Clemson’s Dabo Swinney gives smug response about not using transfer portal

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney having a high opinion of himself probably isn’t news to most people.

But Swinney’s latest remarks during a radio interview on SiriusXM’s "College Sports" explaining why Clemson hasn’t gone after many players in the NCAA transfer portal shows that he certainly has delusions of grandeur about where the Tigers stand among the top programs in college football.

“I mean, it’s really pretty simple — most of the guys in the portal aren’t good enough to play for us,” Swinney said. “That’s just the reality of it. I mean, we have guys that are backups at Clemson that go in the portal because they just want to have an opportunity, and most of them are graduates, by the way. … So the majority of the guys, they’re guys that are in the portal because they want to have a chance to go start somewhere. They’re not playing where they are. They’re not good enough to come in and play for us.”

Swinney seemingly believes Clemson is viewed in the same light as Alabama or Ohio State, where his talent depth is so rich that four- and five-star players leave because they’re stuck behind more four- and five-star players.