Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney announced during his weekly Sunday teleconference that redshirt junior defensive end Jahiem Lawson needs tightrope surgery on his ankle and will be out for the rest of the season after going down in Saturday’s win over Furman.
So, with Lawson being out, who steps up at defensive end for the Tigers and helps replace Lawson’s production?
Swinney says that redshirt freshman Darien Mayo and redshirt junior Caden Story are next up, behind starting defensive ends T.J. Parker and Will Heldt, and veteran backup Cade Denhoff.
“We’ve got the three main guys, you know, with Denhoff and with T.