The Trevor Lawrence era officially begins Saturday at Death Valley in Clemson.
The freshman will get his first start and will play every meaningful snap as the second-ranked Tigers try to move past the Kelly Bryant saga and focus on the Orange.
Swinney announced on Monday of this week that Lawrence was going to get the start over Bryant, who had started the last 18 games for Clemson. After meeting with Swinney on Monday afternoon, the senior sat out Monday’s practice and then did not practice on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Bryant announced his intentions to leave the Clemson program and transfer to another school thanks to the NCAA’s new redshirt rules which allows players to play up to four games before deciding to sit the rest of the year and redshirt.