Nigerian born Ruke Orhorhoro started playing football last year at River Rouge High School.
It took him one year to be recruited by one top college football powers in the country.
Orhorhoro, a 6-foot-4, 271-pound defensive lineman, committed to Clemson for the class of 2019 on Saturday, choosing the Tigers over Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. Clemson won the national championship in 2016 and advanced to the College Football Playoff each of the past three years.
"The Michigan coaches were pretty upset, losing a kid from their own backyard,'' Orhorhoro said Monday morning. "Wherever I felt was home was where I was going.