Kielan Whitner breezed into the backfield behind his defensive line. Clemson’s offensive line shifted left to open up space for running back Adam Choice, but no one picked up Whitner, who planted himself to meet Choice head-on.
Choice ran through an A-gap, between the center and left guard, and met Whitner head-on. Whitner wrapped Choice just one yard beyond the line of scrimmage, but as Whitner planted his feet into the ground, they just kept sliding forward. Choice propelled his way for the first down, carrying Whitner on his back.
“We’ve gotta fit up on tackles better,” defensive lineman Kendall Coleman said.