With Dabo Swinney announcing earlier this week that wide receiver Cornell Powell will sit out the rest of the season in hopes to get back a year as a redshirt, it means third-ranked Clemson will have a new kick returner when it hosts No. 15 NC State this Saturday at Death Valley.
Swinney said freshmen Derion Kendrick and Lyn-J Dixon will handle the team’s kickoff responsibilities against the Wolfpack.
“They will be the two guys that we are going to work in there,” Swinney said following Wednesday’s practice. “We are doing okay. I think we are third in the league in returns.