CLEMSON – Cordrea Tankersley is one of the leaders of a young Clemson secondary, and he took a big step towards becoming the main leader Monday evening when he addressed the Tigers’ poor secondary play at the end of last season.
After all, the first step is admitting you have a problem.
Clemson’s heralded secondary gave up a quarterback rating of 138.08 in the final three games of the season – the ACC Championship against North Carolina and the two College Football Playoff games – after allowing a rating of just 80.36 through the end of September, a rating of 111.