By Phil Kornblut Clemson continues to do strong recruiting work in the state of Texas with a commitment announced Saturday morning by WR Noble Johnson (6-3 205) of Rockwall. Johnson picked the Tigers over his other finalists Louisville, Arkansas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M. He’s the Tigers’ fifth commitment of the week …
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The Brookland-Cayce Bearcats are one of the Midlands’ success stories in recent years. Head coach Rusty Charpia took the reigns of the athletic depatment and the football and baseball programs in 2011 and has taken the Bearcats from the wasteland of high school football to edge of greatness, narrowly missing …
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by Phil Konblut Dabo Swinney’s first official visit weekend in June is paying major dividends. On Wednesday, SAF Kylen Webb (6-1 180) of Sarasota, FL announced a commitment to Clemson on his Instagram account. He picked the Tigers from a short list that also included Florida State, Wake Forest and …
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note about selection process: A lot of questions and criticisms have come to me regarding the list and how it was selected so I thought I would share some insight. First of all, it is not the subjective opinion of one person, being me. Forming this list I had input …
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by Phil Kornblut OT Ian Reed (6-5 310) of Austin, TX announced a commitment to Clemson Tuesday afternoon on his Twitter account. Reed made his official visit to Clemson last weekend. He also visited in April for the spring game, and that’s when he picked up his offer. Reed took …
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by Phil Kornblut Clemson stayed hot on the recruiting trail Tuesday afternoon with a second commitment of the day from TE Olsen Henry (6-4 210) of Naples, FL. Earlier in the afternoon OT Ian Reed of Austin, TX announced his commitment. Those pledges followed one Monday from CB Avieon Terrell …
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I’ve referred to recruiting as the “vast unknown” in the past because it IS a wilderness. It is confusing and sometimes will make absolutely no sense to you. Answers you get to some questions create new questions in your mind automatically. Navigating this process can be frustrating. Football recruiting is …
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Recruiting analysts and coaches rage about what it takes to be the perfect recruit. Recruiting is an inexact science to say the least due to its subjective nature and the wide margin for error that characterizes the talent evaluation process. But there are 5 nonnegotiable traits that the smart recruiter …
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Jaquan Dixon, RB, Green Sea Floyd 5-11,185 Class of 2021 Inside Ability: outstanding ability to pick his holes and slide through them, lending credibility to his level of vision in traffic and his ability to cut and change directions with incredible top end speed. Outside Ability: There is no doubt …
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As I work on my next recruiting cycle rankings, watching film, as I always do early Thanksgiving morning, I realize that the Class of 2021 are going to be very strong in South Carolina. Impressive list of guys. 30 For ’21…The evaluation process is well underway, with more than 300 …
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