'I can remember this guy coming in with all this energy and just saying just lots of, 'HEY, MOM! I’m here!' I’m like 'Oh my — who is this?' 'C.J. was like, 'Mama, this is Coach Swinney.'' How a young, eager Clemson assistant poached C.J. Spiller.
Swinney, Clemson wide receivers coach and Florida-area recruiter:Burton Burns, Clemson running backs coach:AdvertisementObviously, when you’re at a place like Florida, you’re trying to get the best of the best. And it just so happened that we had the best at that position just 20 minutes away from campus.Tommy Bowden, Clemson head coach:Getting film in those days was like an act of Congress. … I remember the first time I put the — I’m pretty sure it was a VHS tape — in, I was like, “Ho-ly cow.
And I’m just like, “Well why can’t we get him?” I was the new guy and it was like, “OK, well, hey — you go on, try hard. Good luck.”I treated him just like I treated all the rest of the recruiters. I took their information, took their cards and did my own research. But every time we talked, there was just something different.
in Orlando, Fla., Swinney flew up to Lake Butler to make his pitch. Signing Day was just more than a month away.At this point, it was getting kind of serious and he’s like, “I’m gonna take a visit.” So I’m like, “OK.” I pull out one of my business cards and I flipped over the business card and … was like, “OK, if he’ll sign this card, then he’s coming. I know he’s a man of his word.”
Spiller landed in Atlanta, and Swinney drove him two hours back to Clemson. As part of the visit, he scarfed down a full rack of ribs at nearby restaurant Copper River Grill and enjoyed a house party of about 30 people thrown by running back James Davis and wide receiver Jacoby Ford, who had stayed back during the holiday weekend in order to host him. After Spiller’s first full day at Clemson, his mother called him on Sunday night.I’m like, “OK. Give it to me. Let Mama know.
C.J. was a Christian guy and I was a Christian guy and C.J. said he was praying about the decision, and I said, “Well, C.J., I’m praying too, and just remember, we’re praying to the same God. And my God’s telling me you’re coming to Clemson.” On that ride home I kind of knew: “Man, that’s probably the last time I’m gonna be on that campus not going up against them for the next several years.”
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