A couple of Sunshine State standouts in the 2023 class were among the recruits who traveled to Clemson last Saturday to take in the Orange & White Game.
One of those was Orlando (Fla.) Dr. Phillips four-star offensive tackle Payton Kirkland, who made the trip to Tigertown with his trainer as well as Kissimmee (Fla.) Osceola four-star defensive end Derrick LeBlanc.
“It was a great trip,” Kirkland told The Clemson Insider. “It was a great environment. It was pretty active out there. For the amount of people that were there, it was pretty loud.