CLEMSON – Clemson’s defensive back room got a facelift this offseason, with almost half of the Tigers’ transfer portal additions playing either safety or corner.
Head coach Dabo Swinney, defensive coordinator Tom Allen, and a myriad of other position coaches and analysts selected Old Dominion’s Jerome Carter and Southern Miss.’ Corey Myrick as the top two safety targets. Both committed to Clemson in early January.
“We got our top two safeties,” Swinney said in January. “We went after these two guys, and we got both of them. Jerome Carter from ODU and Corey Myrick from Southern Miss.