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The dog days of summer are upon us. To help pass the time, the staff at The Clemson Insider is picking sides.
\nAlong with publisher Robert MacRae, staff writers Will Vandervort, William Qualkinbush and Hale McGranahan are drafting players from the Clemson roster to fill out their own teams.
\nHere\u2019s how the fourth-round of the TCI Open Draft played out:
\nWilliam Qualkinbush
\nFourth round (13th overall) \u2013 Wayne Gallman, RB (6-1, 205)
\nYou really can\u2019t go wrong with any of the running backs Clemson has on its roster. I\u2019m a guy that likes to play good defense and run the football. In the first round I got who I believe is the best player of the Tigers\u2019 defense this year and then in the third round I grabbed the best offensive tackle in my opinion. Now I have the taken who I believe is the best of all the good running backs the Tigers have.
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\nGallman was the Tigers\u2019 most consistent runner in 2014 as he got better and better as the season went along. The redshirt sophomore rushed for a team high 769 yards and four touchdowns, including 571 yards in the final six games of the season.
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\nHis 191 yards and a touchdown against the Gamecocks was one of the best rushing performances by a Clemson running back in the longtime series.
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\nGallman\u2019s performance in the spring only in enhanced his status as the Tigers best running back as he separated himself just enough to be named the starter heading into the fall. I also like Gallman\u2019s ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and he improved in pass protection, though that is still his one main weakness.
\nHale McGranahan
\nFourth round (14th overall) Carlos Watkins DT (6-3, 295)\u00a0
\nFrom my perspective, Watkins sort of became the forgotten man in the Clemson defensive tackle group. Now that he\u2019s no longer caught behind three productive upperclassmen, Watkins appears to be on track to break out in a big way.
\nThat\u2019s part of the reason why I decided to go ahead and snap up Watkins. The Clemson defensive tackle group is full of young, inexperienced kids and the other veteran is already off the board.
\nIn 23 career games, Watkins has 40 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and eight quarterback pressures over 336 snaps. He\u2019ll anchor the front of my defense, which is already pretty strong on the back end.
\nRobert MacRae
\nFourth round (15th overall) Christian Wilkins DT (6-4, 290)
\nIt is time that I make my first pick on defense.
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\nWith my next pick I take the most talented defensive lineman on the roster this year, Christian Wilkins. \u00a0
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\nThe day the five-star sets foot on campus later this month he will be on the two-deep at defensive tackle. \u00a0As the season progresses he will take one of the starting positions. \u00a0Wilkins is the most talented defensive tackle to arrive at Clemson in some time.
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\nWilkins will give me a solid run stopper and a defensive tackle that will spend plenty of time chasing the quarterbacks in the backfield.
\nWilliam Qualkinbush
\nFourth round (16th overall) \u2013 Korrin Wiggins SAM\/DB(5-11, 195)
\nWhen I\u2019m drafting a team like this, I like to cover as many positions with as few players as possible. With this in mind, I value Wiggins extremely highly on my squad as a player who can do multiple things to enhance my ability to stop opposing offenses, especially in terms of the passing game.
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\nWiggins has settled into the nickel\/SAM role in Brent Venables\u2019 defense quite nicely, and he could certainly fill that role on my team. He could also go out wide and cover receivers if necessary, and he could also drop back to safety on passing downs if we needed him to do that.
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\nI believe Wiggins\u2019 presence gives us a proven commodity in the secondary that can fill whatever role we need him to fill to make our team better. I absolutely love that about a player.<\/p>\n
Current Rosters
\nWilliam Qualkinbush
\n(1) DeShaun Watson
\n(2) Ben Boulware
\n(3) DJ Reader
\n(4) Korrin Wiggins<\/p>\n
Robert MacRae
\n(1) Artavis Scott
\n(2) Mike Williams
\n(3) Deon Cain
\n(4) Christian Wilkins<\/p>\n
Hale McGranahan
\n(1) MacKensie Alexander
\n(2) Isaiah Battle
\n(3) Jayron Kearse
\n(4) Carlos Watkins<\/p>\n
Will Vandervort
\n(1) Shaq Lawson
\n(2) Kelly Bryant
\n(3) Mitch Hyatt
\n(4) Wayne Gallman<\/p>\n
Carlos Watkins, Wayne Gallman, Football\u00a0<\/p>\n
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