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Projecting Dabo Swinney's Clemson football depth chart for the season opener vs Georgia
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CLEMSON — Clemson football begins its quest to return to the College Football Playoff on Aug. 31 against Georgia (noon ET, ABC) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Tigers enter the matchup ranked No. 14 in the US LBM coaches and Associated Press preseason polls while the Bulldogs open at No. 1 in both. After Clemson won its fewest games since 2010 last season, coach Dabo Swinney looks to return his program to national prominence.
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Clemson returns eight starters on offense and three on defense and has added the nation's 11th-ranked recruiting class, according to 247Sports. It looks to have another dominant defense in tandem with an improved offense in Year 2 with offensive coordinator Garrett Riley and quarterback Cade Klubnik .
Here's our look at the Tigers' potential depth chart before they take on Georgia in Week 1:
Offense
QB: Cade Klubnik | Christopher Vizzina
RB: Phil Mafah | Keith Adams Jr.
WR: Troy Stellato | Bryant Wesco Jr.
WR: Tyler Brown | T.J. Moore
WR: Antonio Williams | Adam Randall
TE: Jake Briningstool | Josh Sapp
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LT:Tristan Leigh | Dietrick Pennington
LG:Marcus Tate | Collin Sadler
C:Ryan Linthicum | Trent Howard
RG:Walker Parks | Harris Sewell
RT:Blake Miller | Elyjah Thurmon
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Defense
DE:T.J. Parker | Jahiem Lawson | Caden Story
DT:DeMonte Capehart | Vic Burley
DT:Payton Page | Tré Williams
DE:Peter Woods | Cade Denhoff | A.J. Hoffler
SLB:Kobe McCloud | Jamal Anderson
MLB:Wade Woodaz | Sammy Brown
WLB: Barrett Carter | Dee Crayton
CB:Avieon Terrell | Ashton Hampton | Corian Gipson
SS: R.J. Mickens | Sherrod Covil Jr.
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FS:Tyler Venables | Ricardo Jones
NB:Khalil Barnes | Kylon Griffin
CB:Jeadyn Lukus | Shelton Lewis | Tavoy Feagin
Special teams
PK:Nolan Hauser | Robert Gunn III
P:Aidan Swanson | Jack Smith
LS:Philip Florenzo | Holden Casperson
KR:Antonio Williams | Bryant Wesco Jr.
PR:Tyler Brown | Troy Stellato
Derrian Carter covers Clemson athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at dcarter@gannett.com and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DerrianCarter00
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Clemson football roster 2024: Week 1 depth chart projection vs Georgia
