By Will Vandervort.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney says his offensive line is a good group and he is seeing a lot of good things out of them right now.

With the exception of Isaiah Battle at left tackle and Ryan Norton at center every position is up in the air as the Tigers come to the halfway point of the spring.

Tyrone Crowder is working at both guard positions and center this spring, while Eric Mac Lain is seeing action at right guard and right tackle. Joe Gore is working at right tackle, while freshmen Mitch Hyatt and Jake Fruhmorgen are also seeing time at the tackle positions along with redshirt sophomore Maverick Morris.

Noah Green, another freshman, is also getting a lot of work this spring. He is primarily working inside, alongside Taylor Hearn and Justin Falcinelli.

Hyatt and Gore both missed Wednesday’s practice with minor injuries. Hyatt tweaked a hamstring during field goal drills on Monday, while Gore stumped his toe. They are both expected to be back to practice when the Tigers return on March 23.

“We are a few guys down so we haven’t really been able to get them where we want them,” Swinney said. “We have had to move a few guys around and again there is always a blessing in that, too.”

Like Mac Lain, Swinney says Morris is working both at tackle and at guard right now. Battle, he says, is having a really solid spring to this point and the same thing with Norton and Crowder.

“It’s a good group,” he said.

With Jay Guillermo out as he works through a personal illness, offensive line coach Robbie Caldwell has asked Falcinelli to help, along with walk-on Zach Riggs, provide depth at the center position.

“That is where we miss Jay big time right now because he was obviously a guy that could help us there,” Swinney said. “But Falcinelli is a player. We really, really like him. We know he can play guard and can be a really good guard, but we are kind of training him at center and working Crowder at center.

“So we got four guys that we are rolling there. Zach Riggs is a guy that we throw out there as well. He is developing. He was a kid that walked on here as a tight end. He has some ability and had some small-school opportunities, but he wanted to chase it here at Clemson. He made that move to center and he is a guy that is developing nicely for us.”

Swinney continued that Falcinelli is the most inconsistent player at center from a snap standpoint because it is new to him.

“We are videoing them and have a little snap camera and all of that so we can really study those guys. We are putting a lot of emphasis on that. As we know, it all starts with a snap and a game can be changed quickly with a very simple fundamental.”