Clemson offensive coordinator Garrett Riley at 2024 Clemson Media Day #2

you know that's that's going to be a really competitive room this fall camp and uh certainly Wesco and TJ we excited about saw some great flashes from Wesco in the spring and and uh some of the things we've heard this summer on them been great and as well as TJ just starting to get going uh but his skill set is certainly going to be a be a competitive um addition to that R sure you at the backup situation quarterback Chris who's your number two they c number two how's that how yall going into that yeah they're still going to have to battle here in Ball Camp um you know those two guys flashed in Spring um Trent had a few less practices due to a little injury there at the beginning of Spring so uh those guys are going to have to battle through it and fall in no question what did you see out a pan in the spring that allowed him to move up that ladder well he's just a guy that can that can function and execute at at a pretty high level and uh um you know that's that's due to his his intelligence and his decisiveness and he's just got a little bit of the the gamer to him it kind of has some of that Moxy but um you know certainly excited about him as well as CV what kind of growth have you SE I mean I would say the biggest thing is I just feel like you can put a little bit more on his plate he really understands he not yes I understand he he actually gets it and uh you know I I I just think he's continuing to slow down for him and you see um even in his movements he's such a Twitchy kind of hyperactive guy I mean even in some of just those uh mannerisms and demeanor on the field Within the play you just start to see the some failure having to take some criticism all that think that's kind of part of I mean going through some tough things is always the best teacher of how to get better you know I mean for us as coaches and certainly as players so um he's he's someone that's mindful um of when he's got to be better and he's certainly not going to shy away from him so yeah I'm proud of him that way yeah um you know keep Adams flash quite bit for us this spring and uh you know he's he's he's the Hammerhead and uh he's he's a tough guy to tackle you got to make a business decision if you're coming downhill to tackle him so he's got a skill set that's certainly going to help us um you know Jarvis Green was also someone that flashed I thought quite a bit in our second half of spring I was proud of the way he finished and uh really kind of emerg there late then Jay Haynes I mean Jay Haynes is the wild card he he's the he's he's uh a guy that has a lot of burst and a lot of change of pace to him so you know just looking to to see him this fall as well K you talk about K growing from some of the struggles growing on was last the first couple months was that also instructive to you you know you're still a young guy in this business in just knowing okay you know these are the buttons I I can now push and you've got this in your toolbox going forward into this yeah I mean every season's different every you know this is year whatever 13 I think for me already and every every season is been totally different so yeah you're always going to have some different things that happen and and uh yeah hopefully some of that experience with last year will pay off for all of us how comfortable are you San Francis right now say it again how comfortable are you in Center yeah I mean those guys are battling and raided out well course Us in the spring um was dependable so I I like that competition quite a bit as we go into fall Camp I think that's certainly going to be one to watch but I'm excited to watch those guys and really see how they came out of Summer um you know I'm really anticipating outs in the offense this year that you've seen take a big step and grow a lot in the all season um I mean just through what we've heard like I think Antonio I mean I've seen him just around the building I mean just physically looks different to me um I think he's done a a really really good job this summer just trying to transform his body more so than maybe he has and U obviously I thought he had a tremendous really did and U so obviously excited about him but um Cole Turner com another one you almost forget about but the guy can he probably the fastest guy on the team um one of them and uh you know certainly excited to get him back and know he's healthy and physically looks good all those things so you know just off top of my head just kind of transforming their body like those are two this between Wesco and TJ Moore how quickly can those guys push for playing time obviously both very highly R the BRS got in here pretty early did you see them get playing time in year one oh yeah yeah no question like I said that's going to be a very competitive room and um you know look for those guys to to have certain roles and see what they can handle and and actually playing in real games and seeing how they handle that but uh yeah I certainly know and think that they can help us this small for sure coach with the new colge football game coming out did you play when it used to be uh out and what do you think about it coming back yeah I'm excited it's back um I certainly played when I was younger um something was wrong with you if you didn't play college football EA Sports back then I think but yeah I think uh I think all of our guys obviously excited what you think about the opportunity now back when it the old game no names just the numbers they have to figure out who Timo was and stuff like that what do you think about the opportunity the guys have now to actually get paid with the N being yeah I think it's fantastic I really do I think the to be able to number one just see your name on The Jersey and all those things is really cool as as a player and as a fan and uh and just being able to to kind of capitalize on on it financially great does K need to be ACC player [Music] player I mean I don't know about all that I just think he needs to to be the best he can be and all that stuff kind of take care of itself K's the best he can be we're going to be in great shape sure you've already been asked this back and forth how have you seen Kade grow in your two in your offense yeah just everything's slowing down and what he can handle uh mentally just kind of the calmness the the demeanor that he has that's probably the thing that's the uh last time you coached against Georgia go grade the last time Clemson played against Georgia didn't go grade how much do you guys use that as a motivational tool through camp or did you not try to worry about who number one calendar I mean they're first on our schedule I mean obviously they've been on an incredible run um great team and U you know we got a huge challenge in front of us but looking forward to it but Yeahs p p stuff for me Clemson I'm not looking at that too much but I know I know our guys will be motivated I know coach SW able get him fired up for sure with the way last season started the first game didn't go well does anything change in the preparations going into game one this year did you learn anything from last year's struggles in game one to try to keep that from happening again yeah I mean there there will probably be some tweaks here and there but in terms of something major drastically different probably not U just trying to take a great approach and and have our best players ready and available and fresh and fast and and uh you know from a game plan standpoint just something that we're really confident in from there got to go do it got to go execute it areas you felt like if we can improve here we can take up big St yeah I think same thing um you know really is quarterback position is is things that we can truly control we've got to minimize some of the bad plays collectively up front and um you know whether it's pass protection in the Run game whatever it may be um so I think we can do that if we can minimize those up front some of the mental mental things that happened or just just uh just a bus here and there whatever it may be we do that if because we got a core group of guys that play now I know we're going to be um stronger and more physical and those things as we're more mature older um you know so those things are going to come for us and that's what we expect but I think we can handle those things especially early on in the season I think we'll be able to take that