Recruiting

SAF Ashton Whitner (6-0 188) of Greenville High has offers from Syracuse, West Virginia, Coastal Carolina, Furman, Indiana, Army, Tulane, Penn, Marshall, Howard, Miami of Ohio, Jacksonville State, Princeton and Akron. From that group, he’s communicating the most with Syracuse, West Virginia, Princeton and Army. Whitner has official visits set with Syracuse June 18th and […]

Four-star DE Jihaad Campbell (6-4 220) of Sicklerville, NJ, and IMG Academy in Florida, is set to hit the road in June with official visits to several schools, and an unofficial visit to Clemson. Campbell and his family will arrive at Clemson on June 7th and spend the next day touring around the campus and

USC has been spending a lot of scholarship offers in the last couple of weeks. One went out to 2023 DE Troy Ford Jr. (6-1 235) of Savannah. Ford is a high-profile prospect with a four-star rating by 247Sports. He’s ranked the #32 strongside defensive end nationally for his class. Yet, his offer from the

USC was one of the first major programs to offer LB EJ Lightsey (6-2 210) of Fitzgerald, GA, and he plans to reward the Gamecocks for their interest with a visit. The type and the date are still to be determined as he communicates with head coach Shane Beamer and defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Clayton White.

TE Jaleel Skinner (6-5 200) of Greer is regarded as one of the top tight end prospects nationally, and one of the state’s top recruits for the 2022 class. Monday, he announced a top ten that includes Clemson but does not include USC. The Tigers, with new tight ends coach Tony Elliott, have made a

WR CJ Smith (6-3 180) of Orlando is one of the top track performers in Florida, and he’s moving quickly with his recruiting process. Sunday night he announced another shortening of his list, which is now down to a top five from a top 10. Surviving the cut were USC, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida and Ole

Four-star 6-6 SF Josh Reed of Atlanta is now on the radar of USC and Clemson. Gamecock assistant coach Will Bailey started to recruit Reed the end of last year. Clemson assistant coach Antonio Reynolds-Dean made contact with him about a month ago. Both programs offered him on Friday. “Coach (Frank) Martin called a month

With Clemson’s success over the years, Tiger recruiting has become more national than regional. One of the fastest-rising prospects in the country hails from Kansas and Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables is looking towards his home state for a dynamic playmaker. That search has Venables checking out Jaren Kanak (6-2, 210) a talented 3-star athlete

USC has around 20 official visits scheduled for the month of June, and likely will add more. The Gamecocks will also have numerous official visits during the month. A visit of some sort will be made by DE Tomiwa Durojaiye (6-5 255) of Middletown, DE. He’s become a prime target for the Gamecocks with defensive

DT Felix Hixon (6-4 280) of Jackson, GA is about to hit the final stretch of his recruiting. He will take all five of his official visits in June and will be ready to make his decision in July. The official visits will be the final pieces of the commitment puzzle forming in Hixon’s mind.

Clemson football doesn’t schedule official visits during the summertime, but that doesn’t mean the Tigers won’t have plenty of top flight talent coming to campus when recruiting opens back up in June. DE DJ Wesolak of Booneville, MO is one of those prospects. Wesolak, who picked up an offer from the Tigers in February and

The dead period ends May 31st and recruits will swarm the countryside to check out their top schools in June. In many cases, it will be the first time the prospects and their recruiters have met face-to-face since the NCAA mandated the dead period at the start of the pandemic in March of 2020. One