Korey Foreman, the nation’s No. 1 recruit, has de-committed from the Clemson Tigers. Is Georgia football an option for the defensive end?
On Tuesday, Clemson had a player de-commit from the program for the first time since December of 2016.
And this player just happens to be the No. 1 overall recruit in America for the class of 2021, defensive end Korey Foreman.
Foreman had originally committed to Clemson in January while on an unofficial visit to the campus. After getting a tattoo of a tiger inked to his left arm, nobody would have thought Foreman would be reopening his commitment just a few months later.
Out of Centennial High School in Corona, California, Foreman ran into an issue with a Dabo Swinney recruiting policy.
At Clemson, Swinney has a strict ‘no-trip’ policy for players who are committed to the program. The policy basically says that players who are committed to the program are not allowed to take trips to check out other schools. If you want to visit other programs, do so while you are still uncommitted.
According to 247, Foreman wanted the chance to take visits to other programs, but in order to do so he had to de-commit from Clemson.
The reasoning behind Foreman reopening his recruitment makes me think it leaves the door open for him to wind up back at Clemson when all is said and done. Expect the Tigers to still heavily recruit Foreman, and don’t be surprised if he ends up signing there.
But in the meantime, the nation’s top recruit is currently uncommitted, and he’ll have every coach in the country hitting his line in the coming days.
The news was first reported by Grace Raynor of The Athletic.
So that raises the question — is Georgia an option?
The Dawgs have been on a roll lately in terms of recruiting the 2021 class. They’ve soared up the class rankings after receiving three commitments in April and two in March. Currently, Georgia has the No. 8 ranked class in the country.
Currently, Georgia has one player committed at Foreman’s position of strong-side defensive end, and that’s four-star Douglasville native Jonathan Jefferson. But if Foreman shows interest in Georgia, which I suspect he might, I’m sure Kirby Smart will find room for the nation’s top player.
Leaving home to play for a school 3,000 miles away is tough, but it appears that Foreman is not ruling out the southeast, as seen by his previous commitment to Clemson. And the good news for Georgia is that the Bulldogs were actually once awfully high on Foreman’s list prior to his committing to Clemson. As was Alabama.
“After the Clemson visit, I was originally supposed to also visit Georgia, Alabama and LSU too,” Foreman said in early February, per 247Sports’ Greg Biggins. “Last summer, I visited all those schools, but Clemson just felt like home to me. It’s where I’m supposed to be and where I felt God leading me.”
Ohio State is another strong contender to keep an eye on, but the biggest threat that could keep Foreman from leaving the state is USC, where he has close ties to Trojan freshman defensive end Drake Jackson.
Foreman will be an early graduate from high school, will sign in December and enroll early at whichever school he chooses to attend.
