When talking about Clemson’s problems offensively, everyone wants to point to the absence of Trevor Lawrence and the fact the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft is no longer with the Tigers.
But in the opinion of ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit, the Tigers are missing Lawrence’s former Clemson and current Jacksonville Jaguars teammate — running back Travis Etienne — perhaps even more.
“Everybody wants to talk about Trevor Lawrence not being there. To me, it’s about Travis Etienne not being there because he was a guy that could make plays happen when they weren’t there,” Herbstreit said on SportsCenter on Saturday morning.