HERO Sports is counting down the days until the kickoff of the 2018 college football season on Saturday, Aug. 25, by featuring the best player in the FBS at each jersey number, from 99-1. Each day, from May 18 through Aug. 24, we'll publish one article showcasing the best player whose jersey number matches the number of days remaining.
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No. 50 Justin Falcinelli
Clemson – C
Justin Falcinelli is an avid video game player and wanted to take his gaming to the next level. However, switching from a game console to a PC was an expensive jump the Clemson center couldn't afford. So he built one — and then he built one for his family.
"My coaches think I wire up electronics and stuff like that," he told the Independent Mail last year, "but it’s not that complex.”
If building a computer isn't "complex", replacing Jay Guillermo, Clemson's two-year starting center and one of the best interior lineman in program history, should be a walk in the park. That's correct, or at least Falcinelli made it look like a walk in the park.
Falcinelli, a 6-foot-4, 305-pound former three-star recruit from Middletown, Md., started all 14 games last season as Guillermo's replacement and earned All-ACC First-Team honors. He had 22 knockdown blocks in 932 snaps and enters his redshirt senior season as the best No. 50 in college football.
