{"id":295393,"date":"2025-10-11T19:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/295393\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T19:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:14:17","slug":"brownell-clemson-land-top-100-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/295393\/","title":{"rendered":"BROWNELL, CLEMSON LAND TOP 100 RECRUIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clemson head basketball coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/brad-brownell-133783\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brad Brownell<\/a><\/strong> set his sights on one big for this high school recruiting class, and he got him.<\/p>\n<p>Davidson (N.C.) Day four-star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/will-stevens-240829\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Stevens<\/a><\/strong> announced his commitment to Clemson on Saturday afternoon during a ceremony at his school.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BECOME A TIGERILLUSTRATED.com SUBSCRIBER!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stevens (6-9, 200) is ranked the nation\u2019s No. 95 overall prospect by <strong>Rivals<\/strong> as well as the top recruit in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>He also held offers from Virginia, <a href=\"http:\/\/thewolfpacker.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">N.C. State<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/gamecockcentral.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Carolina<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/redraidersports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Tech<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thedorereport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanderbilt<\/a>, Mississippi State, Virginia Tech, <a href=\"http:\/\/hawkeyereport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wvsports.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Virginia<\/a>, Creighton, VCU, Davidson, Charleston and George Mason among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO SEE:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/game-day-clemson-football-nuggets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game day Clemson football nuggets<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/the-final-word-for-clemson-football-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Final Word<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/the-forecast-clemson-football-vs-boston-college-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Clemson \u2013 BC Forecast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/thursday-clemson-football-recruiting-insider-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday Insider: Recruiting, Off-season Turnover, NIL, Christian Bentancur<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/clemson-football-recruiting-big-board-cornerback-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recruiting Big Board: Cornerback<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/late-week-clemson-football-nuggets-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Late-week Clemson Football Nuggets<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/the-strategy-behind-deploying-young-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson\u2019s strategy behind deploying young talent<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/sites\/tiger-illustrated\/news\/what-we-know-about-tom-allens-return-to-the-sidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What we know about Tom Allen\u2019s move to the sidelines<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/clemson-tigers\/football\/2026\/industry-comparison-commits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson\u2019s verbal commitments<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/clemson-tigers\/football\/2027\/industry-comparison-commits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson\u2019s junior commitments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stevens entered the fall with official visits set to Clemson, Vanderbilt and South Carolina, with Davidson and St. Mary\u2019s hovering on the periphery.<\/p>\n<p>Clemson attracted him first for a late August weekend in conjunction with the <a href=\"http:\/\/thebengaltiger.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LSU<\/a> football opener. Vanderbilt got him at the end of September for its Utah State football game, and his South Carolina official was cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Thus it came down to two.<\/p>\n<p>Brownell and staff have made a living developing stretch bigs with his skill set, and that logically factored prominently in the final verdict.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior, Stevens averaged 12 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.<\/p>\n<p>Clemson signed four high-schoolers to go with its six transfers this past offseason.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/the-west-zone.284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on The West Zone Forum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So the Tigers were going to be selective if they took any high-schoolers at all this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>The basketball signing period is one month away (Nov. 12-19).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/boards\/forums\/house-of-politics-off-topics.289\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on our off-topics forum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brownell\u2019s team begins play Nov. 3 with its opener against New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>Not a Tiger Illustrated member, Clemson fans? 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