A familiar name is heading back to Clemson.
Former five-star recruit Hunter Johnson announced his intention to transfer back to Clemson on Monday after spending the past four seasons at Northwestern, per Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports.
Johnson is the first since the portal has become popular, but isn't Clemson's first transfer signee. Dabo Swinney and the Tigers signed Stanford graduate transfer quarterback David Olson in 2014, Oklahoma transfer linebacker Kellen Jones in 2012 and North Carolina A&T transfer kicker Steven Sawicki four years later. Sawicki kicked off twice in 2018 and went 6-for-6 on PATs with a made 26-yard field goal in 2019. Olson, an Irmo native, played 15 snaps over three games during the 2014 season. Jones, who transferred before the NCAA's new rule of allowing athletes to play immediately, totaled 40 tackles in his two years at Clemson before transferring to Wisconsin in 2015.
