Heading into No. 1 Clemson’s season opener at Wake Forest on Saturday night, there was the question of which quarterback – true freshman D.J. Uiagalelei or redshirt freshman Taisun Phommachanh – would be the second signal-caller to take the field after Trevor Lawrence in the probable event that the Tigers had a big lead in the second half and were able to play the backups.
That question was answered late in the third quarter when Uiagalelei entered the game to replace Lawrence, with Clemson up by 34 points in its eventual 37-13 victory at Truist Field in Winston-Salem, N.