Continuing our countdown for the 2023 football season, we look at No. 91. The season kicks off on the road at Duke Sept. 4. Michael Dean Perry played for the Tigers in the 1980s and terrorized opposing offenses.
The time may be now for one of Clemson’s young defensive ends after biding his time. That is, if Zaire Patterson wants to seize the moment. “He’s got all the talent in the world, but he’s got to make up his mind that he wants it,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.
While game reps at defensive end have gone almost exclusively to Clemson’s talented veterans in recent years, Cade Denhoff and Zaire Patterson have been patiently waiting.