April 6 was a special day for R.J. Mickens, one he will never forget.
That is when the nation’s top-ranked safety gave his verbal commitment to Clemson and head coach Dabo Swinney before the Orange & White spring game at Death Valley.
“I had went up there planning on committing and telling coach (Swinney),” Mickens told TCI recently. “So, they were setting me up to meet with him in his office at the stadium before the spring game. I went over there and met with him, Coach (Brent) Venables and Coach (Mickey) Conn. It was just us, and my mom and my dad were in the room, too, and I just made it official.