When Clemson played Alabama for the National Championship Game last month, the coaches weren’t concerned about the 2016 Class because they had the majority of the class wrapped up. In fact seven were already on campus attending classes when the Tigers left for Glendale, Ariz.
But with the loss of defensive backs Mackensie Alexander, Jayron Kearse, T.J. Green, Travis Blanks and Jefferie Gibson, those plans changed.
Clemson’s coaches had three weeks to find some depth at defensive back. They did that on Wednesday with the signatures of Trayvon Mullen, K’Von Wallace and Isaiah Simmons.
“It was a little bit more of a grind than we thought it was going to be,” Swinney said after all the National Letters of Intent were in.