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The NCAA’s relatively new NCAA rule has changed the way coaching staffs approach redshirting, making many individual cases dependent upon personnel circumstances that can change as a season unfolds.
All but three of Clemson’s 28 freshmen have played through the first three games – a majority in at least two of the victories.
Tigerillustrated.com has spoken with multiple contacts within the last two weeks and gotten a clearer picture for which newcomers are likely to play throughout their freshman season, which ones might still be on a bubble, and which ones are projected to sit.
In the second and final installment, we lay out the anticipated blueprint for the freshmen on defense: