The sights and sounds of Tennessee welcoming a celebrated freshman quarterback are all too familiar to Clemson fans.

Nico Iamaleava arrived to Knoxville as an early enrollee with a big name (and a bigger bank account, if you believe the reports of his signing bonus).

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He's from Los Angeles.

Upon arrival, Tennessee even released a video instructing everyone on the proper pronunciation of his last name.

Yeah, these details are strikingly similar to DJ Uiagalelei's trip across the country to attend Clemson. Iamaleava played his final season of high school ball a mere 2.5 miles from where Uiagalelei played his at St. John Bosco.

Clemson fans are wiser now in their assessments of supposedly can't-miss quarterbacks from the other side of the mainland.

Back then it seemed almost too good to be true that Dabo Swinney was bagging not just another generational triggerman, but one from California. Adding to the bliss was the acquisition of a stud receiver from the Golden State named Joseph Ngata, who would be followed by Beaux Collins a year later.

It's way, way too simplistic and dense to conclude that California kids are just too high-maintenance and that Clemson has rightly moved away from that region in its talent hunt.