The 2018 Clemson football defense was the best in the nation.
Unfortunately for the Tigers, there won’t be a Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence, Clelin Ferrell, Austin Bryant, Tre Lamar, Kendall Joseph, Albert Huggins or Trayvon Mullen walking through the door this season.
All of those guys have moved onto the NFL and left a lot of openings for young Tigers to prove themselves.
Though there isn’t as much experience as last year, the Tigers still have plenty of talent. The defense returns Isaiah Simmons, Tanner Muse, K’Von Wallace and AJ Terrell as starters. There’s also talented players like Xavier Thomas, Nyles Pinckney, Jordan Williams, Justin Foster, Justin Mascoll, Chad Smith, James Skalski and plenty of others that are ready to step up and make this unit an elite one yet again.