Brown, top-ranked 2024 inside linebacker, commits to Clemson - ESPN

After completing his official visit, five-star linebacker Sammy Brown, the top-ranked inside linebacker in the 2024 cycle, committed to Clemson on Monday.

Brown, No. 17 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and a product of Jefferson High in Jefferson, Georgia, becomes the highest-ranked member of the Tigers' class, which sits at No. 15 by ESPN.

«It was just connecting with some of the players and some of the other commits and with the coaches,» Brown told ESPN after making the announcement on social media. «I felt like everything just kind of clicked and I have very similar personalities to some of the commits. Drew Woodaz, the other linebacker commit, I just feel like we're very similar in the way we do stuff. So I just feel like everything kind of fell into place perfectly and that was just kind of a sign to me that it was God's will to go there.»

The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Brown took an official visit to Tennessee during the last week of May and has canceled plans to take official visits to Georgia, Oklahoma and Ohio State later in June.

But his time in Clemson over this past weekend made an indelible impression. Dabo Swinney and the Tigers have five other ESPN 300 prospects in its 2024 class — tight end Christian Bentancur (No. 124 overall), cornerback Tavoy Feagin (No. 233 overall), safety Noah Dixon (No. 248 overall), defensive tackle Hevin Brown-Shuler (No. 249 overall) and defensive tackle Champ Thompson (No. 285 overall).

Brown would be the highest-ranked linebacker Clemson has signed since Jeremiah Trotter Jr (No. 7 overall and No. 1 OLB) in 2021 and the sixth ESPN 300 linebacker to sign with the program since 2020 (Trenton Simpson, Sergio Allen, Trotter Jr, Barrett Carter and Jamal Anderson Jr.).

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