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Swinney: ‘It’s a good time to be the corner coach at Clemson’

Heading into the 2020 season, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney believes the Tigers are in a better spot at the cornerback position than they have been in quite some time.

“It’s a good time to be the corner coach at Clemson,” Swinney said. “Mike Reed has done a great job of building his room. We’ve just got a great group of guys, man. I’m super proud of all of them.”

Swinney praised the cornerback unit as a whole, beginning with Derion Kendrick, a returning starter who is coming off a sophomore season in 2019 during which he recorded 51 tackles (3.