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Swinney worries about his players feeling 'invincible'

When the Clemson football team first got back on campus this past June, they had a little “invincible” problem. That led to an outbreak where 37 players contracted the COVID-19 virus in the month.

Since then, Clemson has had very few issues. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney mentioned Xavier Thomas contracted the coronavirus before he came to Clemson and the others, he chalked it up to things that are outside of the coaching staff and Clemson’s control.

“I think the biggest thing early on is kind of what you said, these guys when they first got back, they had not seen each other since March.