CHARLOTTE - For the second time in three years, the Tigers are ACC Champions. It ultimately came down to the leg of true freshman kicker Nolan Hauser, who made the game-winning 56-yard field goal, the longest field goal in ACC Championship history.
“Coach Swinney said, ‘Put the ball through,’ and I went, ‘You know it,’ and I kind of got it going with that confidence,” Hauser said. “That’s a huge thing in one of those kicks, just being able to go in there confidently.”
Growing up less than 20 miles from Charlotte, Hauser had numerous friends and family members in the stands to watch him send Clemson to the playoffs.