Incoming freshman Clelin Ferrell was getting the low down on his soon-to-be Clemson teammates from some of his friends on the team prior to the start of fall camp in 2015.
The defensive end, who went on to redshirt that season, was told the leader of the unit was junior linebacker Ben Boulware. Ferrell knew little about Boulware as he had played behind eventual first-round pick Stephone Anthony up until that point and Boulware entered his junior season with two career starts.
“I didn’t know who he was like that,” Ferrell said Wednesday. “Coming in they talked about this guy, Ben Boulware, he was going to be the leader of our defense.