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Swinney says Cunningham 'was ahead of the curve'

AIKEN, S.C. — Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney publicly commented for the first time about the passing of former Tiger great Bennie Cunningham.

The former two-time All-American and two-time Super Bowl Champion passed away Monday morning after he lost his fight with cancer. Cunningham had been in the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Cleveland, Ohio since January.

He was 63 years old.

“My thoughts and prayers are with his family,” Swinney said to The Clemson Insider Tuesday at the Prowl & Growl event at Aiken Technical College in Aiken, S.C. “It was a privilege to get to know Bennie.