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Four losses in five games to end his freshman season in 2006 made C.J. Spiller consider leaving Clemson and transferring to Florida, where second-year coach Urban Meyer was building a powerhouse at a program located just a short drive from Spiller's hometown of Lake Butler.
Spiller brought his concerns to Dabo Swinney, then an assistant coach and the point man on Spiller's high-profile recruitment. For the second time, Swinney had to convinced Spiller to commit to Clemson. He responded to Spiller's worries with a question: Why would you go to someone else's backyard, meaning a Florida program loaded with NFL-bound talent, when you can stay here and have your own?