RTR Round Table Discussion: Summer Depth Chart
Welcome to Rubbing The Rock’s weekly round table discussion, where each of the members of Rubbing The Rock’s staff debate on a specific topic. This weeks topic is Clemson’s summer depth chart.
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Tyreese Ingram –
The depth chart didn’t offer any surprises to me. But I did think that Tucker Israel played well enough to be the third string QB. All of the quarterbacks had their good and bad moments in the Spring game, but I thought his play and experience would have earned him the spot behind Zerrick Cooper. He led all quarterbacks with 94 yards and had the longest pass play of the 34 yards.
Cole Little –
Clemson’s preliminary depth chart brought with it relatively few surprises, as the spring performances basically indicated that nothing groundbreaking would take shape prior to the team beginning its fall practice slate.
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Naturally, the quarterback announcement generated the most discussion, but Kelly Bryant being chosen as the top quarterback right now makes perfect sense, as the two youngsters behind him did not play well enough in the spring game to jump him on the depth chart. However, there is certainly one surprise relating to the depth chart, and it is that rising sophomore running back Tavien Feaster is resorted to third, placed beneath C.J. Fuller and Adam Choice, respectively, on the depth chart.
While Feaster did not exactly amaze in the spring ball slate, he seemed late last season to be well on his way to becoming the next great Clemson running back. Quite simply, Feaster’s imposing size and impressive skill set make him much more of a commodity than the other two aforementioned running backs, and Clemson’s coaching staff likely realizes that. Therefore, not seeming to be garnering the level of respect that he probably deserves, Tavien Feaster being chosen as the third running back was somewhat shocking.
Anthony Messenger –
I thought that Clemson’s summer depth chart was largely skewed towards seniority. There were a few young players who deserved to be higher on the depth chart than they were. For instance, Shaq Smith out performed nearly every linebacker outside of Kendall Joseph, Tre’ Lamar and Dorian O’Daniel this spring, however, he was listed as a fourth string WILL linebacker.
Another young player who was buried on the depth chart was Tavien Feaster. While I believe Feaster will move up to second string running back by the end of fall camp, he did enough during the spring to be there right now.
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