Clemson football: Roster of mixed talent gaining early recognition

We are less than 70 days away from Clemson football kicking off the season against UGA in Charlotte and the accolades are starting to trickle in. Expect a lot of Tigers to get a lot of preseason recognition from the various outlets that cover college football.

Pro Football Focus recently published its pre-season all-conference college football teams and Clemson football is well represented.

Of the first, second, and third-team slots, the Tigers placed a total of 13 players on the All-ACC preseason PFF lists.

Here are the Tigers according to Pro Football Focus –

First Team Offense:

• Justyn Ross, WR
• Jordan McFadden, LT

First Team Defense:

• Bryan Bresee, DT
• Myles Murphy, DE
• James Skalski, LB
• Nolan Turner, S
• Andrew Booth Jr, CB

Second Team Offense:

• Lynn-J Dixon, RB

Second Team Special Teams:

• B.T. Potter, K

Third Team Offense:

• D.J. Uiagalelei, QB
• Davis Allen, TE

Third Team Defense:

• Tyler Davis, DT
• Baylon Spector, LB

Clemson football has to start fast in 2021

With UGA up first in 2021, Clemson football does not have time to find itself, they are going to have to elite from the start. They won’t play their best football in September but Dabo Swinney and the coaching staff do not have time to keep the training wheels long.

The Tigers are going to rely heavily on the sixth-year seniors like Skalski and Turner on the roster as well as the super sophomores like Bresee, Murphy, and Uiagalelei to help bring the young Clemson football team along early in the year.

If there was ever a year to be able to play the underdog card, this is it for the Tigers.

After the losses of Trevor Lawrence, Travis Etienne, Cornell Powell, Amari Rodgers, Derion Kendrick, and nearly a dozen others, people from coast to coast believe this is the year that Clemson football finally takes a step back.

Swinney will use this to advantage and lean on a roster exploding with the talent to guide the Tigers to a seventh straight ACC title as well as a seventh straight appearance in the College Football Playoff.