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Trevor Lawrence's freshman ascension at Clemson mirrored his same rise in high school

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CLEMSON, S.C. – Both guys played at first – the veteran getting most of the time, but the precocious freshman seeing plenty of action. And then four games in, the coaches had seen enough. It was time, they determined, that Trevor Lawrence became the starter.

“It was easy to see,” says Miller Forristall, adding that he’d seen the moment coming for months, ever since a lanky kid with a buzz cut had begun working out with Cartersville High School’s varsity players.