Don't let Dabo Swinney get hot. The Clemson football coach landed a four-star offensive lineman earlier in the week over Ohio State and Penn State, swiping him from the Buckeyes' backyard, and on Saturday night, the Tigers landed another elite prospect.
The Tigers picked up a commitment from four-star wideout Naeem Burroughs over Texas, USC, and Florida on Saturday night, pushing the number of commits to eight for Clemson in 2026.
BREAKING: Elite 2026 WR Naeem Burroughs has Committed to Clemson, he tells me for @on3recruits
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) March 9, 2025
The 6’0 180 WR from Jacksonville, FL chose the Tigers over USC, Texas, & Florida
Ranked as the No. 2 WR in the ‘26 Class (per On3)
“I’m shutting it down.”https://t.co/PvNCxyQCkv pic.twitter.com/YjDSj48eeX
Burroughs is from Jacksonville, Fla., so Swinney dipped into another backyard and landed another top recruit. The four-star wideout was being pursued by the home-state Gators, but he opted to head to the ACC and play for one of the best coaches in the country over the uncertainty in Gainesville.
Wise choice.
Clemson now owns the No. 16 recruiting class in the country and Burroughs becomes the top-ranked commit in the Tigers' class, edging out Adam Guthrie who just committed on Friday afternoon.
Burroughs is ranked the No. 61 overall recruit in the class and the No. 8 receiver, according to the composite, but On3 has him way higher on their board. In fact, he's the No. 2 wideout in the entire class according to On3 and they have him 44th overall via the industry composite.
With spring ball starting up, now is a good time to keep an eye on football recruiting because Swinney is just getting started with a number of visits in the works for the spring and summer.
While Brad Brownell and the basketball team are currently killing it on the hardwood, Swinney is working to get the football program back to the top of college football again. Landing guys like Burroughs will aid that effort.