2019 Clemson Football Recruiting: Tigers waiting on one major decision

The 2019 Clemson football recruiting class is basically finished. The Tigers have a few more targets they may look to sign, but there’s one top decision.

The 2019 Clemson football recruiting class cracked the top-five in the nation with a commitment from 4-star OL Will Putnam Thursday.

The Tigers have gotten National Letters of Intent from some of the top recruits in the nation, headlined by 5-stars Andrew Booth, Frank Ladson and Joe Ngata.

There is plenty of star power to go around and the coach staff hit on a few 3-star that may be overlooked that they really liked.

I expect that we may see a couple of scholarship offers or grey shirt offers for a couple of local prospects moving forward, but basically the 2019 Clemson football recruiting cycle is almost done.

There’s one prospect left that could shake up the rankings a bit for the Tigers.

That is 4-star running back Jerrion Ealy.

Ealy is currently an Ole Miss football commit who is also considering a career in baseball. He has held off on making a decision, seemingly as he has mulled over that decision, as well as where he’d like to go to school.

Currently, he is said to be considering Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Clemson. The Tigers have really come on strong as of late and I think there’s a solid chance they could pick up a commitment from him.

The 5-foot-10, 200 pound running back is a hard runner with an explosive running style.

He is a violent runner that is able to hit the hole hard when he needs to, as well as turn the ball outside. Ealy would be a great addition to a class that already includes a very good running back in Chez Mellusi.

It will be interesting to see what Ealy decides. The Tigers don’t need him to have an elite recruiting class. They already have that. But, it certainly never hurts to add some depth to that running back room with a really good player who has exceptional speed, athleticism and power.