahead of himself,” and he credits DJ for all of his hard work and “getting his body right.”

Heading down to Florida State this coming weekend for the Tigers’ last conference road game, Putnam says it makes it feel as though they’re “heading into the third quarter of their season,” as head coach Dabo Swinney likes to put it. Putnam is “excited” as the “goals he and his team are trying to accomplish are becoming closer and closer.”

The environment at Florida State is always something that analysts take into consideration whenever Florida State is a topic of conversation. Anticipating a loud crowd with loyal fans, Putnam and the guys are looking forward to the gameday atmosphere coming at them this weekend saying, “Environment-wise for road games you might be kinda hesitant in hostile environments, but for me, and I think I can speak for a lot of my teammates, it’s true it makes the game fun.”

As the Tigers look to tune out the extra noise and put another game in the win column, you can catch the game kickoff on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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Clemson’s offensive line playing ‘a lot of winning football’

Clemson’s offense has taken a 180-degree turn from the rut it was stuck in for much of last season. While the improved play of D.J. Uiagalelei has gotten most of the focus through the Tigers’ first four games, Clemson’s quarterback and skill …

Clemson’s offense has taken a 180-degree turn from the rut it was stuck in for much of last season. While the improved play of D.J. Uiagalelei has gotten most of the focus through the Tigers’ first four games, Clemson’s quarterback and skill position players have gotten plenty of help from an offensive line that’s picked up its game as well.

The unit took its share of criticism last season as ineffectiveness and attrition forced the Tigers to start eight different combinations along the offensive line, which didn’t do much to help with the group’s cohesion. So far this season, Clemson is averaging 17 more points per game than it did a year ago (26.3 to 43.8) with many of the same faces that blocked for Uiagalelei and his supporting cast then.

While Will Putnam (guard to center) and Walker Parks (tackle to guard) have switched positions since last season, true freshman tackle Blake Miller is the only new starter up front. All-ACC tackle Jordan McFadden and guard Marcus Tate have joined the trio in the starting lineup every game this season.

“Certainly they’re all good enough players. They’re really talented players,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Sunday. “That and the continuity has been a real positive for D.J., and they’ve just gotten more and more confident. You’re not going to watch any game and see guys perfect, but they’re just playing a lot of winning football.”

With the line paving the way, many of Clemson’s offensive numbers are positively different – and, in some cases, drastically – than last season. The Tigers, fresh off a season-high 559 yards in their win at Wake Forest on Saturday, are putting up nearly 100 more yards per game on average than they did a season ago. Will Shipley ran behind the group en route to another 100-yard day on the ground for Clemson, which has rushed for at least 188 yards in back-to-back games.

But the biggest contrast in Clemson’s offensive output this season is what the Tigers are doing through the air. Clemson ranks in the top 50 nationally in passing offense at 275 yards per game, a significant jump from when the Tigers finished in the triple digits in that category last season.

Uiagalelei turned in one of the best performances of his career against the Demon Deacons, throwing for 371 yards and a career-high five touchdowns on a day when Clemson needed all of it to escape in double overtime. Thanks to strong protection up front, he spent most of the day in a clean pocket with plenty of time to survey the field and find open receivers. He averaged 14.3 yards per completion.

Clemson has allowed just six sacks through four games, though Swinney said the line hasn’t been responsible for giving up any in the last three games. Wake Forest got to Uiagalelei for just one sack on 42 dropbacks, but Swinney said that came as a result of a running back not picking up a blitzing safety in time.

That was with Clemson’s starting five playing all 86 offensive snaps, the first time this season the Tigers haven’t rotated in any backup linemen. Swinney said that had everything to do with the flow of a back-and-forth game.

“We do need to get a couple of more guys in there, but as the game went, it was literally living and dying on every single play,” Swinney said. “And in the second half there, we played from behind every drive. We were at a point where we’ve got to go score. We went with the best we had. Just really proud of them.”

The line has largely held up regardless of the circumstances to do its part in limiting the frequency with which opposing defenses get into the Tigers’ backfield. Teams are averaging just 4.2 tackles for loss against Clemson, the second-fewest in the ACC.

“They are doing a really good job,” Swinney said. “All you can ask is they keep working and getting better, and that group has done that.”

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Putnam, Shipley collect ACC Weekly Honors

Putnam and Shipley picked up ACC Weekly Honors after Clemson’s 48-20 win over Louisiana Tech.

Via Clemson Athletic Communications:

CLEMSON, S.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today that center Will Putnam (Offensive Lineman of the Week) and running back Will Shipley (Running Back of the Week) have earned ACC Player of the Week honors for their performances in Clemson’s 48-20 win against Louisiana Tech on Saturday.

The selections are Clemson’s first and second of the season. With the addition of the duo’s honors this week, Clemson has now garnered a total of 555 ACC weekly honors since 1968.

Putnam’s selection is the first of his career. Shipley’s selection is the fourth ACC weekly honor of his career, including three ACC Rookie of the Week selections as a true freshman in 2021. He becomes the 27th Clemson player since 1968 to earn at least four career ACC weekly awards.

Putnam graded at 92 percent with two knockdowns against Louisiana Tech, according to Clemson’s coaching staff. He centered an offensive line that helped power Clemson to 280 rushing yards and 241 passing yards, moving Clemson to 57-0 when both passing and rushing for 200-plus yards under Dabo Swinney. Clemson’s 280 rushing yards were a season high, its highest single-game rushing total since a 332-yard rushing effort against Wake Forest last season.

Shipley rushed 12 times for a career-high 139 yards with two touchdowns on Saturday. In the process, he became the first Clemson player in records back to 1950 to open a season with multiple rushing touchdowns in each of the first three games of a season. He now stands as only the fifth ACC player (and third ACC running back) since 2000 to rush for multiple touchdowns in each of the first three games of a season.

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‘It’s not fair’: Putnam comes to Uiagalelei’s defense

Will Putnam is well aware of how it works for quarterbacks: When things go well offensively, they’re going to get the bulk of the credit. And when things don’t, they’re saddled with most of the blame. “It’s just kind of part of the quarterback …

Will Putnam is well aware of how it works for quarterbacks: When things go well offensively, they’re going to get the bulk of the credit. And when things don’t, they’re saddled with most of the blame.

“It’s just kind of part of the quarterback position,” Clemson’s veteran offensive lineman acknowledged.

That’s not to say Putnam agrees with the sentiment, particularly when it comes to his signal caller. D.J. Uiagalelei’s struggles in his first year as the Tigers’ starter have been well-documented for an offense that finished among the nation’s worst in numerous categories last season, including yards, points and completion percentage. 

While Uiagalelei caught his share of criticism from various directions outside the program, Putnam came to his defense this week. Echoing head coach Dabo Swinney’s comments on the offense’s struggles a season ago, Putnam said the help around Uiagalelei, including the offensive line, wasn’t up to snuff.

“We’ve never blamed him for anything because, as a team, everyone has to take ownership and accountability for all of our success and all of our failures. It has to be unconditional,” said Putnam, who’s making the move from guard to center this season. “And some of it, it’s not fair to D.J. because passes, for example, it’s not always on the quarterback. It can be on the wide receiver for running the wrong route. It can be on us up front for not having the best protection we could’ve had. And then sometimes he might just make a mistake, which we all make mistakes.”

Despite the flak Uiagalelei caught last season, Putnam said he never saw the quarterback’s demeanor change. And he never saw Uiagalelei pointing fingers. Instead, Putnam said he witnessed Uiagalelei emerge as one of the team’s best leaders amid a turbulent time.

“I think some of the most powerful leaders are the ones that lead by example,” Putnam said. “Good leaders make others believe in them, but great leaders make others believe in themselves. And I think that’s what D.J. does.

“He’s always carried himself really well. He makes other guys want to be better.”

Putnam said the offensive line has taken it upon themselves to help Uiagalelei redeem himself this fall. The first chance for Uiagalelei and the rest of the offense to try to do that will come Monday when Clemson opens the season against Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

“He’s a great player, he’s a great teammate, we love him, and we want him to do well,” Putnam said. “And I think that’s also another thing up front that we’ve kind of taken as a challenge upon ourselves is to do what we can to put him in the best opportunity for him to make the most plays.”

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