Clemson locks arms to promote social justice. Dabo encourages fans to support display

The entire Clemson football team locked arms and joined together for social justice following the first quarter of the Tigers’ game against The Citadel on Saturday.

A video was shown on the video board that included the words “unity,” “all in,” and “together.”

Clemson fans cheered the display, and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney went on the field and encouraged fans to applaud the action.

The Tigers were leading 28-0 at the time behind two Trevor Lawrence touchdowns passes, a Lawrence touchdown run and a James Skalski fumble recovery for a touchdown.

Clemson quickly built its lead to 35-0 early in the second quarter on a short run by quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei.

This story was originally published September 19, 2020 at 4:58 PM.

Matt Connolly

The State

Matt Connolly is the Clemson University sports beat writer and covers college athletics for The State newspaper and TheState.com. Connolly graduated from USC Upstate in Spartanburg in 2011 and previously worked for The (Spartanburg) Herald Journal covering University of South Carolina athletics. He has been with The State since 2015. Connolly received an APSE top 10 award for beat reporting for his coverage of Clemson in 2019. He has also received several SCPA awards, including top sports feature in 2019. Support my work with a digital subscription