Clemson Football: Tajh Boyd may be the most underappreciated Tiger of all-time
Taj Boyd may be the most underappreciated Clemson football player of all-time
The Clemson football program has seen its fair share of stars who have led the Tigers to new heights, especially in the Dabo Swinney era.
Under Swinney, Clemson football has gone on to win six ACC Championships, two National Championships and make five-straight CFB Playoff appearances.
Because of the amount of talent and success that we’ve seen the Tigers achieve, sometimes great players fall by the wayside. Perhaps the most underappreciated Clemson football player of all-time is none other than QB Tajh Boyd.
Clemson football fans sometimes forget just how good Tajh Boyd was
We talk about Clemson football being ‘QBU’ because of the success that both Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence have had- with the potential for DJ Uiagalelei to even supersede that.
But we all tend to forget that it was Tajh Boyd who started it all.
Boyd took over as the starting quarterback during the 2011 season and led the Tigers to their first ACC Championship in nearly two decades. He followed that up with a successful 2012 season culminated in a win over LSU in the Chick-fil-A (which most Clemson football fans peg as the ‘turning point’ in the program) and then capped off his career by returning for one season and eventually beating the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Orange Bowl.
Not only did Boyd lead Clemson to some marquee victories, he is also still the all-time passing leader in program history with 11,904 passing yards and 107 passing touchdowns.
You truly have to go back and watch the games to realize how good Tajh Boyd was.
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He took shot-after-shot in some of those marquee games (especially against LSU, Ohio State and Georgia) and continued to get back up. He threw a perfect deep ball. He had great arm strength and was an impactful leader.
Without Boyd, the National Championships down the road don’t happen in my opinion. He was the true stepping stone to take this program to the next level and that’s why he may be the most underappreciated Tiger of all-time.