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Female Clemson fan shows off elaborate tattoo featuring Dabo Swinney, Howard's Rock

Matt Connollyby:Matt Connolly08/08/23

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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is loved by Tigers fans as he enters his 15th season leading the program.

Swinney has led Clemson to six College Football Playoff appearances and a pair of national titles so far, and he has aspirations of bringing more national championships back to Tiger Town.

One Clemson fan has so much love for Dabo Swinney and the Tigers that she got a tattoo of Swinney touching Howard’s Rock on her leg. A photo of the tattoo was captured by Fox Carolina sports reporter Carmine Gemei. You can see it below:

As you can see, Swinney also autographed her leg. According to Gemei, Swinney wanted to take a picture of the tattoo, but the woman wouldn’t let Swinney do so unless he autographed her leg.

The plan is for the Swinney autograph to be turned into a tattoo, according to Gemei.

In addition to leading Clemson to a pair of national titles and six CFP appearances, Dabo Swinney has also led the Tigers to 12 straight seasons of at least 10 wins, as well as eight ACC championships.

Clemson has won seven of the past eight ACC titles and last week was picked as the favorite to win the league again in 2023. Swinney has put together an incredible run during his time at Clemson. It’s one that Tigers fans are clearly proud of.

Dabo Swinney shares five WRs he has most confidence in ahead of 2023 season

In order for Clemson to continue to have success under Dabo Swinney, its passing game is going to have to improve.

Clemson has long referred to itself as Wide Receiver U, but the Tigers have been unable to live up to that standard in recent years.

There are several factors that have led to the struggles, including injuries and poor quarterback play. However, the group has also struggled to make routine plays at times the past couple of seasons.

Swinney believes that the group will be much-improved this fall, if it can stay healthy. There are five receivers in particular who Swinney mentioned at ACC Football Kickoff that he feels good about.

“It all starts with Beaux [Collins] for us. I mean it’s Beaux, Antonio [Williams] and Cole [Turner] and Adam [Randall] and [Brannon] Spector. Those kind of five guys,” Swinney said.

Clemson has several other talented playmakers on offense at other positions. That includes tight end Jake Briningstool and running backs Will Shipley and Phil Mafah.

“Then you throw [Jake Briningstool] in there and Sage [Ennis], [Will] Shipley and [Phil] Mafah. I think we have as good a group as there is. And it will allow us to compete at the highest level,” Swinney said.