{"id":762903,"date":"2026-07-14T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762903\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:05:08","slug":"the-clemson-insider-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/762903\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clemson Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following Clemson\u2019s spring game in late March, head coach Dabo Swinney\u00a0provided clarity on the Tigers\u2019 quarterback battle<\/a>, saying that redshirt junior Christopher Vizzina and true freshman Tait Reynolds had clearly separated themselves from the rest of the pack in the competition. Swinney said that Vizzina and Reynolds had made the race to be Clemson\u2019s new starting QB a two-man race.<\/p>\n

Swinney then went on to say that second-year player Chris Denson \u2014 who entered the spring as the No. 2 quarterback \u2013\u00a0had a decision to make<\/a>\u00a0about whether he still wanted to be a quarterback or if he liked his chances playing another position. After the spring game, it was readily apparent that Denson wasn\u2019t a factor in the QB race and a position change was likely coming for him.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, during Clemson Football\u2019s media outing at Clemson\u2019s Allen N. Reeves Football Complex, members of Clemson\u2019s staff were made available to the media in the complex\u2019s PAW Bistro.<\/p>\n

Offensive coordinator Chad Morris gave the latest update on Denson and how the Tigers plan to use him this fall. Morris shared that the talented athlete is still taking some QB reps, but has transitioned into more of a \u201chybrid\u201d role and has also been working at wide receiver and running back.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously coming out of spring, I know Coach [Swinney] talked about that, and Chris has been a guy that\u2019s still working some quarterback,\u201d Morris said. \u201cHe was just a hybrid guy and moving around. I think Chris is a guy that we know he\u2019s electric with the ball in his hands, and so trying to find a way to get the ball in his hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been all over the field,\u201d Morris added. \u201cSo, he\u2019s played some wide receiver. He\u2019s been some in the backfield. He\u2019s just kind of been all over, and still working in there at the quarterback position. Kind of moving him around, trying to find a place to get him the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denson, who enrolled at Clemson in January 2025, was ranked among the top 25 dual-threat quarterbacks in the country for the 2025 recruiting class by Rivals and ESPN.<\/p>\n

A two-year starter for Plant City (Fla.) High School, Denson completed 63.6 percent of his career passes for 4,813 yards and 55 touchdowns with just 13 interceptions. He added 1,940 career rushing yards on 207 carries (9.4-yard average) and collected 16 rushing touchdowns with eight 100-yard rushing games over his career.<\/p>\n

Denson played 11 offensive snaps over two games while redshirting in 2025. His most extensive action came in Clemson\u2019s win over Furman last November, when he rushed six times for a team-high 106 yards and completed all four of his passes for 22 yards while accounting for two total touchdowns, one through the air and one on the ground.<\/p>\n

Morris added Tuesday that the 6-foot-2, 195-pound Denson does \u201cnot yet\u201d have a specific position title.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince we broke from spring and just kind of working these guys through summer, and the conditioning and going through skills and drills, he\u2019s bounced all over in the summer,\u201d Morris said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following Clemson\u2019s spring game in late March, head coach Dabo Swinney\u00a0provided clarity on the Tigers\u2019 quarterback battle, saying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[6596,399,6600,6598,398,396,397,6597,99,6599,6601],"class_list":["post-762903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-clemson-insider-podcast","tag-football","tag-gymnastics","tag-hero","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-noonan","tag-sports","tag-track-and-field","tag-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}