Clemson football: Tight End Markus Dixon commits to Tigers

Disappointed after losing a tight end commitment, the Tigers now have two in the fold.

For Clemson football fans, losing the brief commitment of tight end Reid Mikeska stung at the time, but the Tigers have moved forward and received their second tight end commitment within a week as 6’4, 230 pound Pennsylvanian Markus Dixon has become the Tigers eleventh commitment of the 2023 class.

Dixon is rated as a three star, 24th tight end and 472nd ranked overall player in the 247 composite.

Dixon is from Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, Pennsylvania and has a bevy of offers including Penn State, Florida State, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oregon and Ole Miss in addition to Clemson.

The Tigers won out over a final group that included Oklahoma, Oregon and Texas A&M.

Dixon joins a suddenly bulging 2023 class with Chris Vizzina, Ian Reed, Olsen Patt Henry, David Ojiegbe, Nathaniel Joseph, Avieon Terrell, Braden Strozier, Kylen Webb, Noble Johnson and  Jamal Anderson as current commitments.

The commitment gives Clemson two tight ends in the class (Olsen Patt Henry is the other) and both committed tight ends are rated slightly higher than Mikeska.

The big recruiting weekend the Tigers held the first weekend of June continues to pay dividends, despite the skepticism of some media types.

"Is it the right move? Well, one could certainly make the case that summer official visits are of the high-risk, high-reward variety and not exactly as lucrative as some would think."

While Clemson won’t fill every spot in their class or get all 30+ recruits that visited, the returns have been exceptional and there is likely more to come from that weekend.

Getting recruits on campus is a proven method for Clemson to close the deal

No matter the school, it’s important to get recruits on campus and it can be argued that it’s more important at Clemson than any school in the nation.

The Tigers recruiting suffered during the pandemic years and it took a while to recover once recruits were allowed back on campus.

Recent returns suggest that’s no longer an issue and the Tigers have returned their typical place in the recruiting world.