Two of the earliest commitments in Clemson’s historic 2018 recruiting class came from linebackers — the only two linebackers the Tigers would sign in the class.
Clemson picked up its first pledge from a 2018 prospect when four-star outside linebacker Mike Jones Jr. committed in the summer of 2016.
Fellow four-star outside linebacker Jake Venables became the third member of Clemson’s 2018 class when he committed the following December.
“We got two linebackers that have been committed forever,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said. “We offered them early.”
Specifically, Clemson offered Jones when he was a freshman in May 2015.