By Hale McGranahan.

Clemson head basketball coach Brad Brownell recently jumped into the mix for Lindy Waters III when he extended an offer to the 6-foot-6 shooting guard from Norman, Oklahoma.

Waters, who averaged 16.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game as a junior at North High School, has offers from Butler, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

Clemson offered on Monday.

“It’s a high academic school,” his father told TheClemsonInsider.com, during an interview earlier this week.

“And it’s a school that has the opportunity to play some of the other top schools in the ACC,” Waters Jr. said. “It’s a top conference and that’s what he’s looking for, just an opportunity to get a good education and play against some good competition.”

The younger Waters said Brownell was in contact with his dad prior to the offer.

“Before that, one of my dad’s good friends, he used to coach there and he’s real good friends with the coaching staff,” Waters said. “So he told my dad first and my dad told me. Then, about an hour later, that’s when the coach called.”

Word of the offer caught him off guard.

“I wasn’t really expecting them at all,” he said.

There’s still some research to be done about the school and its basketball program.

“I know they’re in the ACC and they’re a good school, but I don’t know much about them,” Waters said.

Waters is going to wait and see what happens during the July evaluation period before settling on any visits.

“As of right now, we are planning to take our visits in August and September,” he said.

They will be officials.

“I’m looking for a place that has a good culture and good basketball program, along with great academics,” Waters said.

According to Rivals, Waters is the No. 137 overall player in the class of 2016.