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Top Alabama safety recaps Clemson visit, meeting with Swinney

One of the top safeties in the 2023 recruiting cycle found out last weekend that Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is extremely approachable.

Four-star safety DaKaari Nelson (6-3, 190) of Selma (AL) visited Clemson for the Tigers’ Elite Junior Day last weekend and walked away with an offer and a new appreciation for Swinney.

What was the highlight?

“Definitely meeting Coach Swinney and seeing how sociable he was,” Nelson told TigerNet. “With him being so well-known and kind of famous, I was expecting him to be put up somewhere. But he was out socializing everywhere.