Clemson Safety Adjusts to Change, Thriving in new Defense

CLEMSON – Defensive back Ronan Hanafin’s career at Clemson has been marked by changes.

The first change came off the field, when the 6-foot-3 athlete arrived in South Carolina after spending his first 18 years in Burlington, Mass. The first obvious differences he noticed 960 miles from home were the rich southern accents and, of course, the warm hospitality, which he says is a “real thing.”

“Not that people up there are ‘massholes’… but you’re walking by down the street and someone will say ‘Hi’ in Boston they’ll just brush you off, but here you’ll start a whole conversation with them,” the rising junior said.

The only thing warmer than the southern hospitality in Clemson may be the…