The plan was to get Charone Peake involved early, make him feel comfortable and build his confidence.
So on the first possession, on third down-and-11 from his own 36-yard line, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson threw the ball towards Peake’s direction. It was a good idea, but perhaps not the right throw to make at that time.
Peake, who was replacing Mike Williams on the boundary side of the field, was blanket by two defenders and Appalachian State’s Latrell Gibbs stabbed the ball out of the air for the interception.
“I just let it get away from me a little bit,” Watson said following the Tigers’ 41-10 victory on Saturday.