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Elliott feels for recruits, but says there is a ‘silver lining’ of NCAA dead period

The year 2020 has been strange in a lot of different ways because of the coronavirus pandemic, including from a recruiting standpoint in the sense that college programs have not been allowed to play host to recruits since the spring due to the NCAA dead period which has been in place since March.

“It’s 2020. Everything about 2020 is odd,” Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott said this week. “Just like last week, Thanksgiving, you’re so programed that you eat Thanksgiving dinner and then the next day you’re getting ready to play your in-state rival. So, that was different last week.