Rabalais: Former LSU standout Will Clapp toils in the spotlight for a backup role with the Saints

Rabalais: Former LSU standout Will Clapp toils in the spotlight for a backup role with the Saints

BY SCOTT RABALAIS | srabalais@theadvocate.com
Aug 19, 2018 - 5:54 pm
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There are times when Will Clapp wishes he could disappear. That he could be another semi-anonymous rookie, toiling away from the spotlight as he tries to make an NFL roster in Pittsburgh or Chicago or Denver. Read more

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