Clemson Roster Updates: Dabo Swinney's Injury Policy, Depth Chart, Fred Davis, Mitigating COVID-19

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is taking the same approach as last season when it comes to publically reporting injuries and COVID-19 issues in 2021. 

"We're all still living in a COVID world and that's how we're going to handle it, really same as last year," Swinney said during his first weekly Tuesday press conference. "Regardless of what the situation is, we're going to say who's available and who's not available and keep moving on."

The "available" and "unavailable" tags weren't released in 2020 until a couple of hours before kickoff on Saturdays, and it appears that will continue to be the case. Swinney did occasionally specify what some players were dealing with when it comes to injuries. 

As for this team's health for No. 3 Clemson's Saturday's 7:30 p.m. opener against No. 5 Georgia in Charlotte, N.C., Swinney spoke positively about the Tigers. 

"We're in a good spot from an injury standpoint," Swinney said. "Hopefully, that will continue through the week. We've got a good, tough practice today. We'll get in shells tomorrow and then really start dialing it back and really get them fresh and ready to play Thursday and Friday."

Fred Davis 

Swinney made this all clear when asked about cornerback Fred Davis, who was charged with reckless driving following a July traffic accident that left a postal worker with severe injuries. 

Swinney was non-committal when asked if Davis would play. 

"Our stance is everybody is available," Swinney said. "We'll see what happens on gameday. Right now, everybody that is not injured is available."

The Tigers are down to just six scholarship cornerbacks for this game, although Swinney did mention that freshman safety Andrew Mukuba has been working at corner to add depth. 

Depth chart

Clemson released an "official" depth chart in its team notes Monday evening, but it was the same list that came out earlier in the summer and was included in the preseason media guide. 

Much changed in fall camp. For instance, Brannon Spector was listed as second-team at one of the receiver spots, but he missed all of preseason practice with an undisclosed health issue. So there's not much to glean from Clemson's depth chart, other than the Tigers made it known the Bulldogs didn't release anything officially.