Clemson football: 4 biggest concerns vs. UGA in season-opener

The four biggest concerns for Clemson football against Georgia in the 2021 season-opener

The Clemson football team will open up the 2021 season with a monumental matchup against historical rival Georgia in Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.

The two programs haven’t played a game against one another since a 2013 & 2014 home-and-home series that saw wins for the home teams (Clemson in 2013, Georgia in 2014) on both occasions.

Now, as we look ahead to the fall, the matchup between Clemson football and Georgia has already heated up and is only going to get hotter as we get closer to kickoff.

Here’s a look at the four biggest concerns for the Tigers as we look towards the epic season-opening matchup.

4. Potential holes in the secondary

Anyone who watched the 2020 Clemson football team has to admit that the secondary had its fair share of holes and they weren’t hard to identify.

Derion Kendrick, who is now a Georgia Bulldog, struggled to get on the field and when he did, he got beat on the deep ball on far too many occasions. The safeties on the backend were burned. The cornerbacks were shaky.

While we saw some bright moments- especially from Andrew Booth Jr.- the secondary was unable to mask those deficiencies against a motivated Justin Fields-led Ohio State team and they were absolutely eaten alive.

If Clemson is going to have any success in 2021, that secondary has to improve. The talent is there, but don’t think for one second that J.T. Daniels won’t try to do the same exact things we saw Fields do against the Tigers this past January.

If the secondary isn’t ready, this could be a long night in Charlotte. Luckily for them, they’ll have a little extra help in the form of one of the nation’s best defensive fronts to apply pressure and make their jobs a little easier.