Overview: One of two post players to sign with the Tiger in the early period of 2011...brings a great deal of size into the program at 6-foot-8, 255 pounds...possesses good footwork and outstanding hands...prefers to play within six to eight feet of the basket almost exclusively...quality passer out of the post according to Head Coach Brad Brownell...will compete for playing time at the power forward position behind Milton Jennings and Bernard Sullivan...recruited to Clemson by assistant Earl Grant out of the Charlotte area, which has been fruitful for the Tiger program in recent years... comes from an athletic family, his parents both played basketball for Barber-Scotia College in Concord, NC...sister, Shameka, played basketball at Gardner-Webb and scored over 1,000 points in her career from 2002-07 with the Bulldogs...majoring in pre-business.

In High School: Led Olympic High to 28-2 overall record, a fourth straight conference championship, and berth in the AAAA regional semifinals...team was ranked among nation’s top 50 high school teams for most of the season...North Carolina MVP of the Carolinas All-Star Classic after posting a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds...selected to play in Jordan Brand Classic Regional Game, but was unable to compete due to a finger injury...second-team all-state performer...first-team all-district selection, he averaged 12.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game as a senior...led team to 2011 Upward Classic crown in Spartanburg, SC and scored 20 points in the championship game...earned Charlotte Observer Player-of-the-Week and ESPN FAB 50 Spotlight Player-of-the-Week honors after posting 22 points and 13 rebounds in win over Charlotte Catholic in January of 2012...two-time MEGA 7 all-conference selection...as a junior, averaged 10.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game...shot 58 percent from the field...second-team all-district as a junior...invited to the Reebok Breakout Underclass Camp in July of 2010...MVP for the class of 2012 in the North Carolina vs. South Carolina Battle of the Classes...led Olympic to another 28-2 overall record, a conference crown, and a state sectional championship as a junior...led school to a 19-8 record and conference championship as a sophomore...played high school basketball for coach Ty Baumgardner...also considered East Carolina and Appalachian State...born Jan. 6, 1994.