Cordrea Tankersley describes covering wide receiver Mike Williams as the hardest thing he has ever done. “It really is,” said the Clemson cornerback following Wednesday’s first of two practices. “You can have the best technique, you can get the best jam on him, but if he still makes that catch, none of that matters.” Williams […]
Following Monday’s first practice, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was very adamant that his football team is not a top five squad right now. Last week, The USA Today Coaches Poll ranked the Tigers No. 2 in their preseason top 25. “We are a long way from a top five football team, right now. We […]
Condrea Tankersley gets to work against the best receivers in the nation every day. Tankersley is the leader in the secondary this season and his accepting that rule. Watch Tankersley discuss the first two days of camp, the young DB’s, Deon Cain and much more on TCITV: [protected-iframe id=”a52be0d09bec50f271e6202bd0f38e7e-92644261-87872972″ info=”//delivery.vidible.tv/jsonp/pid=57a39396cc52c75952ed0b20/551c007909eab10d9c474ca0.js” class=”vdb_player vdb_57a39396cc52c75952ed0b20551c007909eab10d9c474ca0″ height=”360″ […]
The way Cordrea Tankersley sees it he isn’t the guy who has to be the next Mackensie Alexander. Instead, he is just like all the other cornerbacks on Clemson’s roster. He has to work hard and grind with the rest of them to become the type of player Alexander was in the Tigers’ secondary. But […]
We are halfway through July and the start of camp is on the horizon. In our Camp Countdown series we will look at each position and discuss some of the questions heading into camp. In this edition we take a look at the cornerbacks. Clemson lost one of the nation’s top cornerbacks in Mackensie Alexander […]
Clemson cornerback Cordrea Tanklersley has been named to the Watch List for the 2016 Jim Thorpe Award. The award was established in 1986 and is named after history’s greatest all-around athlete, Jim Thorpe. Thorpe excelled not only as a running back, passer, and kicker on the offensive side of the ball; but also stood out […]
When the term “most important” is given when describing a ranking of one player over another, it does not necessarily describe who the best players are on a team. Instead, it tells us the main or most important part of the team, without which it cannot really exist. In other words, could Clemson have reached the College Football Playoff Championship Game […]
Ben Boulware, Carlos Watkins and Cordrea Tankersley are the three senior members of the Clemson defense that have experience as starters. In their time at Clemson, they gave been a part of three defenses that finished 7th, 1st and 10th nationally the last three years. They know what success looks like. They know what it […]
The Clemson Insider continues to take a look at each position on the football team to examine where each player stands right now in his group on the depth chart. We will look back on the 2015 season for analysis and attempt to forecast what the 2016 depth chart might look like in a few […]
Cordrea Tankersley does not mind being the big brother in the secondary, but at the same time he isn’t going to be a babysitter, either. The senior is the lone starter returning from a unit that finished second nationally in pass completion and 11th in pass efficiency defense in 2015. Gone is All-American cornerback Mackensie […]