Second-grader's Ben Boulware Halloween costume goes viral

Halloween is still 13 days away, but we already have a clear winner for best costume.

Say hello mini-Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware ... aka second grader Maddox McCollum.

McCollum lives in nearby Anderson, South Carolina and loves Boulware, who grew up in the same town. The 7-year-old McCollum even wears No. 10 on his 8 and under Falcons football team. So when he asked his parents if he could dress up as Boulware for Halloween, of course they said yes.

"We decided because he had real pads and a jersey, his toy Clemson helmet wouldn't go with the costume," said his dad, Marlin McCollum via e-mail. "Maddox was in a play this summer that he wore the beard in, so we went with that. He wanted the…