Many first-round customers for the 2021 NFL Draft have opted not to participate in the 2020 school football season, but the alleged no pick. 1, Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, showed in the opening win of Saturday night’s 37-13 season over Wake Forest that he will take place this fall.
Speaking to ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi in a College GameDay segment on Saturday morning, the junior quarterback said he would graduate in December, adding, “I hope this is my last season. “
It wasn’t unexpected news. Lawrence was screened as one of the most sensible selections in the 2021 draft before even taking his last photo at Cartersville High School in Georgia. By the time he took Clemson to the 2018 national championship as a true freshman, only one lunatic would have the idea. Lawrence would spend four years in college.
Still, it’s refreshing to hear a star player say the silent component out loud.
Even in the post-match interviews in their respective bowling games (or the final games of the NCAA Tournament, if it is also necessary to take into account the prospects of the hoops), the subclasses projected in the most sensible draft picks almost say something like: “I’ll have to sit down with my circle of family members and my coaches after the season and make that difficult decision. “
It’s pretty good to already have the unofficial confirmation that Lawrence will be the eulogy for the NFL team that will carry out tank work with the utmost success.
Its season-opening functionality opposed the Demon Deacons as an early reminder that the lucky NFL team will have a golden-haired surgeon who will do it all effortlessly.
Lawrence finished 22 of 28 passes for 351 yards and a touchdown. He had two short touchdowns in the first quarter.
The landing step is a good thing. At a third check-out in the red zone, Lawrence stood in his pocket and sent the ball to J. C. Chalk in the corner of the finish area, as if he were casually throwing a dart at a pub.
Lawrence also connected several exquisite deep passes along the sideline while leading Clemson in one and two touchdowns of more than 90 yards in the first half.
This year, however, on a Saturday when many Power Five offenses seemed rusty than a long-forgotten bike, not a proverbial patch of iron oxide discovered in Lawrence’s game.
Honestly, Wake Forest is neither Alabama nor Georgia. The Demon Deacons had to upgrade the two most productive players (Essang Bassey and Amari Henderson) from a high school that was nothing special in the first place. Lawrence had 272 yards and four touchdowns in a 52-3 hit this team last year.
But it is also worth mentioning that the Tigers have introduced several new openings. Last year’s star catchers, Tee Higgins and Justyn Ross, left, leaving guys like Rodgers, Ladson and Joe Ngata to Lawrence’s new favorite targets.
However, it didn’t matter. The big favorite to win the Heisman has spread the love indiscriminately among nine other targets (Clemson finished the night with thirteen other players making a catch, but exchange quarterbacks D. J. Uiagalelei and Taisun Phommachanh made 4 of those passes).
It will be some time before Lawrence is legitimately tested in 2020. Clemson presents The Citadel at Week 3, has an open date for Week Four and attracts a pre-season AP Top 25 team before heading to Notre Dame in early November.
But let’s get us to take advantage of this phenomenon to complement your stats for the duration of your last self-proclaimed school football season.
Such talented guys only come once every ten years or so.
Kerry Miller covers men’s school basketball and school football for Bleacher Report. You can follow him on Twitter: @kerrancejames.