Clemson lost some familiar names along its offensive line, meaning there will be some new faces up front for Matt Luke and the Tigers this season.

One of the biggest changes will come at center, where Harris Sewell is expected to take over for the departed Ryan Linthicum. Sewell has logged more than 1,600 snaps during his three-year career, so he has plenty of experience. However, those snaps have pretty much all come at guard.

When you’re breaking in a new center, no matter how much experience that guy might have at other spots along the line, there’s always that element of unknown, seeing as how it’s one of the most critical spots up front.

“Harris has been awesome at center,” head coach Dabo Swinney said. “I mean, he’s just at home right there. It’s just been awesome to see him. That’s been a good transition there. He’s gotten some good experience the last couple of years.”

The Tigers also have to replace longtime tackles Tristan Leigh and Blake Miller. Brayden Jacobs is slated to take over at left tackle after gaining some valuable experience there as a freshman last season.

Swinney has called Jacobs the best tackle he’s ever signed, and the sophomore will get a chance to start showing it in the coming season. The 6-foot-7, 355-pound behemoth was ranked as high as No. 55 overall coming out of high school.

Who takes over at right tackle is still up for grabs. Redshirt freshman Easton Ware got the nod in the spring game and got a lot of work with the ones during the spring after missing all of 2025 with a shoulder injury.

“Easton Ware would have been a guy that would have played a lot for us last year, but got hurt and had to have surgery,” Swinney said. “So getting him back out there has been good. He’s shown some good development this spring. Got some work to do. But there’s a lot of competition.”

Veteran Collin Sadler, who has been plagued by injuries, could be an option at right tackle or even one of the guard spots if he’s fully healthy and can get some good luck towards staying that way.

Another player who has had some terrible injury luck is Elyjah Thurmon, who is entering his third season in the program. Thurmon had both his freshman and sophomore seasons cut short due to injury. The 6-foot-4, 325-pounder started at right guard in the spring game and is the favorite to take over one of those guard spots come the season opener.

Ronan O’Connell is a candidate to start at the other guard spot. He saw a lot of work at left guard in the spring. Redshirt freshman Tucker Kattus was also on the receiving end of high praise from Swinney during the spring.

“Tucker Kattus is a kid, a redshirt freshman. He’s going to help us,” Swinney said. “He and O’Connell are competing their butts off. You know, Big Rock, he’s a tough kid. So it’s been good.”

As for the freshmen offensive linemen, Grant Wise is a name to watch when it comes to cracking the two-deep. Chance Barclay could be another. Both players project to play on the interior, with Wise likely at center.

With fall camp just over a month away, the only two guarantees at this juncture appear to be Jacobs and Sewell. That should provide for a lot of good competition leading into the season.