Clemson has only been practicing for five days, but guys like Van Smith, Mark Fields, Jalen Williams, Chad Smith, Christian Wilkins, Albert Huggins, Austin Bryant, Sterling Johnson and Clelin Ferrell have all made some sort of impact in one way or another in the first week of camp.
What do all of those guys have in common besides playing on the defensive side of the football? They’re all true freshmen.
“I think we hit it,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said earlier in the week. “You obviously don’t always feel that way, but we really feel like we hit it with all of those guys.