Clemson Lands Top Defensive Back

TIGERS’ RECRUITING PROWESS ONCE AGAIN ON DISPLAY …

Clemson University’s football team picked up another big commitment this week when it landed star high school cornerback AJ Terrell.

A 6-foot-2, 180-pound defensive back out of Atlanta, Georgia, Terrell recently narrowed his top three schools to Clemson, Florida and South Carolina.

This week, Terrell picked the Tigers …

I am happy to say that I have OFFICIALLY COMMITTED TO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ??? #ALLIN #WE2DEEP17 pic.twitter.com/JwtLAMvDsK

— ATC_8??AJ (@terrellaj56) August 19, 2016

A four-star talent, Terrell is the top-rated cornerback in the class of 2017. In fact his commitment singlehandedly boosted head coach Dabo Swinney‘s 2017 class from No. 11 to No. 8 nationally, according to 247Sports.

(The University of South Carolina’s 2017 class currently ranks No. 16 nationally, according to the website).

Clemson’s upcoming class already boasts a pair of five-star commitments – 6-foot-4, 188-pound wide receiver Tee Higgins of Oak Ridge, Tennessee and 6-foot-3, 205-pound pro-style quarterback Hunter Johnson of Brownsburg, Indiana.

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