There are plenty of reasons for Clemson football fans to be a little nervous about the defense in 2019.
After all, the Tigers did just lose a plethora of talent off of last year’s defense including Christian Wilkins, Clelin Ferrell, Dexter Lawrence, Austin Bryant, Trayvon Mullen, Albert Huggins, Kendall Joseph, Tre Lamar, the Davis twins and Mark Fields.
Those guys played a ton of snaps last season and their production will need to be replaced. It also should be noted that it wasn’t just their talent, but experience that paid off for the 2018 Clemson football team as the Tigers made their run to a National Championship.