Quietly, Travis Blanks has made his way back onto the football field without anyone really noticing, at least until Thursday.
Blanks was all over the field in Clemson’s third practice of training camp, including one play in which he jumped in front of a Deshaun Watson pass to Ray Ray McCloud and nearly took it to the house.
Coming off two surgeries to the same knee in the last 20 months, defensive coordinator Brent Venables says Blanks has not had any lingering effects from his injuries.
“He is within five to ten pounds on all of his lifts from almost two years ago.