Earlier this spring, Apopka (Fla.) four-star cornerback Nikai Martinez stopped by Clemson to check out the school but couldn’t have in-person contact with the coaching staff due to the NCAA dead period being in place. Now, with the dead period coming to an end, Martinez is getting ready to return to Tigertown for a recruiting […]
One of Clemson’s top cornerback targets made a swing through Tigertown late last week to check out the school and campus for the first time. While in the area for a 7-on-7 tournament in Atlanta, Apopka (Fla.) four-star Nikai Martinez was given a tour around Clemson by rising junior defensive tackle and fellow Apopka native […]
After signing one cornerback as part of the 2021 class in four-star Nathaniel Wiggins, Clemson plans to take at least two corners in the 2022 class, possibly three. In our Looking Ahead feature, The Clemson Insider looks at the top names on Clemson’s cornerback board and where the Tigers stand with them: Clemson is recruiting a bunch […]
When Clemson sent out its first wave of scholarship offers to rising junior prospects last summer, one of the first cornerbacks to receive an offer from the program was Apopka (Fla.) four-star Nikai Martinez. Knowing how selective and stingy the Tigers are with the offers they give out, Martinez doesn’t take for granted the fact […]
The Clemson Insider sat down for a one-on-one Zoom interview with one of Clemson’s top cornerback targets in the 2022 class, Nikai Martinez, a four-star prospect from Apopka (Fla.) High School. Watch Martinez go in-depth on his recruitment, where the Tigers stand with him right now and much more in our latest Zoomin’ with TCI […]
Nikai Martinez is a highly regarded cornerback recruit in the class of 2022 who holds around 20 total scholarship offers. Of late, the four-star prospect from Apopka, Fla., has been communicating most frequently with three of the programs on his offer list. “I’ve been talking to Notre Dame, Clemson and Florida State the most recently,” […]
When Sept. 1 rolled around on Tuesday, college coaches could start actively reaching out to and recruiting junior football prospects in the class of 2022, per NCAA rules. One recruit who has been contacted by numerous coaches over the past couple of days is Apopka (Fla.) four-star cornerback Nikai Martinez. Martinez (5-11, 170) told The […]
One of the first cornerbacks to earn an offer from Clemson when the Tigers began extending offers to rising juniors on June 1 was Nikai Martinez, a talented four-star prospect from Apopka (Fla.) High School. Cornerbacks coach Mike Reed conveyed the offer to Martinez, and they have been staying in touch over the past couple […]
Among the double-digit major programs on his offer list, Apopka (Fla.) cornerback Nikai Martinez has been communicating with one of them most frequently. “I’ve been in contact with Clemson the most,” he told The Clemson Insider recently. On June 1, Martinez (5-11, 170) became one of the first cornerbacks in the class of 2022 to […]
Apopka (Fla.) cornerback Nikai Martinez picked up one of his biggest offers yet on Monday when Clemson pulled the trigger. The talented class of 2022 recruit received the gratifying news of his offer from the Tigers via cornerbacks coach Mike Reed. “It felt very good!” Martinez told The Clemson Insider. “Coach Reed told me about […]