Clemson lands four-star commit for second consecutive day

Clemson’s recruiting momentum continued on Wednesday.

The Tigers landed a commitment from four-star offensive lineman Dietrick Pennington Wednesday evening, a day after defensive tackle Payton Page committed to Clemson.

Pennington, who is rated as the No. 208 overall player in the country by the 247Sports Composite rankings, chose the Tigers over offers from Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, LSU and others.

Pennington, a Tennessee native, gives Clemson 15 commits for the class of 2021. Clemson’s class features one five-star recruit, 13 four-star recruits and one three-star prospect in quarterback Bubba Chandler.

The Tigers now have the No. 3 class in the country, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. Clemson is only behind No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Alabama.

This story was originally published July 29, 2020 at 7:39 PM.

Matt Connolly

The State

Matt Connolly is the Clemson University sports beat writer and covers college athletics for The State newspaper and TheState.com. Connolly graduated from USC Upstate in Spartanburg in 2011 and previously worked for The (Spartanburg) Herald Journal covering University of South Carolina athletics. He has been with The State since 2015. Connolly received an APSE top 10 award for beat reporting for his coverage of Clemson in 2019. He has also received several SCPA awards, including top sports feature in 2019. Support my work with a digital subscription