All of which fuels the hopes for a defensive improvement. There are flashes of potential at defensive line, particularly DE Rondell Bothroyd, and increased experience at DB. Defensively Wake Forest looks to improve on last season’s disappointing performance, but there are questions surrounding a LB corps that was regularly torched during 2021. Hartman enters his fourth year, as a starting QB, with one of the best offensive lines and WR corps in the conference. QB Sam Hartman’s 4,228-yard, 39 TD, and 14 INT performance carried a struggling Wake Forest defense to an ACC Championship appearance, bowl victory, and 11-3 overall record. Wake Forest Demon Deacons: For the first time since 2006 the Demon Deacons won their division. Defensive Coordinator extraordinaire, Brent Venables, left to coach the Oklahoma Sooners while Offensive Coordinator, Tony Elliot, took off to see what he can do with UVA.ģ. Among all this the Tigers must also contend with the departures of their top assistant coaches. Five-star QB true freshmen recruit, Cade Klubnik, could possibly enter the fray if DJ cannot demonstrate the necessary prowess. For the Tigers to return to the level they saw during the Watson and Lawrence years Uiagalelei and the OL must improve. Together, RBs Will Shipley and Kobe Pace did a solid job replacing Etienne’s production, but QB DJ Uiagalelei struggled mightily, and a young offensive line battled inconsistent play. Last year demonstrated how difficult it can be to replace offensive talents like Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne. Clemson features the best defensive line in the country and a linebacking and defensive back corps that also number amongst the best in the NCAA. Entering the 2022 season, not much has changed on that front.
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During their 2021 effort the Tigers, as per usual, possessed a near professional level defense, which kept them in every game. Clemson Tigers : Last year, after six straight conference championships, the Tigers ceded the Atlantic crown to Wake Forest and the ACC crown to Pittsburgh. When the Tigers host the Wolfpack, on October 1, it could determine the winner of the Atlantic.Ģ. Clemson possesses the nation’s longest active home winning streak with 34 home victories. Although plagued by injury last season the Wolfpack still managed to be the No. On the defensive side of the ball NCST has the best linebacker corps in the conference and an argument for the best in the country. QB Devin Leary is entering his fourth year as a starter, boasting a 2021 performance that saw him complete 65.7% of passes for 3,433 yards, 35 TDs, and only five INTs. Their 27-21 OT victory over Clemson is a program defining win and were it not for a three-point loss to a Wake Forest unit they statistically beat the Wolfpack would have been in the ACC Championship game. NC State Wolfpack : With 17 returning starters there is no program more experienced in the ACC.
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