Marcus Tate is easy to spot in a crowd of regular-sized people, his 6-6, 290-pound frame enabling him to tower over most of Clemson’s students. On Saturday in Death Valley, in a crowd of people his own size, he was also easy to spot. He was the one delivering crushing blocks to the opposition.
Tate, the youngest member of the Tigers’ football team, is supposed to be enjoying the final months of his senior year at NSU University School in Sunrise, Florida. Instead, he graduated early and enrolled in Clemson in January so he could get an early jump on the competition along the Tigers’ offensive line.