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Plenty of familiar names join ACC, from Swinney to Roof to Brooks

Nearly every new signing class brings a family link or two (or even three). There might even be a few more notable connections across the ACC with incoming recruits in 2017.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney welcomed his son, Will, as a walk-on receiver, then quipped to local reporters, “I have been recruiting this kid for 18 years and paid his mother a lot of money.”

#Daniel WR Will Swinney heading to #Clemson to play for his dad. #NationalSigningDay @foxcarolinanews pic.twitter.com/pq7D5ieNCe

— Aaron Cheslock (@AaronCheslock) February 1, 2017

Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Ted Roof gets to coach his son, too.