re: Jalen Hurts Mega Thread

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Watson entered his true freshman season as the backup to starter Cole Stoudt, but still received extensive playing time.[5] During his high school career, Watson wore number 4. At Clemson, that number had been retired after quarterback Steve Fuller graduated. However, Fuller allowed the number to come out of retirement so that Watson could wear it.[6] Through three games, he had completed 29 of 41 passes for 479 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, outperforming Stoudt. Watson was named the Tigers starter on September 21.[7][8] In Watson's first career start vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels, Watson set a Clemson record with six touchdown passes and threw for 435 yards in route to a 50–35 victory.[9] On October 11, 2014 Watson broke a bone in his right hand in a game against the Louisville Cardinals. He left in the 1st quarter and was out for the whole game, and was also out for the games against Boston College, Syracuse, & Wake Forest. He would return for the game against Georgia Tech only to suffer a LCL strain and he missed most of the game.[10] During the following week in practice it was reported that Watson had tweaked his knee; it was later revealed that he had torn his ACL.[11] Watson would not play against Georgia State the following week. He underwent surgery to repair his ACL the Friday before Clemson's bowl game against Oklahoma.

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