Re: How does Clemson Football improve for next year?

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If you look at the Scholarship Breakdown on the front page

Jan 11, 2023, 11:28 AM

you will see that we have a ton of returning starters and depth across the board.

QB. The QB either elevates the talent on the team or he diminishes it. Improved tempo, pre-snap reads, post snap reads, running ability, RPO ability, throwing accuracy, timing, leadership. I could go on and on. Everyone knows how bad we were at the position and how it killed out team's confidence and performance and severely limited our play calling options. Our OC had to constantly focus on building confidence in a fragile QB instead of expanding the playbook and building depth behind starters at all offensive and defensive positions because games were closer late than they should have been.

We basically return our entire 1,2 and 3 deep at OL, CB, and WR while adding additional options in recruiting. Many players returning from injuries to go with the new options. LB returns 2 of 3 starters who should be much improved and should be an improved group overall. Our depth at the position will be younger, but longer and more talented and probably more ready to contribute meaningful snaps without being a liability. The defensive line could actually improve with the returning players and new recruits. Our D-Line didn't live up to the hype. Peter Woods will be an instant impact player.

I expect us to be much better next year.