Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney spent a significant portion of his weekly press conference on Tuesday discussing his philosophies on recruiting and the transfer portal.
Swinney has been heavily criticized at times for his reluctance to fully embrace the portal, but the Tigers did get their feet wet last year, adding three transfers to the roster.
With this year’s Clemson team being loaded with upperclassmen, next year’s squad will likely look much different. The general consensus is that Swinney will need to hit the transfer portal harder than he has in the past.
Another thing Swinney has refused to do is get into a bidding war over high school recruits, which has played a factor in the Tigers suffering 10 decommitments across the last two recruiting cycles.