Corey Myrick is not going to let one loss get in the way of him having his best season to date. After spending the previous two years playing for Charles Huff at Marshall and Southern Miss, he chose to come to Clemson. While his Tigers debut did not go according to plan, Myrick let everyone know that he has the right mindset to handle any adversity thrown his way. He has been in a tough spot before.
"Actually, my senior year of high school, I went 0-10, so I had to adjust my senior year, so kind of just knowing how to handle it now," Myrick said to the media on Wednesday. "Everybody, obviously, as I said, nobody wants to lose like that, so just knowing to get the team together, knowing that you can't dwell on this loss for too long. You've got to keep going. As I said, we've got 11 more games to play."
Myrick still tied teammates linebacker Sammy Brown and fellow transfer portal safety Jerome Carter III for a game-high 10 tackles last Saturday. It just goes to show that whenever Myrick takes the field, he is ready to play some ball. Even if he did not ask to be a leader on this team, he can most certainly be one, especially if Clemson wants to overcome the early-season hole the team has dug itself into.
It's only one game into the season, but Myrick is proving to be a more valuable pickup than expected.
Corey Myrick can be the underrated leader that Clemson is in need of
Even if Dabo Swinney has been rightfully criticized over his reluctancy of dipping into the transfer portal in recent offseasons, there is a chance Myrick's addition will help his team out in more ways than one. Clemson was uninspiring in the secondary only a season ago. The additions of Myrick and Carter should help the Tigers moving forward in an effort to get better. This includes his toughness.
For Clemson to right the ship, players like Myrick will need to share their experience in how to best handle adversity and power through it. Given that Clemson is not accustomed to losing as it has over the last year-plus, any advice on how to combat that internally should be welcomed. This is not to say that losing should be tolerated, but Myrick may have answers to that that his teammates do not.
Right now, Clemson must stay positive and take it one day at a time. The LSU debacle was a week ago. Next up for the Tigers will be Georgia Southern, a team out of the Sun Belt that Clemson should have no problems getting their first win of the season over. With Swinney saying that Clemson has 11 more games left to be played, Myrick took this to heart and echoed his sentiments with this message.
"You've got to keep going," Myrick said on Wednesday. "Like I said, we've got 11 more games to play."
No matter what else happens to Clemson this season, Myrick has already seen everything before.
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