When Drue Tranquill met Clemson running back Travis Etienne at ESPN’s College Football Awards Show earlier this month, he could not believe it was the same guy he has watched on film.
Notre Dame’s linebacker thought the ACC’s Player of the Year was bigger than Etienne’s 5-foot-10, 200-pound frame.
“We were chatting a bit and I was telling him that he looks a lot smaller in person than I thought he would be,” Tranquill said. “On film he has flashes of like (Leonard Fournette), just running through tackles, running through guys. He runs a lot bigger than he is, definitely.