With the media surrounding him at a table earlier this month inside the clubhouse at The Reserve on Lake Keowee following his annual media golf outing, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney sat back in his chair and chuckled, “This wouldn’t be a press conference without talking about Drew Costa.”
Drew Costa of course was a walk-on kicker last year that provided the Tigers some depth after starting kicker Greg Huegel went down with a torn ACL four weeks into the season. Costa became an overnight celebrity among the Clemson faithful and ultimately kicked off four times during the season.