Danny Ford was a hard nose !! I went to Clemson football camp 1978 I believe. He was country as they come and just as intense as he was on tv. He always had a big chew in his jawI played with him we graduated together had to go against him every day at practice I'm 5'9" not much of match lol But never went to his head always one of the nices guys you'll ever know.
Our coach who played for NC State new how to promote him so we knew he was getting offers, even meet Danny Ford when he came to see him. But if I remember right some schools wanted him for a lineman while Clemson wanted him for a linebacker but got there and became a lineman.
His little brother went to Clemson too and another guy our age James Phillips went to Wake Forest as I believe a tight end plus we had several guys on that team that went to small colleges like Mars Hill.