Though most people might be a little bummed about being injured, Nolan Turner looked at it as an opportunity.
The Clemson safety had his right shoulder worked on in January, shortly after the national championship game, and was forced to miss the Tigers’ nine spring practices. However, instead of being disappointed and sulking over things, Turner looked at the bright side.
“I thought it was great for me,” the senior said following Thursday’s practice, the Tigers’ seventh day of fall camp. “It was an opportunity to kind of sit back and just kind of watch and learn the defense as a whole and pick up on really mastering what everybody else is doing, and not just at my position.