Usually, it’s a coach that makes the redshirt decisions in college football. But that wasn’t the case with Clemson defensive end K.J. Henry.
Henry played 39 total snaps in four games across the first six games of the 2018 season before approaching Dabo Swinney after the Wake Forest game in early October and letting him know that he wanted to redshirt.
The reason? Henry felt he wasn’t fully ready to contribute and would benefit from a year sitting back and learning behind the Power Rangers.
“I knew coming in that I wasn’t where I wanted to be, if I wanted to be a successful football player on this level,” Henry said this week, reflecting on his redshirt decision.