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Xavier Kelly: Clemson FB Scores Recruiting Coup

TIGERS LAND PRIZED DEFENSIVE END PROSPECT || By FITSNEWS || The national recruiting prowess of Clemson University’s football program was on display again this week when four-star defensive end Xavier Kelly – who de-committed from Kansas State University back in March – gave his verbal commitment to the Tigers. Kelly –…

TIGERS LAND PRIZED DEFENSIVE END PROSPECT

|| By FITSNEWS || The national recruiting prowess of Clemson University’s football program was on display again this week when four-star defensive end Xavier Kelly – who de-committed from Kansas State University back in March – gave his verbal commitment to the Tigers.

Kelly – a 6-foot-5, 255-pound weak side defensive lineman – picked Clemson from a list of eight schools that included national powerhouses Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Oklahoma and Oregon.

In addition to his size, Kelly is blazing fast – running the forty-yard dash in 4.55 seconds (a.k.a. Jadeveon Clowney speed).

Kelly had originally planned to announce his choice of colleges in January, but an aggressive recruiting effort by Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables sold him on the Tigers.  It probably wasn’t a hard sell either given the tremendous success enjoyed at Clemson by last year’s ACC defensive player of the year Vic Beasley, a consensus All-American taken by the Atlanta Falcons with the No. 8 overall selection in the 2015 NFL draft.

Clemson recorded another top ten national recruiting class in 2015 – the latest in a string of solid classes from head coach Dabo Swinney and his staff.  Looks like the 2016 class is going to be every bit as good.

What of the Tigers’ in-state rivals down the road in Columbia, S.C.?

Eh …

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16 comments

An Imaginary Conf. Dynasty July 24, 2015 at 2:56 pm

When you see how well D’Quan Bowers did (didn’t do,) I don’t think any of the their opponents should have much to worry about.

You coups are always years-before and you’re always conference champs, in August. Yet those high hopes and eternally optimistic dreams almost always turn into leafless, dying branches and gray skies, troubling come late November.

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Bible Thumper July 24, 2015 at 3:24 pm

It was the flag. You just can’t calculate the impact of the flag coming down.

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Scrappy July 24, 2015 at 6:00 pm

It’s absolutely killing y’all isn’t it? There is absolutely no bounds to y’all’s ignorance. The fact that Saban, Stoops, Fisher and Richt all recruited him means nothing. His athletic ability dropped to zero when he committed to Clemson.

I know SC football doesnt rank in and polls often, but I can assure you that if they had one for the most ignorant fan base Carolina would rank #1.

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Scrappy July 24, 2015 at 6:01 pm

Reply to imaginary

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Squishy123 July 24, 2015 at 9:03 pm

Hey, The State is reporting USCe got a commitment from a Chris Smith who was being recruited by Old Dominion, Mercer, Furman, Coastal Carolina, SC State, Gardner-Webb,
Miami of Ohio, Air Force, Eastern Michigan, James Madison and UNC
Charlotte.

What genius gets offers from a military academy and doesn’t fucking go? Unless he knew he was too stupid to stay eligible.

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BarbaraHMurphy July 25, 2015 at 1:18 am Reply
E Norma Scok July 24, 2015 at 11:33 pm

Lets hope he turns out better than Clowney…

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Squishy123 July 25, 2015 at 12:04 am

Well if his tummy hurts less than a dozen games he should be fine.

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Line em up July 27, 2015 at 11:58 am

maybe he can have a coke party with the kicker.

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GaryJR July 25, 2015 at 1:16 pm

Preseason In State Rankings –

1 Clemson
2 Coastal Carolina
3 South Carolina

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Scooter July 27, 2015 at 10:24 pm

Wofford should be second. Just ask a Citadel graduate.

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Bring him to KKKlemson July 27, 2015 at 12:13 pm

Someone should tell this poor kid about Tillman Hall and the lack of care the people at KKKlemson have towards African Americans. Every time he has to walk in that building he will be reminded of a murdering POS that killed some blacks in his day, then only to have the racists there build him a building to praise his actions.

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Scrappy July 27, 2015 at 5:23 pm

The deal has already been made. DW4 wins his next 2 games against USuc and ANOTHER National Championship their going to name it Watson Hall.

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Never gonna happen July 27, 2015 at 6:22 pm

Ain’t no way KKKlemson names that building after a black kid that won’t finish either season without another injury.

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KKKlemson Grad? July 27, 2015 at 6:24 pm

Also learn the difference between “they’re” and “their”. I knew people at KKKlemson were dumb

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Toyota Kawaski July 27, 2015 at 6:22 pm

Long as Dat Boy is the Coach none of this matters!!!!! Cant take the Water Boy and make him CEO!!!

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