'21 FL ATH Walter Clayton Jr. (Offer)

[ResLife Hero]

Safety / Wide Receiver
Lake Wales, FL (Lake Wales)

Measurements

Height: 6'3"
Weight: 185

Rankings

Rivals: NR
247: NR
ESPN: NR

247 Composite: NR

Offers
Cincinnati
Florida
Florida State
Georgia
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Southern Miss
Tennessee
West Virginia


Highlights:
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[ResLife Hero]

Also has D1 basketball talent.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NotreDame</a> such a big offer for 2021 ATH Walter Clayton? He breaks down his recruitment with <a href="https://twitter.com/Rivals_Singer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Rivals_Singer</a> <a href="https://t.co/7hGfeMISVA">https://t.co/7hGfeMISVA</a></p>— BlueandGold.com (@BGInews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BGInews/status/1134813095275184128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The 6-foot-3, 185-pound prospect is adamant that he’s open to every school in his recruitment but admits three offers in particular really fired him up.

“Probably Notre Dame and Tennessee. Florida too,” Clayton said. “If you get a degree from Notre Dame, the weight that it carries – you basically can do whatever you want. Get a good paying job regardless of football.”

Clayton first got in touch with Notre Dame assistant defensive backs coach/senior analyst Chris O’Leary.

"We called Coach Chris O’Leary and we were talking,” recalled Clayton. “He told me that they love me. He didn’t offer me then, but he was telling me that he was interested. I talked to him, and then when spring came, and Coach [Terry] Joseph came down here and offered me through my coach.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More Than BLESSED To Say I Have Recieved An Offer For Football To The Prestigious University Of Notre Dame ☘️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoIrish?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoIrish</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NDFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NDFootball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Coach_TJoseph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Coach_TJoseph</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Coach_OLeary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Coach_OLeary</a> <a href="https://t.co/xZXC687cpN">pic.twitter.com/xZXC687cpN</a></p>— Walter Clayton Jr . &#55358;&#56717; (@w1clayton) <a href="https://twitter.com/w1clayton/status/1121075036037767173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[IrishLion]

6'3, 185 lb safety as a sophomore, described as an "athlete" with DI basketball potential...

So this is a future rover, right?

 

[dublinirish]

signed with Iona for shooty hoops

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[LifelongFan]

I had no idea he was a football player until the draft tonight. He made the right sports choice for sure. A national championship and a first round NBA draft pick.

 

[Rocketman84]

I had no idea he was a football player until the draft tonight. He made the right sports choice for sure. A national championship and a first round NBA draft pick.

He was a pretty good player on both sides of the ball, makes me think of how earlier today I told my boy A-Rod had a full ride to play for Miami as a QB in the mid 90s and he was in disbelief.