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Gainesville grad Deshaun Watsons trip to Heisman Trophy stage bumpier than 2015
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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) looks to pass during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football gam against Virginia Tech on Dec. 3 in Orlando, Fla. Watson acknowledges things have not been as free and easy at returning to the Heisman Trophy stage as it was getting there a year ago, when he finished third in the balloting. - photo by Chris O'Meara
CLEMSON, S.C. — He doesn’t flash that easygoing smile as frequently. His play gets scrutinized and picked apart more, because many of the folks who gushed about Deshaun Watson’s game a season ago now focus on the overthrows and critical interceptions. Still, Clemson’s junior quarterback is back in the same spot — a Heisman Trophy finalist.
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