Clemson has planned to take a pair of defensive ends in the 2021 class and filled those spots with commitments from four-stars Cade Denhoff and Zaire Patterson.
However, the Tigers are not ruling out the possibility of adding one more defensive end in this cycle and thus continue to recruit Fort Washington (Md.) National Christian Academy four-star Monkell Goodwine as a potential oversign candidate at the position. The 6-foot-4, 265-pounder is ranked as high as the No. 5 strong-side defensive end and No. 27 overall prospect in the country by Rivals.
A month before Patterson decided to join Clemson’s 2021 class, the Tigers dispensed an offer to Goodwine on April 22, a day after five-star defensive end Korey Foreman decommitted.