Alabama got a commit from 5* QB Ty Simpson this week. Finally some good recruiting news for Tide
As a result, Clemson finally pulled the trigger on an offer to QB Cade Klubnik of Austin Westlake. Dabo called him on Friday to extend the offer, and he committed on Tuesday.
Quarterback Cade Klubnik of Austin, Texas played the waiting game with Clemson, and his patience paid off with an offer Friday from the Tigers.
Klubnik waited on the Tigers while they waited on QB Ty Simpson of Martin, Tennesseet.
Simpson announced for Alabama Friday, and that set in motion a series of calls from Clemson coach Dabo Swinney to Klubnik with the offer he was waiting on.
“Coach Swinney called me about an hour before Ty’s commitment. And he said he was in a meeting, and he got the news that he heard from somebody that Ty was going to end up committing to Alabama,” Klubnik said. “He goes, ‘Let’s go. We’re getting Cade, baby.’ And then he ended up calling me. And they were all super pumped. I probably talked to him three times on separate occasions Friday, but they were all super excited. He ended up calling me saying he wants me to come play there.”
“They’ve told me multiple times that we’re kind of equal. It’s just, they’ve known him and they’ve gotten to meet him multiple times,” he said. “And that’s just kind of the only thing that was missing for them with me, but they’ve never made me feel like I was second, which is really good through the whole process. And I don’t think I’ve ever felt like that. I think I’ve just kind of felt like I’m a guy that they want.”
And Klubnik said it was the work quarterbacks coach Brandon Streeter put into recruiting him that convinced him to hang in with the Tigers until things worked their way out.