When Shaq Smith decided he was going to transfer out of the Clemson football program, Dabo Swinney admitted he was surprised.
“We did not see that coming,” the Tigers’ head coach said. “But he felt like that was what he needed to do. We wish him well. I mean, he was a model in every aspect of our program, so I certainly hate to lose him, but that does not dampen our spirits for who we have at the linebacker position.”
Personally, Swinney thinks this year’s back seven is just not the strength of the defense, but he thinks it might be the best back seven he has had to date in Tigertown.