“It truly felt like a real family with Coach Phil Fulmer’s staff,” Maclain explained. “We lost that with Lane Kiffin but his staff reached out to me and we still pushed through it because I was still playing for the University of Tennessee, that was the most important thing.”
“The third change in three years was just a little too much to handle,” Maclain said. “Coach Derek Dooley definitely made me feel welcomed on my last visit, it’s definitely not his fault at all. He told me that I was their top recruit and top priority.”
“The only reason we went for a visit was out of respect for Coach Dan Brooks,” Maclain said. “I fell in love with the University of Clemson. I always saw myself being a Tennessee Volunteer. I grew up loving the school, but it had a lot to do with the stability that Fulmer and his staff brought to the program. Once that was gone, something was never the same.”