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Why Is Trevor Lawrence Playing College Football?

The Clemson quarterback and Heisman favorite, seen by many as NFL-ready, is all but forced by the mechanisms of amateur sports to play for free.
Source: Matthew Emmons / USA Today Sports / Reuters

Trevor Lawrence, the Clemson University sophomore quarterback, may be the best player in college football. As the 2019 season gets under way, he certainly has the brightest outlook. The Tigers, who in Lawrence’s debut last year went 15–0 and dismantled a to win the national title, open as the favorites to repeat as champions. Lawrence, who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall, with a ready smile and a wave of yellow hair spilling from his helmet, has become the face of the sport, a at the helm of a potential dynasty. He is

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