CLEMSON, S.C. ? Senior offensive tackle Isaiah Battle will enter the NFL Supplemental Draft. Head Coach Dabo Swinney made the announcement on Thursday.
?I have some family matters to address, with a child due this summer, and I feel it is in my best interest to enter the NFL Supplemental Draft,? Battle said. ?I want to thank everyone at Clemson, especially Coach Swinney and the assistant coaches, for what they have done for me the last three years. I also want to thank my teammates. They have all had a big impact on my career.?
?We appreciate all that Isaiah has done for the program the last three years,? Swinney said. ?He has made great progress in his development and has been a big contributor to our success the last three years, especially in each of the last three bowl games when he had outstanding games against very talented defensive lines from LSU, Ohio State and Oklahoma. We wish him well in his pursuit of a professional career.?
Swinney said Battle?s departure will open an opportunity for true freshman Mitch Hyatt.
?This will create a great opportunity for Mitch as a true freshman,? Swinney said. ?We liked what we saw from Mitch in the spring, and look forward to seeing his progress in August. We have other young offensive linemen who will also have a new opportunity for playing time.?
Granted Hyatt was a 5* and the #1 rated OT out of high-school but he is going to get his asss kicked this year.
Its now coming out that he was cited for “simple possession of the reefer” on June 11 and that the Clemson coaches, the next day, contacted the NFL about the supplemental draft for him instead of kicking him off the team. He had already been doghouse multiple times the past few years. Assume the coaches did it because he is about to have a baby in a few weeks.
This really hurts and could end up costing us a game or two. Goes to show winning is not everything to Dabo.
Losing Ebo was the one that could hurt the most. Battle was an issue the coaches tried to contain from his first year on campus, always in Dabo or the position coach’s doghouse. Hopefully Hyatt is up to the task, he was pushing Battle already in the spring. Lapcoke was just a kicker, they got another one coming in, they’ll have him ready to go.
Mark
Pioneer 222 Sportfish Yamaha F300
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
While Battle was lazy he would stonewall the best DE’s in the big games.
What if Hyatt gets injured? Then we have to rely on another true freshman LT as well who is not nearly as good or Joe Gore who may or may not come back after the summer.
If all this happened in Columbia some of you would be claiming
the sky is falling.
An epidemic of drugs
Drug culture
Coach is dealing drugs in locker room
Cover up
If all this happened in Columbia some of you would be claiming
the sky is falling.
An epidemic of drugs
Drug culture
Coach is dealing drugs in locker room
Cover up
But since it is in cow town, very few comments
Yeah we would, too bad y’all can’t even get them on campus to even worry about issues down the road. [:0]
Mark
Pioneer 222 Sportfish Yamaha F300
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
Clemson says he left school to help his family. Actually they busted him for weed and kicked him off the team. No coverup there at all. Doesn’t Dabo “control” the news that is allowed to come out of Coverup U?
Clemson says he left school to help his family. Actually they busted him for weed and kicked him off the team. No coverup there at all. Doesn’t Dabo “control” the news that is allowed to come out of Coverup U?
Yes, freedom of the press laws do not hold water up there.