During the spring, Clemson cornerback Ryan Carter proved to be a versatile player by playing both the cornerback and the safety positions. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was very pleased with the way Carter adapted to playing safety, but now that fall camp has arrived, Carter has settled in at the corner position.

“Right now, I have definitely been more consistent at corner. I haven’t been moving around that much like I was in the spring, so I am more at corner right now,” the redshirt junior said.

Carter said the transition back to cornerback has been smooth and he is getting his technique back to where he wants it.

“I like being at corner. Between me, Mark Fields, and Trayvon Mullen, we are all competing and trying to make each other better everyday. I’m trying to help them and correct them if they do something wrong,” he said. “It feels good to be at corner because I played a lot of safety during the spring. I’m getting my technique back right. I like it. I have been enjoying it.”

As the first week of fall camp comes to a close, Carter said he has been most impressed with the wide receivers.

“The most impressive thing that I have seen is probably just the receivers, honestly. That’s just a great group of receivers we are going against everyday. I think by far that’s the best receiver core,” he said.

“I haven’t seen much yet from the freshmen because I haven’t really seen a lot yet but definitely from Ray Ray McCloud. He is doing real well, too. Artavis (Scott), Deon (Cain), and Mike (Williams) are all doing exceptionally well. If I had to say one (freshman) that looks like he is doing pretty good I would say Diondre Overton. He has good length. Once he gets down to the mental aspect of it, he will be dangerous.”

Playing against Clemson’s talented wide receivers has definitely presented a challenge to Carter and the rest of the secondary, but as the junior said it has only prepared them for what lies ahead.

“If we can get (well) and consistent against them then we can match up with anybody in the country,” he said. “That’s the biggest challenge for us is studying the receivers we are going against because like I said they are great and challenge us everyday.”

With the new season approaching, the junior said there are still a few things he plans to improve on. One of those is being a leader to the young guys.

“Make sure that I’m that guy that can help the younger guys that are coming in like Isaiah Simmons and Trayvon Mullen and for me, myself, to just keep working on my technique because there is always things you can get better at like watching more film,” Carter said. “I felt like for me last year that was another big error because sometimes I didn’t pay attention to detail like I should, so it’s just stuff like that.”