CLEMSON — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was asked about the health of running back Phil Mafah on Monday and how productive he can be in Saturday’s College Football Playoff Game at No. 5 Texas.
Swinney said Mafah will have to have postseason shoulder surgery. However, the senior running back will play when the 12th-seeded Tigers head to Austin, Texas for the first-round playoff game.
“We got what we got,” Swinney said. “Like I said, nobody is hundred percent. I doubt (Texas) has few players that are over hundred percent, and we don’t either. Certainly, the rest for Mafah is not a bad thing, but he has to have postseason surgery regardless.
“He is going to give us everything he’s got. I thought he looked better than the last game. He is a guy we have to have play well for sure.”
Earlier in the press conference, Swinney reported reserve running back Jay Haynes is out for the season and had knee surgery on Monday.
Clemson will have Keith Adams, Jr., Jarvis Green and David Eziomume backing Mafah up in the playoff game.