CLEMSON — l coach y had only one phrase when requested if he's seen sufficient to maintain freshman s within the Tigers' beginning quarterback position.
"Completely."
It was his first faculty begin, one which Reynolds mentioned he was "slightly nervous" for, however the Tigers (2-1) earned a y over the s (2-1) on Sept. 19.
Requires Reynolds to start out grew louder the extra Christopher Vizzina struggled, and Reynolds was named the starter for the North Carolina sport.
"He’s a competitor, and also you noticed it," Swinney mentioned. "Some large‑time performs in a giant surroundings. You’re down 17‑3, and all the pieces’s towards you, to simply have the toughness to maintain believing; it’s laborious to educate that. It’s laborious to educate what he has."
Like Week 2 vs Georgia Southern, Reynolds had his highs and lows. Swinney mentioned he was annoyed with Reynolds' first half that performed a job in n's offensive struggles. The Tigers gained greater than 10 yards as soon as on their first 5 drives, however their sixth drive was when Swinney thought Reynolds began to settle in.
Reynolds accomplished 7 of 9 passes on Clemson's field-goal drive earlier than halftime, earlier than he needed to spike it and throw it away on second-and-goal and third-and-goal, respectively. Reynolds missed a wide-open Olsen Patt-Henry standing to his proper on his spike, after which underthrew a wide-open deep route for an interception to start out the second half. However Reynolds cleaned his play up after that.
"I made a number of errors initially. It’s what it’s. We simply obtained to bounce again from it. We caught slightly rhythm there going into halftime, and it was good," Reynolds mentioned. "I believe our workforce wanted slightly momentum to simply get going."
Reynolds guided two full-field landing drives and one other 44-yard landing drive within the second half. His first landing cross was on a well-executed faux screen-and-go to tight finish Christian Bentencur for 27 yards within the third quarter. Reynolds completed 20-of-29 for 215 yards, one landing and one interception.
"All people, all of the coaches, everyone simply instructed me I’ve to develop up," Reynolds mentioned. "There's numerous errors I made. Simply develop up slightly bit and continue learning."
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What Dabo Swinney mentioned about Christopher Vizzina damage
Vizzina injured his elbow towards Georgia Southern and didn’t gown towards the Tar Heels. However Swinney made it clear earlier this week that his resolution to start out Reynolds was primarily based on efficiency solely.
Nonetheless, Clemson was with out its veteran backup towards UNC. Swinney initially believed on Sept. 13 that Vizzina could be prepared, however he might by no means get his left arm to the purpose the place he might grip the soccer nicely after his arm swelled up extra on Sept. 15.
"The swelling, after which having to empty it, type of gave him a setback, and he simply by no means might get the place he might safe the ball," Swinney mentioned, earlier than saying he thinks Vizzina's damage is a short-term one.
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