CLEMSON — With Shelton Lewis deciding to leave the Clemson program in an effort to preserve a year of eligibility and enter the transfer portal after the season, Clemson needs someone to step up and fill the void he leaves at the nickel position.
Tink Kelley won the job in the fall, leaving Lewis as his backup over the first four games, and now that he’s gone, redshirt freshman Corian Gipson has been thrust into the role as a backup to Kelley.
Gipson had been working at corner, but with players like Avieon Terrell, Ashton Hampton and Jeadyn Lukus ahead of him on the depth chart, he hadn’t seen a lot of time on the field, until he logged 16 snaps and recorded a tackle in the blowout win over North Carolina.