Inside The Game – Clemson

Clint Sintim

Virginia senior linebacker Clint Sintim had a very respectable game on Saturday; he finished with 6 tackles against the Tigers. While Sintim did not record a sack, he did find his way into the backfield on numerous occasions to force Clemson’s Cullen Harper to move his plans from the pocket to elsewhere. Of course, he also drew a 15-yard personal foul penalty as well.

But one play that impressed me probably didn’t draw much attention from anyone else. After all, it was just one of 68 total offensive plays for Clemson. Just one random play of rushing the passer. The ball was gone by the time Sintim got to Harper and it’s nothing that the TV cameras would have closed in on since it didn’t result in a sack. To me, however, it showed just how far Sintim has come in his career and even since one year ago.

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