OL prospect says Dabo negatively recruited against Urban Meyer. Dabo responds

Clemson landed five-star offensive tackle Jackson Carman on Wednesday, beating out Ohio State for the top offensive tackle in the country.

The Ohio native surprised many by choosing Clemson over the Buckeyes, then told reporters that Tigers coach Dabo Swinney had comments about Ohio State coach Urban Meyer during the recruiting process that played a role in his recruiting.

"He also kind of mentioned that Urban was on the back end of his career, which he is. And Dabo is just starting up,” Carman said. “Having the chance to be part of something that's upcoming, and being able to establish Clemson as a top (team) ... Not hugely, but it was an underlying factor.”

Swinney was asked about the comments by Carman after his press conference on Wednesday and said that he does not remember that particular conversation, but that it could have been discussed during the process.

“In recruiting you evaluate everything with where you are in a program… I cannot recall specifically, but it sounds like something that might have come up when we were maybe talking about coaches,” Swinney said. “I’ve been a guy that’s been here for 15 years and there’s obviously differences when you compare coaches and things like that. Obviously, different stages in life and things like that. I think in recruiting you talk about anything and everything that a recruit wants to talk about that seems relevant.”

This story was originally published December 20, 2017 at 1:32 PM with the headline "OL prospect says Dabo negatively recruited against Urban Meyer. Dabo responds."