Clemson Football: Nyles Pinckney reportedly carted off field after practice

Clemson football DT Nyles Pinckney was reportedly carted off the field during the Tigers’ final live scrimmage of fall camp Thursday afternoon.

The Clemson football team held its final live scrimmage of fall camp Thursday afternoon in Death Valley and there were several notable updates coming out of the day.

The most notable, though, had to do with a potential injury to one of Clemson’s projected starters. Tigernet’s David Hood was the first to report that DT Nyles Pinckney was carted off the field during the afternoon. The extent of the injury is unknown as of right now.

As far as the injury goes, it’s not safe to assume anything, but you never like to hear of a player being carted off the field. This could just be a precautionary measure and it may not even be related to an injury, but only time will tell.

UPDATE (9 p.m.): David Hood posted on Twitter that from all accounts, Pinckney is okay and the injury is not as serious as what being carted off would indicate.

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney told the media that both Pinckney and teammate Jordan Williams were dominant in the interior of that defensive line during the scrimmage, so things seem positive from that perspective.

Outside of the Pinckney scare, Swinney said that the team is ‘beat up.’ After a grueling couple of weeks of practice, fall camp has begun to wear on the team, as it does every year.

The Tigers will practice Friday before taking the weekend off. Then, fall camp will finish up Monday and Tuesday before they begin preparation for Georgia Tech on Wednesday.

A couple of interesting top performers, according to the coaches, were freshmen Tyler Davis and Jaelyn Lay. Swinney told the media that Lay is the most improved player of camp and that the Clemson football coaching staff has been impressed with his ability to not only block, but to catch the ball as well. That would be a huge upgrade compared to what we saw in the spring.

Overall, this is about what we’d expect to hear this time of the year. The coaches will begin repping a first-team and a second-team beginning next week instead of three units and it should be expected that we see some final decisions being made on starters and position battles within the next few days.