GREENVILLE, S.C. — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney admitted he was a little surprised linebacker Ben Boulware was not taken in last week’s NFL Draft. However, he also said there was a silver lining to it.
After going undrafted, Boulware was picked up by the Carolina Panthers as a free agent last Saturday.
“I thought he would be late. I thought he would have been a sixth- or seventh-round draft pick,” Swinney said Wednesday prior to the Greenville Clemson Club’s Prowl & Growl event at Fluor Field. “That’s about where he should have fallen. He will be fine.