When he was asked if LSU quarterback Joe Burrow reminded him of anyone in particular that Clemson has played, safety Tanner Muse was quick to answer.
“Nobody!”
“There is nobody to compare him to,” the All-American safety said.
He is right. Not in college football anyway.
Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy last month, is having the kind of season no quarterback in college football has ever had. He has thrown for more 5,200 yards, 55 touchdowns, just six interceptions and is completing nearly 78 percent of his passes.
But Muse and the rest of his teammates on Clemson’s defense will be charged with the challenge of stopping the one guy he has never seen before.