With Christian Wilkins, Dexter Lawrence and Albert Huggins having moved on to the NFL, one of the biggest challenges for Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney and his staff entering fall camp was trying to create functional depth at the defensive tackle position.
Now, with camp winding down and the season-opener against Georgia Tech just 10 days away, Swinney is happy with the progress the Tigers have made on the interior D-line.
“We’ve created some depth there, which is good,” Swinney said following Monday’s practice at Jervey Meadows. “That was one of our biggest things coming into it, was could we create some functional depth?