Clemson has made the College Football Playoff four consecutive seasons. Although he doesn’t get the same recognition as fellow defensive linemen Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence and Clelin Ferrell, Tigers senior Austin Bryant has been a part of them all.
Bryant is wrapping up a remarkable career at Clemson that includes him earning first-team All-American honors as a junior and All-ACC honors this season. He was named the Defensive MVP of the Cotton Bowl last month and is a big reason why the Tigers are playing in the national title game for the third time in four years.
But before the 6-foot-6, 280-pound Bryant was terrorizing opposing offensive linemen and living in opponents’ backfields, his play was earning him a nickname from former defensive line coach Marion Hobby.