As Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has pointed out several times, despite all of the program’s success under his watch, he still has never had a top recruiting class in any cycle. We all know Clemson develops talent at a better rate than any other program in the country, so having to worry about elite classes has not been something to worry about.
Of the Top 50 recruits ever, Clemson has signed five of them. Of those five, three of them will be on the 2020 Clemson football roster – Trevor Lawrence, Xavier Thomas, and Bryan Bresee.