Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, tight ends coach Danny Pearman and the Tigers had only one available scholarship for the tight end position in the 2021 recruiting cycle, and they succeeded in landing the lone player they coveted — Jake Briningstool.
“Danny recruited all over, evaluated a lot of guys, and he wanted to be the one guy and we wanted him to be the one guy, and man, is he special,” Swinney said during Clemson Football’s National Signing Day Show at the Reeves Football Complex after Briningstool signed with the Tigers on Dec. 16.
Briningstool, a product of Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn.