AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – A former Clemson coach is happy to have a former Tiger cornerback on his team’s roster.
Earlier this month, Malcolm Greene announced that he would be transferring to Virginia, where he will of course be playing for former Clemson assistant and current Cavaliers head coach Tony Elliott.
It’s an ideal landing spot for Greene, who entered the transfer portal in April in order to pursue a starting position elsewhere. It’s a homecoming for Greene, a native of Richmond, Va. And along with suiting up for Elliott, Greene will get to team up with his younger brother Miles Greene, an incoming freshman defensive lineman who will enroll at UVA this summer ahead of the 2023 season.
The Clemson Insider caught up with Elliott at the ACC spring meetings Tuesday, and he discussed the UVA program’s pickup of Malcolm, who spent the last three seasons playing for Clemson and earned his degree in marketing in December 2022.
“Just excited to have an opportunity for he and his brother to be able to play together,” said Elliott, who’s entering his second season at UVA following an 11-year tenure at Clemson. “He’s back home in his home state, and obviously a guy that I was a big fan of from the day he showed up – not just for school, but when he came on his official visit. He was in a coat and tie, something that I hadn’t seen before. He already had his AA degree before he showed up on campus.
“So, just a ton of substance to the young man, and then you watch him go out there and he plays with unbelievable passion and toughness. So, I’m excited for him to have an opportunity to come in and help us as we move the program forward with just the love of football, the love of competition, the love of team that he’s going to bring to our locker room to help our guys continue to heal (from the 2022 University of Virginia shooting tragedy) as they move forward.”
Greene recorded 40 tackles (4.5 for loss), four pass breakups, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions and a forced fumble in 473 snaps over 29 games (five starts) for the Tigers from 2020-22. The 5-foot-10, 195-pounder posted nine tackles (one for loss), a forced fumble and an interception in 95 defensive snaps over seven games (two starts) during a 2022 season that was cut short due to injury.
–Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images
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