Mickey Conn is in a great spot as Clemson’s safeties coach going into the 2019 season. His position group is deep and features a perfect blend of veteran leadership and young talent.
A quartet of true freshmen safeties – Joseph Charleston, Lannden Zanders, Ray Thornton and Jalyn Phillips – have entered the fold with the four returning scholarship safeties: seniors Tanner Muse, K’Von Wallace and Denzel Johnson and redshirt junior Nolan Turner.
“We’ve got three seniors and a junior that’s been there, and then boom – here comes four freshmen coming in,” Conn said this past week at Clemson’s summer media outing.