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DeathValleyMike
09-21-2008, 11:54 PM
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=851630




Mike Farrell
Recruiting Analyst

Clemson has two Rivals100 safeties committed – but both are looking elsewhere. Still, Clemson seems likely to keep one, lose the other and possibly gain a Rivals250 athlete who can play cornerback or safety.


Could Craig Loston end up at LSU?
Sources said Craig Loston, from Aldine (Texas) Eisenhower, will be visiting Texas this weekend, while DeVonte Holloman, from Rock Hill (S.C.) South Pointe, is taking an official visit to Tennessee for the Vols' game against Florida. Holloman will be visiting Tennessee with teammate Stephon Gilmore, a high school quarterback/cornerback who is being recruited as an athlete by colleges.

Perhaps the worst-kept secret in recruiting is that Loston will de-commit from Clemson. Sources say that Texas won't be the destination, though. The true contenders are LSU and Texas A&M, with the Tigers holding a slight edge. Evidently, even the Clemson coaching staff knows Loston is gone.

Holloman is a different story. According to sources, it would take something special to pull Holloman away from Clemson. While he's going to visit Tennessee and Alabama and would like to visit LSU, he's still leaning strongly toward honoring his commitment. He and Gilmore would like to continue playing in the same secondary together in college, which bodes well for Clemson. Landing Gilmore and keeping Holloman certainly would lessen the blow of losing Loston.

Hopefultiger
09-22-2008, 09:08 AM
You know, Loston doesn't talk to the media. He was supposed to decommit when he visited LSU over the summer. He's been to Texas A&M (and was supposed to decommit), and Texas twice (and was supposedly going there), yet he's still committed to Clemson. I'm not saying we won't lose him (the Alabama game certainly didn't help), but I don't think ANYONE knows what this kid is thinking (possibly even Loston himself), so I'm kind of done worrying about it. Seems we get one of these reports about once a month since he committed to us. I'm sure the staff is working hard to keep him and remember that he and Holloman are rooming together at the UnderArmor game. If we can keep him until we can get him for an official and/or the UnderArmor game, I think we can keep him.

Tiger80
09-22-2008, 10:27 AM
The kid that watched the Florida-Tennessee game was probably not impressed! Hah!

GHawkins
09-24-2008, 03:12 PM
"If" he decided to decommit because we lost one game that would be difficult to believe.

Hopefultiger
09-24-2008, 03:58 PM
Theres a new article up on an insider board about him. He's going to take all his official visits after the season and we are one of them. He is still committed to Clemson

IMO that's a major win for us. Remember that he's rooming with Holloman for the UnderArmor game after the season too. The longer we hold him the better chance we have of keeping him. Hopefully his mom will come as well and we can convince her that this is the spot for him.