As he watched Clate Schmidt warm up prior to Saturday’s game against Maine, Clemson head coach Monte Lee thought to himself, “What an amazing story.”
Just over eight months ago, Schmidt was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the body’s immune system. Lymphocytes are in the lymph nodes and other lymphoid tissues.
Schmidt was diagnosed with the cancer in late May, but by September he was back with his Clemson teammates conditioning for the 2016 season, and he was doing it cancer free.
“I have never been through anything like this with a player before,” Lee said.