Clemson’s coaches know what they will get from Deshaun Watson this spring. How many more times do they need to see him throw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Artavis Scott or Mike Williams in practice?

After all, Watson was a Heisman Finalist in 2015. He won both the Davey O’Brien and the Manning Awards as the nation’s best quarterback. He is an All-American. He had 478 total yards against Alabama in the College Football Playoff Championship Game.

Deshaun Watson is Deshaun Watson.

But what the coaches don’t know as the Tigers get set for their second practice of the spring on Wednesday is who will be his backup. Last year, Clemson opened the season with Nick Schuessler as the No. 2 guy behind Watson and then it slowly gravitated towards Kelly Bryant – who enrolled last January to get a kick start on learning the offense and perhaps becoming the heir apparent once Watson moves onto the NFL.

“I think this is a big spring for both Kelly and Nick. It’s another year in the system,” Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. “We have higher expectations for both of them than we did last year.”

What does that mean for their workload? How many reps will Watson take? They know Watson still needs to stay sharp and compete.

How many first-team reps do Bryant and Schuessler get? They both start the spring listed as the co-No. 2. What about Tucker Israel? How does he play into all of this?

“I think Coach (Brandon) Streeter will do a really good job with the reps and get Deshaun his work and keeping him sharp, and improving, but also giving opportunities to Kelly, Nick and Tucker as well,” Scott said. “This is a big spring for all of those guys to really take that next step.”

The Clemson coaches were hoping Bryant was going to take that step last season. They even penciled him in for a few meaningful snaps at Syracuse, but he fumbled and lost the ball on his first play from scrimmage. It turned out to be his only snap of the game.

Bryant went on to play in eight games overall last year, but he seldom threw the ball, completing just 7 of 9 passes for 27 yards with one interception and no touchdowns.

The coaching staff trusted Schuessler to throw the ball more as he completed 13 of 23 passes for 177 yards with one interception and no touchdowns in mop-up duty. However, he did not play again after the Tigers’ 58-0 win at Miami in Week 8, while Bryant played in three more games after that.

The goal this spring is to get both Bryant and Schuessler more comfortable in the offense. The coaches started that process on Monday by having both quarterbacks take some reps with the first group to see where they are at. As the spring wears on, they will chart what happens and go from there.

“I think that as we go through the spring we will chart that and Coach Streeter will do a good job to make sure those guys get opportunities with the first and the second group,” Scott said.