Clemson has had success recruiting players from Greensboro, N.C., during Dabo Swinney’s tenure as head coach, landing defensive tackles such as D.J. Reader in 2012 and most recently Payton Page as part of the 2021 class.
Page, a former four-star prospect from Dudley High School, serves as an inspiration for another standout lineman from Greensboro on Clemson’s recruiting radar – Jamaal Jarrett, a class of 2023 defensive tackle/offensive lineman from Smith High School.
“Almost everybody in the Greensboro area knows him and the accomplishments that he’s done,” Jarrett told TCI. “But he is a great player, and the way he played and represented his town kind of paved the path for me to do great or greater than him and represent this town as well.