From his days when he was a young recruit coming out of Lake Butler, Florida, to his time now as the running backs coach, Clemson always pulled at C.J. Spiller’s heart.
“This place is just special,” Spiller said on Tuesday.
Spiller first fell in love with Clemson on a recruiting trip in January of 2006. A month later, Spiller stunned the college football world when he announced he was going to play his college ball in Tigertown. His visit to Clemson came after he promised a young wide receivers’ coach named Dabo Swinney, that he would at least give Clemson a look.