Swinney says first-team O-line ‘didn’t miss a beat this spring’

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was very pleased with what he saw during spring practice from the first-team offensive line, which features four new starters in guards Matt Bockhorst and Will Putnam, center Cade Stewart and right tackle Jordan McFadden.

Tasked with replacing Gage Cervenka, Sean Pollard, John Simpson and Tremayne Anchrum, the new starters picked up right where their predecessors left off according to Swinney.

“Offensively, that first offensive line, we didn’t miss a beat this spring,” he said during a media teleconference on Friday.

Although the senior Stewart, junior Bockhorst, sophomore McFadden and sophomore Putnam are new to their starting roles, they have played a lot in…