After missing the first six weeks of the season due a foot injury he suffered in training camp, Clemson defensive end Austin Bryant was ready to get in the thick of things.
When the sophomore fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said the injury would take four weeks to heal. Bryant was expected to miss the first three games of the season, but his recovery extended past Weeks 4, 5 and 6. At one point, there were questions if he was going to return for the 2016 season.
In actuality, the Tigers were doing okay without him.