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Why Clemson’s Portal Push Feels Like Signing Day All Over Again

The Tigers aren’t abandoning their identity — they’re adapting to a sport that no longer waits for patience to pay off.
By Lawton Swann
January 9, 2026
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For Clemson fans, the transfer portal hasn’t carried much emotional weight. For years, National Signing Day was the moment — the buildup, the drama, the reveal.

What Clemson is doing right now in the portal feels different. It feels active. It feels intentional. And for the first time, it feels urgent in a way that mirrors what Signing Day used to be.

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