With kickoff just hours away, Clemson’s defense will take the field for the first time this season and under a new coordinator in Wes Goodwin.
The Tigers return six players with starting experience on the defensive front in Bryan Bresee, Myles Murphy, Tyler Davis, K.J. Henry, Justin Mascoll, and an injured Xavier Thomas along with a talented backfield in linebacker Trenton Simpson, cornerback Sheridan Jones, and safeties Tyler Venables and Andrew Mukuba.
Expectations remain high for this talented group as many expect this year’s defense to be one of, if not the best defensive units in program history, drawing comparisons to the historic 2014 and 2018 defenses this preseason.
Here are three defensive keys for the Tigers against Georgia Tech.