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Brohm gets some good ones in first recruiting class

Related Topics: Jeff Brohm, Bobby Petrino

Football national signing day was earlier this week. It’s always interesting and intriguing. Coaches recruit five stars. Some recruit two, three or four.

New Louisville football coach Jeff Brohm wasn’t counting stars but after six years at Purdue had a good idea what he needed. But he had to make a quick switch to the Cardinals needs. He had a good start, flipping two players headed for West Lafayette, including Louisville St. Xavier linebacker Micah Carter and Henderson County’s Saadiq Clemons, a defensive lineman.

Included in UofL’s 18-member recruiting class is highly regarded quarterback Pierce Clarkson from St.