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Tigers add "mean as a snake" Venables and intelligent Mickens to safeties group

CLEMSON – Brent Venables doesn’t hold back when it comes to describing his son Tyler, a 2020 Tiger safety commit. He’s truthful and will admit that Tyler is as “mean as a snake.”

Tyler joins his dad and his brother Jake on the football team for the 2020 season after a stellar career at nearby D.W. Daniel High School. Tyler played safety and quarterback for the Lions but will concentrate on safety at Clemson.

It’s a chance that his dad says Tyler deserves.

“He deserves to be here. He had a terrific career at Daniel and they've done a great job with him,” Brent Venables said.