Clemson Tigers College Football Pregame Quote, 01/04/2019

Biggest challenges you see on tape? Blocking No. 92, Williams, the rest of that defensive line. They’re unbelievably long and strong. They got speed off the edge. The first thing is just handling the line of scrimmage. If you can handle the line of scrimmage, maybe you have a chance to get the ball in the air, make some plays on their secondary guys.

They’re very, very long at corner. Thompson in my opinion is the best safety in the country, his range, toughness in the run game. Xavier is an interchangeable guy. He plays strong safety, then on third down he comes in the box. He’s a very good blitzer.

They’re a complete defense. We have to make sure we do a good job of establishing the line of scrimmage and our play-makers have to make plays.