This time last year, Dabo Swinney had no idea who his starting quarterback was going to be.
When the Clemson Tigers left spring practice, he awarded Kelly Bryant the opportunity to run out there first with the first-team offense in fall camp, but he did not know how the Calhoun Falls, S.C., native would respond. At the time Zerrick Cooper and Hunter Johnson were on his heels and had just as much of an opportunity to become Clemson’s starting quarterback.
When camp opened, Bryant took off and by mid-camp, there was doubt he was the Tigers’ new quarterback.