Hailing from ACC basketball country in Tarboro, North Carolina, Ohio State junior defensive end Tyquan Lewis grew up a mere six hours from Clemson.
From his sophomore to senior year at Tarboro High School, he visited the South Carolinian city more times than he can remember. Before his senior season, there was no other program in the country more familiar to the four-star defensive end than Clemson.
Yet when the dust around his recruitment settled, he chose to attend Ohio State.
Only one program employed Urban Meyer, which was a branding achievement considering Lewis' mom, Tyronda Whitaker, didn't know who the then-two-time champion was when her son's recruitment started.