Elite WR commits to Clemson

by Tony Crumpton - Assoc. Editor - Friday, May 30, 2014, 3:11 PM

Deon Cain - Wide Receiver
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Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Hometown: Tampa, FL (Tampa Bay Tech HS) Class: 2015

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4-star wide receiver Deon Cain Deon Cain
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6-2, 200
Tampa, FL
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The 6-1, 190-pound prospect chose Clemson over the other finalists: Georgia, Florida, LSU and Tennesee.

Other offers included Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, UCF and USF. Only LSU offered Cain as a quarterback.

Cain is ranked as the No. 57 player nationally in the ESPN 300, and is ranked as the fifth-best receiver in the nation. He is also listed as the No. 13 player out of the state of Florida.

He is the second receiver picked up for the 2015 cycle, along with Shadell Bell Shadell Bell
Wide Receiver
6-3, 190
Decatur, GA
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View Full Profile . As a wide receiver, he has good hands with a tremendous vertical leap and has the speed and agility required for the position.

Cain completed 49 percent of his 245 pass attempts in 2013, throwing for 1,945 yards, 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions and 731 yards rushing with 4 additional touchdowns. For his high school career, he had 3590 total passsing yards, 23 TD passes, 13 INTs, 963 rush yards and 7 rush TDs.

Clemson offered Cain back on 12/11/13. Tony Elliot and Jeff Scott were the main recruiters that helped land Cain.

Things are getting wild at Deon Cain's commitment as he chooses #Clemson pic.twitter.com/R8InEMRmHc
— Josh Newberg (@joshnewberg247) May 30, 2014

Ray Ray McCloud posing with his good friend Deon Cain after his commit to #Clemson. Will Ray Ray a #Tiger too?? pic.twitter.com/sXDAVf4v7c
— Josh Newberg (@joshnewberg247) May 30, 2014

Congrats to @TheOpening2014 Invite Deon Cain (@ImOnMyWay_5) on his commitment to #Clemson. #SolidOrange #GOTOPEN pic.twitter.com/MxhIrvt27L
— The Opening (@TheOpening2014) May 30, 2014