As he watched Jordan Roper speak at the student athletes’ graduation luncheon on Wednesday, Brad Brownell could not help but feel prideful when he was watching his senior point guard.
Through suffering a stroke which almost ended his playing career, to being benched because at times he was too small to play in the ACC, to making a game-winning shot, Roper has seen and experienced it all in his three and a half years as a member of the Clemson basketball team.
And now, a young man who almost did not come to Clemson, walked across the stage on Thursday at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville to receive his degree.