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Garrett Riley says his offense is about 'ball distribution and explosive plays'

Can Garrett Riley bring the explosiveness back to the Clemson offense?

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney hired Riley away from TCU last week and put Riley in charge of a Clemson offense that has lacked explosiveness the last two seasons. Go back to the 2018 season, and Clemson led the nation in plays of 50-plus yards with 23. There were 13 plays of 60-plus yards, and the Tigers were second nationally that season with a whopping 104 plays of 20-plus yards.

Clemson managed only 58 plays that gained at least 20 yards last season, which ranked 66th nationally; TCU had 91 such plays, which ranked the Horned Frogs fourth.