Clemson Football: 2011 Signing Day Central



Feb. 2, 2011


Head Coach Dabo Swinney's Signing Day Press Conference will be available live on TigerCast at 2:30 PM. Click on the link below to watch the press conference live for free on TigerCast:

Signing Day Press Conference - February 2, 2011, 2:30 PM


2011 Clemson Football Signees
Time Signed
Player
Position
Hometown High School/Previous School
*
Corey Crawford
DE
Columbus, GA Hargrave Military Academy
*
Joe Gore
DE
Lake Waccamaw, NC East Columbus HS
*
Tony McNeal
QB
Chester, SC Chester HS
*
Cole Stoudt
QB
Dublin, OH Dublin Coffman HS
#
Martavis Bryant
WR
Anderson, SC Hargrave Military Academy
#
Robert Smith
ATH
Dorchester, SC Woodland HS
7:12 AM
Colton Walls
ILB
Charlotte, NC Charlotte Latin School
7:15 AM
Ryan Norton
C
Mauldin, SC Mauldin HS
7:18 AM
Ammon Lakip
PK
Alpharetta, GA Chattahoochee HS
7:23 AM
Mike Bellamy
RB
Punta Gorda, FL Charlotte County HS
7:25 AM
Cortez Davis
SAF
Daytona Beach, FL Mainland HS
7:27 AM
Morgan Roberts
QB
Charlotte, NC Charlotte Country Day
7:40 AM
Sammy Watkins
WR
Fort Myers, FL South Fort Myers HS
7:42 AM
Shaq Anthony
OL
Piedmont, SC Wren HS
8:09 AM
Stanton Seckinger
WR
Charleston, SC Porter Gaud HS
8:14 AM
DeShawn Williams
DT
Central, SC Daniel HS
8:26 AM
Kevin Dodd
DT
Greer, SC Riverside HS
8:38 AM
Adam Humphries
WR
Roebuck, SC Dorman HS
8:42 AM
Charone Peake
WR
Roebuck, SC Dorman HS
8:51 AM
Jerome Maybank
DT
Pawleys Island, SC Waccamaw HS
9:00 AM
Isaiah Battle
OL
St. George, VA Blue Ridge HS
9:27 AM
Grady Jarrett
DT
Conyers, GA Rockdale County HS
9:53 AM
Eric Mac Lain
TE
Hope Mills, NC Jack Britt HS
10:43 AM
B.J. Goodson
OLB
Lamar, SC Lamar HS
10:44 AM
Spencer Region
OL
Cullman, AL Cullman Senior HS
11:08 AM
Lateek Townsend
OLB
Bennettsville, SC Marlboro County HS
11:11 AM
Tony Steward
LB
St. Augustine, FL Pedro Menendez HS
11:50 AM
Stephone Anthony
LB
Wadesboro, NC Anson County HS
1:15 PM
Roderick Byers
DE
Rock Hill, SC Northwestern HS

* - already enrolled at Clemson and will participate in spring practice
# - previously signed National Letter of Intent


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Clemson 2011 Recruiting Class Notes
• Clemson signed four players who were either first or second-team USA Today All-Americans, the most in one year in school recruiting history (USA Today teams date to 1982). Stephone Anthony and Tony Steward were two of the three first-team USA Today All-Americans at linebacker, while Mike Bellamy and Charone Peake were second team selections. The previous high for USA Today first or second-team All-Americans by a Clemson class was three set in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 2006.
• Three Clemson signees were Parade All-Americans. Mike Bellamy and Stephone Anthony were first team and Lateek Townsend was second team.
• Clemson signed four players who played in the US Army All-American game in San Antonio (Charone Peake, Sammy Watkins, Lateek Townsend and Tony Steward). Three signees played in the Under Armour All-America game in Orlando (Mike Bellamy, Stephone Anthony and Spencer Region.)
• Clemson signed four five-star players according to Rivals.com. All four, Tony Steward (13), Sammy Watkins (15), Stephone Anthony (24), and Mike Bellamy (25) are ranked among the top 25 players in the nation. Clemson signed six top 100 players according to Rivals.com this year and a seventh, Martavis Bryant, was a top 100 player according to Rivals last year before he went to prep school.
• ESPN.com named only 14 players as five-star athletes and two of the 14 (Peake and Steward) signed with Clemson.
• Clemson has two of the top four receivers in the nation according to ESPN.com. Charone Peake is ranked second and Sammy Watkins fourth.
• Clemson signed three of the top 10 linebackers in the nation according to Rivals.com. Tony Steward (1), Stephone Anthony (3) and Lateek Townsend (10). According to ESPN.com, Anthony is the #1 ranked outside linebacker and Steward is the #1 inside linebacker. Anthony is ranked as the top outside linebacker in the nation and Steward is ranked #2 at that position by 247sports.
• Clemson signed seven players who were on the 2011 ESPN.com top 150 list, the second most according to ESPN behind the Clemson 2008 class that had 10 top 150 players. ESPN ranked Clemson's 2008 class second best in the nation. Tony Steward is the highest ranked Clemson player according to ESPN.com with a #9 overall ranking.
• Anthony has the highest overall ranking with a #4 overall rating by Tom Lemming. He is Clemson's highest rated player by Scout.com (38) and Sporting News (6) as well. Steward is Clemson's highest rated player according to ESPN.com (9) and Rivals.com (13). Sammy Watkins is Clemson's highest rated player by 247sports (9).
• Clemson signed six of the top 50 players in the nation according to Tom Lemming: Stephone Anthony (4), Tony Steward (6), Cortez Davis (43), Mike Bellamy (46), Charone Peake (47), and Sammy Watkins (48). All six are rated as five-star recruits by Lemming.
• Clemson signed three of the top 12 players in the nation according to 247sports: Watkins (9), Anthony (10) and Steward (12).
• Three ESPN.com 150 players did not decide to pick Clemson until Wednesday: Tony Steward (9), Stephone Anthony (32) and Spencer Region (149).
• Clemson signed two of the top three prep school prospects according to 247sports. Corey Crawford is ranked first and Martavis Bryant was third.

Clemson's Top 100/150 Players in 2011 Class
Player
ESPN
Rivals
Scout
SN
Lem
247
Stephone Anthony
32
24
38
6
4
10
Mike Bellamy
72
25
60
37
46
73
* Martavis Bryant
43
84
-
-
61
-
Cortez Davis
-
-
-
-
43
-
Eric Mac Lain
-
59
-
-
-
-
Charone Peake
14
83
73
66
47
50
Spencer Region
149
-
-
-
-
-
Tony Steward
9
13
54
27
6
12
Lateek Townsend
113
-
-
81
-
-
Sammy Watkins
39
15
41
41
48
9
*2010 rating
SN-Sporting News; Lem-Tom Lemming of CBS College Sports; 247-247 Sports


 

 

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