Boyd talks about his high school recruitment

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According to interview with the News Observer, Clemson QB Tajh Boyd Tajh Boyd
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So, Boyd was deciding between Ohio State and Oregon when Danny Pearman, a former assistant at Virginia Tech, called his friend Dee to ask if Clemson could make a pitch.

Before Boyd left for the U.S. Army All-American game, Swinney visited the family’s home and asked them to buy into his dream. He finished by showing them the poster.

It was heavy stuff for a kid who always felt as if the chips were stacked against him.

“It seemed like I was always on the scouts’ back burner,” he said. Boyd wanted to play at Virginia Tech and follow Vick, one of his idols. “It was like I wasn’t the main recruiting priority.”

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