Clemson’s final scrimmage of fall practice on Thursday in Death Valley provided the players — particularly the freshmen hoping to avoid a redshirt, and those battling for position on the depth chart — with one last, big opportunity to make an impression on the coaching staff.

The film will give Clemson’s coaching staff something else to evaluate as they face decisions on which freshman to redshirt and which are ready to contribute right away.

Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott named running back Tavien Feaster and offensive linemen John Simpson, Tremayne Anchrum and Sean Pollard as a few of the freshmen who look ready to contribute in some capacity this fall. He also said freshmen T.J. Chase, Cornell Powell and Diondre Overton “could be guys that get into the rotation” at receiver.

“You always wish you had one more scrimmage as a coach, but we’ve had a lot of work,” Elliott said. “Coach Swinney did a great job of creating all the situations so you could see guys under pressure. I think we have enough information to make decisions and go forward.”

Offensively, Elliott was pleased with his group’s performance, saying the running game was more productive than the previous scrimmage, the receivers made plays and the unit did a good job of protecting the football. His one minor quibble was that the offensive line was not quite as consistent in pass protection.

The offense ran 77 plays overall.

“It was an opportunity to get a bunch of guys work today being that it was the last scrimmage,” Elliott said.

Elliott said quarterback Nick Schuessler, who set the tone for the offense at the beginning of the scrimmage and also led a successful two-minute drill, was one of the standouts on offense.

Schuessler completed 12 of 22 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown to pace the quarterbacks. Deshaun Watson played just two drives, but went 5-of-7 passing for 77 yards.

“I’m very pleased with Nick,” Elliott said. “I thought Nick did a good job of managing the situations.”

Elliott said Clemson is ready to name a backup quarterback after three scrimmages.

“I think that we have to have some kind of a pecking order and some kind of direction if something were to happen,” Elliott said. “But we feel good with both of those guys.”

At running back, Elliott said Adam Choice followed up what was a stellar second scrimmage with another good showing. He found the end zone from 11 yards out, while C.J. Fuller led the running backs with 31 yards on six carries.

Elliot also said Feaster is starting to run with more conviction and aggression.

“One thing we pride ourselves on in our (running back) room is we accelerate to the contact, and that’s something he had to learn,” Elliott said of Feaster. “You’re starting to see over the last few practices that he is hitting the holes with some confidence.”

At wide receiver, Deon Cain had 62 yards on a pair of receptions, including a 39-yard catch from Watson, while Ray-Ray McCloud caught four passes for 34 yards and a touchdown.

But the receiver who caught Elliott’s eye the most was tight end Milan Richard, who had four catches for 48 yards, and had another 30-yard reception called back because of a penalty.

“I think he needed to have a good day,” Elliott said, “to help him with his confidence to spell Leggett.”

Clemson will hold practices on Friday and Saturday that will be “season prep” practices before the Tigers begin preparing for Auburn on Monday.