Boyd had committed to Tennessee, but coach Phillip Fulmer was fired near the end of the season. New coach Lane Kiffin was willing to honor the scholarship though he told Dee and Boyd's father that Tajh was not part of the big picture. 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 heady 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."
I had always heard the complete opposite, that Boyd didn't give Tech the time of day...
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