The Clemson Insider · Sep 12, 2017
To Venables, Jackson is in a league all by himself
With North Carolina leading Louisville by a point nearly halfway through the second quarter last Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C., the Tar Heels decided to bring a corner blitz off the edge.
A play like that on most quarterbacks would have resulted in a sack or at worse an incomplete pass considering the pressure. However, most quarterbacks are not Lamar Jackson.
Instead, Jackson brushed the cornerback off and delivered a perfectly thrown pass to Jaylen Smith for a 75-yard touchdown pass.
“Those are the kinds of things a special player can do,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said on Tuesday. “It is one thing to take what is there, but he can make something out of nothing all day.”