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Four-star 2019 Hyattsville, Maryland safety DeMarcco Hellams committed to Alabama on Monday. He last visited Clemson for the spring game in April.
3-star Bellflower, California linebacker Spencer Lytle is in town for a visit to Clemson camp Tuesday. He visited in April after adding an offer in February. Lytle is teammates with fellow Clemson target and 5-star CB Chris Steele. ??Clemson, SC ???? #ALLIN19 #WE2DEEP19 pic.twitter.com/EH4lThJQ2B 2019 3-star Pensacola, Florida offensive lineman Hunter Rayburn announced a commitment to Clemson Monday afternoon. Rayburn visited Clemson during camp last week and added an offer in mid-May. He is currently rated as high as the No. 19 offensive guard in the nation by ESPN. 2021 running back Evan Pryor (Cornelius, N.C.) announced he will attend during Clemson's camp on Tuesday. The rising sophomore already has offers from Georgia, North Carolina, Penn State, Mississippi State, Duke, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Texas A&M and South Carolina. Pryor played for Ardrey Kell last season and rushed for 529 yards with three touchdowns and also added 15 catches for 180 yards and six more scores. He will play at Hough High School this season. 3-star Clemson OL target Adrian Medley (Pensacola, Florida) announced a commitment to Texas A&M Sunday after a weekend visit. Medley had visited Clemson earlier in the week, along with OL teammate and Clemson target Hunter Rayburn. Three-star 2019 Calhoun, Georgia tight end Davis Allen announced a commitment to Clemson via social media on Sunday. Allen added a Clemson offer while impressing coaches at Clemson's camp this week. In addition to Clemson, he had offers from Duke, Ole Miss, Minnesota, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, USF, Middle Tennessee, and Wake Forest. 2019 3-star quarterback Brendon Clark decommitted from Wake Forest after a recent visit to Clemson, his high school announced Sunday. Clark is rated as high as the No. 17 pro-style QB in the nation and had been committed to Wake Forest since last July. According to his high school, Clark will also visit Notre Dame and Tennessee and has another commitment decision planned for July 4. 3-star 2019 DT Lloyd Murray, out of Wichita Falls, Texas, will visit Wednesday during the second session of camp, Murray announced on social media Sunday. Murray holds offers from Alabama, Florida State, Auburn and Ole Miss among more Power 5 interest. Four-star 2019 OT Trevor Keegan included Clemson in his final six schools on Sunday. He has the Tigers in a group with Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Penn State and Ohio State. Keegan visited Clemson on June 2 and said he was "truly psyched and humbled' to receive the Tigers' offer. He is rated as high as the No. 17 offensive tackle in the nation and the No. 104 player overall. Four-star 2020 Cincinnati, Ohio defensive end Darrion Henry announced a Clemson offer on Sunday. The offer comes shortly after a visit to Clemson this weekend for Henry, who also holds offers from Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Michigan State among more Power 5 teams. Three-star 2019 Swansea (S.C.) linebacker Greg Williams announced a Clemson offer on Friday. Clemson is a second Power 5 offer for Williams, who added one from Missouri last fall. He also holds an offer from UCF. 4-star Birmingham, Alabama linebacker Lavonta Bentley is on a campus visit Friday. He visited for Junior Day in March about a month after receiving a Clemson offer. 2019 Belton-Honea Path (S.C.) tight end Avery Reece (6-3 250) announced his fourth Division I offer with Clemson jumping into the mix Thursday. Reece told TigerNet the Tigers are looking at him for a guard or center role. Reece held offers from Georgia State, Coastal Carolina and Alabama State previously. He made the All I-4A football team and Anderson Independent Mail All-Area as a junior. No. 1-rated 2020 OT Paris Johnson Jr. (Cincinnati, Ohio) is visiting Clemson on Friday. The stop is one in a busy month ahead with visits slated for Southern Cal, UCLA, Stanford and Cal on a West Coast swing later in a couple weeks. Johnson was a teammate with Clemson redshirt freshman Matt Bockhorst at St. Xavier in Cincinnati. Four-star 2019 OLB Ge'mon Eaford visited Clemson with a group on Wednesday, which also made a stop at South Carolina. Clemson offered in October last year. Eaford also visited along with 4-star cornerback Tyrique Stevenson in late March. Three-star 2020 Lexington, Kentucky offensive line prospect Walker Parks added a Clemson offer while in town competing at Clemson camp, according to his high school coach. Parks (6-6 244) already holds double-digit offers, including from Power 5 programs in Kentucky, Louisville, Northwestern, Purdue and Vanderbilt. 2019 Jacksonville, Florida linebacker Bryce Mullenix announced a preferred walk-on on Thursday. Mullenix was in town for Clemson camp this week out of Bishop Kenny High School. "I am pleased and humbled to announce that I have received a preferred walk-on offer to play football at Clemson University," Mullenix posted on Twitter. "I am grateful to Coach Swinney, Coach Venables, Coach Turnipseed and the rest of the coaching staff for believing in me and giving the opportunity." Mullinex's father, Scott, played with Clemson coaches Dabo Swinney, Mickey Conn and Lemanski Hall at Alabama. 2020 5-star rated kicker Jake Ruiz (Kohl's Kicking Camps; Houston, Tx.) named Clemson as his favorite after attending camp this week. Per Kohl's, Ruiz "shows good ball striking skills, however he needs to continue to get stronger in the coming years to be fully effective as a college specialist. Ruiz shows potential and has good athleticism but technical progress is needed to maximize his full potential." After coming to this camp Clemson has become the number one on my list. Thank you for the opportunity, I had an amazing time!@The_Stopwatch_ @ClemsonFB pic.twitter.com/O8UDcZUZy9 2019 4-star athlete Cam'Ron Kelly committed to Virginia Tech in a Thursday morning announcement at his school, trolling two former leaders in the process. The stretch run of Kelly's recruitment had some twists and turns, with Penn State, Virginia and Clemson changing places at the perceived top of his recruitment before Kelly settled on the Hokies, which were not even in his final top-8 schools released in late May. Referencing Clemson and Penn State in the announcement, Kelly said "We are (as in we We Are Penn State).' All in. At Virginia Tech" before pulling out a Hokies hat from under the table. Kelly had made several stops at Clemson, including as recent as the weekend before the announcement. Dallas (Texas) Highland Park 2020 quarterback Chandler Morris announced a Clemson offer on Wednesday. Morris is the son of former Clemson offensive coordinator and current Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Chad Morris and has impressed while in town this week for Clemson camp. "Had a great time at Clemson’s camp! Excited to receive an offer to play for Clemson!!" Morris posted on Twitter. Morris passed for nearly 2,000 yards with 35 touchdowns over eight games as a sophomore. He accounted for 34 total scores as a freshman (28 passing, 6 rushing). Clemson offered Calhoun (Ga.) tight end Davis Allen (6-5 220) while he attended Clemson camp this week. Allen also reports offers from Vanderbilt, South Florida, Mississippi, South Florida, Duke, Minnesota, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. 2019 Lawrenceville, Georgia four-star safety Jalyn Phillips announced a Clemson offer on Wednesday evening. Phillips spent the day at Dabo Swinney's Clemson camp and recently placed the Tigers in a top-5 with Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Southern Cal. 2020 four-star McEachern (Ga.) defensive tackle Jamil Burroughs announced he will visit on the final day of the first session of Dabo Swinney's Clemson camp Thursday. Burroughs added an offer on a visit to campus in February. Three-star Pensacola, Florida OG Hunter Rayburn weighed in on his Tuesday visit to Clemson camp: Had a great time yesterday at Clemson pic.twitter.com/IAjBIjqtZp Rayburn has made multiple stops on campus now with teammate and 3-star OT Clemson target Adrian Medley. 2020 four-star top-100 OG Justin Rogers (Oak Park, Michigan), who recently narrowed his top schools down to 13 teams with Clemson included, visited for Clemson's camp on Wednesday. He was at Georgia on Tuesday, which was also one of his top 13 schools. 2020 four-star top-100 OG Justin Rogers narrowed his top schools down to 13 teams on Tuesday, including Clemson in that group with Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State, Southern California, Kentucky, Arizona, Tennessee, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Georgia and Auburn. Rogers is rated the top player in Michigan and as high as the No. 2 offensive guard nationally. Clemson landed its first 2020 commitment from a Dabo Swinney camp attendee on Tuesday. Four-star rated Hartsville, S.C. defensive tackle DeMonte Capehart is pledged to be a Tiger. He is rated as high as the No. 2 defensive tackle in the nation by 247Sports, as well as the No. 2 player in the state and the No. 38 prospect in the nation. He holds offers from Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Duke. Illinois' No. 1-rated player and 4-star OT Trevor Keegan left a Clemson visit with an offer Saturday. Keegan is on a trip where he will visit Georgia on Sunday and then Alabama on Monday. He also holds offers from Iowa, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State and Oklahoma among more Power 5 schools. 3-star 2019 LB target Derek Boykins (Concord, N.C.) committed to South Carolina while on a visit Saturday. The Tigers offered in March and Boykins visited Clemson in April. 4-star DB Cam'Ron Kelly (Chesapeake, Va.) announced he is in Clemson on a visit Saturday. Kelly is set to decide on a commitment next Thursday. Kelly visited Virginia Tech and Clemson for Junior Day events in January and visited Penn State, Virginia, Oklahoma and Washington State this spring as well. Kelly also visited Clemson multiple times last fall. Lawrenceville, Georgia safety Jalyn Phillips included Clemson in his top-5 schools on Saturday. Phillips has the Tigers in a group with Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Southern California. 2019 4-star Crystal Lake, Illinois offensive tackle Trevor Keegan will visit Clemson on Saturday, Keegan announced via social media. Keegan will also visit Georgia (June 3) and Alabama (June 4). He is rated as the top player in the state of Illinois. Three-star 2019 Wake Forest, N.C. linebacker Drake Thomas announced a commitment to NC State Friday in a ceremony at his high school. Thomas had Clemson in a top-8 group with NC State, Alabama, West Virginia, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Tennessee and Charlotte recently. He last visited for Elite Junior Day in January. Thomas’ brother, Thayer, is a redshirt freshman receiver at NC State. The top-rated wide receiver in the 2020 class announced a Clemson offer on Friday in Southern Columbia (Pa.) top target Julian Fleming, who is rated No. 2 overall and the No. 1 receiver by 247Sports, already holding offers from schools like Alabama, Penn State, Georgia and Michigan. New Clemson offer Zach Carpenter, a 3-star offensive lineman out of Moeller High (Ohio), committed to Michigan on Wednesday evening. Carpenter added a Clemson offer in mid-May and was set to visit during one of Clemson's camps in June. He was named first-team All-Ohio and the Anthony Munoz Offensive Lineman of the Year as a team captain last season. Clemson didn't make the cut for 2019 Arkansas legacy and Douglasville, Georgia defensive end Mataio Soli (3-star, No. 72-rated WDE) Wednesday. Soli added a Clemson offer in late March and visited Clemson in early April, but he narrowed down his top schools to three, in Arkansas, Florida and Auburn. Four-star cornerback target Cam'Ron Kelly (Chesapeake, Va.) will announce his college decision on June 7 at 10:30 at his high school (Oscar Smith). Kelly paired down his top schools to Clemson, Penn State, Oklahoma, Virginia, Washington State, Notre Dame, Auburn and Ohio State. He visited Virginia Tech and Clemson for Junior Day events during the winter and made stops at Washington State, Oklahoma, Penn State and Virginia in April and May. 3-star River Rouge, Michigan defensive end Ruke Orhorhoro included Clemson in his top-four schools list on Tuesday. Orhorhoro picked up an offer from the Tigers last month and called Clemson a "dream school" for him. He also has Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky in the mix. Clemson’s latest reported offer hails from the state of Texas in 2019 3-star defensive tackle Enoch Jackson. Jackson (Mansfield, Tx.) posted a top-6 Saturday of Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Iowa and Texas Tech, but the Tigers look to join that mix now. Friday was a busy day on the recruiting trail... 5-star DE target Zacch Pickens, out of Anderson's T.L. Hanna High, made a suprise commitment to South Carolina after Hanna's spring game. Pickens was rated the No. 1 SDE in the nation by the 247Sports Composite. 4-star TE target Luke Deal (Greenwood, S.C.) committed to Auburn over Clemson and Notre Dame, as well as out-of-state suitors in NC State, Ohio State and Michigan. Deal had visited Clemson twice in May. 4-star No. 1-rated TE Hudson Henry (Little Rock, Ark.) included Clemson in his top-5 along with home-state Arkansas, Stanford, Wisconsin and Penn State, where he all visited so far in 2018. Henry is an Arkansas legacy with two brothers that have played for the Razorbacks. Clemson made the top-8 for 5-star Belleville, Michigan offensive tackle Devontae Dobbs. He has Clemson in a group with Michigan State, Southern Cal, Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida State, Auburn and Ohio State. Dobbs visited Clemson this spring and also made a stop last summer. Clemson extended an offer to 2020 4-star Sanford, N.C. WDE Desmond Evans. He is rated as the No. 1 player in the state of North Carolina and the No. 2 WDE nationally. Other offers include North Carolina, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Texas A&M, NC State, Virginia Tech, Appalachian State, Charlotte and East Carolina. Evans totaled 45 tackles with 14 of those sacks as a sophomore. No. 1-rated 2020 pro-style QB D.J. Uiagalelei (Bellflower, Calif.) announced he will visit Clemson during session two of its camp on June 13-14. He will also visit Alabama on June 11-12. He is teammates with two fellow Clemson targets in 3-star linebacker Spencer Lytle and 5-star CB Chris Steele. The No. 1-rated 2020 prospect in Kansas added a Clemson offer on Thursday. Lawrence Free State (Ks.) offensive tackle Turner Corcoran, who is listed at 6-foot-6 and 280-pounds, added the Tigers' offer to a growing list lately including Ohio State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa State, Kansas State and Missouri. 2019 five-star Bellflower, California cornerback Chris Steele announced a Clemson offer on Thursday. Steele is rated as high as the No. 2 cornerback in the nation out of St. John Bosco (Calif.), where he is a teammate with another Clemson target in 3-star LB Spencer Lytle. Steele has visits scheduled for Miami and Southern Cal in June and he recently visited Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas A&M and LSU. He also holds offers from Alabama, Florida State, Michigan, UCLA, Notre Dame, Texas, and Arizona State among more Power 5 offers. He is expected to make a commitment before his senior season. Three-star 2019 Wake Forest, N.C. linebacker Drake Thomas announced he will commit on June 1 at 3:30 at his high school. Thomas has the Clemson in a top-8 group with NC State, Alabama, West Virginia, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Tennessee and Charlotte. He last visited for Elite Junior Day in January. Thomas’ brother, Thayer, is a redshirt freshman receiver at NC State, where Drake has made multiple visits - including the spring game in April. Four-star ILB Donte Starks (Marrero, La.) included Clemson in his top-10 schools on Tuesday, along with favorite LSU, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Arkansas and Georgia. Starks visited Florida and Auburn this spring and named LSU his leader in January. Clemson offered in January. Four-star tight end Luke Deal (Greenwood, S.C.) announced that he will have his commitment announcement on Friday. The local product has made several visits to Clemson, but his recruitment is regarded as wide-open, with the Tigers also battling Auburn, Notre Dame, Ohio State, NC State and Michigan. One of three 5-star-rated defensive tackles in the nation included Clemson in his top-5 schools on Monday. Honolulu, Hawaii’s Faatui Tuitele, who is rated as a 5-star by the 247Sports Composite, has the Tigers in a group with Alabama, Washington, Texas and Ohio State. Tuitele visited Clemson last June and left with an offer. Former Clemson DB target Tyler Rudolph (Waterbury, Ct.) became a second highly-touted defensive prospect to commit to Penn State Monday, joining 5-star LB Brandon Smith (Mineral, Va.). Rudolph was rated as high as the No. 2 player in his state and the No. 18 safety nationally. He visited for Clemson's spring game and recently included the Tigers in his top-5 schools. Former Clemson LB target Brandon Smith (Mineral, Va.) committed to Penn State on Monday. Smith is rated as a 5-star and the No. 2 ILB by 247Sports. He had last visited Clemson for Elite Junior Day in January. 4-star 2019 D.C. cornerback Luke Hill announced Sunday that he will make a June 13 visit to Clemson, which is during the second session of Dabo Swinney's football camp. Hill said Clemson was a "dream offer" back in May. Four-star Florida State defensive end commit Quashon Fuller (Lehigh Acres, Florida) placed Clemson in his top-10 schools going forward on Sunday. Fuller committed to Florida State during Jimbo Fisher's tenure with the Seminoles in 2017 and expressed Sunday that while he is still committed - he is exploring more opportunities "because it's what's best for (Fuller's) brand and family." In addition to the ACC rivals, Miami, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland, Georgia, Auburn and Louisville have his attention. Former Clemson RB target and 2019 No. 1-rated RB Devyn Ford committed to Penn State over Virginia Tech Friday. Ford listed Clemson in his top-six schools back in February. 2020 3-star linebacker Stephen Dix Jr. (Orlando, Fla.) announced a Clemson offer on Thursday. Dix was a playmaker as a sophomore, credited with 130 tackles - 29 for loss - with 10 sacks and three caused fumbles. His latest offer came from Ohio State this month, to go with similar interest from North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Tennessee, Mississippi State and Indiana. 2020 3-star Norfolk, Virginia wide receiver KeAndre Lambert announced a Clemson offer on Thursday. A teammate of 2019 Clemson CB commit Sheridan Jones, Lambert also holds offers from Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Florida, South Carolina, Wake Forest and Viginia. Three-star 2019 Winder, Georgia defensive end Logan Cash announced a Clemson offer on Thursday. Cash added that he was "very excited" about the Tigers' offer, who has also gained similar interest from Miami, Virginia Tech, Rutgers and North Carolina this month. Former Clemson linebacker target Jaylon Scott (3-star), out of Shelby, N.C., committed to NC State Wednesday night. He had narrowed his list down to Clemson, NC State, UNC and Duke in early April. A former Clemson receiver target in Ramel Keyton (4-star), out of Marietta, Georgia, committed to Tennessee earlier on Wednesday. 2019 4-star DB Tyler Rudolph will announce his commitment on May 21 at 6 p.m. The Waterbury, Connecticut product visited Clemson for the spring game and Penn State before that. He was scheduled to make an official visit to Florida on June 1 previously, per 247Sports. Four-star 2020 Marietta, Georgia defensive end B.J. Ojulari announced a Clemson offer on Tuesday. Ojulari is rated as high as the No. 5 weakside DE in the nation and a top-50 prospect nationally. Update: Three-star 2020 safety teammate Rashad Torrence also added a Clemson offer Tuesday. He holds offers from Alabama, Florida and Tennessee among more Power 5 interest. Four-star cornerback D.J. Turner (Suwanee, Ga.) announced he will commit on June 25. He visited for Clemson's Junior Day in January and made more recent visits to Florida, Michigan and Notre Dame. Georgia, Florida State, Alabama and Auburn are also among his offers. One of the nation's top-rated 2020 offensive guards picked up a Clemson offer on Tuesday. Oak Park, Michigan offensive guard Justin Rogers announced the offer on social media, adding to a list already including Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Michigan and Ohio State among more Power 5 interest. Four-star Fort Lauderdale, Florida safety Jordan Battle announced a Clemson offer on Monday. Battle is rated as high as the No. 3 safety in the nation by 247Sports and holds offers from Ohio State, Georgia, Miami, Oklahoma and Texas among more Power 5 interest. Clemson handed out a pair of offers Monday morning. 2020 4-star linebacker Derek Wingo (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) announced a Clemson offer. Wingo holds over a dozen offers already, including Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and Ole Miss. Clemson also offered 3-star 2019 offensive guard Zach Carpenter from Cincinnati, Ohio. He has offers from Arkansas, Cincinnati, Duke, Indiana, Iowa State, Kentucky, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Toledo, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Virginia, and West Virginia. Louisville was the first to offer. Three-star 2019 Williamsport, Maryland defensive tackle Tayquon Johnson committed to Clemson in a announcement Monday. Johnson visited Clemson over the weekend with family for a second stop on campus this year. Around the visit, he announced a top-10 including Alabama, Penn State, Georgia, Kentucky, UNC, Texas A&M, Virginia, Rutgers, and Temple. 3-star defensive tackle prospect Tayquon Johnson (Washington, D.C.) will announce his college decision Monday at noon. He recently visited Clemson and placed the Tigers in a top group with Alabama, Penn State, Georgia, Kentucky, UNC, Texas A&M, Virginia, Rutgers, and Temple. 247Sports 5-star ILB Brandon Smith (Mineral, Va.) announced he will commit on May 21 in a public ceremony at his high school (5 p.m.). He attended Junior Day in Clemson in January but most recently visited Penn State, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan. Four-star offensive guard prospect and Virginia Tech commit Jesse Hanson announced an offer from his "childhood dream school" Clemson this week. Hanson (Daleville, Va.) visited for the Auburn and FSU games this past fall and has been a frequent visitor to Dabo Swinney's summer camp. 2019 Virginia offensive line prospect Jakai Moore announced a Clemson offer on Thursday. Moore took spring visits to South Carolina, Penn State and Ohio State and holds offers from those three plus Virginia, Virginia Tech, Florida State and Michigan among more Power 5 programs. Four-star 2020 linebacker Kevin Swint (Carollton, Ga.) announced a Clemson offer on Friday. It's been a busy few weeks for the OLB prospect, who has also gained offers from Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Louisville and Wisconsin in the last month, to go with similar interest from Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Florida, Ohio State and more Power 5 suitors. Talented 2020 Memphis, Tennessee lineman Omari Thomas announced a Clemson offer on Saturday. Thomas is rated as a four-star offensive tackle by 247Sports (No. 9 nationally) and the No. 2 player in the state of Tennessee. He is rated as a defensive end by Rivals.com. Four-star 2019 University Lab (La.) athlete Makiya Tongue included Clemson in his top-10 schools on Saturday. Tongue has the Tigers in a group with Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Arizona State, Mississippi State, Texas, Tennessee, Utah and Auburn. 4-star 2020 Miami cornerback commit Henry Gray (Hollywood, Fla.) announced a Clemson offer on Wednesday. Gray is rated as high as the No. 9 cornerback in the 2020 class. Four-star RB and LSU commit Tyrion Davis announced a Clemson offer on Wednesday. Davis, who is a product of Southern Lab in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is rated as high as the No. 13 running back in the nation by Rivals. Davis has been committed to LSU since June 2017, but has taken visits to schools such as Arkansas and Oklahoma this year. 2020 St. John's (D.C.) teammates in 5-star LB Mekhail Sherman and 4-star CB Luke Hill announced Clemson offers on Monday. Sherman is rated as high as the No. 3 OLB in the nation, while Hill is rated as the No. 6 CB. Clemson doesn't extend many offers to underclassmen, but 2021 Kingsland, Georgia offensive tackle Micah Morris gained one Monday, per his high school team's Twitter account. The Camden County High School (Ga.) product already holds a double-digit offer count, with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Tennessee and South Carolina among his early suitors. Morris is Clemson's first reported 2021 offer. One of the top-rated defensive ends for the 2020 class announced a Clemson offer on Saturday. 4-star Hillgrove, Georgia DE Myles Murphy added Clemson to an offer list already including schools such as Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ole Miss, Penn State, South Carolina and Virginia Tech. Clemson extended an offer to one of the top defensive playmakers in the 2020 class. 4-star Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Fla.) linebacker Jaylen Harrell announced the offer via social media on Friday. He also added an offer from Florida State recently. The Tigers are in a top-four group with Stanford, Ohio State and Notre Dame for 4-star Cincinnati, Ohio OG Zeke Correll. Correll is rated as high as the No. 5 offensive guard in the nation. Four-star Apopka, Florida defender Rian Davis included Clemson in his top-12 Thursday. Davis has Clemson in a group with Alabama, Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, NC State, Miami, Houston, Oregon, Louisville, Indiana and Arizona State. He notched linebacker MVP honors at the Adidas 3 Stripe Camp in Orlando in February. 3-star Riverside, Missouri DE Etinosa Reuben announced a Clemson offer on Wednesday night. Reuben has picked up similar interest from Alabama and Texas A&M in the last couple days to go with already existing offers from Louisville, Missouri, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Arizona State, Kansas State, Kentucky, Minnesota and Purdue. Fast-rising 3-star Blair Academy (NJ) DE prospect David Ojabo announced a Clemson offer on Wednesday. Ojabo, a Nigerian native, is coming off of his first season of high school football and he's added much of his 30 offers over the last few months, including Penn State, Notre Dame and Michigan. Clemson made the top-eight schools for one of the top prospects in the state of North Carolina Tuesday. 4-star Roxboro, N.C. DT Joshua Harris has the Tigers in a group with NC State, Georgia, Tennessee, UNC, Ohio State, Virginia Tech and Penn State. Four-star running back and Ole Miss commit Jerrion Ealy has Clemson in a group he will be taking a closer look into coming up, Ealy announced on social media Tuesday. The Jackson Prep High School (Miss.) prospect committed to Ole Miss in both football and baseball in December, but added a Clemson offer last month while on a visit for the spring game. He also picked up an Alabama offer on a visit there in February and Georgia offered late last month. All four schools join Michigan, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Texas and Southern Cal among schools Ealy still has in the mix. 3-star 2019 DE/LB Aeneas DiCosmo from Oradell, NJ (Bergen Catholic) announced his top schools on Tuesday morning and had Clemson on the list alongside his other finalists Stanford, Notre Dame, Michigan, and Northwestern. He plans to commit soon according to his Twitter account. Clemson made the final five schools for 4-star defensive end target Justin Eboigbe on Monday. Eboigbe has Clemson in a group with Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee. From his top-10 last month, Florida, Florida State, Mississippi State, Notre Dame and Oklahoma did not make the cut. 2019 3-star Wake Forest, N.C. linebacker Drake Thomas included Clemson in his top schools list revealed Monday night. Thomas has the Tigers in a top-8 group with NC State, Alabama, West Virginia, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Tennessee and Charlotte. Clemson offered last August and Thomas visited for the Florida State game last season. He returned to campus for Elite Junior Day in January. Clemson 3-star LB commit Bryton Constantin (Baton Rouge, La.) earned an invite to The Opening with his performance in the Dallas regional on Sunday. Constantin will compete in the competition versus the nation's elite prospects that will also be held in Dallas from June 30-July 3. Got open.?? pic.twitter.com/FTUA3cL1YI 4-star Tulsa, Oklahoma safety prospect Daxton Hill included Clemson in his final six schools Friday night. Hill has Clemson in a group with Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Michigan, Alabama and Ohio State. 2020 No. 1-rated athlete Arik Gilbert (Marrieta, Ga.) and 2019 3-star DE Ruke Orhorhoro added Clemson offers on Friday. 4-star Clayton, NC DE Savion Jackson announced a Clemson offer on Friday afternoon. Jackson, who is regarded as a top-50 prospect overall and a No. 1 player in the state of North Carolina, holds offers across the country, including Alabama, Oklahoma, Penn State, Auburn and Ohio State. Clemson continued to build its 2019 defensive class Friday with a commitment from 3-star linebacker Keith Maguire. Maguire (Malvern, Pa.) is a seventh commitment in the last two weeks and a fourth defender in that group, joining 4-star cornerback Sheridan Jones, 3-star safety Lannden Zanders and 3-star linebacker Bryton Constantin. Maguire is rated as high as the No. 14 linebacker in the nation and brings Clemson's class to No. 5 nationally in 247Sports' team composite ranking. Hudson Henry (Little Rock, Ark.), the nation's top-rated 2019 tight end, gave his review of a visit Thursday to Clemson: I had an amazing visit to Clemson University today! Very grateful to Coach Swinney and his staff for hosting me today! pic.twitter.com/9SuMVeLNPA Henry is an Arkansas legacy with two brothers who have played for the Razorbacks already. He has visits slated for Alabama, Ole Miss and Penn State coming up as well. A 4-star defensive end prospect who visited recently placed Clemson in his latest top schools list Wednesday. Derick Hunter, out of Fort Myers, Florida, has the Tigers in a group with Texas A&M, Florida, Penn State, Tennessee, Georgia, Miami and Florida State. He visited Clemson last week after an offer extended last month. He said will narrow it down to five schools in September and make a decision in December. Longtime 2019 4-star Wisconsin quarterback commit Graham Mertz announced a Clemson offer Wednesday. In addition to Clemson's interest, he's also added offers from Notre Dame, Oregon, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma State, Georgia, Missouri, Ole Miss, Michigan and Ohio State since committing. 2019 Malvern, Pennsylvania offensive tackle Jake Hornibrook announced a Clemson offer on Wednesday afternoon. Hornibrook’s recruitment has picked up in 2018, adding Power 5 offers from Boston College, West Virginia, Louisville, Stanford, Minnesota, Oregon, Maryland and Northwestern. 3-star Malvern, Pa. linebacker Keith Maguire will make his college commitment on Friday. Maguire has made a couple visits to Clemson in the last two months and also made trips to Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Northwestern so far this year. Update: Maguire's announcement will be streamed live at noon on Friday (link not available yet). Four-star athlete Cam’Ron Kelly (Chesapeake, Va.) listed Clemson in a top group with Penn State, Oklahoma, Virginia, Washington State, Notre Dame, Auburn and Ohio State. Kelly visited Virginia Tech and Clemson for Junior Day events in January and visited Penn State, Oklahoma and Washington State this spring as well. Kelly also visited Clemson multiple times last fall. 3-star Clemson OT target Andrew Kristofic committed to Notre Dame on Monday. He visited Clemson on April 5. 4-star DE Nathan Pickering included Clemson in a top-10 group Monday with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Texas and Southern Cal. Five Clemson commits made the new ESPN300 on Monday, in WR Frank Ladson Jr., CB Sheridan Jones, RB Chez Mellusi, QB Taisun Phommanchanh and S Joseph Charleston - boosting the class to No. 8 overall in the team rankings. A pair of former 2019 Clemson offensive line targets committed elsewhere on Saturday. 4-star OT Michael Tarquin (Belleview, Fla.) committed to Miami, while 4-star offensive guard Caedan Wallace (Princeton, NJ) pledged to Penn State. Wallace had some Clemson and overall ties to South Carolina in his family, but he never made an unofficial visit to Clemson after a December offer. 4-star 2020 Trussville, Alabama wide receiver Dazalin Worsham committed to Alabama on Friday. Worsham had made multiple stops in Clemson, including for the spring game last week. Clemson continued its recruiting momentum in the 2019 class by adding one of the nation’s top-ranked cornerbacks. Four-star cornerback Sheridan Jones (Norfolk, Va.) announced a Clemson commitment on social media Friday night. The Tigers were previously in a final group of seven teams with Alabama, Tennessee, Nebraska, Virginia Tech, Ohio State and South Carolina. Jones visited Clemson for Elite Junior Day in January and then made a return trip for the spring game last week. He reclassified from the 2020 class, where he was the No. 1-rated cornerback, to 2019 in January. 4-star Fort Myers, Florida DE Derick Hunter is visiting Clemson today. He is rated as high as the No. 6 defensive end in the country and a top-100 prospect overall. He picked up a Tigers' offer in March. Clemson has offered 4-star Warren, Arkansas wide receiver Treylon Burks. He is rated as high as the No. 7 receiver in the nation and a top-50 prospect overall. Burks added offers from Florida State and LSU in January in addition to interest from home-state Arkansas, as well as Oregon, Auburn, Michigan and Ole Miss among more Power 5 offers. 4-star DL target DeMarvin Leal (Converse, Tx.) committed to Texas A&M Wednesday. Leal had the Tigers in a group of five with Texas, Texas A&M, Alabama and Oklahoma State in January. 2020 5-star Ocala, Florida wide receiver Leonard Manuel decommitted from Miami Tuesday morning. Manuel committed to the Hurricanes after a visit last November and he made the decision to back off that commitment after a visit to Georgia last weekend. He told Rivals.com that Clemson, Georgia and Miami are in the running along with LSU, Penn State, Florida, Florida State, Texas, Tennessee and Nebraska. 4-star RB Cesare "Chez" Mellusi (Naples, Fla.) announced a commitment to Clemson Monday night via Twitter. The Naples High School product averaged 8.9 yards per carry last season, totaling 1,505 rushing yards with 19 touchdowns. He is rated as high as the No. 15 RB in the nation and was offered by the Tigers on a visit last week. 2019 Porter-Gaud (S.C.) kicker Jonathan Weitz announced a preferred walk-on offer from Clemson Monday. He is rated as the No. 40 kicker by ChrisSailerKicking.com with listed preferred walk-on offers from Tulane and USF. 2020 4-star defensive tackle Branard Wright (Dallas, Tx.) announced a Clemson offer Sunday night. The Carter High School prospect was at Florida State for its spring game over the weekend and also announced offers from Michigan and Alabama on Sunday. Georgia, Texas A&M, LSU, Georgia, Oregon and Tennessee are also among Wright's suitors. He is rated as the No. 5 defensive tackle in the 2020 class by 247Sports. 2019 4-star-rated DB Tyler Rudolph has Clemson in his top-5 group along with Florida, Michigan, Penn State and Ohio State after a visit for the Tigers' spring game this weekend. Clemson offered in February and since he’s also picked up offers from Virginia, Iowa and Florida. Rudolph is rated as high as the No. 2 player in his state, trailing a new Clemson QB in commit Taisun Phommanchanh he’s worked out with in the offseason. Rudolph is regarded as a 4-star prospect by Rivals.com, which pegs him as the No. 22 cornerback in the country. 2019 three-star linebacker Keith Maguire (Malvern, Pa.) released his top-5 schools while on a visit to Clemson Saturday. Maguire has the Tigers in a group with Ohio State, Alabama, North Carolina and Notre Dame. Four-star athlete and two-sport Ole Miss commit Jerrion Ealy picked up a Clemson offer while in town for the Tigers' spring game on Saturday. Ealy (Flowood, Miss.) committed to the Rebels in December in both football and baseball but has taken visits to Alabama and Clemson since. Ealy is rated the No. 8 overall high school baseball prospect by Perfect Game. Clemson picked up three more commitments Saturday with 5-star WR Frank Ladson Jr., 4-star QB Taisun Phommanchanh and 3-star S Lannden Zanders, which brought the Tigers' 247Sports Composite team rating up to No. 11 from the 26th starting the day. Clemson made the cut for the top-12 for 4-star Auburndale, Florida defensive end Lloyd Summerall in a social media announcement Friday. Clemson offered the talented central Florida defender in late February, who has Georgia, Florida State, Miami, Florida, TCU, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Nebraska, Auburn and Penn State all in his final-12. In mid-February, he listed FSU, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida among his favorites. Clemson made the cut for a top-rated 2020 receiver set to visit for the spring game Saturday. Four-star target Dazalin Worsham (Trussville, Ala.) released his top-10 schools Friday, including Clemson in a group with Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Oregon, South Carolina and Tennessee. Worsham added a Clemson offer in January and holds 20-plus offers already. 3-star Baton Rouge, Louisiana linebacker Bryton Constantin committed to Clemson while back on campus for a two-day visit. Constantin first visited for Junior Day in early March after a February offer. Constantin posted on social media about his reasons for choosing Clemson. "I want to start by saying thank you to God for blessing me with this gift to play the game of football," Constantin posted on Twitter. "Also I want to thank my family because without them I would not be able to make this life-changing decision. Finally, I would love to thank Coach Venables for believing in me, doing a phenomenal job recruiting me and seeing the man that I can become one day. I've always said, "When I feel like the time is right then I'll make a decision" and right now the time feels right. I cannot thank GOD enough. With all of that being said I am excited to be 100% committed to Clemson University. Respect my decision." Constantin is rated as high as a top-20 player in his state, but after a standout Adidas camp performance this offseason, he is slated to make a move up in the star rankings soon. 2020 4-star DT Jayson Jones (Calera, Ala.) will visit for Clemson's spring game on Saturday. He is rated as the No. 1 player in Alabama for 2020 and the No. 5 defensive tackle nationally (No. 28 overall). Jones is also slated to visit Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Georgia before making a college decision on July 4. A couple more confirmed visitors for the spring game weekend include 4-star WR Lance Wilhoite (Nashville, Tn.) and 3-star LB Keith Maguire. This will be Wilhoite's first stop on campus after a December offer from the Tigers. Maguire visited for Junior Day in March after a February offer. 2019 3-star LB Bryton Constantin (Baton Rouge, La.) will be in town Friday and Saturday for a Clemson visit. It will be his second trip to Clemson in the last two months after a Junior Day visit on March 3. He totaled 104 tackles (23 for loss), six sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two defensive TDs last season at University Lab. 4-star-rated OT Luke Griffin (Chatsworth, Ga.) confirmed he will visit for Clemson's spring game on Saturday. Griffin recently de-committed from Georgia and is rated as high as the No. 21 OT in the 2019 class (No. 210 overall by ESPN). Recent offer and 3-star defensive end prospect Mataio Soli is slated to visit Clemson Wednesday along with a group of Douglas County (Ga.) teammates. Soli is an Arkansas legacy with 25 offers nationwide, including a recent offer from Florida State. Update: Pics from Soli's visit... '19 Douglas County DE Mataio Soli @Taiogonemakeit visiting Clemson. @ClemsonFB @coachski_ pic.twitter.com/lCkY46bc8h '19 Douglas County DE Mataio Soli @Taiogonemakeit visiting Clemson @ClemsonFB @coachski_ pic.twitter.com/UjkuiRjMIi Clemson was GREAT???? @coachski_ @CoachToddBates #WE2DEEP19 #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/rRVuQlhecH Four-star (Savannah, Ga.) linebacker Kalen DeLoach included Clemson in his top schools list Tuesday. The ACC Tigers are in a group of nine with Auburn, Florida State, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Michigan, LSU and Texas A&M. He is slated to visit for Clemson’s spring game on Saturday, which will be a second stop in the last couple months after an Elite Junior Day visit in January. 2019 Mountain Brook (Ala.) wide receiver Hamp Greene announced a Clemson commitment as a preferred walk-on on Tuesday night via social media. Clemson 4-star DL target Jaquaze Sorrells announced Tuesday that he will announce his commitment on August 27th. Sorrells is a former Florida commit who visited Clemson a couple times last year. He is rated as high as the No. 2 defensive tackle in the 2019 class (ESPN). 2020 Trussville, Alabama wide receiver Dazalin Worsham will be back in town for Clemson's spring game on Saturday. Worsham added a Clemson offer in January and has made several stops to campus already. Worsham already holds 22 offers, including instate Alabama and Auburn as the No. 2-rated player in the state and a top-15 WR nationally. The nation's top-rated 2019 pro-style QB and Clemson target Sam Howell committed to Florida State Monday. Howell had made a number of visits to Clemson, including one in March and for Elite Junior Day in January. Four-star Naples (Fla.) running back Cesare "Chez" Mellusi picked up a Clemson offer while on a visit Monday. The Naples High School product averaged 8.9 yards per carry last season, totaling 1,505 rushing yards with 19 touchdowns. He holds 20-plus offers already, including Miami and Notre Dame. Mellusi is rated as high as the No. 15 running back nationally (247Sports). 3-star Shelby (N.C.) linebacker Jaylon Scott named Clemson in his top-four schools on Sunday. Scott has made a couple trips to Clemson in the last few months, including an Elite Junior Day stop in January. Offered by Clemson in December, he has the Tigers in a group with instate schools in NC State, Duke and UNC. Scott recently made a stop at Tennessee during their spring practice and was offered by West Virginia in mid-March. He totaled 85 tackles, 20 for loss, with five sacks last season at Shelby, also nabbing an interception, causing three fumbles and blocking two punts. 3-star linebacker Spencer Lytle (Bellflower, Calif.) on a visit Friday in Clemson: This place is special?? Great visit!???????? #ALLIN #WE2DEEP19 pic.twitter.com/N0oM8rDMfW Clemson went back out West for another offer in the 2019 class with four-star tight end Isaiah Foskey. Foskey was in town for Clemson’s practice on Wednesday on a whirlwind East Coast swing also including visits to Georgia, Ohio State, Tennessee and Penn State. Georgia is the only team in that group yet to offer the 6-foot-5 target. The De La Salle High School (Calif.) product also holds offers from Alabama, Michigan, Southern Cal, UCLA, California, Florida, LSU, Miami, Notre Dame and Texas among more Power 5 schools. Four-star 2019 (Pinson, Ala.) defensive tackle DJ Dale has Clemson in his top-5 schools. Dale included Clemson in a group Thursday with Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee and Florida State. He made a visit for Clemson's Junior Day on March 3 and made his most recent stop at Florida State. Dabo Swinney's Tigers offered him in February before his Clemson visit. He also holds offers from Louisville, LSU, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, South Carolina and Kentucky. Dale is rated as the No. 10 defensive tackle by 247Sports. Raleigh, N.C. OT Mitchell Mayes (6-5 295) added a Clemson offer Thursday to a trio of in-state offers from Duke, NC State and UNC that he's picked up in 2018. "All Glory To God! Extremely excited and honored to receive an offer from Clemson University!" Mayes posted on Twitter Thursday. Mayes is rated as the No. 3 offensive tackle in the nation and a top-20 player overall (16). 2020 4-star Millis, Mass. OT Kevin Pyne on a visit Wednesday in Clemson: Great seeing and talking with Coach Caldwell again on my visit to Clemson pic.twitter.com/VbjldABP6V Pyne (6-8.5 275) is rated as a top-20 player overall and the No. 4 offensive tackle in the 2020 class. He is the No. 1-rated player in Massachusetts. He holds 24 offers already, including Florida State, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, LSU, Michigan and Notre Dame. 2020 4-star DT Jamil Burroughs will visit for Clemson's spring game, he told TigerNet Tuesday. Burroughs left a Clemson visit with an offer in February and included Clemson in a top group in late March with Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina as his top-six. He is rated as the No. 3 DT in the 2020 class by 247Sports. Update: Burroughs announced on 4/12 that he will visit Florida on 4/14. 2020 SDE Myles Murphy (Powder Springs, Ga.) announced on social media he will visit Clemson on Wednesday, when the Tigers resume spring practice this week. Murphy is rated as the No. 2 SDE in the 2020 class and the No. 35 player overall. He is ranked as the third-best player in Georgia. 2020 OT Kevin Pyne (Millis, Mass.) will visit for Clemson's Wednesday practice, per a 247Sports report. Pyne, who is listed at 6-8.5 and 275 pounds, is rated as a top-20 player overall and the No. 4 offensive tackle in the 2020 class. He is the No. 1-rated player in Massachusetts. 4-star 2019 Cardinal Gibbons (Fla.) defensive end Khris Bogle included Clemson in his top-14 schools Saturday. The Tigers join a field with Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Penn State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida State, LSU, Miami, Oregon and Southern Cal. Clemson and Miami were Bogle's first major offers back in January 2017. He is rated as the No. 5 WDE by the 247Sports Composite and a top-100 prospect overall (79). 3-star 2019 cornerback Jaydon Hill from Madison, AL visited Clemson Friday and spent time with coaches Mike Reed and Todd Bates. The nation’s top-ranked 2020 inside linebacker prospect added an offer while in town with teammates Friday. Virginia’s top prospect Antoine Sampah (Woodbridge, Virginia) announced via Twitter. “Excited To Announce That I've Received An Offer From Clemson University,” Sampah posted on Twitter Friday. “Thank you @CoachVenables for believing in me!” The rising junior and Maxpreps All-American already holds offers from Alabama, LSU, Penn State and Oklahoma among more Power 5 interest. He is rated as the No. 21 overall prospect by 247Sports. 3-star in-state TE Luke Deal and his family visited Clemson on Friday afternoon. "Thank you to the whole clemson staff for a great day in the Valley," Deal posted on Twitter. 4-star 2019 TE Jackson Lowe is announcing his decision at 4 PM today. Tennessee is currently among the favorites with Clemson, Alabama, Georgia, etc in the mix. 4:00 pm update: He committed to Tennessee. One of the top rising-junior defensive tackles in the nation included Clemson in his top schools list Thursday. Powder Springs, Georgia product Jamil Burroughs left a Clemson visit with an offer in February and that made an impression, including Clemson in a group with Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina as his top-six. As a sophomore at McEachern, Burroughs totaled 62 tackles, 13 for loss, with six sacks. He also made stops at Auburn, Florida State, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia last month and is also getting interest from Ohio State and Michigan. Burroughs is rated as the No. 3 defensive tackle in the 2020 class and No. 87 overall. Two Florida prospects with Clemson offers are in town for a visit Wednesday. Four-star athlete Tyrique Stevenson (South Dade) and four-star outside linebacker Ge'mon Eaford (Deerfield Beach) are on campus after making stops in the last couple days at Florida, Florida State, Georgia and South Carolina. 4-star Naples (Fla.) running back Cesare Mellusi will visit Clemson on April 9, he told 247Sports. Mellusi rushed for 1,505 yards and 19 touchdowns last season with the Golden Eagles. He holds offers from Miami, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Arizona, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Southern Cal and Ole Miss among more Power 5 suitors. Clemson offered 5-star 2020 cornerback Kelee Ringo from Scottsdale, AZ (Saguaro) on Tuesday night according to his Twitter account. "I am unable to explain how blessed and excited I am to announce that I have received an offer from Clemson University," Ringo posted. The elite prospect has national offers from Arizona State, Clemson, Florida State, Howard, Iowa State, Memphis, Oregon, USC, and Washington. In 2017 in 12 games, he had 24 tackles including an interception and was named first team all-region/league at cornerback. He is also a talented track performer with a 10.58 100-meter dash as a sophomore. Clemson made the top-10 list for 4-star Laurel, Mississippi defensive end Byron Young Tuesday. Young, who picked up a Clemson offer in February, has the Tigers in an SEC-heavy group with Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, South Carolina Mississippi State and Florida. He named Alabama as his leader after a visit in February, but has since told reporters the competition is more wide-open. St. Thomas More HS (Conn.) DB Tyler Rudolph announced this week he will attend Clemson's spring game on April 14. Rudolph is rated the No. 1 player in the state of Connecticut for 2019 and was offered by the Tigers last month. One of the top-rated defenders in the nation announced a Clemson offer via social media Monday. Four-star Tulsa, Oklahoma safety Daxton Hill added Clemson to a long offer list including home-state Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, as well as Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State and Florida State among more Power 5 interest. "Extremely blessed to say I’ve received an offer from Clemson University," Hill posted on Twitter. Hill is rated a top-20 player overall for 2019 by ESPN and the No. 1 player in Oklahoma by both ESPN and Rivals. The Washington High (Okla.) product totaled 71 stops, six for loss, with 11 pass breakups and three of his five interceptions going for touchdowns. He also recovered a fumble for a score. He listed a top-12 to start the year of TCU, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, Alabama, Penn State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Stanford and Arkansas. He recently visited Michigan for a Junior Day. Fast-rising Douglasville, Georgia defensive end Mataio Soli has added a Clemson offer, per a Douglas County (Ga.) coach. Soli totaled 77 tackles, with 20 for loss, and 18 sacks with a pick-six, a caused and a recovered fumble last season for Douglas Co. The offers have rolled in since for the Arkansas legacy, whose dad, Junior, played defensive tackle for the Razorbacks and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL draft. Just since January, the 3-star prospect Soli has added suitors including Alabama, Florida, Oregon and Stanford, as well as Arkansas. He also holds offers from California, Duke, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Virginia and NC State among more Power 5 interest. 4-star St. Louis safety Jalani Williams announced a Clemson offer via social media on Monday. “Extremely Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University!!” Williams posted. Since January, Williams has added offers from Notre Dame, Ohio State, Kentucky, Alabama, Miami, Florida State and Tennessee. In early March, Williams held a top-8 schools of Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Missouri, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Penn State. He attended Junior Day events at Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama in the last couple months. Williams totaled 61 tackles with two interceptions at Parkway North High (Mo.) last season. 2019 linebacker Jaylon Scott from Shelby, NC will visit Clemson today to watch spring practice. The Tigers offered him on 12/11/17. 2019 receiver Alvin Toney from Birmingham, AL will visit Clemson on Wednesday according to his Twitter account. 4-star Archer (Ga.) safety Jalyn Phillips released a top-10 schools list including Clemson Sunday night. Phillips has the Tigers in a group with Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Ohio State, Southern California, Nebraska and Tennessee. Phillips is still waiting on offers from Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State. Clemson commit Brannon Spector was among the top performers at the Nike Atlanta Opening Regional. Per Opening events president Brian Stumpf, the 3-star Calhoun (Ga.) athlete rated No. 2 overall (120.33) behind 5-star DE and Georgia commit Nolan Smith (141.18). Other notable Clemson targets checked in at No. 5 in 247Sports 5-star LB Nakobe Dean (Horn Lake, Miss.; 113.13), No. 6 in 4-star DE Kevin Harris (Loganville, Ga.; 110.61) and No. 9 in 3-star S Kyle Hamilton (Atlanta, Ga.; 109.74). Clemson defensive targets Rian Davis and Tyler Davis were among top performers at the Under Armour Camp in Orlando Sunday and earned invites to the Under Armour All-American game in 2019. Tyler Davis told ESPN earlier in the day that Clemson was in a group with Ohio State and Miami among his top schools. ESPNJr300 DT Tyler Davis in one on ones at Under Armour pic.twitter.com/4z1yTyPZ63 WR Maurice Goolsby says FSU is his favorite followed by Clemson, Auburn, and Oregon according to SB Nation. 2020 offensive lineman Jalen Rivers told ESPN at Sunday's Under Armour Camp that he will visit Clemson for their football camp in June. He wants to study computer engineering in college. 4-star DT Tyler Davis told ESPN at Sunday's Under Armour Camp that Clemson, Ohio State, and Miami are three schools that will be in his top group. 4-star Fort Myers, Florida defensive end prospect Derick Hunter announced a Clemson offer Saturday. "Blessed and so thankful to receive an offer from Clemson University," Hunter posted on Twitter. Hunter already holds 40 offers, including from instate suitors Florida, Florida State and Miami, as well as Georgia, Maryland, Oregon, Penn State and Alabama. He was committed to Miami at one point during 2017. In early February, he had a top-10 of Florida, Miami, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Oregon, Auburn, Tennessee, Maryland, Penn State and Alabama. Norfolk, Virginia DB Sheridan Jones reclassified from the 2020 class in January and has picked up a number of new offers along the way, including Clemson’s in January. He placed the Tigers in a top-seven Saturday with Alabama, Tennessee, Nebraska, Virginia Tech, Ohio State and South Carolina. Jones visited Clemson for Elite Junior Day in January. “As soon as I announced that I am a junior - they said that I jumped ahead of a lot of guys,” Jones said of Clemson’s recruitment at the time. “I knew that Clemson was a top-tier football team, but meeting coach Swinney and seeing his perspective on things, it changed my mind about a couple things. He’s really all about his players and he wanted to make sure they were good people before they were good football players.” Since the Clemson visit, he has also made stops at Tennessee and South Carolina and has a visit set to Ohio State at the end of the month. He added Saturday that he will return to Clemson for the spring game on April 14. Jones is rated as high as a top-100 prospect overall by ESPN (No. 7 DB). 4-star OLB prospect Kalel Mullings (Boston, Mass.) picked up a Clemson offer while in town Friday. “I am excited to announce that I received an offer from @ClemsonFB,” Mullings posted on Twitter. “Thx @CoachVenables @ChuckLillie and the rest of the staff for an amazing visit.” He is rated as the No. 29 overall player for the 2020 class by 247Sports.com and the No. 4 outside linebacker. Going into Friday, Mullings held offers from Michigan, Boston College, Northwestern, Rutgers, San Jose State, Syracuse and UCLA. In addition to Clemson, Mullings has made stops at Northwestern, Notre Dame and Michigan this year. 4-star defensive tackle Hakeem Beamon has recently decommitted from North Carolina and announced a top four of Clemson, Alabama, Ohio State, and South Carolina. 4-star OLB prospect Kalel Mullings (Boston, Mass.) announced a Clemson visit coming up Friday. Mullings is rated as the No. 29 overall player for 2020 by 247Sports and the No. 4 outside linebacker. He holds offers from Michigan, Boston College, Northwestern, Rutgers, San Jose State, Syracuse and UCLA. 4-star 2019 defensive end Justin Eboigbe from Forest Park, GA announced his top group of schools and Clemson made the cut according to his Twitter account. "At this point in time, I'm grateful for all the offers I've received at this point," Eboigbe posted. "My recruitment is still open; these are my top 10 schools so far...Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, and Tennessee." He was offered by Clemson on Feb. 15 and reportedly had a great time on an unofficial visit to Clemson on March 4. The standout defender grew up a fan of the Auburn Tigers, and his first offer was in the 10th grade from Mississippi State. He has committed to play in the 2019 Under Armour All-American game and wants to study sports management in college. 4-star 2019 cornerback Kaiir Elam is currently on an unofficial visit to Clemson. Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and defensive backs coach Mike Reed are recruiting Elam for the Tigers. The talented defender has national offers from Auburn, Central Florida, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Marshall, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, South Florida, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin. As a sophomore, Elam had 39 receptions for 570 yards and five touchdowns while registering three interceptions on defense. Clemson has offered 3-star 2019 DE/LB Aeneas DiCosmo from Oradell, NJ (Bergen Catholic) on Thursday according to his Twitter account. "Thrilled to have received an offer from Clemson University," DiCosmo posted. #ALLIN The standout defender already has offers from Army, Boston College, Duke, Harvard, Kent State, Maryland, Mass, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Rutgers, Syracuse, Toledo, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wake Forest, Wisconsin, and Yale. His first offer was from Toledo. He has good football bloodlines as his father played at Boston College. After DiCosmo's recent visit to Michigan, he called them his favorite school so far in his recruitment. One of the main factors in his recruitment will be academics as he is an honor student. 4-star 2019 outside linebacker Shammond Cooper from Saint Louis, MO (Trinity Catholic) announced his top group of schools on Wednesday. "First I just wanna thank god for blessing me to live 17 years in a city where most don’t make it out," Cooper posted on Twitter. "Second I wanna thank all the schools that have recruited me, I’m still very much open to every college but these are the 10 I’m focusing on as of right now." His top 10 schools were Oklahoma, Clemson, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Ohio State, Texas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas A&M. 3-star 2019 safety Kyle Hamilton from Atlanta, GA (Marist School) announced his top group of schools on Sunday night, and Clemson made the cut for his services. "Thank you to all of the schools that have recruited me throughout this process," Hamilton posted. His top schools were Clemson, Duke, Georgia, Northwestern, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. 2019 Horn Lake, Mississippi linebacker Nakobe Dean included Clemson in his top-15 schools list Wednesday. Dean, who is listed as a 5-star in 247Sports' Composite rankings, also had Nebraska, Ole Miss, Alabama, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Auburn, Stanford, Florida State, Notre Dame and Michigan on that list. Clemson offered the talented defender on 02/22/18. Check out his highlights on his profile page here. One of the nation's top-rated offensive guards announced a Clemson offer Wednesday. Four-star Plant High School (Fla.) offensive guard Will Putnam added the Tigers to a long list of suitors nationwide, including Miami, Ohio State, Iowa, Texas A&M, Auburn, Georgia, Michigan, LSU, Florida and Florida State. "Honored to receive an offer from Clemson!" Putnam posted on Twitter. Putnam is rated as high as the No. 5 offensive guard and top-100 in the nation (87) by Rivals.com. Check out Putnam highlights here. Charlotte-area linebacker prospect Derek Boykins has received a Clemson offer, according to his high school. The Central Cabarrus (N.C.) product holds offers from Texas A&M, Duke, NC State, East Carolina, UNC and South Carolina so far, adding those SEC offers in the last couple weeks. Boykins, a Beaufort, South Carolina native, earned team skill player of the year honors last season. Check out Boykins highlights here. Clemson continued its momentum in the 2019 class with the addition of highly-touted IMG Academy (Fla.) punter Aidan Swanson, Swanson confirmed to TigerNet Monday. Swanson visited Clemson over the weekend and was offered a full scholarship on Monday. He is a second Clemson commitment in three days for 2019, joining Saturday tight end pledge Jaelyn Lay. The Clemson 2019 class is now up to four, as the two join 4-star safety Joseph Charleston and 3-star receiver Brannon Spector. Swanson is rated as the No. 1 2019 punter by Kornblue kicking and the No. 9 by Kohl's kicking. "Aidan is a left-footed class of 2019 punter/kicker out of IMG Academy in Florida," Swanson's profile reads on Kornblue kicking. "Aidan has been at or near the top of our Fab 50 Rankings in his class for several years as a punter and kicker. He is currently the Fab 50’s #1 nationally ranked punter in the class of 2019. At our Summer 2017 Kornblue Kicking Showcase, Aidan earned Punting Champion honors. "His strengths are punting and kickoffs, but he is a strong FG kicker as well. FBS coaches have been and will continue to pursue this top level prospect." He had an offer as a preferred walk-on at Clemson and a full scholarship offer from Nebraska before Monday. Check out Swanson highlights here. 3-star 2019 linebackers Marcus Tillman Jr. (Orlando, Fla.) and Keith Maguire (Malvern, Pa.) weigh in on their Junior Day visits: CLEMSON WAS SPECIAL ????#ALLIN ???? pic.twitter.com/Yy4IFeguwx Had an unbelievable time in Clemson this weekend! Cant wait to get back down! #Allin pic.twitter.com/as1eJlhlpX Clemson offered one of the top-rated 2019 punters after a weekend Junior Day visit. IMG Academy punter Aidan Swanson, rated as the No. 1 2019 punter by Kornblue kicking and the No. 9 by Kohl's kicking, announced the offer on Monday. "I am humbled and blessed to receive a full scholarship offer from Clemson University!" Swanson posted on Twitter. Swanson had an offer as a preferred walk-on at Clemson and a full scholarship offer from Nebraska previously. "Aidan is a left-footed class of 2019 punter/kicker out of IMG Academy in Florida," Swanson's profile reads on Kornblue kicking. "Aidan has been at or near the top of our Fab 50 Rankings in his class for several years as a punter and kicker. He is currently the Fab 50’s #1 nationally ranked punter in the class of 2019. At our Summer 2017 Kornblue Kicking Showcase, Aidan earned Punting Champion honors. "His strengths are punting and kickoffs, but he is a strong FG kicker as well. FBS coaches have been and will continue to pursue this top level prospect." Swanson also visited campus for the Georgia Tech and Citadel games last season. Check out Swanson highlights here. The nation’s top-rated 2020 prospect announced a Clemson offer Sunday night. Damascus, Maryland defensive end Bryan Bresee visited for Junior Day on Saturday and picked up an offer from the Tigers along the way. “I would like to thank the coaching staff from Clemson University for the offer!” Bresee posted on Twitter. Bresee was named a Maxpreps sophomore All-American after posting 8.5 sacks and 16 tackles for loss at Damascus High (Md.), holding offers going into the weekend from Florida State, Michigan, Ohio State, Alabama, Penn State, Georgia, Notre Dame and Oklahoma among more FBS interest. Check out Bresee highlights here. One of the top 2020 defenders in the Northeast announced a Clemson offer on Sunday. 4-star defensive tackle Tre Williams, who is rated as the No. 1 player in Connecticut, added Clemson to an offer list already including Florida, Penn State, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Baylor, Virginia Tech and Maryland. "Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University!!!!" Williams posted on Twitter Sunday. Williams is ranked as the No. 6 defensive tackle in the 2020 class and the No. 54 prospect overall by 247Sports. Check out Williams highlights here. 5-star 2019 Alabama offensive tackle commit Pierce Quick announced Sunday that he is shutting down his recruitment and will stay committed to the Crimson Tide. The Trussville, Alabama product had attended Clemson's Junior Day in January after the Tigers offered last September. 4-star 2020 cornerback prospect Keshawn Lawrence added a Clemson offer after his visit for Junior Day on Saturday. “After a great visit today, I’m Excited & Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University,” Lawrence posted on Twitter. The Nashville product already boasts a strong offer list, which also includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Ohio State, South Carolina, Purdue and Tennessee. Check out Lawrence highlights here. Sophomore big target Ze’Vian Capers announced a Clemson offer on social media after a Junior Day visit Saturday. Clemson is the first major listed offer for Capers (6-3 190), who has made multiple visits to campus, including for the Clemson-FSU game last fall. Capers made first-team All-Region at South Forsyth (Ga.) as a sophomore in Region 5AAAAAAA, totaling 42 catches for 600 yards and four touchdowns. Check out Capers highlights here. 2020 4-star-rated Charlotte, N.C. DE Jacolbe Cowan picked up a Clemson offer on his visit for Junior Day Saturday. Cowan was named a sophomore All-American by Maxpreps after posting 11 sacks and 37 stops at Providence Day High School last season. "Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University!!!" Cowan posted on Twitter Saturday. No stranger to Clemson going into Saturday, he already held offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Ohio State, Notre Dame, NC State, Penn State, Michigan and Tennessee among more Power 5 interest. Cowan is rated as high as the No. 8 player in the 2020 class by 247Sports, as the No. 2 SDE and the top prospect in the state of North Carolina. Check out Cowan highlights here. Clemson added a big target to its 2019 recruiting class on Saturday. 3-star Riverdale, Georgia tight end Jaelyn Lay (6-6 220) committed to Clemson while on campus for Junior Day. Lay called Clemson a "childhood dream school" after his offer in January on his first Junior Day visit this year. Before the Tigers' interest, Lay's notable offers included Oregon State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Cincinnati, Indiana and Central Florida, but shortly after Clemson's offer, Georgia, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech and Miami all jumped in the mix. Lay is rated as the No. 10 tight end in the nation by Rivals. He joins 3-star receiver Brannon Spector on offense, as well as 4-star safety Joseph Charleston in the Clemson 2019 class. Check out Lay highlights here. The No. 2-rated pro-style QB for 2019 announced he will be in town for Clemson's Junior Day Saturday. Marietta, Georgia quarterback Harrison Bailey (6-4 210) will be on hand after throwing 20 touchdown passes and averaging 304 passing yards per game last season with five interceptions. He already has offers from Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Auburn, Florida State, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Texas A&M among more FBS offers. 3-star Pensacola High School (Fla.) offensive tackle Adrian Medley left a Clemson visit with an offer on Friday. “Happy to announce that I have received an offer from Clemson University,” Medley posted on Twitter Friday, in a picture with Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney. The sizable prospect (6-4 305) has a number of Power 5 offers already, including close-to-home Florida State, as well as Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Arizona and Ole Miss. Medley was visiting with a number of Pensacola High teammates Friday. Check out Medley highlights here. Apopka, Florida WDE/OLB prospect Rian Davis now has a Clemson offer - not far removed from earning linebacker MVP honors at the Adidas 3 Stripe Camp in Orlando last month. In February, Davis, who earned all-district honors last season at Houston’s Clear Lake High School before returning to Florida for his senior season, also picked up offers from Nebraska, Baylor, Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Maryland this month, to go with similar interest from Maryland, Arizona, Louisville, Miami, Utah, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, Houston, Arkansas and Indiana. Davis posted 94 tackles, 15 for loss, with five sacks, two interceptions and two fumble-recovering touchdowns. Davis' teammate, 4-star Wekiva HS defensive tackle Tyler Davis, also received a Clemson offer not long after earning defensive line MVP honors at the 'Opening' camp in Miami last month. Check out Rian Davis highlights here. 2020 4-star-rated Charlotte, N.C. DE Jacolbe Cowan told TigerNet that he will visit for Clemson's Junior Day March 3. Cowan was named a sophomore All-American by Maxpreps after posting 11 sacks and 37 stops at Providence Day High School last season. He holds offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Ohio State, Notre Dame, NC State, Penn State, Michigan and Tennessee among more Power 5 interest. 4-star Georgia cornerback commit Jalen Perry announced a Clemson offer on Thursday. Perry is rated as one of the top players in the state of Georgia (No. 9 on Rivals) and visited Clemson for the Auburn game last September before committing to Georgia the next month. "Thankful to receive an offer from Clemson!" Perry posted on Twitter Thursday. Perry was named All-Region 8-AAAAAA Player of the Year as a standout two-way at Dacula High School, also drawing an honor for Defensive Back of the Year in Gwinnett County. He has also received offers from Michigan and Florida this month, visiting Florida last weekend. Check out Perry highlights here. 4-star 2019 Forest Park, Georgia defensive end Justin Eboigbe announced he will visit for Clemson's Junior Day on Saturday. Eboigbe picked up a Clemson offer in mid-March. Eboigbe and added offers from Alabama, Florida State, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Miami, Ole Miss, Notre Dame and Ole Miss recently. He visited Auburn, Tennessee and Alabama in February. Clemson has offered 4-star 2019 defensive end Lloyd Summerall from Auburndale, FL (Auburndale Senior) on Wednesday according to his Twitter account. "Blessed to Recieve an Offer from Clemson University," Summerall posted. The standout defender has national offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Charlotte, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa State, Liberty, Louisville, Massachusetts, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Troy, UCF, Utah, and Wake Forest. As a junior, he had 34 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and three sacks. He recently had a top group of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Florida State, and Tennessee. Check out Summerall highlights here. 2020 Nashville, Tennessee WDE/OLB Tyler Baron announced he will be in town for Clemson's Junior Day Saturday. Baron has been offered by Virginia Tech, Florida, Florida State, Indiana, LSU, NC State, UNC, Ole Miss, Oregon, Tennesee and Virginia. He attended Junior Day at Tennessee last week. 2020 4-star WR and No. 1-rated Alabama product Dazalin Worsham will visit for Clemson's Junior Day Saturday. Worsham is no stranger to Clemson, which offered him in January, as he has competed in Dabo Swinney's summer camp and also visited last season for the Boston College game. “It means a lot. Coach Swinney told me that I’m their type of guy and that they want me there,” Worsham told TigerNet after the offer. “They’re definitely one of the top schools for me right now. “I’ve been there twice. I like everything – the atmosphere, the facilities all of that...I can’t wait to get back up there.” 4-star Decatur, Alabama CB Reddy Steward announced he will visit this weekend, when Clemson will hold its Junior Day. Steward (5-10 160) holds offers from Michigan, Mississippi State and South Carolina currently and is rated as high as the No. 20 CB in the country. 2020 Calera, Alabama DT/SDE prospect Jayson Jones (6-5 322) announced on social media he will visit during Clemson's Junior Day March 3. Jones (6-5 322) already holds offers from Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and Southern Miss. Four-star Apopka, Florida defensive tackle Tyler Davis announced a Clemson offer Monday evening. He was named Class 8A defensive player of the year and first-team All-State recently. Davis has picked up offers from Texas A&M, Maryland, UCF, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Florida, Miami, Georgia Tech, Kentucky and Duke since the calendar turned to 2018. He visited Florida last month. He earned defensive line MVP honors at the Nike “Opening” Regional in Miami recently. Check out Davis highlights here. A couple 4-star Clemson targets announced visits for this weekend. 4-star Fort Lauderdale, Florida DB Jaden Davis confirmed on social media Monday that he's making a stop in Clemson for the March 3 Junior Day. He said he will also visit Georgia on Friday. The St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) product picked up offers from Ohio State, Georgia, Texas and Indiana recently just before Clemson offered in mid-February. Before that offer, Davis listed a top-10 on Feb. 8 of Florida, Georgia, Miami, Kentucky, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Syracuse, Texas and Wisconsin. Davis has April official visits set for Ohio State and Oklahoma currently. He visited Miami and Florida in the last couple weeks. Davis is listed with a fumble recovery TD, five pass breakups and 25 tackles in action over seven games last season. 4-star Philadelphia, Pennsylvania safety target Tyke Smith also announced he will be at Clemson this weekend, as well as making a trip to West Virginia. Smith has earned offers from Minnesota, UMass, Kansas, Duke, Buffalo and Baylor over the last couple months. Clemson offered one of South Carolina’s top 2019 prospects Monday. 4-star tight end Luke Deal (Greenwood, S.C.) announced the offer, adding to a list including Florida, Georgia, Notre Dame, Michigan, Maryland, Purdue, USF and Iowa State. “Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University!!” Deal posted on Twitter Monday. Deal has visits slated for Auburn this weekend and Notre Dame in April (official) and has already made stops at NC State, Georgia and Florida this year. He told Rivals.com he would like to visit Southern Cal as well. On offense, Deal totaled seven touchdowns for Emerald last season, with four on receptions, two on passes and one via rush (via Index-Journal). On defense, he posted 34 tackles, 8 for loss, with four sacks, 14 QB hurries and two pass breakups. Check out Deal highlights here. 4-star athlete Makiya Tongue, who could play receiver or on defense at the college level, added Clemson to a growing list of suitors with an offer Monday. He was offered just this month by Texas, Memphis, Texas A&M, Utah, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Auburn and Kentucky. "Extremely blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University!!!" Tongue posted on Twitter Monday. He has NFL bloodlines, with his dad, Reggie, a 10-year pro safety with the Chiefs, Seahawks, Jets and Raiders. Reggie attended Oregon State. Tongue is a teammate of recently-offered LB Bryton Constantin, who is set to visit this weekend. Check out highlights of Tongue here. 3-star Jones (Fla.) OLB/DE Raymond Cutts announced a Clemson offer on Sunday morning, coming off earning DL MVP camp honors recently in his Orlando hometown. Cutts told reporters at the camp that Louisville’s recruitment stood out most to him to that point, with offers also from Virginia Tech, Maryland, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Florida Atlantic and Minnesota. “Blessed to receive a offer from Clemson University,” Cutts posted on Twitter Sunday. He said on Twitter recently he is looking to commit during the spring. Cutts’ high school teammate Marcus Tillman Jr. was also offered by Clemson this weekend and had a visit lined up to campus. 3-star Orlando, Florida OLB prospect Marcus Tillman Jr. announced earlier in the week that he had a Clemson visit set (next week) and then Saturday that the Tigers had offered. He was a Florida commitment up until January and the new Gators staff are recruiting him as well as notable competitors in Ohio State and Louisville. "I am truly honored to be offered a full scholarship to play football for Clemson University..." Tillman posted on Twitter. He also holds offers Mississippi State, UNC, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Virginia Tech and Syracuse. Check out Tillman highlights here. The No. 1 rated player in the nation by the 247Sports Composite included Clemson in his top-12 schools Saturday. Thousand Oaks, California WDE Kayvon Thibodeaux has Clemson in the mix with Alabama, LSU, Washington, Florida State, Michigan, Southern Cal, UCLA, Oregon, Georgia, Florida and Oklahoma. Thibodeaux doesn't currently have a Clemson offer. He was offered by Georgia recently. Thibodeaux earned junior All-American honors after posting 99 tackles, 28 for loss, with 20 sacks last season. #GoNoles #BoomerSooner #GiGem #GoTigers pic.twitter.com/ST6o9YKjUO Four-star Warwick, Rhode Island offensive tackle Xavier Truss, listed 6-foot-7 and 325 pounds, made his first stop at Clemson Wednesday and was offered by the Tigers on Friday. He is rated as high as the No. 8 offensive tackle in the nation and the No. 1 player in Rhode Island. "Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University," Truss posted on Twitter Friday night. Truss’ recruitment has picked up over the last couple months, drawing offers from Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas in February, which added to a list from January including Florida State, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan and Penn State. Truss visited Penn State and Boston College last fall and is currently on a trip where he's also set to visit Georgia, Alabama, Auburn and make a return trip to Penn State. Check out highlights from his junior season here. 4-star Purdue defensive end commit George Karlaftis (West Lafayette, Ind.) announced a Clemson offer Friday afternoon. "Blessed beyond measure to receive an offer from Clemson!" Karlaftis posted on Twitter. Karlaftis committed to hometown Purdue during last football season, in a time he also earned offers from Louisville, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State and Southern Cal. Florida offered earlier this month in addition to other offers from Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame and Tennessee in 2017. He posted 101 tackles with 12.5 sacks, three pass breakups, three caused fumbles, two blocked punts and two blocked field goals as a junior. Check out Karlaftis highlights here. Four-star 2019 defensive tackle DJ Dale (Pinson, Ala.) picked up a Clemson offer this week, according to his high school football team's Twitter account. Dale is rated as the No. 10 defensive tackle in the nation by 247Sports and a top-200 player overall (187). Just this week, he is also reported to have offers from LSU and South Carolina, to go with similar interest from Florida State, Texas A&M, Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. Great things happening at @CCHSfootbal. Big @ddale44 picks up offers from @ClemsonFB, @LSUfootball and @GamecockFB this week. This guy is a monster. #CougarNation #unmatched #WhatsNext 3-star Stone Mountain (Ga.) linebacker Tra Wilkins included Clemson in his top-10 schools Thursday. Clemson is in a group with Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, Florida State, Nebraska and Mississippi State. Wilkins visited for Clemson's Elite Junior Day in January without an offer and came away impressed. “It went well," Wilkins told TigerNet. "Me and mom enjoyed ourselves. We enjoyed it. When Dabo went over the academics, it just showed the tradition of Clemson. I learned more stuff about Clemson that I didn't know. Coach Dabo really talked about how their players graduate with degrees. That really stands out to me and mom.” He told TigerNet that he would like to return to Clemson to watch a spring practice and will likely make a commitment decision before his senior season, with the possibility of graduating early. 4-star linebacker Nakobe Dean (Horn Lake, Miss.) announced a Clemson offer Thursday evening. “Tremendously blessed to receive and offer from Clemson University,” Dean posted on Twitter. Dean totaled 147 tackles (25 for loss) with nine sacks and a caused fumble last season. He also holds offers from Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State and Ole Miss, as well as Florida State, Nebraska, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. 4-star SDE Byron Young (Laurel, Miss.) announced a Clemson offer Thursday evening. “Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University,” Young posted on his Twitter account. Young recently picked up an offer from Alabama, adding to a mix including LSU, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and South Carolina. Before the offer, Young had visits set for this weekend (Alabama) and the week after (Georgia, March 3). Four-star Roxboro, N.C. defensive tackle prospect Joshua Harris announced an offer from Clemson on Thursday afternoon. “Blessed to receive my 18th offer from Clemson University,” Harris posted on Twitter. Harris made all-area first-team with 65 tackles, 24 for loss, with 13 sacks at Person High School last season. In 2018, Harris has also picked up offers from South Carolina, Ohio State, Virginia, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Penn State to go with similar interest from Georgia, Duke, NC State, UNC and Virginia Tech. Check out Harris highlights here. Three-star Baton Rouge linebacker Bryton Constantin added a Clemson offer Thursday ahead of an upcoming visit. Constantin, who earned region Outstanding Defensive Player honors, is slated to be in town for Clemson's March 3 Junior Day, which will be his second college stop in a month's span after a recent visit to Mississippi State. He played on an undefeated University Lab (La.) team in 2017 and totaled 104 tackles (23 for loss), six sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two defensive TDs. Constantin also holds Power 5 offers Kansas State and Kansas. Check out Constantin highlights here. 3-star Bellflower, California OLB prospect Spencer Lytle announced a Clemson offer on Thursday. Since the calendar turned to 2018, he has picked up offers from Nebraska, Texas A&M and Virginia to go with offers from Boston College, Minnesota, Indiana, Arizona, Pittsburgh, Arizona State and UCLA. Check out Lytle highlights here. 3-star playmaking Madison County (Fla.) defensive back Travis Jay picked up an offer from Clemson on Wednesday. Jay picked off eight passes - returning two for touchdowns - and broke up four more passes as a junior, adding 59 total tackles. Jay has made several trips to nearby Florida State after its offer last July, including a Junior Day visit this month. He received offers from Auburn and Miami recently to go with similar interest from Alabama, Louisville and Tennessee. Check out Jay highlights here. Three-star Rocky Mount, N.C. cornerback Shyheim Battle announced an offer he's been waiting on Wednesday night. "Can’t Thank no one but GOD for blessing me with my 11th offer from Clemson University," Battle said on his Twitter account. "True blessing." Battle's recruitment has picked up this year with also receiving offers from Virginia, Tennessee and Appalachian State, as well as visits to and from Virginia, UNC, NC State and Ohio State. He listed NC State as his favorite in January, but not unfamiliar with Clemson after attending Dabo Swinney's summer camp, he told TigerNet that the Tigers have moved up to his top schools with the Wolfpack. Battle said he is set for a March 3 Junior Day visit in Clemson. On offense last season, Battle totaled four touchdown catches and posted three pass breakups and 31 tackles on defense. Battle played with the USA Football Under-17 team in January. Check out Battle highlights here. A day after releasing its new top-100 prospects for 2019, Rivals.com announced its new top-250. Clemson safety commit Joseph Charleston checked in at No. 152 overall as the No. 10 safety. Other notable targets include Norfolk, Virginia cornerback Sheridan Jones, who recently reclassified to the 2019 group, debuting at No. 118 overall, recent Mississippi SDE offer Nathan Pickering moving up to No. 119 and Chesapeake, Virginia safety Cam'Ron Kelly moving up to No. 135. The Athletic went back four years and re-ranked the recruiting classes from 2014 ($), which provided quite the bump for Clemson. The Tigers' 2014 group was highlighted by Deshaun Watson, who was a four-star in the 247Sports Composite in a class rated No. 16 overall. In the re-ranking, Clemson checked in at No. 6, trailing Stanford at the top (13th in 247Sports Composite), Alabama (1), Ohio State (3), Penn State (24) and Washington (38). The site evaluated the 2014 class by team on how prospects panned out, ranging from five points for an All-American or top-50 draft pick to two points for a career backup or none for leaving the program or playing much at all. Clemson was assessed wtih a 71 percent "hit rate" on the 21-member class, which also featured Artavis Scott and Kendall Joseph and a number of transfers/players leave program (DT Jabril Robinson, S Jeff Gibson, WR Kyrin Priester, WR Demarre Kitt, LB Korie Rogers). Clemson has offered 3-star 2019 safety Lannden Zanders from Shelby, NC (Crest HS) on Wednesday according to his Twitter account. "Beyond Blessed to receive a offer from THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY," Sanders posted. Zanders has offers from Appalachian State, Clemson, East Carolina, Georgia Tech, and Vanderbilt. Look for his recruitment to blow up in the coming months. East Carolina was the first to offer. In 2017 through 10 games, he had 47 tackles including six for loss, and four interceptions. On offense, he had 10 rushes for 95 yards and 16 catches for 273 yards and four scores. Clemson has offered 4-star 2019 cornerback Kaiir Elam from North Palm Beach, Florida (The Benjamin School) on Wednesday according to his Twitter account. "Blessed Beyond Measures to have earned an offer from The Clemson University Tigers," Elam posted. Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and defensive backs coach Mike Reed are recruiting Elam for the Tigers. The talented defender has national offers from Auburn, Central Florida, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Marshall, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, South Florida, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin. As a sophomore, Elam had 39 receptions for 570 yards and five touchdowns while registering three interceptions on defense. He has football bloodlines as his father was former Notre Dame safety Abram Elam. One of the top defensive line prospects for the 2020 class is leaving a Clemson visit with an offer Tuesday. Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern HS) DT Jamil Burroughs announced he was in town for a stop on campus Tuesday afternoon and picked up the offer shortly after, adding Clemson to a group already including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and South Carolina. "Blessed to just receive an offer from Clemson University," Burroughs said on Twitter. Burroughs totaled 62 tackles (13 for loss) with six sacks last season. He joins a select group in 2020 Clemson offers, as only the 14th reported so far. Clemson offered 4-star 2019 cornerback Devin Bush from New Orleans, LA (Ednar Karr) on Tuesday according to his Twitter account. "I am very blessed to say that I've received an offer from Clemson University," Bush posted. Bush has national offers from Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Mississippi State, Nicholls State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Tulane, and Virginia. His favorite schools growing up were Florida and LSU. Most recruiting analysts have LSU with the edge at this stage in his recruitment. In 2017, he was named an All-State cornerback and a MaxPreps All-American. Rivals.com released its latest top-100 rankings on Tuesday, where a couple of Clemson targets moved into the top-2 spots. After QB J.T. Daniels re-classified to 2018, that paved the way for 5-star athlete Quavaris Crouch to take the top spot, with 5-star offensive tackle and recent Clemson offer Darnell Wright jumping three spots to No. 2. “Alabama, Michigan, Clemson, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and a few others are major contenders to land Crouch's commitment,” Rivals.com’s Adam Friedman writes. Clemson target and local product Zacch Pickens (Anderson, S.C.) earned a fifth-star and moved up to the No. 16 spot overall (No. 3 SDE). "Clemson, South Carolina and Georgia are already involved and it will be a heated battle between several schools to land his commitment,” Rivals.com’s Woody Wommack writes (same link as above). Other top-50 Clemson targets (plus a few more) include WDE Kayvon Thibodeaux (4; Westlake Village, Ca.), CB Derek Stingley Jr. (7; Baton Rouge, La.), RB Devyn Ford (9; Stafford, Va.), DT Ishmael Sopsher (10; Amite, La.), C Clay Webb (12; Oxford, Al.), OT Wanya Morris (19; Loganville, Ga.), OLB Owen Pappoe (21; Loganville, Ga), CB Akeem Dent (22; Wellington, Fla.), APB Mark-Antony Richards (23; Palm Beach, Fla.), WDE Nolan Smith (25; Bradenton, Fla.), WR Maurice Goolsby (28; Dunnellon, Fla.), OT Devontae Dobbs (29; Belleville, Mi.), CB Andrew Booth (30 - moved up 40 spots; Lawrenceville, Ga.), ATH Isaiah Williams (37; St. Louis, Mo.), SDE Travon Walker (40; Thomaston, Ga.), OT Pierce Quick (42; Trussville, Ala.), DT Faatui Tuitele (45; Honolulu, Hi.), WR Frank Ladson (46; Miami, Fla.), CB Devin Bush (48; New Orleans, La.), WR Trey Knox (50; Murfreesboro, Tn.), WDE Brandon Smith (53; Mineral, Va.), WR Lance Wilhoite (55; Nashville, Tn.), OT Harry Miller (56; Buford, Ga.), RB Noah Cain (60; Bradenton, Fla.), S Lewis Cine (68; Everett, Ma.), WR/ATH DeMarcco Hellams (83; Hyattsville, Md.), WR Joseph Ngata (89; Folsom, Calif.). 4-star No. 1-rated 2020 DE Bryan Bresee (Damascus, Maryland) announced on social media that he will visit during Clemson's Junior Day on March 3. The 6-4 and 260-pound prospect recently picked up an offer from LSU, to go with the same from Florida State, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame, Tenessee and Oklahoma among more prominent programs. Bresee will also make a trip to Georgia on March 4. 2019 four-star Buford (Ga.) offensive tackle Harry Miller announced his top-5 list on Monday afternoon, including Clemson in a group with Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia and Stanford. Miller visited Clemson for both the Boston College and Florida State games last season after being offered last June by the Tigers. He also made a stop for Clemson's Elite Junior Day, as well as Ohio State and Georgia, in January. Miller told the Ohio State 247Sports site that he has three more spring visits set, with Notre Dame, Stanford and Ohio State. He is rated as high as the No. 48 player overall by Rivals.com. Clemson offered 3-star cornerback Tyler Rudolph from Oakdale, CT (St. Thomas More) on Monday according to his Twitter account. "Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University," Rudolph posted. The standout defender has offers from Buffalo, Clemson, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, UMass, and Virginia Tech. His first football offer was from Syracuse. Clemson offered 3-star 2019 safety Kyle Hamilton from Atlanta, GA (Marist School) on Sunday, according to his Twitter account. "Very excited to receive an offer from Clemson University," Hamilton posted. The standout defender has national offers from Baylor, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Clemson, Duke, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Iowa State, Louisville, Maryland, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, Troy, Vanderbilt, Virginia, and Wake Forest. In 2017, he has 60 solo tackles, six interceptions, and eight pass breakups. He helped lead his high school to the 4A State Championship game and was named first-team All-State after the season. 2019 4-star West Chester, Ohio DE Steven Faucheux is slated for a March 3 Clemson Junior Day visit, he told 247Sports. Among his current offers are Penn State, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Boston College, Louisville, Cincinnati, Iowa State, West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Maryland and Tennessee. "I'm looking forward to visiting there and seeing what they're all about," Faucheux told 247Sports, who also said he's looking to visit Tennessee and Penn State. "I really think a lot of what Dabo Swinney and the program he's put together." He is rated as the No. 16 strongside defensive end by the 247Sports Composite Ranking. Another new staff in Florida has shown interest in 2019 Clemson safety commit Joseph Charleston. The 4-star safety picked up an offer from Florida under Dan Mullen in December and Florida State's Willie Taggart offered on Saturday. Charleston committed to Clemson on Oct. 10 last year shortly after an unofficial visit. Charleston posted 67 tackles (2 for loss) with two interceptions last season at Milton (Ga.). Clemson 2019 receiver commitment Brannon Spector posted his highlights Friday from a state championship Calhoun (Ga.) campaign: Junior season ??? @efbnj pic.twitter.com/Aw5mctlyiG 4-star No. 1-rated 2019 tight end Hudson Henry (Little Rock, Arkansas) picked up a Clemson offer Friday. Henry posted 72 catches for 984 yards and 10 touchdowns as a junior in a 14-0 Pulaski Academy run. Since that season wrapped up, the offers have come pouring in, with Clemson among more recent suitors such as Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, Michigan, Florida State and Texas A&M. He is an Arkansas Razorbacks legacy with his dad and two brothers who have played for the in-state school, which offered him last February. His brother, Hunter, was also a tight end and was drafted by the Chargers in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft. Henry visited Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Michigan and Wisconsin recently. He's set to play in the 2019 Under-Armour All-American Game. Clemson has offered elite 2019 cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. from Baton Rouge, LA (Dunham School) on Thursday night according to his Twitter account. "Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University," Stingley Jr. posted. The big-time prospect was a one-time LSU commitment last year but decided to reopen his recruitment to check out more schools around the country. The SEC Tigers will still be one of his main schools that factor into his recruitment. The ball-hawking cornerback has national offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona State, Auburn, Arizona State, Auburn, Ball State, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Houston, Indiana, Kansas State, LSU, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Michigan, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Penn State, Purdue, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Tech, Tulane, Virginia, and others. Last week, his top ten schools were Texas, Oklahoma, Penn State, LSU, Stanford, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Michigan, and Texas A&M. In 2017, he was named to LSWA Class 2A All-State, District MVP, and All-Metro after collecting 64 tackles, an impressive 11 interceptions, and 6 pass breakups. He has already accepted an invitation to play in the 2019 Army All-American game in San Antonio. 4-star 2019 Forest Park, Georgia defensive end Justin Eboigbe announced a Clemson offer Thursday afternoon. Eboigbe has picked up offers from Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Notre Dame and Ole Miss recently. He visited Tennessee in early February and will visit Auburn over the weekend. 2019 Saint Augustine, Florida athlete Kenny Logan will visit Clemson on March 3 for Junior Day. Logan holds offers from Miami, Boston College, Florida Atlantic, Minnesota, Purdue, UCF, and USF among more schools. Logan posted over 1,300 all-purpose yards with 13 touchdowns as a junior and has picked off six passes over the last two seasons. Clemson jumped in the mix of a number of recent offers for 4-star Fort Lauderdale, Florida defensive back Jaden Davis Thursday. In the last few weeks, the St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) product has also picked up offers from Ohio State, Georgia, Texas and Indiana. "Blessed to receive an offer from Clemson University," Davis said on Twitter Thursday. Before Clemson's offer, Davis listed a top-10 on Feb. 8 of Florida, Georgia, Miami, Kentucky, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Syracuse, Texas and Wisconsin. He visited Syracuse for Junior Day recently and has April official visits set for Ohio State and Oklahoma currently. Davis is listed with a fumble recovery TD, five pass breakups and 25 tackles in action over seven games last season. Clemson has offered 4-star 2019 strong-side defensive end Nathan Pickering Jr. from Seminary, MS (Seminary HS) on Thursday morning according to his Twitter account. "Extremely blessed, honored and humbled to receive my 3rd ACC offer from the great Clemson University," Pickering posted. Mississippi's top lineman has national offers from Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Oregon, Seton Hall, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and USC. His childhood favorite team growing up was Oregon. Pickering had 85 tackles including 39 tackles for a loss and five sacks last season. He was named USA Today's first-team All-Missippi team for those efforts. In 2016, he had 72 tackles including 26 for loss, four sacks, four pass breakups, three forced fumbles, and an interception. 3-star Lawrenceville, Georgia defensive end Colby Wooden announced a Clemson offer on social media Wednesday night. Wooden recently visited Tennessee after they offered in December. He also holds offers from Florida State, Georgia, Auburn, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Michigan and Michigan State among more Power 5 schools. 3-star 2019 Malvern (Pa.) LB Keith Maguire Jr. announced a Clemson offer on Tuesday afternoon. Maguire recently was offered by Notre Dame after attending a Junior Day there, and also picked up offers from Ohio State, Boston College, Connecticut, Northwestern, Maryland, Toledo and Kent State in the last month. Maguire was an all-league selection playing linebacker and wide receiver last season. He totaled three interceptions and caught 19 passes for 278 yards and five touchdowns. He told TigerNet he is looking to make Clemson's next Junior Day coming up March 3. Two highly-regarded Hammond School (Columbia, S.C.) products were in town to visit Clemson. 2020 defensive end Jordan Burch and defensive tackle Alex Huntley made the trip, with Huntley saying the duo had a "great time" in a picture on Twitter with Clemson defensive line coach Todd Bates. Burch, also a potential basketball prospect, holds offers from Clemson, as well as Georgia, Oklahoma, Michigan, Duke, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina and Wake Forest. Huntley recently picked up offers from Oklahoma and Michigan and grabbed a Georgia offer last fall. He visited for the Clemson-Georgia Tech game last season. Clemson tight end Cannon Smith also played at the Hammond School. An ESPN story Monday put recruiting's impact on the national title race in perspective. Per their data, the last seven national title winners have averaged a top-10 recruiting class the four years before that school's title, and they each posted one class inside the top-four within two years of their championship. Using that model projecting forward, four teams fit the mold for both stats in 2018 per ESPN: Alabama (2.5 average class rank), Ohio State (3.75), Georgia (4.75) and Florida State (4.5). In the top-10 class average range, Southern California (6.75), Clemson (6.75) and Auburn (9.25) join those four. "The (Clemson) 2018 class finished at No. 5 overall, which might mean that Clemson could buck the stat and still win the championship," ESPN's Tom VanHaaren writes. "Dabo Swinney's staff will have a lot to work with, especially on the defensive line, where Christian Wilkins, Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant all elected to come back to school to join up with Dexter Lawrence and 2018 five-stars Xavier Thomas and K.J. Henry." 5-star Clemson DE target Zacch Pickens continues to pick up major offers from around the country. The T.L. Hanna (Anderson, S.C.) product announced an offer from Oklahoma on Saturday. He also received offers from LSU and Alabama recently to go with similar interest from Clemson, Georgia, South Carolina, Auburn, Miami, Michigan and Tennessee among more Power 5 offers. Pickens, rated as the top player in the state, visited South Carolina for Junior Day recently and was also in Columbia for the Clemson-South Carolina game. He made stops in Clemson for both the Auburn and Wake Forest games last season. Pickens hasn't put together a top schools list as of yet. Clemson co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach Jeff Scott was named one of the top-25 recruiters in the nation by two recruiting outlets this week. Scott made the Rivals.com's Top-25 for a third-straight class. "Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott is no stranger to this list," Rivals' Josh Helmboldt wrote. "Signing the nation’s No. 1 overall prospect will go a long way toward getting your name here three years in a row, and that’s exactly what (Scott) did with quarterback Trevor Lawrence. However, arguably even more impressive was stealing five-star Alabama-based wide receiver Justyn Ross out from under Nick Saban’s nose. Scott gets credit for a third five-star in this class with wide receiver Derion Kendrick." 247Sports.com keeps a running log of who's recruiting who and credited Scott as the primary recruiter for five Clemson signees, which was enough to rank him seventh in the nation and No. 1 in the ACC. Those five signees included three rated as five-star prospects by at least one outlet in wide receiver Derion Kendrick and Justyn Ross and defensive tackle Josh Belk. Credited with recruiting 5-star D-ends Xavier Thomas and K.J. Henry, as well as tight end Braden Galloway, tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Danny Pearman checked in at No. 31 in the 247Sports rankings. Brent Venables also made the top-100 (86; Primary or secondary recruiter on 4-star DB Mario Goodrich, 4-star DE Justin Mascoll, 4-star DT Darnell Jefferies and 4-star LB Jake Venables). 2019 four-star Everett, Massachusetts safety Lewis Cine announced an offer from Clemson on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon. Cine is a top-40-rated 247Sports Composite prospect as the No. 3 safety in the nation. A survey of recruits rated Clemson as the No. 1 brand in college football. The survey asked 224 recruits to rate their "interest and desire" surrounding each program as if they were the No. 1-rated prospect in the nation. Just how much does the brand help? The site that conducted survey, Pick Six Previews, explains. "College football is an exercise in the principles of statistics," they write. "Think about these brand rankings as a ranking system of the true probabilities assigned to each program’s likelihood to land any given high school recruit regardless of circumstance. "Clemson would then have the best probability to land any recruit it wants, whether it be the number one recruit in the country or the number 5,000 recruit in the country." The survey notes Clemson (8.71 brand metric ranking) as in a group with Oregon and Miami as brands outperforming their revenue flow, with Clemson listed with the 27th-most revenue in 2015-16. Oregon (8.15) checks in at No. 5 in best brands, with Miami not far behind at No. 7 (8.10). "Clemson has Death Valley, Howard's Rock, the charismatic Dabo Swinney, and a recent National Championship to sell," they write. "These three programs have found a way to differentiate themselves in the eyes of teenage student-athletes with their brand from the blue bloods and other non-traditional powers in the sport of college football." Notable lower rankings include Notre Dame at 15 (7.49), Alabama at 19 (7.25), Texas at 20 (7.13) and South Carolina at 32 (6.29). Top-10 brands to recruits (Pick Six Previews) 1. Clemson (8.71) 2. Ohio State (8.68) 3. Penn State (8.48) 4. Georgia (8.31) T-5 Oregon (8.15) T-5 Southern Cal (8.15) 7. Miami (8.10) 8. Oklahoma (7.93) 9. Stanford (7.83) 10. LSU (7.75) Two Clemson 2018 opponents were named "winners" of the 2018 National Signing Day by CBS Sports. Two schools with ties to Jimbo Fisher made the cut of four teams in Texas A&M, at No. 3, and Florida State, at No. 4. The Aggies, who Clemson plays on Sept. 8, moved from No. 35 in the rankings last week to inside the top-20 at No. 17 in the 247Sports Composite Rankings. They signed 13 4-star prospects in all in a 23-man class. "Texas A&M stole an in-state defensive tackle from Alabama (Bobby Brown)," Barton Simmons wrote, "held off a late push by Florida State to land the best quarterback available after the early period in James Foster, beat Oklahoma for offensive tackle Tank Jenkins, and got one of the best edge rushers in California in Jeremiah Martin. The quantity late in the process was there for Fisher, but the quality was on point, too." CBS Sports notes that the FSU class was ranked No. 64 overall at one point and moved to No. 11 on Wednesday. "On signing day, Willie Taggart closed with four-star athlete Tre'Shaun Harrison out of Washington," Simmons wrote, "he stole a big time talent from Tennessee in wide receiver Jordan Young; he landed four-star defensive end Malcolm Lamar out of Tampa; and he stole a second Tennessee commit in running back Anthony Grant. It was a solid close for a coach that faced a steep uphill battle this cycle with his arrival in Tallahassee." Clemson 2018 opponents in 247Sports Composite 2018 Rankings Team - Ranking - Rating Florida State - 10th - 268.86 Texas A&M - 17th - 251.20 South Carolina - 19th - 237.13 NC State - 26th - 219.84 Louisville - 29th - 215.79 Syracuse - 50th - 186.48 Georgia Tech - 51st - 185.49 Wake Forest - 60th - 178.71 Duke - 61st - 176.85 Boston College - 67th - 172.47 Georgia Southern - 87th - 146.64 Clemson quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator Brandon Streeter hit a number of topics in a Q&A session Wednesday. Streeter talks closing the 2018 recruiting class strong, as well as QB competition and reps this spring and more:
Clemson took the ACC recruiting crown for the first time in 247Sports' Composite Rankings going back to 2000.
The site averages 247Sports' ranking as well as Rivals.com, ESPN, and more recruiting websites, and Clemson checked in at No. 6 overall through Wednesday evening.
The Tigers trailed Miami midway through Signing Day before 5-star WR Justyn Ross announced his Clemson commitment. Miami finished the day in eighth in the rankings. In average prospect ranking, Clemson finished 4th in the 247Sports Composite (93.45).
Transitioning coaches after a rough season, Florida State recovered with a big Signing Day push to move up to 11th in the standings.
247sports Top-10 (as of 7 p.m.)
1. Georgia - 323.31
2. Ohio State - 317.06
3. Texas - 300.09
4. Southern Cal - 291.20
5. Penn State - 285.92
6. Clemson - 283.67
7. Alabama - 283.27
8. Miami - 280.87
9. Oklahoma - 275.97
10. Notre Dame - 268.86
Clemson rankings
ESPN: 5th
Rivals: 8th
247Sports (site): 5th
247Sports Composite: 6th
Watch Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and assistant coaches Jeff Scott and Todd Bates react to 5-star WR Justyn Ross announcing his Tigers' commitment:
Those who have experienced Clemson are always thrilled to hear when someone chooses to attend Clemson...
— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) February 7, 2018
Because they know it will be one of the best decisions of their life.#ALLIN ???? #ClemsonFamily pic.twitter.com/R65N2bOsW5
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney did a break down of the 2018 Clemson signing class and talked a little about the prep for 2018 for local media this afternoon:
ESPN's Signing Day coverage noted that Justyn Ross joins FSU Heisman Trophy-winner Jameis Winston as the only No. 1-rated Alabama prospects to leave the state for school since ESPN started ranking prospects in 2006 with his Clemson commitment Wednesday.
Ross to ESPN on Clemson: "When I was up there, it just felt like family. Even though we were out of state, they made me and my family feel like it was home. That played a big part. It just felt like home.
Ross on what stood out from Dabo Swinney's recruitment: "Just how down to earth he is. How involved he is with his players. That means a lot to me. I want to have a great relationship with my head coach."
Ross also said Trevor Lawrence being on board with the class "made a great impact" on his decision.
Clemson added a seventh 5-star-rated prospect to its 2018 class with the ESPN-televised commitment of Phenix City, Alabama receiver Justyn Ross Wednesday.
Ross is a second 5-star receiver to join the Tigers’ 2018 group, in addition to South Pointe (S.C.)’s Derion Kendrick. Also on the offensive side, No. 1 overall prospect Trevor Lawrence anchors the class at quarterback, as well as 5-star offensive lineman Jackson Carman.
The Central High School (Ala.) product totaled 730 receiving yards in 37 catches with 13 touchdowns last season.
Ross’ commitment moves Clemson to fifth in 247Sports’ Composite rankings, and matches No. 1-rated Georgia for the number of 5-star signees currently.
The push for the 2019 class really kicks into high gear soon. Although a year away, Clemson's giving its targets a lookahead to 2019 Signing Day.
3-star Baton Rouge, Louisiana linebacker Bryton Constantin showed an example of that with this tweet Wednesday.
Constantin is slated to visit for a March 3 Junior Day. He played on an undefeated University Lab team in 2017 and totaled 104 tackles (23 for loss), six sacks, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two defensive TDs.
Clemson walk-on receiver signee Drew Swinney just held his signing ceremony at Daniel High School in Central.
Clemson LB signee Jake Venables held his ceremony Wednesday morning as well.
Clemson and Ohio State's battle over 5-star offensive tackle signee Jackson Carman came back up during a press conference from Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer Wednesday.
Ohio State signed 247Sports' No. 1-rated OT Nicholas Petit-Frere out of Tampa, Florida after an ESPNU-televised announcement Wednesday.
Back in December, Carman made a surprise pick of Clemson during the early signing period over his home-state Buckeyes, and after his announcement, Carman referenced Clemson's staff saying Meyer was on "the back end of his career."
Meyer didn't address the comments at the time, but did weigh in on the end result on the recruiting trail Wednesday:
Meyer on losing Ohio OT Jackson Carman to Clemson in December but getting Petit-Frere: "That (Carman decision) received a lot of publicity and he's a fine player but the one we got was the one the laser lights were on."
— Bill Rabinowitz (@brdispatch) February 7, 2018
The final announcement of interest is coming up around 1:15 ET on ESPN2 with 5-star Central (Ala.) WR Justyn Ross.
A Ross commitment to Clemson would mark a seventh player rated as a 5-star prospect by any recruiting service in Clemson's 2018 class, which would match No. 1-rated class overall Georgia's 5-star prospects rated by 247Sports' Composite.
A Ross commitment would also move a Tigers' 16-signee class past Alabama for fourth overall currently in the 247Sports' rankings.
The Crimson Tide are the favorite going in with 81 percent of the projections in 247Sports' Crystal Ball, with Clemson next (15 percent) and then Auburn (4).
Four-star linebacker Dax Hollifield picked Virginia Tech over Clemson, UNC and Stanford in an announcement at his school Wednesday.
The Tigers were the first to offer the Shelby (N.C.) defender, and after some late shifts in Clemson’s recruiting board, Hollifield appeared back on the radar recently before he committed to sign with the Hokies.
Last season, Hollifield posted 150 tackles, including 32 for loss and 6.5 sacks. He also tallied a big junior season with 146 tackles, 52 tackles for loss an interception, and a pass breakup. As a sophomore, he totaled 204 tackles, including 38 tackles for loss, 8 sacks and an interception. As a freshman, he registered 112 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 6 sacks and an interception.
Virginia Tech moved up to the 22nd-best class rated by 247Sports with Hollifield's commitment, which is the fourth-best in the ACC currently behind Miami (5), Clemson (7) and Florida State (12).
Some key announcements down and several more coming up nationwide, Clemson is sitting in sixth in the 247Sports Composite Team Rankings for the 2018 class.
The next two announcements to watch are 4-star LB Dax Hollifield around 11 a.m. (livestream expected here) and 5-star WR Justyn Ross in the 1 p.m. hour on ESPN2.
If Clemson gained a commitment from both targets, that will likely clinch a top-5 class in the 247Sports Composite. Right now, those potential commitments would move the Tigers to fourth.
Hollifield has Clemson in a group with UNC, Virginia Tech and Stanford as finalists. Ross is considering the Tigers versus in-state Alabama and Auburn.
5-star DB Patrick Surtain Jr. picked Alabama over Clemson and LSU in an ESPNU announcement.
LSU and Alabama were regarded as the favorites down the stretch, but Clemson was able to draw a visit in January.
The American Heritage (Fla.) product is the son of former All-Pro and also American Heritage coach Patrick Surtain.
Surtain is listed at 6-foot-1 and 199 pounds and is rated as the No. 1 cornerback in the nation and the No. 6 overall prospect by the 247Sports Composite rankings.
Alabama is seventh now with Surtain's announcement in the 247Sports team rankings. Clemson is currently in sixth in the standings.
As expected, three-star safety Trevon Flowers announced he will sign with Tennessee over Clemson and Kentucky also Wednesday.
An ex-Kentucky baseball signee, Flowers is expected to play football and baseball at the college level after one season of high school football.
That senior campaign at Tucker High School (Ga.) was enough to garner the attention of a number of programs, with the 6-1 defensive back visiting Clemson and Tennessee in last week before National Signing Day.
Flowers was rated as a 3-star prospect who also held offers from Appalachian State and Illinois.
SI college football writer Bruce Feldman says his polling of college coaches regards Clemson DE signee Xavier Thomas as the best player in the nation out of the 2018 class:
Spoke to a half-dozen college coaches in the past 24 hrs. Asked who they thought was the best player they saw in 2018 recruiting class. One player got mulitiple votes: DL Xavier Thomas going to #Clemson. "That guy is phenomenal. If there's such thing as a 'can't miss' it's him."
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 7, 2018
2018 receiver Drew Swinney from Clemson signed as a preferred walk-on at Clemson during a high school ceremony on Wednesday.
Swinney is the son of Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney.
Clemson has offered him a walk-on spot as a wide receiver. Tigernet has watched him at the last few Dabo Swinney Football camps and he has fast acceleration and reliable hands.
Swinney played QB for the Lions in addition to receiver as a senior. He totaled 30 catches for 405 yards last season.
Highlights for walk-on signee Carson Donnelly out of Briarwood Christian High School in Birmingham, Alabama:
2018 Dual-threat quarterback Ben Batson from Clemson signed as a preferred walk-on as an athlete at Clemson on Wednesday.
Batson is the son of long-time Clemson strength and conditioning coach Joey Batson.
As a senior at Dorman high school, he was named Region 3 5A player of the year as he completed 58.8% for 1792 yards with 13 passing touchdowns and only four interceptions. He showed off his athleticism on the ground with 1201 yards rushing and 13 scores.
Clemson welcomes its latest signings, 4-star Lee's Summit West (Mo.) CB Mario Goodrich and preferred walk-ons, athlete Ben Batson (son of Clemson director of strength and conditioning), safety Carson Donnelly and receiver Drew Swinney (son of Clemson coach Dabo Swinnney).
Lee's Summit West coach Vincent Careswell on 4-star Clemson CB commit Mario Goodrich and his recruiting process: "Mario is dynamic. He’s a true competitor. You can tell how close and how important family is to him just by the showing today (at the TV announcement). They played a big role in the recruiting process and kinda guided him through the process to make this decision. Extremely proud of Mario. This is big for Lee’s Summit West too. It puts us on the map as far as the national recruiting scene. (Mario’s) a great, tremendous player. I’m gonna miss him."
Goodrich on his Clemson visit: “The coaching staff, I felt like I was at home when I went. The visit was terrific. The players and coaches are always happy. I had that feeling in my chest.”
Goodrich on playing for Dabo Swinney: “It’s exciting. He’s a genuine guy. He cares about his players. They’re always at his house. He’s got an open-door policy. I just felt comfortable around him.”
Goodrich's mom on the Clemson decision: "We know he made the right decision. We know. We know. We know. We knew it literally when he got there...Dabo is the man. We felt like we were at home."
Clemson’s late push was rewarded as four-star cornerback and top-100 prospect Mario Goodrich announced that he’s signing with Clemson Wednesday morning on a local TV broadcast.
Goodrich was offered by the Tigers in mid-January and he made an official visit on Jan. 26. The Tigers coaching staff followed up with a trip to his school and an in-home visit shortly after.
The Lee’s Summit, Missouri, product was also considering Georgia and LSU heavily, where he also made January official visit stops.
Goodrich logged 28 passes defended (pass breakups plus interceptions) over the last two seasons.
The announcement moved Clemson up three spots to No. 6 in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.
Clemson handed out a number of offers last week while traveling nationwide for stops before the contact period ended Sunday (trips permitted again for evaluation period starting April 15):
2018
3-star Tucker (Ga.) S Trevon Flowers - No. 58 safety on 247Sports - Also holds offers from Tennessee, Appalachian State and Illinois.
2019
4-star Cincinnati (Oh.) OG Zeke Correll - No. 9 offensive guard on 247Sports - Also has offers from Arkansas, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Clemson, Duke, Indiana, Iowa, Iowa State, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Rutgers, Stanford, Toledo, Vanderbilt, and Wisconsin.
3-star Pine-Richland (Pa.) OT Andrew Kristofic - No. 35 offensive tackle on 247Sports - Also holds offers from Akron, Boston College, Buffalo, Clemson, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Temple, Toledo, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
2020
4-star Millis (Mass.) OT Kevin Pyne - No. 1 OT on 247Sports - Also holds offers from Auburn, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Rhode Island, Syracuse, Tennessee, UCLA, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin.
Clemson targets saw some movement in the latest 2019 class evaluations by 247Sports.com.
Florida de-commitments and December Clemson offers Tyrique Stevenson and Frank Ladson each made triple-digit moves into the top-10 on the service, with the athlete Stevenson vaulting 183 spots to No. 8 and the receiver Ladson going up 203 to no. 10. Ladson recently told TigerNet that his Junior Day visit opened his eyes to what Clemson offers. https://www.tigernet.com/story/football/Four-star-wide-receiver-out-of-Florida-breaks-down-Clemson-visit-16614
Among the top-rated targets is No. 1 Composite Ranking prospect and 247Sports’ No. 2 overall, Amite (La.) defensive tackle Ishmael Sopsher. Other top-50 targets include Cedar Grove (Ga.) and Georgia receiver commit Jadon Haselwood (7), Upson-Lee (Ga.) Travon Walker (11), St. Louis (Hi.) DT Faatui Tuitele (13), Grayson (Ga.) LB Owen Pappoe (14), Palm Beach Central (Fla.) and FSU CB commit Akeem Dent (16), Belleville (Mi.) OT Devontae Dobbs (17), T.L. Hanna (S.C.) DE Zacch Pickens (20), Harding (N.C.) RB Quavaris Crouch (21), Judson (Tx.) DL DeMarvin Leal (29), Oxford (Ala.) C Clay Webb (35), Archer (Ga.) CB Andrew Booth (36), John Ehret (La.) LB Donte Starks (37) and Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) and Alabama OT commit Pierce Quick (50).
Clemson safety commit Joseph Charleston out of Alpharetta, Georgia checked in at No. 145 overall and the No. 6-rated safety. Receiver commit Brannon Spector out of Calhoun, Georgia is rated as a 3-star prospect by 247Sports.
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