Defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, the consensus No. 1 overall recruit in
the class of 2013, has backtracked from earlier comments that suggested
he was trying to leverage his value to get a scholarship offer for a
friend as well.
Nkemdiche, who is from Loganville, Ga., implied
in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he would look
at other schools if Clemson, the school to which he had verbally
committed, did not offer a scholarship to defensive back Ryan Carter.
"If
Clemson doesn't offer Ryan, it would make me look at Ole Miss a little
more, it would," Nkemdiche told the Journal-Conistitution. "It's very
important that I have my boys with me."
Nkemdiche changed that perspective when he spoke to the New York Times.
"Of
course I would want to play with him," Nkemdiche told the Times. "But
if it doesn't work out, I'll still go to Clemson. ... I didn't give
(Clemson head) coach (Dabo) Swinney an ultimatum about anything. I hope
he doesn't feel obligated to offer anybody a scholarship because of my
commitment. I don't want anybody to think I'm giving ultimatums, because
that's not who I am.
