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Clemson Football: Top 5 Decommits in Dabo Swinney’s tenure

By Shawn Spencer

CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 01: Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers poses with some of his players after their 42-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on December 1, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 01: Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers poses with some of his players after their 42-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on December 1, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL – DECEMBER 30: MVP Dalvin Cook #4 of the Florida State Seminoles celebrates their 33 to 32 win over the Michigan Wolverines during the Capitol One Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium on December 30, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – DECEMBER 30: MVP Dalvin Cook #4 of the Florida State Seminoles celebrates their 33 to 32 win over the Michigan Wolverines during the Capitol One Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium on December 30, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

1. Dalvin Cook (Class of 2014)

Out of the 10 decommitments in the past eight years, this is the one that hurts Clemson football fans the most, no doubt.

Dalvin Cook, a 5-star RB in 2014, was originally committed to the Tigers, but chose to decommit and ultimately ended up at Florida State. Cook came in the same class as Deshaun Watson.

Could you imagine a backfield that featured Deshaun Watson and Dalvin Cook at the same time? It would’ve been magical.

Though it’s fun to think about the ‘what-ifs,’ it seems that things worked out just fine for both parties. The Tigers went on to develop Wayne Gallman-who had signed a year earlier and had a stellar career with the Tigers- and they won a National Championship in 2016.

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Cook was one of the nation’s top running backs- as was Gallman, we should point out- and ended up being drafted in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings.

It still would’ve been fun, though, to have a backfield that consisted of Watson, Cook and Gallman.

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