Clemson has landed its first portal acquisition for the trenches this transfer window.<\/p>\n
West Georgia rising junior defensive tackle Kourtney Kelly<\/a> announced his committed Wednesday to the Tigers.<\/p>\n BECOME A TIGERILLUSTRATED.com SUBSCRIBER!<\/a><\/p>\n Kelly (6-2, 280) also entertained Kentucky<\/a>, Mississippi State<\/a> and West Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Clemson played host to Kelly on Tuesday following his arrival on campus Monday evening. <\/p>\n But the Tigers already held a distant lead going in.<\/p>\n ALSO SEE:\u00a0Tuesday P.M. Update: A significant portal name to know, more visits scheduled, Swinney playing portal host<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0What we are hearing on Olsen Patt-Henry, Tyler Brown, David Eziomume + More TJ Moore & Wesco Intel<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TUESDAY UPDATE: Major portal target in Clemson today, additional visit intel + our latest on an SEC portal defender<\/a><\/p>\n Tigerillustrated.com cited a source earlier this week who told us that Clemson and Alabama<\/a> were his two dream schools growing up.<\/p>\n We also reported that Kelly had trained with former Clemson star defensive tackle Brentson Buckner<\/a> while in high school.<\/p>\n So a lot already added up in the Tigers\u2019 favor.<\/p>\n Kelly was credited with 10 tackles and two sacks in seven games for West Georgia this past season.<\/p>\n He played at Carver (Ga.) Columbus \u2014 the alma mater of Clemson assistant defensive line coach Corey Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kelly had been slated to go to Southeast Missouri State out of high school, per our info, but elected instead to stay close to home because of family.<\/p>\n DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on The West Zone Forum<\/a><\/p>\n Clemson is seeking to bolster its defensive line depth and internal competition with at least two additions from the transfer market.<\/p>\n DISCUSSION: Join Tigerillustrated.com subscribers on our off-topics forum<\/a><\/p>\n The Tigers thus are rolling the dice on physical tools and assets they observed on film with an idea of molding Kelly to their level.\u00a0<\/p>\n Clemson\u2019s Portal Commitments<\/p>\n (CB) Elliot Washington II<\/a> (Penn State)<\/p>\n (LB) Luke Ferrelli<\/a> (Cal)<\/p>\n (S) Jerome Carter II<\/a> (Old Dominion)<\/p>\n (CB) Donovan Starr<\/a> (Auburn)<\/p>\n (DB) Corey Myrick<\/a> (Southern Miss)<\/p>\n (DT) Kourtney Kelly<\/a> (West Georgia)<\/p>\n Not a Tiger Illustrated member, Clemson fans? Join Today!<\/p>\n Tigerillustrated.com, established in 1999, is the No. 1 Authority On Clemson Football & Recruiting. A subscription, just\u00a0$1\u00a0for our\u00a07-day trial, is a must-have for hardcore Clemson Football fans. You won\u2019t find more exclusive, detailed, info on Clemson football and recruiting anywhere else. We guarantee it!\u00a0CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OUR $1 SUBSCRIPTION PROMO!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clemson has landed its first portal acquisition for the trenches this transfer window. West Georgia rising junior defensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,94371,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-662133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kourtney-kelly-24-carver","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}