Former Clemson defensive player announces transfer destination

Former Clemson cornerback LeAnthony Williams has found his new home. Williams announced via social media Wednesday evening that he will transfer to Marshall. A graduate student who has two years of eligibility remaining, Williams entered the NCAA transfer portal on Tuesday night. During his Clemson career, Williams played in 29 games and was credited with […]

Another Clemson defender enters his name into transfer portal

Another Clemson football player has entered his name into the transfer portal. This time it is cornerback LeAnthony Williams who has placed his name in the transfer portal. The Clemson Insider confirmed Williams put his name into the portal on Tuesday night. Williams is the fourth player from Clemson’s nationally ranked 2020 defense to place […]

Swinney: ‘It’s a good time to be the corner coach at Clemson’

Heading into the 2020 season, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney believes the Tigers are in a better spot at the cornerback position than they have been in quite some time. “It’s a good time to be the corner coach at Clemson,” Swinney said. “Mike Reed has done a great job of building his room. We’ve […]

Two-Minute Drill: Williams’ positive energy benefits young secondary

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has been singing the praises of graduate senior LeAnthony Williams. It would have been easy for Williams to transfer to another school where he could have received more playing time, but he decided to stay at Clemson and see things through. The veteran player had a good spring and fall […]

Williams: Secondary ‘just as good, if not better’ than last season

Clemson lost several key pieces from last year’s secondary, including starting cornerback A.J. Terrell, starting safeties Tanner Muse and K’Von Wallace, and reserve safety Denzel Johnson. While replacing those players won’t be easy for the Tigers, redshirt junior cornerback LeAnthony Williams believes the personnel Clemson has in the secondary heading into this season is up […]

Clemson cornerback sees bright future ahead for Ajou, Williams

Clemson redshirt junior cornerback LeAnthony Williams sees a bright future ahead for the Tigers’ pair of talented true freshmen wide receivers, Ajou Ajou and E.J. Williams. “I like E.J., I like Ajou,” LeAnthony said following Thursday’s practice. “They’re both great receivers. Real young, different playing styles, but they’re both great receivers.” Ajou, a native of […]

Emergence of a couple of players has deepened depth at cornerback

The last couple of years, Clemson has been a little thin at cornerback. Fortunately for the Tigers it has not mattered as much because they’ve stayed relatively healthy. However, this spring they seemed to be like a M.A.S.H unit on the sidelines as so many guys were banged up at one point or another. Things […]

Freshmen corners are coming along

Though playing a triple-option-style football team for a third time in four games can be a good thing when preparing for Georgia Tech and Paul Johnson’s style of play, it is not a good thing when you are trying to build some depth at cornerback. Through three games, the Yellow Jackets have thrown just 51 […]

Booth’s commitment adds to Clemson’s riches at corner

Clemson has continued to replenish its pool of talent at the cornerback position this year. After bringing in a pair of top-flight cornerback prospects in each of the last two classes, the Tigers have done so again in the 2019 cycle and look to be loaded for the future. Clemson’s latest major pickup at cornerback […]

Corners have been ‘exceptional’

Through the first five days of Clemson’s spring practice, one position group has stood out among the rest, according to head coach Dabo Swinney. “I think our corners have been exceptional the first five days,” Swinney said after Clemson’s practice and half scrimmage Wednesday. “That’s one of the things I was telling the team is, […]