One issue for No. 4 Clemson has it tries to make another run to the College Football Playoff is its depth on the offensive line.
The Tigers, who are off this weekend, do not have the depth up front that they have had in recent years. When starting left guard Matt Bockhorst went down with a knee injury in the second quarter at Notre Dame, Mason Trotter replaced him in the lineup. Clemson also played true freshman Walker Parks at left guard.
“In past years, we have been playing a lot of guys on the OL and we are just really young and we just don’t have the depth there, right now, in a game like that,” head coach Dabo Swinney said.