Last spring, Clemson wasn’t really sure what its quarterbacks could do.
Though Kelly Bryant was a junior, he was not a proven player, yet. He spent his first two years at Clemson as a backup quarterback behind two-time All-American and Heisman Finalist Deshaun Watson.
Hunter Johnson was a 5-star recruit, but he had no experience at all at the college level. The coaches were not sure how he was going to respond, especially going up against one of the best defenses in the country.
To get his answers, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney made his quarterbacks live in a couple of scrimmages.