ACC Championship Player Props: Expectations Lowered for Irish Stars in Clemson vs. Notre Dame

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  • Trevor Lawrence. Ian Book. Travis Etienne. Kyren Williams.
  • The ACC Championship between Clemson and Notre Dame is stacked with talent, and that's where betting value can be found.
  • Tommy Stokke breaks down the prop options for Saturday's ACC Championship.

Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book and running back Kyren Williams were standout performers when the Fighting Irish beat Clemson in the regular season, but expectations are being tempered for the rematch in the ACC Championship game.

According to player props available at FanDuel, Book and Williams both have totals well below their numbers from the 47-40, two-overtime win in November.

Perhaps that should come as no surprise with the Fighting Irish listed as a 10.5-point underdog to the Tigers. The total for the game is 60.5 at time of publication.

Props including passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards and touchdown scorers. Let's break down each.

ACC Championship Game Passing Yards O/U

Player
Passing Yards
Trevor Lawrence
328.5
Ian Book
254.5

Book threw for 310 yards in the first meeting, despite completing just 56.4% of his passes, down from his season average of 63.3%. That was his second-highest output of the year, right behind his 312 yards passing against Pittsburgh.

The senior quarterback averaged 238 yards through the air and has topped 254 yards six times this year, including each of his last four games.

Lawrence missed the first meeting between these two teams due to COVID-19, but he watched Tigers freshman D.J. Uiagalelei torch Notre Dame for 439 yards. Lawrence has thrown for over 328 yards four times this year, but he is coming off a mediocre showing against Virginia Tech, during which the potential No. 1 overall pick in next year's NFL Draft completed 12 of 22 passes for 195 yards.

ACC Championship Game Rushing Yards O/U

Team
Odds
Travis Etienne
84.5
Kyren Williams
74.5
Trevor Lawrence
35.5

Notre Dame held Etienne to just 28 rushing yards on 18 carries in the regular season. Since then, he's recorded games of 66 and 58 yards on the ground. He failed to reach 85 yards in seven of Clemson's 10 games.

Williams, meanwhile, has had the opposite success to Etienne's. He has reached 75 rushing yards in seven of 10 games, including 140 yards the first time these teams met.

Odds to Score First Touchdown

Team
Odds
Travis Etienne
+350
Trevor Lawrence
+600
Kyren Williams
+600
Amari Rodgers
+600
Cornell Powell
+650
Ian Book
+1000
Davis Allen
+1300
Javon McKinley
+1500
Ben Skowronek
+1700
Clemson D/ST
+1700
Michael Mayer
+1800
Notre Dame D/ST
+2600
Lyn-J Dixon
+3000
Braden Galloway
+3800
Chris Tyree
+4100
C'Bo Flemister
+5000
Chez Mellusi
+5000
Brannon Spector
+6000
E.J. Williams
+6000
Avery Davis
+6000
Tommy Tremble
+6000
Braden Lenzy
+6000
Darien Rencher
+7500
No Touchdown
+10000

Williams opened the scoring with a 65-yard run in the first meeting. In the three games since, Ben Skowronek, Williams and Book have each scored Notre Dame's first touchdown.

Lawrence scored Clemson's first touchdown against Virginia Tech on the ground in the Tigers' last game on Dec. 5. E.J. Williams caught a pass in the previous game for Clemson's opening touchdown against Pitt.

Anytime Touchdown Scorer

Team
Odds
Travis Etienne
-450
Kyren Williams
-200
Amari Rodgers
-130
Trevor Lawrence
-125
Cornell Powell
-120
Ian Book
+125
Davis Allen
+190
Javon McKinley
+190
Ben Skowronek
+210
Michael Mayer
+210
Clemson D/ST
+260
Notre Dame D/ST
+390
Lyn-J Dixon
+490
Braden Galloway
+600
Chris Tyree
+600
C'Bo Flemister
+600
Chez Mellusi
+800
E.J. Williams
+850
Brannon Spector
+900
Tommy Tremble
+900
Braden Lenzy
+1000
Avery Davis
+1300
Darien Rencher
+1300

Etienne leads Clemson with 14 touchdowns. In total, 17 players have scored touchdowns for the Tigers this season.

Kyren Williams and Book lead Notre Dame with 20 combined rushing touchdowns, while Skowronek has a team-high five receiving touchdowns.

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