<body><div><p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4CExsu_0wDxJikM00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4CExsu_0wDxJikM00" width="1151" height="800" ></p><figure><iframe height="360" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/c08pcDhF-Gqa7hx4c.html" width="100%"></iframe><figcaption>Top 5 College Football Cheerleading Squads (1:16) </figcaption></figure><p> Before the 2024 college football season kicked off, Clemson offensive lineman Tristan Leigh received high praise from one of his teammates. </p><p> “He’s doing an amazing job of leading,” f <a href="https://theclemsoninsider.com/2024/08/05/veteran-offensive-lineman-bringing-something-to-group-thats-been-missing/" rel="nofollow"> ellow offensive lineman Marcus Tate said </a> . “He’s the most hype guy on our team and everybody would agree with that. He starts off every meeting hyping up the whole team. That’s just the type of guy he is.” </p><p> “It’s just one of those things that you just got see it, and you got to feel the energy that he comes with. He is going to get up, start talking, and you’re going to start jumping around. He’s just that type of guy and I love that about him. Because I can’t say that we’ve had that in the past, we haven’t, he is just different. And I think that is what we need is something different.” </p><p> Tate went on to say that Leigh is one of the most "genuine" people he's met. </p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3NwwRj_0wDxJikM00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3NwwRj_0wDxJikM00" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>TALLAHASSEE, FL - OCTOBER 05: Clemson Tigers offensive lineman Tristan Leigh (71) warms up before a college football game between the Clemson Tigers and the Florida State Seminoles on October 5th, 2024 at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, FL. (Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) <p><a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/2176449457" rel="nofollow"> Icon Sportswire&amp;solGetty Images </a></p></figcaption></figure><p> “I have never seen someone be as genuine as he is and talk and move with the passion as he does. And as his roommate and as his best friend, I can say that it’s a blessing that he instills that in me. Because I am not a huge talker and he kind of tries to push me to be more vocal and lead like I should because I have that voice.” </p><p> “Just a guy that cares so much,” Tate added. “From the moment he got here he has been very serious about the work he is putting in. Now that he is in the role that he is in, I think he has the confidence to come out, because he is a vocal guy. He is very passionate, emotional and he really shows that. And he is authentic. He feels the way he feels and is very genuine and it comes from a good place. He just wants to see everybody do great.” </p><p> Let that set the stage for what happened on the field Saturday afternoon against Virginia. Leigh, potentially upset with a Cavaliers players for hanging onto his leg, decided to kick that defender right in the head. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"> Kick to the helmet isn’t an ejection? <a href="https://t.co/anxmojAZda" rel="nofollow"> pic.twitter.com/anxmojAZda </a></p> — Matt Anderson (@Matt_Anderson34) <a href="https://twitter.com/Matt_Anderson34/status/1847723608132747273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow"> October 19, 2024 </a></blockquote><script async charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p> The officials must not have seen what Leigh did on the play because he was allowed to remain in the game. </p><p> In the end, Clemson walked out with a 48-31 victory. </p></div></body>

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Before the 2024 college football season kicked off, Clemson offensive lineman Tristan Leigh received high praise from one of his teammates. “He’s doing an amazing job of leading,” fellow offensive lineman Marcus Tate said. “He’s the most hype guy on our team and everybody would agree with that. He ...