When Clemson started dishing out offers to class of 2022 recruits on June 1, the first out-of-state prospect to earn an offer from the Tigers was Daleville (Va.) Lord Botetourt four-star lineman Gunner Givens.
The 6-foot-6, 275-pound rising junior, who is being recruited by Clemson as an athlete who could play on either side of the ball, has been communicating with defensive coordinator Brent Venables since receiving the offer.
“Just chopping it up about different stuff, the corona and how he and his family’s doing to how my family’s doing with it, and the Clemson football program obviously, just keeping up with stuff like that,” Givens said of their conversations.