In late October, Mansfield (Texas) Lake Ridge cornerback Marvin Covington received his first – and long-awaited – scholarship offer courtesy of Miami.
Since then, the class of 2021 prospect has continued to see his recruitment take off, picking up Division I FBS offers from Mississippi State, TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor, Houston and North Texas.
“It’s exciting. It’s a dream come true,” Covington told The Clemson Insider, talking about the recent flurry of offers. “It’s always something that I’ve dreamed of, and now that it’s happening, it’s like ‘dang!’ But you know, being that it was late, it was kind of like a ‘dang, what’s going on?