Dabo Swinney is accustomed to having multi-sport athletes on his roster, having coached two-sport stars such as C.J. Spiller, Jacoby Ford, Kyle Parker and DeAndre Hopkins throughout his tenure as Clemson’s head coach.
So, Swinney has a good handle on how to manage multi-sport athletes and how to help those players navigate the process of splitting time between football and another sport.
“Obviously everybody remembers C.J. Spiller and Jacoby Ford,” Swinney said. “They were track All-Americans, I think four years as well. So, balancing spring practice around their track schedule … And Nuk Hopkins, his first year or so he was a basketball player, as well.