CLEMSON, S.C. -- The nickname comes straight from a coach's guidebook to, uh, motivation.
It includes the player's last name, to remove any confusion about the target. The adjective is just as clear, not profane but unmistakably biting, producing maximum putdown effect. The alliteration is a bonus.
Lazy Leggett. It's perfect.
There's only one thing: Clemson coach Dabo Swinney can't take credit for it. Tigers tight end Jordan Leggett used the L-word -- a notch above soft on the worst labels that can be applied to football players -- while describing his approach as a freshman in 2013.