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Clemson Football: 3 Early Signees who’ll make an Instant Impact

By Jackson Caudell

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney celebrates with fans after the game at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina Saturday, November 27, 2021. Clemson won 30-0.Clemson U Of Sc Football In Columbia
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney celebrates with fans after the game at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina Saturday, November 27, 2021. Clemson won 30-0.Clemson U Of Sc Football In Columbia /
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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney celebrates with fans after the game at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina Saturday, November 27, 2021. Clemson won 30-0. Clemson U Of Sc Football In Columbia
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney celebrates with fans after the game at Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina Saturday, November 27, 2021. Clemson won 30-0. Clemson U Of Sc Football In Columbia /

After a down season for Clemson Football, the Tigers needed to sign a nice recruiting class to bounce back. Who are some players that will make an instant impact?

Clemson Football came into the season with hopes of winning another ACC title and another appearance in the college football playoff. While the Tigers still had a solid season at 9-3, it was a disappointing season because of the expectations that are on this program because of the recent success.

There are going to be even more questions surrounding the Tigers now with both coordinators leaving. Offensive coordinator Tony Elliott is now the head coach of Virginia and Brent Venables is the head coach at Oklahoma.

Head coach Dabo Swinney decided to stay in-house with his hires and that is a move that could elevate the Tigers back to contention or keep the Tigers at 9-3. Swinney has done a lot of great things at Clemson, but these moves are going to decide if the program can get back to the elite level.

In terms of recruiting, Clemson football did have some key decommitments come after Venables and Elliott left the program. The Tigers are used to dominating recruiting in the ACC. However, programs like North Carolina and Florida State are having good classes and with Miami hiring Mario Cristobal, things could be getting tougher.

With some of the issues that the program has had, it is going to need some guys to come in and make an impact right away. With some players disappointing last season and some transfers leaving, the Tigers are going to have to identify some impact players.

Here are three early signees that will make an instant impact for Clemson football.

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