Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables went in-depth Wednesday about his defense after Day 5 of spring practice. Watch Venables’ remarks on TCITV:
It has been another strong start to a season for the Clemson defense and senior safety K’von Wallace. The Tigers rank fifth nationally in total defense and lead the ACC in total, scoring and passing defense this season. Sitting at fourth on the team in tackles with 28, Wallace has also added two interceptions and […]
Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables was pleased to see how well his second and third teams performed when given the opportunity to play last week against Charlotte. The Clemson coach said he was glad to see they had been paying attention all week. Venables on the young guys getting playing time “They did pretty good. […]
No surprise, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables is very impressed with North Carolina freshman quarterback Sam Howell. “He’s very savvy, big arm, quick release, tough, competitive instinctual, intelligent,” Venables said. “He plays with a lot of passion.” Venables went on to say Howell was a quarterback who Clemson was interested in. In four games this […]
Earlier this week, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables spent roughly 30 minutes bragging about former Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware at the Anderson County Touchdown club. Venables is not usually a coach who goes around bragging about one of his players. However, on this particular night, the Tigers’ defensive coach let his guard down just a […]
Despite shutting out Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl in one of the more impressive bowl game performances by a Clemson defense in history, Brent Venable still can’t forget about those three fourth-quarter drives his defense gave up to Virginia Tech in last month’s ACC Championship game. Prior to those three drives, the Tigers (13-1) […]
Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware said he kind of blacked out when he got in the huddle just after warm ups prior to Saturday’s 56-7 rout of rival South Carolina. With his team huddled around him, Boulware appeared to be giving a fiery speech to get his teammates pumped up for their annual rivalry game against […]
Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables knew his defense was ready for a dominant performance on Friday when they went through the final preparations for the rivalry game. The fourth-ranked Tigers held rival South Carolina to 218 total yards in a 56-7 victory in Death Valley on Saturday night. Venables said he believes the defense is […]
Clemson’s win over Louisville last Saturday was an epic battle between two teams who wanted it bad, but only one could win the game. In the end, the Tigers made one more play to beat the Cardinals when cornerback Marcus Edmond shoved Louisville wide receiver James Quick out of bounds a yard short of the […]
After playing 99 plays on Saturday, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said he was proud of the way his defense played in the Tigers win over Louisville last Saturday. “That certainly was not the plan, but anytime you give up five possessions you are going to give somebody more opportunities to snap the ball,” Venables […]