Huegel has slight lead in kicker battle

Senior Greg Huegel has a slight edge in Clemson’s placekicker competition heading into the team’s first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday. However, senior Alex Spence and freshman B.T. Potter aren’t trailing Huegel by much, according to special teams coordinator Danny Pearman. “It’s not that he’s doing anything different,” Pearman said of Huegel. “He’s probably […]

Like quarterback, kicker will have plenty of competition

With the media surrounding him at a table earlier this month inside the clubhouse at The Reserve on Lake Keowee following his annual media golf outing, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney sat back in his chair and chuckled, “This wouldn’t be a press conference without talking about Drew Costa.” Drew Costa of course was a […]

Kicker, not QB, could be the best competition in camp

All spring and all summer, the talk at Clemson has been about its quarterbacks. Since Trevor Lawrence stepped foot on campus in January, the freshmen has been pushing incumbent starter Kelly Bryant for the job. His talents have already run off last year’s backups in Zerrick Cooper and Hunter Johnson and he passed redshirt freshman […]

Spence added to Academic All-ACC Football Team

Clemson placekicker Alex Spence has been added to the 2017 Academic All-ACC Team. Spence finished the season as Clemson’s second leading scorer with 68 points on nine field goals and 41 extra points. In the classroom the financial management major has a career GPA of 3.97. After taking over for returning starter Greg Huegel, who suffered […]

Player of the Game: No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6

NEW ORLEANS — Alabama rolled into the Superdome with a vengeance as they rolled Clemson in route to a third consecutive College Football Playoff National Championship Game. The Crimson Tide dominated the line of scrimmage holding the Tigers to a meager 188 yards of total offense. They also forced a pair turnovers including a pick […]

Wednesday practice notebook: Spence keeps his job for another week

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said Alex Spence will be his kicker when the fourth-ranked Tigers travel to Raleigh, N.C., Saturday to take on No. 20 NC State. “Spence has had a heck of a week,” Swinney said after Wednesday’s practice. “We have a two-horse race to see who gets the other seat on the […]

Notebook: Swinney has no idea who his kicker will be

When it comes to who is placekicker might be for Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney admitted he has no idea. “You got as much clarity on the kicking situation as I have right now. I can promise you,” Swinney told a reporter. Clemson currently ranks last in the ACC in […]

Notebook: Swinney trusts Streeter’s call to play Cooper over Johnson

The reason Zerrick Cooper played instead of Hunter Johnson in No. 8 Clemson’s loss to Syracuse on Friday night was due to the recommendation of quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said in a teleconference call with the media on Monday that he felt Cooper gave the Tigers the best chance to […]

Tuesday notebook: O’Daniel says Alabama vs. Clemson III ‘would be cool’

It’s not even halfway through the regular season and already ESPN, Fox Sports, Sports Illustrated and others are contemplating the idea of a third Clemson vs. Alabama national championship game. Currently, Alabama is ranked No. 1 in the country in both the Associated Press and the Amway Coaches Polls, a position it has held since […]

Spence starting to get comfortable in new role

Things have changed a lot for Clemson kicker Alex Spence in one week. Last weekend, the redshirt junior was one of only two players on Clemson’s roster that didn’t see the field during the team’s 47-21 win at Louisville. A week later against Boston College — following Greg Huegel’s ACL tear that was the result […]