JOHN SIMPSON FLOATED through the room, 330 pounds of joy maneuvering through a throng of yapping radio personalities camped out in a hotel lobby at this year's ACC Kickoff event in Charlotte, North Carolina. He wore a gray suit, a floral tie and, atop his normal mop of tight cornrows, a lustrous blond wig. He brushed it back with a swipe of his hand and a flip of his head like some playful ingenue.
The look: Trevor Lawrence chic.
The impersonation was his coach's idea. The talking heads all wanted Lawrence, the well-coiffed Clemson sophomore quarterback who, at the age of 19, is one of this season's Heisman Trophy favorites.