Brandon Streeter is not going to lie. It is not like he is excited to be losing Deshaun Watson to the NFL. Of course he is happy for Watson personally, but professionally, he would have loved to have coached the two-time Heisman Finalist and National Champion quarterback one more year. Who wouldn’t? However, that’s life […]
When Deshaun Watson came to Clemson three years ago, the coaching staff felt like Watson had the chance to be pretty special. However, they did not assume anything. Instead, they let him go compete against senior Cole Stoudt and redshirt sophomore Chad Kelly to see how he would do. So Watson fell in line and […]
Quarterbacks Clemson’s coaching staff returned from a four-day weekend on Monday and began planning for the 2017 season. Spring practice kicks off on March 1 as the Tigers have to answer a lot of questions on offense this spring, especially on who will replace Deshaun Watson at quarterback. Replacing Watson will not be easy. Sure, […]
Dabo Swinney likes to say he will always play the best players, and that includes the possibility of having to play two quarterbacks this coming fall. The Clemson head coach said earlier this week he is not against the idea of a two-quarterback system. “If I have a junior version of Deshaun Watson and a […]
Brandon Streeter isn’t playing any favorites. Clemson’s recruiting coordinator and quarterbacks coach is asked all the time who he thinks will be the team’s starting quarterback when the 2017 season begins, and his answer his simple: I don’t know. “There’s honestly not a guy in my mind that I’m like, who’s going to get it,” […]
Prior to National Signing Day, The Clemson Insider caught up with the high school head coaches of several members of Clemson’s 2017 signing class to talk about their careers, what they meant to their programs, their future at Clemson and more. You can check out all of the articles right here: Matt Bockhorst — LINK […]
Hunter Johnson and John Hart were a package deal. Hart, a one-time coach at Warren Central in Indianapolis, was offered the head-coaching job at Brownsburg (Ind.) in December 2015. Johnson, a rising senior at Brownsburg at the time, was thinking about transferring to powerhouse IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) for his final season after IMG came […]
Just a few days before enrolling at Clemson University, Hunter Johnson threw a 61-yard touchdown pass in leading his East team to a victory in the U.S. Army All-American Football Game. “It was a blast, so much fun,” Johnson told USA TODAY Sports afterwards. “I could not have expected a better time.” In having so […]
When spring practice begins in the next month, Kelly Bryant will be the first quarterback to take snaps with the rest of the first-team offense. “He has earned that,” Clemson quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter said recently to The Clemson Insider. “He has gotten better every day he has been here. He will have the opportunity […]
Clemson commit Hunter Johnson was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl on Saturday. Johnson, the nation’s No. 1 quarterback in the 2017 class from Brownsburg, Ind., accounted for the game’s first score when he threw a 61-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, helping lead the East to a […]