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Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence smiled when asked about expectations for this season. Its something Lawrence has dealt with throughout his football career. He was a high-school sophomore when he took over as Cartervilles starting quarterback. leading the program to 41 straight victories and two Georgia state titles. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS. COMLawrence played just four games as a backup passer as a freshman at Clemson before he was named the starter, winning 11 straight including a dominating 44-16 victory over Alabama for the 2018 national championship. Now, Lawrence enters hisjunior season leading the countrys No. 1 teamand a heavy favorite to claim the Heisman Trophy. He believes he and the Tigers are ready. This fall camp, one of my priorities is what can I get better at, Lawrence said. It sure doesnt seem like much. Hes comfortable running the offense he threw for 3,665 yards and 36 touchdowns against just eight interceptions and in leading not just his group, but the TigersAnd heseager to wipe out perhaps his worst college showingwhen he went just 18 of 37 passes for 234 yards and no touchdowns as Clemsons 29-game win streak ended with 42-25 loss to national champ LSU last January. We have a great plan in place and everybodys super into it, he said. Lawrence has been front-and-center this season in issues as wide-ranging as the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice iniatives after the murder of George Floyd last May and ensuring college players had their voices heard as Power Five conferences debated whether to play this fall or now. Hes absolutely grown as a leader, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. Lawrence set up a fund-raising initiative in the spring for coronavirus victims and their families. He led aClemson march in June to highlight racial inequality. And he joined a coast-to-coast effort of players including Ohio State passer Justin Fields to put out the word