Clemson running backs coach Tony Elliott has a simple message for incoming freshman running back Michel Dukes as he prepares to start his career: Be ready to play right away.
Dukes, a Charleston native, moves into Clemson today with the other summer enrollees in the 2019 signing class including fellow freshman running back Chez Mellusi of Naples, Florida.
“Coach Elliott, the way he’s been talking, I think he expects me to come in and make an impact immediately,” Dukes told The Clemson Insider. “He said he was going to put me right in the mix.