Before Dwayne Allen became an NFL tight end, he muddled around the Clemson program for a couple of years. He wanted to be the starter, but he didn’t know how he was going to beat out then starter Michael Palmer.
Then the light came on. Allen figured out it wasn’t that Palmer was more talented than he was, Palmer just outworked him.
Once Allen figured out he can never let anyone else outwork him, he became a star. Before his Clemson career was over, Allen became a Consensus All-American and the winner of the John Mackey Award as the nation’s best tight end.