Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney may have poked a hornet’s nest on Friday when he spilled to reporters that Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding tried poaching one of his players.
The only problem is, that player — linebacker Luke Ferrelli — never entered the transfer portal and was on Clemson’s roster and enrolled at the school when he was allegedly approached by Golding about joining the Rebels.
Swinney also alleged that Ferrelli’s agent Ryan Williams informed Clemson general manager Jordan Sorrells that Ole Miss was gunning for Ferrelli. Golding also reportedly asked Ferrelli what his buyout was at Clemson and sent him a photo of a $1 million contract waiting for him at Ole Miss.
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Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and former Rebels QB Jaxson Dart also allegedly called Ferrelli to try and entice him to transfer to Ole Miss, capping off a series of incidents that prompted Swinney to put him on blast on Friday.
“I am not going to let someone flat out tamper with my program,” Swinney said. “If you tamper with my players, I’m going to turn you in. There’s a lot more I can say, but I’m going to let the NCAA do its job.
“… I’m not trying to get anybody fired, but when is enough enough? If we have rules, and tampering is a rule, then there should be a consequence for that. And shame on the adults if we’re not going to hold each other accountable.”
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Not long after Swinney’s public remarks, one prominent NCAA official disclosed that the organization would be looking into the tampering accusations.
“The NCAA will investigate any credible allegations of tampering and expect full cooperation from all involved as is required by NCAA rules. We will not comment further on any ongoing investigation,” NCAA vice president of enforcement Jon Duncan said, via On3’s Pete Nakos.
If the NCAA finds Golding and Ole Miss to have tampered with Ferrelli, he and the school can be hit with sanctions including fines, suspensions, show-cause orders, recruiting restrictions, and a potential postseason ban, per USA Today.
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