Peter Woods has received his fair share of praise through the first seven practices of Clemson’s spring. Dabo Swinney opined that the Tigers’ highly touted defensive lineman signee is already ahead of where former blue-chip defensive tackles Christian Wilkins and Bryan Bresee were early in their Clemson careers. Woods’ position coach, Nick Eason, said Woods […]
While certain newcomers have generated more buzz than others so far this spring, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney didn’t want to leave anyone out when discussing the Tigers’ midyear enrollees. And not because he felt like he had to. Seven practices into the spring, the Tigers’ veteran coach said all 14 of the team’s early high […]
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was in rare form following Wednesday’s scrimmage in Death Valley. Swinney had plenty of praise for his freshmen and told some classic Dabo stories. Watch Swinney’s remarks on TCITV:
There’s been plenty of buzz about Peter Woods early in spring practice. Last week, when asked what stands out about the true freshman defensive lineman, Clemson defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin simply replied, “What doesn’t?” Woods also drew high praise last week from defensive tackles coach Nick Eason, who said that the former five-star prospect possesses […]
Nick Eason has already been impressed by the midyear enrollees in his position group, both as players and as people. Clemson’s defensive tackles coach spoke last week about what he’s seen thus far – both on and off the field – from Peter Woods, Vic Burley and Stephiylan Green. “First of all, they’re all good […]
A veteran of 17 combined NFL seasons as a defensive lineman and defensive line coach, Nick Eason knows a thing or two about defensive line play and has been around plenty of great players at the position over the years. And according to Clemson’s defensive tackles coach, newcomer Peter Woods possesses the same traits as […]
Asked what stands out to him about Peter Woods, Wes Goodwin laughed and smiled before offering a succinct reply that says a lot. “What doesn’t?” Goodwin said. “I mean, he’s special.” Clemson’s defensive coordinator then proceeded to heap praise on Woods, the former five-star defensive lineman who enrolled early at Clemson in January after signing […]
Clemson held its second practice of the spring Tuesday afternoon. The media was allowed to watch the first five periods. Here are some observations of the Tigers’ defense from those periods: Veteran defensive end Justin Mascoll was in a yellow (limited) jersey. He said Monday he’s been dealing with an ankle sprain. For the second […]
The boys are back in town and there are some new faces. Clemson started spring practice on Monday. The Clemson Insider was on hand for some of the action. Check out some great pictures from the Monday’s practice in Dawson Powers Day 1 Photo Gallery.
ESPN published an article this week naming the top newcomer for each team in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early top 25 for the 2023 season. For Clemson (No. 15 in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early top 25), ESPN’s Andrea Adelson pegged Peter Woods as the top newcomer. Here’s what Adelson wrote about Woods, the five-star defensive lineman from Thompson High School (Alabaster, […]