Looking back on it, B.T. Potter admits he was nervous heading into the 2019 College Football Playoff as Clemson’s first-year starter at placekicker in his sophomore season, and the nerves perhaps showed when he missed his lone field goal attempt in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal victory over Ohio State, a 49-yarder on the Tigers’ opening possession of the game.
Though that kick didn’t go his way, Potter stepped up when his number was called in the national championship game against LSU, nailing a 52-yarder early in the second quarter in front of 76,885 fans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans and millions of others on national TV.