Elite junior day nuggets

Jan 31, 2015, 5:39 PM

Just got home from the basketball game, and have some elite junior nuggets to pass along. I will start with one former recruit - Jalen Williams. If you remember, I raved about Williams when he participated at Dabo's summer camp in 2013, and I thought he outworked stars like Raekown McMillan and others. He wound up getting a grayshirt offer from Clemson and is now on campus. I was standing up in the concourse talking to one of the coaches when Jalen walked by....the coach just smiled and said, "we got lucky with that one." Williams looks like he is in the 230-235 pound range, and he looks like he has grown two inches since I last saw him. He will be one to watch in the spring, and if he gets any bigger we might see him at DE ala Elvis Dumervil....should be fun to watch.

*Tavien Feaster did indeed show up, and I've been texting back and forth. We will have more on his visit later. Feaster's dad Terrance sat with Tony Elliott during much of the hoops game.

*Clemson extended and offer to Jack DeFoor, a 2016 OT out of Calhoun (GA) Calhoun. The 6-5, 260-pounder's biggest offer before today was Cincinnati.

*I walked into the tunnel underneath Littlejohn and saw head coach Dabo Swinney, and I kidded him about his "boring January" with all of the commits already in line. He smiled and said it's been the busiest January he can remember, and he said he saw more junior prospects in Jan than maybe all previous Januarys combined.

*Defensive coordinator Brent Venables sat with Newnan (Ga.) Northgate linebacker Jamie Skalski and with Hampton (Va.) Phoebus corner Robbie Robinson. I saw Robinson in camp and really liked him.

*From all accounts, junior WR Cornell Powell had a good time on his visit. We've been texting and should have a story on him later. He didn't commit, but the Tigers look to still be his leader.