Quick notes from Saturday's scrimmage |
* Dabo Swinney said the defense did an excellent job on goalline situations and short yardage. But being thin in the secondary hurt the defense in other areas.
* Freshman DB Mackensie Alexander remained out with injury but Dabo Swinney hopes to have him back soon. Three other DBs also missed the scrimmage - Martin Jenkins, Darius Robinson, and Garry Peters. * Freshman DB Adrian Baker sustained an injury to his left ankle after the first series. * Swinney said team looked a little tired which is expected after 6 days in a row of physical contact. * Swinney said Germone Hopper has been really good or really bad. In the scrimmage he fumbled twice. Once he was going in for a touchdown and fumbled the ball out the back of the end zone. * Swinney said he had ACC refs for the scrimmage and did not have a lot of penalties which was surprising for a first scrimmage. * Wide receiver Sammy Watkins said Chad Morris has eliminated plays with him running up the middle. * Watkins had two touchdown (35 yd, 69 yd) from the 2 position which is the position he played last year and not Nuk Hopkins' old boundary position. * According to Brent Venables, freshman LB Ben Boulware will contribute this season, but Venables he is not sure how much. * Venables called freshman DE Shaq Lawson a disruptive force on the defense. * Swinney said walk-on RB C.J. Davidson has had a great camp. Swinney said he been as good as any of the RBs in camp. Great to see so many of our former Clemson players today at our scrimmage and BBQ. #ReturnHome 2 #Clemson pic.twitter.com/lHXndDvCss
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