Christian Wilkins appeared to grab Curtis Samuel in an inappropriate area in the first quarter Saturday's Fiesta Bowl.

In what was a bizarre sequence, Ohio State's Samuel was tackled at the line of scrimmage, and then Clemson's Wilkins looked as if he intentionally reached for the Buckeye's NSFW region.

Wilkins later said he was just trying to be "silly":





Update from Wednesday, Jan. 4

As Wilkins drew criticism, Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware defended his teammate:

[The State Newspaper, Brian Hamilton]



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