Clemson defender on budding freshman star Peter Woods: “The hype is real”

Peter Woods is drawing plenty of praise from Clemson defensive vets. Clemson defender on budding freshman star Peter Woods: “The hype is real”

CLEMSON - Tigers safety RJ Mickens believes that this may be the most prepared freshman defensive class he has seen.

“I don’t know if I’ve seen a freshman class come in as ready as this defensive freshman class,” Mickens said. “You got Peter Woods, Khalil Barnes, Kylen Webb, TJ Parker … They’re miles above the average freshmen.”

However, the player who may have the most hype surrounding him is defensive lineman Peter Woods from Alabaster, Alabama. In high school, he averaged 5.8 tackles per game and had a total of 47 tackles for loss in the past two…