Christian Wilkins grabbed the microphone at Clemson’s national championship celebration at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, and despite having helped the Tigers to a second national title in three years, the first thing the star defensive tackle did was apologize.
“I just wanna apologize first and foremost. I cried on national TV,” Wilkins said to the crowd of about 50,000. “I’m not sorry that I cried. I’m just sorry that I’m such an ugly crier. I didn’t know that. I do apologize. I don’t cry a lot, so that’s why it was like an awkward moment.”
But as Tigers coach Dabo Swinney pointed out minutes later, it was understandable that Wilkins was emotional.