Kelly Bryant is never going to throw for 4,500 yards and 40-plus touchdowns in a season. That is not the kind of quarterback he is.
However, he is not going to throw 17 interceptions either.
Bryant is not Deshaun Watson. He is simply Kelly Bryant, and that’s why he has the Tigers back in the College Football Playoff for a third straight year. And though Bryant’s success, despite his different style, has surprised the fans and the media, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has not been surprised at all.
Swinney saw what Bryant was capable of when he was in high school at Wren High School in nearby Powdersville, S.