PHOTO: Kalon Davis shows off his custom Beard Gang t-shirt

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Clemson offensive lineman Kalon Davis Kalon Davis
RS Sr. Offensive Guard
#67 6-5, 340
Chester, SC
View Full Profile came to the media interviews on Monday with his custom Beard Gang shirt. Davis said the shirts make the Beard Gang "legit" now.

Center Ryan NortonRyan Norton
RS Jr. Offensive Line
#58 6-3, 292
Simpsonville, SC
View Full Profile told TigerNet in fall camp that the Beard Gang started out as a joke, but now it’s a way for the players along the offensive line to develop an identity and chemistry.

"I think we were all just joking around,” Norton said. “Me, Eric Mac LainEric Mac Lain
RS Jr. Offensive Tackle
#78 6-4, 306
Hope Mills, NC
View Full Profile , Kalon Davis and Tyrone CrowderTyrone Crowder
RS Fr. Offensive Guard
#55 6-2, 322
Marston, NC
View Full Profile were all growing beards and Spencer RegionSpencer Region
RS Jr. Offensive Guard
#74 6-4, 333
Cullman, AL
View Full Profile . So Mac would get us all to take a picture and then he'd post it on twitter with #BeardGang.

"Then we had guys on the team asking us, ‘How can I get in on that? And we said well you have to grow a beard. Then you got guys like Maverick MorrisMaverick Morris
RS Fr. Offensive Line
#69 6-4, 291
Broxton, GA
View Full Profile who can't grow a beard, so we have a pretty good time with that. It's kind of a way for us to poke fun at each other. It gives us something in common.”

#BEARDGANG @rnorton58 @real_og74 @ReidW77 @JoeG73 @Incredible_55 @Jay_Guillermo57 pic.twitter.com/jqvzmDB5nQ

— Eric Mac Lain (@mr_clemson) July 30, 2014

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