CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Fresh off a surprise Atlantic Coast Conference title, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has snagged another highly-rated recruiting class as he tries to rebuild the Tigers into a national power.

Clemson signed 10 defensive players, nine on offense and a punter Tuesday in a class that hovered around the top 10 in most of the rankings. Swinney bragged that just like he won the school's first ACC title in two decades last season, he now had the first back-to-back top 10 classes since the late 1980s too.

The Tigers should go into next season with 60 of its 85 scholarship players either freshmen or sophomores and just 11 of them seniors.

Swinney says with that kind of roster, the Tigers are built to make a run in the ACC and nationally.

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Clemson confirmed signees

Chad Kelly, QB, Buffalo, N.Y.

Germone Hopper, WR, Charlotte 
Jay Jay McCullough, TE, Fort Mill, SC
Josh Brown, DT, Aiken SC
Ronald Geohaghan, DB, Fairfax, SC
Martin Aiken, DE, Bamberg, SC
Shaq Lawson, DE, Central, SC
T.J. Burrell, LB, Goose Creek, SC
Carlos Watkins, DT, Forest City, NC
Cordrea Tankersley, DB, Aiken, SC
Marty Williams, DB, North Augusta, SC
D.J. Reader, OG, Greensboro, NC

Signed, already enrolled in school
Travs Blanks, DB, Tallahassee, Fla.
Kevin Dodd, DE, Hargrave Prep, Va.
Patrick Destefano, OL, Dorman
Jay Guillermo, OL, Maryville, Tenn.
Oliver Jones, OL, Ninety Six
Isaiah Battle, OL, Fork Union Prep, Va.
Bradley Pinion, P, Concord, N.C.
Zac Brooks, RB, Jonesboro, Ark.