CLEMSON — Dabo Swinney sent a clear message to his Clemson football team ahead of fall camp. “What you have done in the past, that does not matter,” Hampton said. CB Ashton Hampton as Clemson opened their fall camp Friday, August 6, 2026. “So, every time I go out there and every practice and every meeting, I’m trying to make sure that I’m taking the initiative and make sure I’m being intentional. “I’m trying to make sure I’m the person up on the hill.