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Elliott, Clemson coaches challenge a different Tigers offense this spring

Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott looks ahead to Clemson's spring football game. By

This time last year, Tony Elliott was dealing with different set of challenges.

Sure, the Clemson co-offensive coordinator was tasked with figuring out a quarterback situation between Trevor Lawrence and Kelly Bryant, but he was also fixing the scoring side of the ball’s biggest weakness: lack of big plays.

The Tigers were able to keep the chains moving at a winnable pace in 2017, but they ranked 59th nationally in plays of 20-plus yards.

By the end of 2018, the national champions had more plays go that distance than everybody in FBS not named Oklahoma.