Clemson Football: Five Keys to victory against the Florida Atlantic Owls

Cade Klubnik needs to find multiple receivers in the passing game

Klubnik had at least five completions each to Antonio Williams, Will Shipley, and Beaux Collins against Duke, and nine total players.

Against CSU, there was a similar trio that had at least five receptions (this time it was Troy Stellato in place of Shipley), but there were sixteen different players who had a reception.

A Garrett Riley-led offense will benefit from spreading the ball around to multiple receivers during the game. It helps keep the defense guessing where the ball will go next. It also keeps them from cheating too much help towards players like Williams and Collins, who are the most reliable receivers right now.

It also will help Klubnik. The more players he has confidence in, the more willing he will be to make quick decisions when he sees someone coming open.

The one name fans want to be more involved very badly is tight end Jake Briningstool, who only has four receptions for 25 yards through two games.

One of the things we discussed in the preseason was that the Tiger offense can’t do everything. If they brought on a fourth wide receiver, either the running back or tight end would have to come off the field. If they used a two-running back set, then either the tight end or a wide receiver would have to come off the field.

Thus far, it feels like the tight end is the position often being sacrificed. We have seen several plays where the five offensive linemen are without a tight end by their side.

That doesn’t mean there haven’t been opportunities to find Briningstool. Look at this screenshot from Klubnik’s disastrous Pick-Six against the Bucs.

That’s Briningstool in the top center of the screen. It would be in Klubnik’s best interests to find him more often.