WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Clemson standout defensive tackle Bryan Bresee made an emotional return to action for the Tigers Saturday, just five days after the funeral for his late sister, Ella. Bresee missed Clemson’s game last week against Louisiana Tech, attended 15-year-old Ella’s funeral Tuesday in Maryland with dozens of his teammates, then was back in uniform for the Tigers’ 51–45 double overtime triumph over Wake Forest.
“Before the game when I ran out, it got a little emotional,” Bresee said in his first comments to the media since the funeral. “I know she’s watching over us, she loved Clemson football, and she’ll be within us this whole way.”
Teammate K.J. Henry described Bresee as “the strongest person I know. There’s a lot of people that couldn’t have been able to play.”
