From the outside, it might appear there was not too much to look over. Clemson, after all, did finish the year ranked third nationally in scoring defense and sixth in total defense. Opponents averaged just 13.5 points and 288.3 yards per game in 2019.
Clemson went the entire regular season without giving up 300 yards of total offense. They also did not allow an opponent to score more than 20 points through the first 13 games of the season.
There wasn’t much the Tigers did wrong on defense in 2019. But don’t tell that to defensive coordinator Brent Venables.