CLEMSON, S.C. — For the first time in recent memory, Will Taylor will not be involved in preseason football practice.
After two seasons of playing two sports at Clemson, Taylor recently announced he was stepping away from football to put his full focus on baseball.
Taylor was five games into his freshman season when he suffered a torn ACL in week five against Boston College. He was lost for the rest of the season and did not make his debut on the diamond for the Tigers until the first week in May.
Later that year, he would return to the football field and as a sophomore wide receiver, he would score his only touchdown as a Tiger in the season opening win over Georgia Tech, That also marked the first touchdown pass in Orange for Cade Klubnik.
Clemson head football coach Dabo Swinney hopes that even though Taylor won't be playing football, he hopes the Dutch Fork graduate will not be shy about dropping by the football complex to see his former coaches and teammates.