Clemson Set to Host Big 10 Portal Linebacker

Clemson is getting another one of its portal targets on campus.

Southern Cal linebacker Matai Tagoa’i is set to visit on Monday.

Tagoa just finished up his freshman season with the Trojans, where he appeared in eight games as a reserve and totaled four tackles.

The 6-foot-4 player was a four-star prospect coming out of San Clemente High School (CA), with 247Sports Composite ranking him 102 overall and No. 6 among all linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class. He had more than two dozen offers in total, including Alabama, Georgia, Miami and Michigan.

Tagoa has three seasons of eligibility remaining.

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