DALLAS — Everyone at Clemson is preparing for life without Dexter Lawrence. He isn’t receiving snaps during Clemson’s bowl practices, for instance. He has instead moved into more of a coaching role, tutoring the young players expected to slide into his position in the middle of Clemson’s star-studded defensive line. Defensive coordinator Brent Venables has such a lack of faith in Lawrence playing in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl on Saturday against Notre Dame that he has already adjusted his rotation from a three-man version (Lawrence, Albert Huggins and Nyles Pinckney) to a “two-man,” he says.
Dexter Lawrence's Suspension Seems All but Sealed as Clemson Preps for Cotton Bowl
