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Clemson Tigers quarterback Cade Klubnik slammed a viral rumor that circulated online during the week that he had been in a car crash over the weekend.

Klubnik told reporters on Wednesday that his mother called him in tears as the rumor got back to her.

"I was sitting at home just hanging out with my roommates and my mom calls me crying," he explained on Wednesday, via FOX Carolina . "And I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ She’s tearing up, seeing if I’m OK. I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m fine. What’s going on?’ That was the first I heard of it, and then the calls and texts started coming in."

The claim was made on a Clemson message board. It stated that Klubnik was hurt in a car crash and couldn’t move his arm.

The Tigers star called

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