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Clemson added two big pieces to its recruiting class at wide receiver on Saturday night when Naeem Burroughs and Connor Salmin committed following its Elite Retreat.
Actually, Burroughs and Salmin are on the smaller side which should be just perfect for the Tigers in the coming years.
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Over the last decade at Clemson, the coaching staff has fallen in love with these monster outside receivers.
The problem is many of them have not panned out so while they look like a million bucks – and it’s hard to say no to those players on the recruiting trail – many of them have played like a few coins jingling around in your pocket.
Antonio Williams, all 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds of him, led the Tigers in receiving last season with 75 catches for 904 yards and 11 touchdowns. The year before that it was Tyler Brown, who is 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds. In 2022, Williams led the team in almost all receiving categories as a freshman.
Of course, there are exceptions.
Former five-star Tee Higgins was a superstar at Clemson before being an early second-round NFL Draft pick. Bulked up 6-foot-3 receiver T.J. Moore could be a star in the making in Death Valley.
One could argue that former five-star Justyn Ross also lived up to expectations at Clemson and would have been an early-round draft pick if not for a devastating neck injury that probably scared off most NFL teams. He was undrafted in 2022 but still plays for the Kansas City Chiefs.
But for each one of those there have…
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Publish date : 2025-03-09 14:59:00
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