Clemson football offensive lineman John Simpson has quietly progressed into a reliable option at guard for the Tigers heading into his final season.
Clemson football offensive lineman John Simpson enters his senior season as an All-ACC caliber player with the ability of becoming a solid leader for the Tigers.
It seems like just yesterday that John Simpson had stepped on campus as a big-time 4-star offensive lineman.
Now, he steps in as a veteran on the offensive line and will garner All-ACC honors in the interior of the line.
Though Simpson hasn’t been a widely recognized or talked about individual, you can see his progression over the past three years and I expect to see him take huge steps forward during this final campaign.
You can see the development in different areas when you go back and watch the film in 2018. He’s gotten better in his technique. His power is on a better level than that of past seasons. You can even see more progression from the start of 2018 to the end when he’s playing against Alabama.
Simpson is going to be a part of the best interior offensive line for Clemson football in quite some time. He’ll play beside Sean Pollard at center and Gage Cervenka on the other side and it’s expected that the group is able to be dominate in the interior and open up holes up the middle for both Travis Etienne and Lyn-J Dixon.
Look for big No. 74 this year. He won’t get a ton of glory or notoriety, but he’s going to be an instrumental part of the success of the Clemson offense in 2019. I fully expect to see Simpson garner all kinds of honors at the offensive guard position and for him to develop into a solid draft pick by this time next year.