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Georgia Bulldogs freshman WR arrested for reckless driving

Georgia freshman wide receiver Sacovie White arrested, released on $26 bond for reckless driving

Georgia Bulldogs freshman wide receiver Sacovie White was arrested early on Saturday morning. White was charged with reckless driving for driving down the wrong way on a one-way street.

Athens-Clarke County Police booked White into Clarke County Jail at 3:04 a.m. on Saturday. White was released about an hour later on bonds totaling $26.

White is not the only Georgia player arrested this offseason. Florida transfer running back Trevor Etienne was charged with a DUI in March. Etienne could be suspended for Georgia’s season opener against Clemson.

Sacovie White played high school football for Cass High School in Cartersville, Georgia. White enrolled early for Georgia and scored a 26-yard touchdown in Georgia’s spring game.

Cass football coach Steve Gates offered his thoughts on White’s traffic incident.

“It was a big weekend in Athens, a lot going on all over campus. He made a mistake by turning down a one-way road,” said Gates. “What I’m proud of is that there was no drinking or speeding involved that I would have been disappointed in obviously. But a traffic violation that occurs on the regular, bet he won’t go down that road again.”

Georgia hosted several elite recruits for a scavenger hunt over the weekend. A recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution report notes that speed and a passenger hanging out of White’s window were factors in White’s arrest.

Georgia signs 4-star WR Sacovie White

Georgia signs 4-star WR Sacovie White

National Signing Day is here and UGA Wire has you covered throughout the day as the Bulldogs sign the bulk of their 2024 class.

Georgia has signed four-star wide receiver Sacovie White, out of Cass High School in Cartersville, Ga.

White (5-foot-8, 170 pounds) is rated as the No. 20 athlete, the No. 53 player in the state and the No. 422 recruit overall in the 2024 class, per 247Sports.

White also plays cornerback for Cass and plays basketball and runs track.

Georgia adds another playmaker to a stacked wide receiver class that features four-star Nitro Tuggle and five-star K.J. Bolden, who is also rated as the No. 1 safety.

2024 WR Sacovie White commits to Georgia football

The 247Sports’ offensive MVP of the 2022 National Combine has committed to UGA

Three-star wide receiver recruit Sacovie White has committed to the Georgia Bulldogs. White plays high school football for Cass High School in Cartersville, Georgia, which is about an hour outside of Atlanta.

On June 21, the Georgia Bulldogs extended a scholarship offer to Sacovie White. The junior receiver has scholarship offers from schools like Maryland, Troy, and Charlotte. White recently visited the Clemson Tigers.

The talented receiver attended the Georgia-Auburn game.

Sacovie White is a member of the class of 2024. White excels at making contested catches and has impressed coaches in the 7-on-7 circuit. The rising junior can get separation with ease and was named 247Sports’ offensive MVP of the 2022 National Combine.

The 5-foot-9, 160-pound receiver is ranked as the No. 53 wide receiver in his class and the No. 46 recruit in Georgia. The three-star receiver also plays cornerback for Cass High School. White has taken a recruiting visit to Michigan.

Multiple sources announced Sacovie White’s commitment to Georgia. Let’s take a look at some of White’s recent highlights.

The Cass star is a talented kick returner as well. Will he return kicks for Georgia football?

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Clemson continues to make strong impression with 4-star Peach State wideout

One of Clemson’s top receiver targets in the 2024 recruiting class returned to Tiger Town last weekend. After attending Clemson’s game against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 17, Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) four-star Sacovie White was back on campus for the …

One of Clemson’s top receiver targets in the 2024  recruiting class returned to Tiger Town last weekend.

After attending Clemson’s game against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 17, Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) four-star Sacovie White was back on campus for the Tigers’ 30-20 victory over NC State at Death Valley on Saturday night.

“It was exciting,” White told The Clemson Insider in a phone interview this week. “I got to go up there with a big group of family, not just my mom and my sister. We got to experience what it would feel like if I was to go to that school and play.”

“It was a great atmosphere,” he continued. “It was another night game. The fans were pumped. The coaches were pumped. The players are always pumped. As a kid that could have a chance to play there, it was really exciting.”

White came to the La. Tech game with his mother and sister but was accompanied by a much larger contingent of family members this time around.

He called it a “blessing” to be surrounded by family members this past weekend because he knows that they have his best interest at all times and they’ll not only support him but give him feedback about the schools that they collectively look at.

“Going to see Clemson, everyone’s dream is to go look at a big school like that,” White said. “So, me being one of the few kids in the country to be able to go with my family is awesome.”

Speaking of family, White was introduced to Tyler Grisham’s family. He is really starting to get a feel for Clemson’s wide receivers coach as they improve their relationship and learn more about one another.

“He texts me all the time,” White said when asked about his relationship with Grisham. “I text him about a lot of different things. We have a great relationship now. I know more about him. He knows more about me. That right there is what’s key…that player-coach (relationship) is that main thing you need to win games, to be successful, to do anything.”

Now that White has paid multiple visits to Clemson’s campus, he feels like he’s put himself in a good position to earn an offer from the Tigers.

“They’ve talked to me more than they did the first time about offering me,” he explained. “It just shows that I’m one of a kind. Clemson only offers so many kids and they only offer the kids that they think is gonna make them better in many different ways. For them to show interest in me, taking a chance and throwing a shot at me, is really a blessing.”

Nearly half of Clemson’s class of 2023 commits hail from the Peach State. Seeing the Tigers prioritize recruiting the state of Georgia in consecutive classes is certainly something that White, a Peach State native himself, is keeping an eye on.

“That means that all the top kids that are in Georgia right now in ‘24 and ‘23, they’re starting to go to Clemson,” White said. “So, that means there’s something there that they really like. That’s why I really go and check out Clemson. Because if all these kids are going, they really see something in Clemson, so I’m gonna see if I might see something I like in that school.” 

As far as other gameday visits go, White is planning on going back up to Athens this weekend for the Auburn-Georgia game. White also said that he would like to pay Auburn a visit and he thinks that he might end up visiting Texas A&M as well.

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Star-studded visitors headed to Death Valley for Clemson-N.C. State game

Clemson will again play host to some top prospects for Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. game against N.C. State at Death Valley. Here are some of the bigger names The Clemson Insider has confirmed as planned visitors for the Clemson-N.C. State game: A couple of …

Clemson will again play host to some top prospects for Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. game against N.C. State at Death Valley.

Here are some of the bigger names The Clemson Insider has confirmed as planned visitors for the Clemson-N.C. State game:

A couple of headliners among the recruits expected to be in attendance are a handful of five-stars in the 2024 and 2025 class, respectively. Jefferson (Ga.) linebacker Sammy Brown, Buford (Ga.) athlete KJ Bolden, Buford (Ga.) linebacker Jadon Perlotte and Charlotte (N.C.) Providence Day School offensive tackle David Sanders, Jr.

Sanders is the No. 1 overall player in the 2025 class, per 247Sports, which tabs Bolden and Brown as the No. 1 safety and No. 1 linebacker, respectively, in the 2024 class. 

Clemson, of course, doesn’t offer recruits as young as Sanders, per the program’s policy. But the elite o-line prospect would love to add Clemson to his offer list in the future.

“That offer would mean the world to me,” he told The Clemson Insider back in May. “Clemson is definitely one of the schools that I like the most. So, that offer would mean the world. Knowing the coaches and them knowing my family, that just means even more. And then getting back down there and building that relationship with Coach Swinney and Coach Austin, it would just be great.”

Saturday will be of relative importance for Clemson offensive line coach Thomas Austin, as Clemson is set to host two of the Palmetto State’s top prospects in Woodland (Dorchester, S.C.) four-star offensive tackle Kam Pringle and Dillon (S.C.) four-star offensive tackle Josiah Thompson.

The 247Sports Composite considers Pringle and Thompson to be interchangeable Nos. 1 and 2 in the rankings.

Additionally, Greenville (S.C.) High School four-star Blake Franks is planning to attend Saturday’s game. Franks (6-5, 310) participated in the Dabo Swinney Camp this summer and visited Clemson multiple times since this past March. He received an offer from Clemson in late July.

He has heard from Clemson offensive line coach Thomas Austin and other members of the Tigers’ staff since the calendar turned to Sept. 1, when college coaches across the country could begin directly contacting junior prospects in the class of 2024.

“He (Austin) told me I’m a big priority,” Franks said to TCI recently, “and that he’s going to come to one of our games this year.”

Franks holds more than a dozen scholarship offers, including offers from schools such as Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Penn State and South Carolina along with Clemson.

He told TCI earlier this month that while he didn’t know at the time which schools comprise his top five, he definitely thinks Clemson “is high up there” on his list.

Perhaps the most intriguing prospect on the offensive side of the football that will be in The Valley this Saturday is Savannah (Ga.) Calvary Day School 2024 four-star quarterback Jake Merklinger. 

The top-100 national recruit and the No. 9 ranked quarterback in the 2024 class per the 247Sports Composite rankings, has made three trips to Clemson in the last calendar year. While he hasn’t yet boasted an offer from the Tigers, he is firmly on their radar and moved up their recruiting board after his performance at Swinney Camp earlier this summer.

A couple of big-time receiver prospects are expected to be on hand as well in Burlington (N.C.) Hugh M. Cummings four-star Jonathan Paylor, Grimsley (Greensboro, N.C.) four-star Alex Taylor,  Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) four-star Sacovie White and King George (Va.) three-star Mekhai White.

The Clemson Insider originally reported that Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas four-star James Madison II would be in attendance, but his status for Saturday’s game is currently unknown with Hurricane Ian lashing through Florida.

Clemson will also play host to Perry (Ga.) Dakari Anderson, an intriguing receiver prospect in the class of 2024, holds a lone offer from Texas A&M. 

Carrollton (Ga.) 2024 four-star tight end Caleb Odom announced that he will be in The Valley this weekend. Odom, who is considered to be a top-15 tight end in his class by the 247Sports Composite rankings, told The Clemson Insider back in August that he had been invited to some camps, but there was no hard interest from the Tigers just yet.

That appears to have changed as Odom, who will be at Saturday’s contest versus N.C. State, said that this weekend is “gonna be crazy.”

Switching over to the defensive side of the football, one of the top defensive back prospects planning to visit Clemson for Saturday’s game is Tavoy Feagin, a four-star cornerback from Carrollwood Day School in Tampa, Fla.

Feagin, a 6-foot, 170-pound junior, was the first player at his position to receive an offer from Clemson when the Tigers began dispensing offers to class of 2024 recruits back on June 1.

After traveling to Clemson for an unofficial visit in early March, Feagin made his way back to campus on June 2. Later in June, he included the Tigers among his top 10 schools, along with Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, North Carolina, Ohio State and Oklahoma.

“The reason why I put Clemson in my top 10 was because I really like the coaching staff and the atmosphere,” he said to TCI after dropping the list.

Feagin is ranked as high as the No. 73 overall prospect in the 2024 class by 247Sports.

The other top defensive back prospect that will be in attendance is Chesapeake (Va.) Oscar Smith four-star cornerback Asaad Brown.

Brown — ranked as the nation’s No. 9 cornerback and No. 116 overall prospect in the class of 2024 by 247Sports — dropped a top-10 list earlier this month featuring Clemson along with Arkansas, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, LSU, Florida State, North Carolina, NC State and Penn State.

Among other notable recruits on Clemson’s anticipated guest list for Saturday’s game are Central (S.C.) D W Daniel 2023 wide receiver Jaylen Brown-Wallace, Lawrenceville (Ga.) 2024 four-star defensive lineman Justin Greene, Buford (Ga.) 2024 four-star defensive end KingJoseph Edwards, Chattanooga (Tenn.) Christian School 2024 four-star athlete Boo Carter, Pike Road (Ala.) 2024 four-star defensive lineman Malik Blocton, Taylor (Katy, TX.) 2024 three-star tight end Ian Flynt, Ponte Vedra (Fla.) 2024 three-star offensive lineman Jake Guarnera, Hough (Cornelius, N.C.) kicker Nolan Hauser, Northwestern (Rock Hill, S.C.) 2024 RB Turbo Richard, Lynchburg (Va.) Liberty Christian Academy 2025 four-star running back Gideon Davidson, 2025 Rabun Gap-Nacoochee (Georgia) School 2025 tight end Marshall Pritchett, Buford (Ga.) 2026 defensive lineman Bryce Perry-Wright and Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) 2026 quarterback Brodie McWhorter.

Clemson 2023 quarterback commitment Christopher Vizzina of Birmingham (Ala.) Briarwood Christin School, offensive line commit Harris Sewell of Permian (Odessa, TX.), defensive end commit AJ Hoffler of College Park (Ga.) Woodward Academy, linebacker commit Jamal Anderson of Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek and offensive line commit Ian Reed of Vandegrift (Austin, TX.) will also be in The Valley on Saturday.

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4-star Peach State wideout gets first feel for Clemson

Sacovie White wanted to check out Clemson for himself, to see if Dabo Swinney’s program would be a good fit. That’s why the four-star athlete out of Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) was in attendance for Clemson’s 48-20 win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday. …

Sacovie White wanted to check out Clemson for himself, to see if Dabo Swinney’s program would be a good fit.

That’s why the four-star athlete out of Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) was in attendance for Clemson’s 48-20 win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday. This past weekend marked the fast-rising Peach State wideout’s first time on campus and the Tigers knocked their first impression with White out of the park.

White, who was accompanied by his mother and sister, said that as soon as they got in the car following Saturday’s game, all they could talk about was the visit.

“It was great. I really liked it,” White said of his visit in a phone interview with The Clemson Insider Tuesday night. “Mainly, it was just the atmosphere. The fans really love you there and (Clemson) does a lot. They show you a lot of love. I like that.”

“It was fun. I got to experience a night game before and night games are always, always cool,” he continued, “so, that was a good experience. The coaches really (stood out) and how they try to find out about you so fast.”

White spoke with both Clemson wide receivers coach Tyler Grisham, as well as cornerbacks coach Mike Reed.

“They were just talking to me about what position I would be playing up there,” White recalled. “That week, it was really just me getting up there, seeing the facilities, but then they said next time, I would really be with my position group. They just wanted to get me up there so I could see what it’s like, what a game would be like, especially a night game — those are always fun.”

After getting to meet Grisham, White repeated what recruits often say about Clemson’s wide receivers coach once they get to meet him, that Grisham is the same man that he is over the phone. 

“It’s just really a bond thing that I’m trying to build with him,” White explained. “I’m a late bloomer and they really hadn’t known about me. So, now it’s just about building that bond, building that chemistry, where we can see what we can do at the next level to where they offer me or whatever it is.”

This weekend, White will be in Athens to watch No. 1 Georgia take on Kent State. He’s also looking to visit Auburn, Texas, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Ohio State and some other schools in the Southeast, to name a few.

White is looking forward to getting back to Clemson on Saturday, Oct. 1, when the Tigers play host to N.C. State. This time around, White will be accompanied by his entire family. 

“We just want to go to a game that we can see them compete in,” he said. “That right there is just gonna show us what type of team they are, what they do, how they move the ball, what the defense does and just see what it would be like if I fit in there or I don’t fit in there. My parents just want me to fit in a place where they feel like it’s gonna be home for me. That’s what I really want, just the team chemistry and the bond, not just on the field, but off the field too. That’s really it.”

Still, White got a good feel for Clemson’s offensive game plan against La. Tech and as a receiver, he appreciated the way the Tigers spread the football and gave their wideouts a chance to make plays. 

White said that he watched Clemson true freshman receiver Antonio Williams a little bit and talked with Grisham about how they utilize the Dutch Fork (Irmo, S.C.) product.

“That’s what they compare me to,” he said.

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Fast-rising Peach State wideout set to check out Clemson this weekend

A fast-rising Peach State wide receiver prospect is set to check out Clemson for the first time this weekend. Since Sept. 1, Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) 2024 three-star WR Sacovie White has been receiving a lot of mail from Clemson. Speaking with The …

A fast-rising Peach State wide receiver prospect is set to check out Clemson for the first time this weekend. 

Since Sept. 1, Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) 2024 three-star WR Sacovie White has been receiving a lot of mail from Clemson. Speaking with The Clemson Insider in a phone interview Thursday night, White revealed that he now talks to Tyler Grisham all the time.

“He’s a great dude,” White said of Clemson’s wide receivers coach.

Grisham’s message has already resonated with the Georgia native.

“He said he’s gonna recruit me hard,” White recalled. “It’s mainly like, he said, ‘If we get you, we’re not gonna get another guy like you.’ That’s the type of team that they are. They just found out about me. I’ve been on their radar, but they just found out about me. They’re just trying to get so much information on me that they can and just build that bond.

“That coach-player bond that you can get that early and get that out of the way, that would be the best thing for us. Just to see what we could do together and if I was to decide to go there, what we could be, and to see if we could get to a national championship.”

While Grisham has broached the subject of a potential offer, White understands that he has to make his way to campus first.

“That’s the rule. They have to see you first to know what you’re really about,” he said. “That right there just lets me know — Clemson offers very little people — so, it’s just that if they do offer now or later, it really doesn’t matter to me. That’s just gonna be one of my teams that I really look forward to having a connection with.”

Once White got the green light from Grisham that he could attend this Saturday’s game against Louisiana Tech, he didn’t think twice. He’ll also be in attendance for when Clemson plays host to N.C. State on Saturday, Oct. 1, so he can bring his whole family.

White will be accompanied by his mother and sister for the Tech game

“I’m very excited about that,” he said of Saturday’s game. “It’s just to see a night game. Night games are very, very inspiring — just seeing what the atmosphere feels like.”

What is White hoping to see when he visits Clemson Saturday?

“Just what they bring to the table and the coaching staff and what they can do for me and the love and the brotherhood there,” he said. “Just seeing the school and just being around people that my dad thinks will be great for me. They’re very religious down there and my family’s big on religion. They feel that it’s gonna be a good spot for me, just to check it out and see what it is like there. We’re just gonna go down there and see what it’s like.”

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Top prospects headed to Death Valley for Clemson-Louisiana Tech game

Clemson will again play host to some top prospects for Saturday’s 8:00 p.m. game against Louisiana Tech in Death Valley. Here are some of the bigger names The Clemson Insider has confirmed as planned visitors for the Clemson-Tech game. The …

Clemson will again play host to some top prospects for Saturday’s 8:00 p.m. game against Louisiana Tech in Death Valley.

Here are some of the bigger names The Clemson Insider has confirmed as planned visitors for the Clemson-Tech game.

The headlining prospect in the class of 2023 is Kennesaw (Ga.) North Cobb Christian School three-star interior offensive lineman Gabriel Fortson. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound senior participated in the Dabo Swinney Camp this past summer and had a great time while competing at the camp and working with Clemson’s coaching staff.

He also said he “definitely” feels better about his chances of earning an offer from the Tigers based on how this year’s Swinney Camp went for him.

“It’d mean a lot,” Fortson said of a potential Clemson offer. “It’d immediately be one of my top schools on the list. Honestly, I’d love to go there. Everything’s so family-oriented, and Coach Swinney’s such a great coach and everything. I’d love to be a part of it.”

A couple of headliners among the recruits expected to be in attendance are a five-star class of 2024 prospect in Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.) safety Mike Matthews, as well as a four-star class of 2024 prospect in Philadelphia (Pa.) St. Joseph’s Prep cornerback Omillio Agard.

When Clemson formally turned the page to offering prospects in the 2024 class on Wednesday, June 1, and started doling out offers to rising junior recruits, two of the first prospects to report offers from the Tigers were Matthews and Agard.

247Sports considers Matthews (6-3. 180) to be the No. 1 safety and the nation’s No. 9 overall prospect regardless of position in the class of 2024.

“I was very excited,” Matthews said of receiving an offer from Clemson. “It’s very important for me for a school like that to offer me. It shows how they feel about me as a player.”

Agard (6-0, 173) is ranked as the No. 8 cornerback and No. 84 overall prospect in the 2024 class by Rivals, while 247Sports considers him the No. 18 corner and No. 204 overall prospect in the class.

“Getting that offer means a lot because I’ve been building a relationship with Coach Reed and the coaches for over a year now, so it’s like, ‘Wow, they really believe in me,’ because I’m one of the first offers in the class,” Agard told The Clemson Insider back in June. It means a lot and they don’t offer too many guys, so I’m just grateful. I’m definitely high on them and they’re high on me. We’re gonna see where this goes in the next couple of years.”

During his visit, Agard got a chance to talk with Clemson coach Dabo Swinney for about 30 minutes. According to Agard, Swinney was telling him that he’s the type of guy that they want in their program because he’s a great person with good academics.

“I just check every box,” Agard recalled, “and they check all my boxes at a school that I want to be at. It just all fell into place. Coach Swinney’s a great guy and he just showed me that I’m wanted.”

“I’m really high on Clemson now,” he added. “I see myself there. I could be a Tiger. It was just great.”

Cass (Cartersville, Ga.) 2024 three-star wide receiver Sacovie White will be making his first trip to Clemson on Saturday, along with his mother and sister.

“I’m very excited about that,” he said of Saturday’s game. “It’s just to see a night game. Night games are very, very inspiring — just seeing what the atmosphere feels like.”

Another prospect worth mentioning that will be in attendance is Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.) 2025 offensive lineman Cortez Smith. Smith — a 6-foot-4, 275-pound sophomore in the class of 2025 — is high on Clemson early and is already one of the top offensive guards in the country. He holds a lone offer from Penn State.

Among other notable recruits on Clemson’s anticipated guest list for Saturday’s game are two Clemson commits in Birmingham (Ala.) Briarwood Christian five-star quarterback Christopher Vizzina and Stockbridge (Georgia) three-star cornerback Shelton Lewis, as well as Gaffney (S.C.) 2023 DB O’Myireia Daniels, Navarre (Florida) four-star LB Zavier Hamilton, Philadelphia (Pa.) St. Joseph’s Prep four-star WR David Washington, Jr., Daphne (Ala.) Bayside Academy 2024 OL Graham Uter, Spartanburg (S.C.) Broome High 2024 OL Steven O’Dell, Alpharetta (Ga.) Johns Creek 2024 WR Kyle Vaka, Buffalo (West Virginia) 2025 QB Josh Moody, Woodmont (Simpsonville, S.C.) 2025 TE Tre Broughton, Grayson (Loganville, Ga.) 2025 OL Bryce Hudson, Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.) 2025 OL Jordan Floyd and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (Georgia) 2025 DL Terry Nwabuisi Ezeala.

— Myrtle Beach (S.C.) 2025 WR John Simmons messaged The Clemson Insider saying that he might be attending this weekend’s game, while unconfirmed at the moment.

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Clemson expressing interest in elite Peach State receiver prospect

Clemson has started to express interest in a Peach State-wideout, who is beginning to receive a lot of attention from Power Five schools across the nation. Cartersville (Georgia) Cass High’s Sacovie White – a 5-foot-10, 175-pound junior in the class …

Clemson has started to express interest in a Peach State-wideout, who is beginning to receive a lot of attention from Power Five schools across the nation.

Cartersville (Georgia) Cass High’s Sacovie White — a 5-foot-10, 175-pound junior in the class of 2024 — spoke with The Clemson Insider over the weekend about the interest he’s begun to receive from Dabo Swinney’s program.

“Well, I just recently heard from them,” White told The Clemson Insider in a phone interview Saturday. “They just hit me up a couple of weeks ago….They told me that they’ve been looking at me for a while, but they’ve only offered two players in my grade (at my position). They aren’t looking at ‘24s yet because 2023s are the next step. I’m still highly on their radar, but they’re more worried about the seniors right now.”

While White hasn’t spoken directly with Clemson, he’s had a chance to talk with his coach about what the Tigers have been asking about him. White said that Clemson has asked and received his transcript and his grades.

He’s hopeful that once Sept. 1 rolls around, Clemson will be among the schools to reach out.

“It’s a great program,” White said when asked about receiving a potential offer from the Tigers. “They’re very religious up there, so I feel like that would be a good place for me. Obviously, coming from Cartersville — Trevor Lawrence went to Clemson. So, just seeing what that would be like, going to a school that he went to.”

White currently holds offers from Georgia, Maryland, Florida A&M, Troy and UNC Charlotte. In addition to Clemson and Georgia, he mentions Florida State, Florida, UCF, Notre Dame, Mississippi State, Nebraska and several Big Ten programs as those showing the most interest.

“It’s going well,” White said regarding his current recruitment. “I’m still young. I haven’t been playing football for that long, so I’m still learning about the stuff that the other kids have already went through and been going through. They’re more experienced than me. So, just to see what this is like and getting an opportunity to do this is fun.”

As far as gameday visits go, recently Georgia has communicated with White that he can come to any game he wants to. He’ll also try to make it up for a game day visit to Memorial Stadium sometime this fall, but he’ll be spending a lot of Saturdays in Athens.

“Y’all will see me at (Georgia) games the most, just because it’s in-state and I really feel special at that school,” he said.

Cass opened up its season Friday and lost 26-25 to Kennesaw Mountain (Georgia) High. White, who plays safety and receiver, felt pretty good about his performance, in which he had multiple catches and multiple pass breakups. He feels like losing by one point to a high school in the 7A classification will help his team get ready for once region play rolls around.

Getting a better feel for White and his game, he’s a high-energy player, who likes to watch receivers like Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings) and Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers). 

— Photo for this article courtesy of  Sacovie White.

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