Dixon was ‘taken aback’ by Etienne’s decision

But has responded the right way

When offensive coordinator Tony Elliott got a phone call from Travis Etienne a few days after the national championship game in January and found out about his star running back’s decision to return to Clemson for his senior season, Elliott was actually in a room with Lyn-J Dixon having a one-on-one meeting with the rising junior back.

“It was kind of awkward because I was talking to Lyn-J – and I didn’t know what Travis was going to do – and then he called me, and that’s when he told me right there,” Elliott said this week. “I let Lyn-J know and said you’ve just got to make a decision.”

Prior to that phone call, Dixon had been preparing to assume the role of…