For the next few weeks, we’ll be doing a group-by-group overview of the Clemson football team in the wake of spring practice. As the cliché goes, “Everything starts up front,” so we begin our series with a look at where the Tigers stand on the offensive line.
When a team approaches the season with the level of expectations currently surrounding Clemson, the storylines are often predictable. Somewhere, a star skill player, the starting quarterback, or a dynamic game-changer on defense is stealing the headlines.
Under normal circumstances, carrying this theory into a discussion of Clemson’s offensive line would lead to a discussion of the starting five.