No Pressure: Austin Bryant ready to be next great defensive end

Bryant (bottom of the pile) leads the charge on fourth downAustin Bryant understands that next season he will be replacing one of the nation’s best players in defensive end Shaq Lawson. He also understands there is a tradition of great defensive line play at Clemson and that NFL players like Malliciah Goodman, Vic Beasley, Andre Branch and Da’Quan Bowers are a part of that tradition.

However, he also realizes that he doesn’t have to be those players and try and be better than they were. He just has to be Austin Bryant, and he has to be better than his opponent.

The freshman defensive end out of tiny Pavo, Ga. – with a population of 627 and a claim to fame of being in Alan Jackson’s “Little…