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The top CB in the country, right there for the taking and Golden FINDS A WAY to ***** it up. Edge even had it all set up for us and Al still blew it. How could someone be so incompetent? Anyways, glad that loser has been vanquished from our program.
However, cornerback Mackensie Alexander was offered a scholarship by Miami, albeit too late.
Alexander, considered by Clemson coaches to be the nation’s premier cover corner, is from Immokalee, the same high school as former Canes running back Edgerrin James. In fact, James urged Alexander to sign with Miami.
“I grew up watching Miami,” said Alexander, a redshirt sophomore who allowed just 11 completions among 40 passes thrown his way this season. “I loved Miami. But Al Golden and his staff … I’m in their back yard, and I didn’t get an offer. I had every offer in the country, and [Miami] didn’t offer me until I came to camp.
“To me, that was disrespectful.”
Alexander said he went to Miami’s camp to appease James.
“[Miami] had their top receiver there — I won’t say his name — but I locked everybody down. I had fun. I competed.
“It was crazy because the fans were there, and they were [yelling at the since-fired Golden], ‘Oh my gosh, you’ve got to offer him. You’re crazy!’ ”
Alexander said after he performed well at the camp, the offer finally came in from Golden.
“I thanked him for the offer,” Alexander said, “but I told him, ‘I won’t be coming to your school. I just wanted to show you I can play here, Coach.’
“I felt disrespected, and I never talked to him again.”
Read more here: Orange Bowl teams Clemson, Oklahoma have tenuous links to Miami Hurricanes | Miami Herald
The top CB in the country, right there for the taking and Golden FINDS A WAY to ***** it up. Edge even had it all set up for us and Al still blew it. How could someone be so incompetent? Anyways, glad that loser has been vanquished from our program.