Clemson is the place for No. 1 recruits.
Head coach Dabo Swinney loved to tell people that his program appeared in five consecutive College Football Playoffs and won two National Championships without the benefit of a No. 1 recruiting class. That all changed (sort of) in February when ESPN dubbed the Tigers’ 2020 recruiting class as the best in the nation.
One thing Swinney couldn’t say, however, was that his program didn’t sign the top player in the country.
Clemson has signed the nation’s consensus top player in two out of the last three recruiting cycles, welcoming quarterback Trevor Lawrence in 2018 and defensive tackle Bryan Bresee in 2020.