When Will Shipley signed with Clemson on Wednesday, it was a long time coming for Dabo Swinney and the Tigers.
Clemson’s head coach and his staff had their sights on nabbing the five-star all-purpose back ever since they saw him work out at Swinney’s camp his sophomore year of high school, and two years later on May 5, 2020, they landed his verbal commitment before locking him up at the start of the early signing period Wednesday morning.
“Our man Ship, we’ve been chasing this guy forever. I mean, he’s like Sasquatch, man – we’ve been looking for him and chasing him, and we finally caught him.