Clemson football: Tajh Boyd continues to be disrespected & forgotten

Tajh Boyd continues to be one of the most disrespected players in Clemson football history.

Whether you look at his career numbers or his individual season numbers, Tajh Boyd is one of the greatest Clemson football players ever and somehow people have already forgotten how good he was. The Tigers have won two national championships in the seven years since he last took a snap because of the foundation that he helped build.

It isn’t just Tiger fans who have completely forgotten about one of the greatest quarterbacks in ACC history either.

ESPN recently published their list of the 60 greatest college football quarterbacks of all-time.

This list created by Bill Connelly for ESPN+ subscribers features players like Ken Dorsey from Miami, Kevin Kolb of the Houston Cougars, and BYU’s Zack Wilson. They also have former ACC greats Deshaun Watson, Trevor Lawrence, Philip Rivers, and Russell Wilson.

However, Tajh Boyd is nowhere to be found. NOWHERE.

Tajh ended his Clemson football career as the program leader in passing touchdowns, passing yards, rushing touchdowns by a QB – all of those numbers are also first or second-best in the history of ACC football.

The only quarterback to statistically be better than Boyd in ACC football history is Philip Rivers and yet this list is littered with former quarterbacks who never came close to matching the individual seasons let alone career that Boyd had.

While I am by no means stating that Tajh should have been in the Top 25 or 30, there are zero reasons for him not have been ranked between 40-60, especially when you consider Connelly ranked players like Keenan Reynolds, Brad Banks, David Carr, and Dan LeFevour in that range – again, none of which came close to matching the success that Boyd had for Clemson football.

While Boyd never beat South Carolina or won a national title, he will one day see his name in the Ring of Honor around Death Valley and had a career worthy enough to be named among the greatest college quarterbacks to ever play the game.

Long time Clemson football fans know how lucky we were to have Boyd represent the program during his playing days and how lucky we continue to be to have him represent the University that we love.