Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott says it was not a difficult decision to name Trevor Lawrence as the Tigers’ starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against Syracuse.
“It just came down to you got to award productivity,” Elliott said on Monday after Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney made it official earlier in the morning. “If you look at his opportunities, he has taken advantage of them.”
Elliott insisted that Kelly Bryant, who has started the last 18 games for second-ranked Clemson, did not do anything wrong.
“It is just a situation where he has been in the game and he has been productive,” Elliott said about Lawrence.