CLEMSON - Clemson returns linebackers Barrett Carter and Wade Woodaz this season, but the younger players on the roster showed this spring that the future is in good hands as well.
Carter, the established veteran, didn’t play in Saturday’s spring game. The starter at weakside linebacker, the coaches know what they’ve got in Carter and didn’t want to risk an injury to their star. Woodaz inherited the starting middle linebacker spot from Jeremiah Trotter.
It was freshman linebacker Sammy Brown, however, who got on the board early. On the first play from scrimmage against the Orange team, Brown burst through the line and sacked quarterback Cade Klubnik.