On Phil Haynes
Clawson: "Phil's going to be a really good football player and he's a great example of where we are. Phil is a great worker. He's strong, athletic and moves his feet well. He could be your prototypical tackle. He's basically been a full-time football player for two years. His skill-set is everything you'd want an offensive tackle to have. He's an example of if we were an established program, Phil Haynes probably isn't going to start as a redshirt freshman. But because we're not, he's going to have an opportunity early. He has the skill-set that eventually the sky is the limit for Phil. He'll go through some growing pains. It won't be from a lack of talent or from a lack of desire. He is a very smooth, graceful and athletic - he had 11 basketball scholarship offers out of high school. He's put on 30 pounds in one year, his strength numbers are through the roof and he's a competitor. Now, the first snap he goes against Florida State. . .that's going to be (trails off). But he's a competitor. He'll drive himself through that.
"When we first had him - in preseason camp last year. You look at his arms, his wing-span and how athletic he is. The thing we love about Phil is that he's one of those guys that just goes hard. That's just his nature. When we go from drill to drill, Phil's always the first one there. That's just his competitive nature. So you have a guy with all the measurables - height, weight, great athletic ability, could have been a division one basketball player and he's a competitor. Those are pretty good starting points.