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‘Amazing ride’ at Clemson prepared Rodgers for NFL

Coming out of Knoxville Catholic High School in Tennessee as a four-star recruit back in 2017, there was one main reason why Amari Rodgers decided to take his talents to Clemson and play for Dabo Swinney’s Tigers.

“I went to Clemson because I wanted to win, plain and simple,” the wide receiver said to reporters after being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft on Friday. “That’s really what I wanted to do. I wanted to go to a program that I knew was a winning program and that I knew I was going to be coached and turn into the player that I knew I could be.