Last year, Michel Dukes was just happy to be at Clemson. He was excited to be wearing the uniform and being a part of a national championship caliber team.
This year, the sophomore from Charleston was competing. During the Tigers’ nine practices this spring, Dukes ramped up his competitive juices, to the point where the coaching staff noticed there was something different about him.
“Chez (Mellusi) was a guy we kind of noticed early in fall camp. He had some maturity to him,” head coach Dabo Swinney said. “Mikey needed to mature. I just think he was just happy to be there.