Jimmy Greenbeans is the alter ego of Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables. A few years ago Venables, not liking the way the scout team quarterback was running the offense against his defense, jumped in at quarterback and ran the vaunted Georgia Tech option attack and a legend was born.
Over the next few seasons, Venables didn’t shy away from playing quarterback and the stories will forever be a part of Clemson lore. An incident a few years ago – when Venables had his nose busted by Christian Wilkins and Clelin Ferrell – was brought up at the ACC Kickoff in Charlotte last week by Ferrell.