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Swinney wants McCloud to be serious about punt return

At one point last year, Ray-Ray McCloud was leading the country in punt returns. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney believes his junior wide receiver can do that again if he just stays focused and trust his instincts a little more than he did in the later part of the 2016 season.

Staring with the Boston College game in Week 6, McCloud got a case of the drops when it came to catching punts. Two of his muffed punts last year led to scores, and it got to a point where the coaching staff had a hard time trusting him despite his ability to take the football to the house when he did catch it.