No college football coach has come out stronger against using the transfer portal than Clemson's Dabo Swinney, who has famously shied away from adding veteran players to supplement his roster. Detractors believe it can help explain the downslide that Clemson has experienced since the portal began in 2018.
While it is unlikely that Swinney will take any pages from Deion Sanders's book and begin to portal in full recruiting classes, it does appear that he is becoming more open to adding quality players. The Tigers are set to host Purdue pass rusher Will Heldt, a sophomore coming off of a productive season (56 tackles, five sacks) for the 1–11 Boilermakers.
