Clemson Football: 4 Tigers we wish would’ve had a free year of eligibility

Four Clemson football players we wish would’ve had an extra year of eligibility

Clemson football players- and athletes, in general- across the country received some promising news when it was voted and passed by the NCAA Board of Governors that student-athletes would now have the 2020-21 season as a free year of eligibility.

Basically, for those who haven’t heard, this means that Clemson football players can play this season and won’t lose any of their eligibility. They’ll enter the 2021 season with the same amount of years of eligibility as they have coming into this season, whether they play a full season or no season at all.

While this is great news for many student-athletes across the country who will now have the opportunity to play this year at no cost to them, we may not see many Clemson football players take advantage of the rule simply because of the overall talent that is coming into the program.

That being said, looking back at the history of the Clemson football program under Dabo Swinney, here are four Tigers we wish had the opportunity to have another year of eligibility.

4. James Davis

One half of Clemson’s ‘Thunder and Lightning’ RB duo, James Davis was an explosive running back who absolutely was underrated during his time with the Tigers.

Davis was a bruiser-back who could rumble ahead for tough yardage and break off some explosive plays when needed.

Can you imagine if we had been able to see one more year of Davis-Spiller in the Clemson football program? That 2009 offense- following Davis’ departure- only moved the ball on the shoulder of C.J. Spiller.

Had he still been on the team, the Tigers would’ve had their explosive duo of backs- which would’ve kept Spiller even fresher- and who knows? The ACC Championship could’ve ended up in the Tigers’ hands before it was all said and done.