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College  | Recruiting  | 11/11/2020

Head of the Class: No. 10 Clemson

Jheremy Brown     
Photo: Joe Mack (Perfect Game)
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10. Clemson



Full 2021-2022 Recruiting Class
Head Coach: Monte Lee | Recruiting Coordinator: Bradley LeCroy

Top 5 Recruits:

Rk. Name POS. HT WT B-T High School Hometown ST
23 Joe Mack C 6-1 203 L-R Williamsville East Williamsville NY
72 Will Taylor OF 6-0 175 R-R Dutch Fork Irmo SC
95 Bubba Chandler RHP 6-3 199 S-R North Oconee Bogart GA
161 Billy Barlow RHP 6-2 195 R-R North Myrtle Beach High Little River SC
181 Aries Samek SS 6-2 205 R-R Teaneck Teaneck NJ

*Rk. Denotes National Rank in PG HS Class of 2021

It shouldn’t come as any surprise to find Clemson within the top 10 given their track record of recruiting early while finding that “under the radar” piece and stretching their reach around the East Coast. Most importantly, the Tigers have been successful with getting a majority of their classes to campus year after year and the staff has a nice track record of developing once they arrive in the fall. 

The 2021 class is no different from classes of years past and the group is led by Perfect Game All-American Joe Mack out of New York. He’s the second Mack to commit to the Tigers as his older brother Charlie signed his NLI with Clemson but ultimately signed with the Twins in the 6th round in 2018. If the staff is able to get the younger Mack to campus it would certainly be a big victory as he’s regarded as one of the top power bats in the country and his left-handed swing delivered more often than not on the national circuit this past summer. Add in that he has an easy plus arm with the skill to stick behind the plate or play a quality third base, Mack is the type of talent who can make an instant impact. 

In case excelling on the diamond at the ACC level isn’t hard enough, both outfielder Will Taylor and right-hander Bubba Chandler will pull dual-sport duty as the duo are also committed to Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football team; Taylor as a wide receiver and Chandler as a quarterback. That said, there’s no mistaking either’s talent on the baseball field as Taylor is the type of athlete who can quickly turn around the outcome of a game with his athleticism and foot speed, showing solid bat-to-ball skills throughout the summer. Chandler looks the part of a power arm at 6-foot-3, 199 pounds and he proved to be just that, sitting in the low-90s with his fastball while bumping 93 mph throughout the summer. The athleticism and overall ease of the operation standout out for Chandler, though he’s more than just a thrower, already flashing an above average breaker and a quality changeup for strikes. Both Chandler and Taylor join Mack in Perfect Game's latest Top 300 for the upcoming draft, with all three ranked within the top 60. 

Head Coach Monte Lee and his staff have assembled a deep and talented collection of talent with 15 players set to sign their National Letter of Intent. Including Chandler, Clemson has 8 primary pitchers committed (six righ-thanders, two lef-thanders), six of whom are from South Carolina while Chandler and Casey Tallent both hail from Georgia. Right-hander Billy Barlow is amongst the hardest throwers of the group having already been up to 94 mph while left-hander Rocco Reid carved throughout the summer season, striking out 15 in just 10 innings while walking 4, creating hard angle on a fastball up to 92 mph. Size and arm strength are common threads throughout the 8 pitchers committed to the Tigers with 7 of them hitting at least 90 mph in their Perfect Game careers. 

Like arm strength serving as a commonality among their pitchers, tools are plentiful among their positional incomers. Joining Mack out of the Northeast, shortstop Aries Samek (New Jersey) has some of the loudest tools in the group as he has shown blistering footspeed, big arm strength across the diamond, and a hit tool that routinely shows up in live action. Third baseman Billy Amick connected for one of the hardest hit balls at the WWBA World Championship with a registered exit velocity of 105 mph while David Lewis, Gavin Abrams and Tristan Bissetta all add athleticism and depth to the group. 
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