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Midwest linebacker to visit Clemson next week

A sophomore linebacker from the Midwest nearing double-digit offers will soon make his way to Clemson.

West Lafayette (Ind.) 2021 outside backer Yanni Karlaftis told TCI he will visit campus for the first time next week.

“I’ll be down there Wednesday,” he said. “I’m really looking forward to it.”

Karlaftis (6-3, 205) collected offers from Ohio State, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Cincinnati in January to go with the offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue and Indiana that he received last spring.

Clemson employs a patient approach with the recruiting process and typically doesn’t offer underclassmen, though the Tigers have shown early interest in Karlaftis, and the interest is mutual.