Welcome to Run it Back, a series that revisits noteworthy moments in the long history of Clemson running backs.
On Nov. 11, 1995, Raymond Priester left a Devil in the mud, crawling on all fours. The would-be tackler, some poor Duke defensive back, didn’t stand a chance against Clemson’s sophomore tailback. There wasn’t much wrong with the defender’s approach. He didn’t show the best form, but the hit would’ve planted, or at least slowed, most college running backs. Priester, however, thrived on that kind of contact. He was one of those runners who seemed to get stronger and faster with each collision, and on that day in the middle of that season he already looked far too strong and far too fast to be on the same field as everybody else.