Tigers make a decision on Tony Steward's red-shirt

by TigerNet Staff - Thursday, August 23, 2012 6:51 PM
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Tony Steward
Pos: LB   Height: 6-1   Weight: 235   Hometown: Hastings, FL (Pedro Menendez HS)   Years Played: 2011 - 2013



Player Photo Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said after practice on Thursday that linebacker Tony Stewart will not red-shirt. Swinney expects Steward to play 25 plays a game as a starter on special teams.

Steward is currently the third team WILL linebacker and is trying to come back from ACL surgeries in back to back years. The Tigers have two seniors in front of Steward - Tig Willard and Corico Wright. In high school, Steward was rated as the No. 1 outside linebacker in the nation and won the high school version of the Dick Butkus Award in 2010 as the best linebacker in the nation.


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