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Matt Luke Apparently Making In-Roads with Charlotte 5 star O-lineman
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https://www.islandpacket.com/sports/college/acc/article283976303.html
David Sanders Jr. said he had a “good relationship” with Thomas Austin, who was fired in November after two seasons as Clemson football’s offensive line coach. But that coaching change hasn’t altered how Sanders, a five-star 2025 recruit and the No. 1 offensive tackle in the country, thinks about Tigers. In fact, it may improve their standing.
Speaking with Adam Friedman of Rivals.com last month, Sanders, a consensus top five recruit in the upcoming class, said new Clemson offensive line coach Matt Luke has reached out to him “multiple times” and the program remains a player in his recruitment as he heads into his final season of high school football.
“I definitely want to get back up there to meet him in person and start building that relationship with him,” Sanders said of Luke in a Dec. 12 interview, adding that “he seems like a great guy just from over the phone. So I just can’t wait to get there.”
Making progress with Sanders is a top priority for Luke, who won a national championship as Georgia’s offensive line coach and also served as head coach at Ole Miss before being hired as Austin’s replacement at Clemson on Dec. 4. Sanders, a rising senior at Providence Day School in Charlotte is widely regarded as one of the can’t-miss prospects in the Class of 2025. He’s 6-foot-7, 270 pounds and a dominant force at left tackle, one of the most crucial positions for a football team. But he’s also one of the most coveted recruits in the country and someone who entered his junior season with over 130 scholarship offers, according to the Charlotte Observer. He may have grown up a Clemson fan — “At one point my bathroom was all Clemson decked out,” he told 247Sports last year after the Tigers offered him a scholarship he described as a “dream come true” — but his recruitment’s stretched far beyond that.
He has interest from every notable school in the Power Five from the College Football Playoff field and down. In a 247Sports interview earlier this month, he cited Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama as the three schools doing the best job recruiting him heading into his senior season. So, naturally, there’s some room for improvement with Clemson and Luke, who hasn’t been shy in his pursuit of top offensive linemen since joining the Tigers and now has an elite prospect just a state above him. (A lack of success with regional recruits, including three in-state linemen in the Class of 2023, reportedly played a part in Swinney’s decision to part ways with Austin.)
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Re: Matt Luke Apparently Making In-Roads with Charlotte 5 star O-lineman
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Jan 9, 2024, 8:09 PM
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Very telling given his history and knowledge of Clemson that he said Bama, Tennessee, and uga had the best relationship with him. That's embarrassing. Dabo should have been camped out in his backyard every day. Kid is a beast.
Hopefully coach Luke can make up some ground. I don't care if we do have to lead with nil. So beit, he's worth it.
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Re: Matt Luke Apparently Making In-Roads with Charlotte 5 star O-lineman
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Jan 9, 2024, 10:06 PM
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I dunno. Will this guy cut into our walkon WR scholarships?
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Re: Matt Luke Apparently Making In-Roads with Charlotte 5 star O-lineman
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Jan 9, 2024, 10:22 PM
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Providence Day is a very expensive private school in Charlotte. My cousin is a teacher there. They have some really good football players there right now. They doing some cruiting to get them there!
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Jan 9, 2024, 11:04 PM
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I heard it's worth every penny. Not first hand knowledge but just what I heard. Perhaps your cousin could give the class an assignment.
Clemson- good
Uga- bad
Bama-bad
Tennessee-bad
Nah, all jokes aside, he's a day 1 starter. Imho, we've let a few slip away from us. How'd meechigan get such a foothold. Yeah, looks like a coaching mistake not to own that school.
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Jan 10, 2024, 11:29 AM
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Austin was a terrible recruiter. He lost 3 to the coots. That is about as sorry as it gets.
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Re: Matt Luke Apparently Making In-Roads with Charlotte 5 star O-lineman
Jan 10, 2024, 11:50 AM
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Hoping Luke can increase our talent on the O line. I have no concern that he will
Be one of our best O line coaches ever
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