There’s a lot of people celebrating Bryan Bresee’s arrival to the New Orleans Saints, and one of them is Clemson defensive run-game coordinator and defensive tackles coach Nick Eason. Bresee’s former position coach shared his thoughts on the newest member of the New Orleans Saints in a conversation with local media in South Carolina on Thursday night.
“What they’re getting in Bryan is a great young man who comes from a great family, who is very competitive, very tough, very disciplined,” Eason said. “He’s very smart and he loves the game. He exemplified all of that throughout my time at Clemson and before and that’s why he’s going to be one of the NFL’s greats for years to come.”
Bresee was also praised by his head coach Dabo Swinney for his practice habits, work ethic, and passion for the game — welcome news for Saints fans after some of their recent draft picks weren’t able to cut the mustard. Getting a highly motivated 21-year-old into the building should do a lot to revamp a position group that’s fallen off in recent years.
Hopefully Bresee’s availability issues are behind him, having missed time with knee and shoulder injuries as well as a serious kidney infection. When he’s on, he’s special. Eason added, “They have not seen the best of Bryan Bresee yet.”
