Before donning the purple and orange, Jeremiah Trotter Jr. had already started making a name for himself.
Trotter was one of the most coveted recruits in the 2021 recruiting cycle coming out of St. Joseph’s (Pennsylvania) Prep. Ranked the nation’s top linebacker prospect and No. 7 overall recruit by ESPN, Trotter had his pick of colleges when it came to continuing his football career.
But not many had a realistic chance at him after he visited Clemson for a camp during his junior season. Trotter committed to the Tigers later in 2019, citing the program’s culture and values as the primary reasons he pulled the trigger for Clemson and never wavered for more than a year before he could sign his National Letter of Intent.