Clemson is showing interest in this Volunteer State lineman, and the standout two-way prospect is planning a visit to Tiger Town in the near future.
Last week, new Clemson offensive line coach Matt Luke stopped by the school of Jefferson County (Dandridge, Tenn.) four-star Nic Moore, a 6-foot-3, 300-pound rising senior in the 2025 class.
“Coach Luke has called me and told me that he was interested in me as a prospect,” Moore told The Clemson Insider. “He said he apologized for being late to the game, but he just got there to Clemson, so he saw me on the board and said that he liked me. Me and him have kept in a fairly decent communication stream recently. He’s been to my school, and we’re trying to set up a visit for me to go to Clemson.”
It will mark the first trip to Clemson for Moore, who expects that visit to take place sometime toward the end of this month.
While the Tigers are looking at Moore as an offensive lineman, he is being recruited as an O-lineman or as a D-lineman by various schools, depending on need and so forth.
Per Moore, there’s plenty that Luke and the Tigers like about him as an offensive lineman.
“They said that they like that I’m a very mobile player,” Moore said. “They said I could more than likely play three positions. They like my speed and they like my intelligence, from what I gather. They said I am a little bit undersized, but they’d rather have undersized athletes than people who are above-average height and weight who can’t move at all.”
The interest between Clemson and Moore is mutual, as he is high on Dabo Swinney’s program from what he knows about it.
“I’ve been hearing from Coach Luke, it sounds like Clemson has a very personable team and they’re really family oriented, faith oriented, and they don’t really change what they do because what they do works, and I completely respect that,” Moore said. “I feel like Clemson has a really respectable program, and Coach Swinney has obviously done a lot for the program since he’s been there. So, I like the program from what I’ve seen so far.”
Moore currently has a couple of official visits planned to Vanderbilt and West Virginia.
Along with those schools, his offer list includes Tennessee — which offered him on Friday –as well as schools such as Indiana, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Wake Forest and Louisville.
Moore said he would ideally like to make his commitment decision in mid-July.
“With a college commitment and me going to go play football, it really has an impact on my schedule for school, whether I need to stay for a full year or I leave early for that program,” he said. “So, I think the best time would probably be around maybe July 15th-ish. But obviously I can’t force anything to happen, so I’m just going to play it by ear until then.”
An offer from Clemson, should Moore receive one moving forward, would figure to have a significant impact on his recruitment.
“I would be very blessed and thankful for an offer from Clemson,” he said. “Clemson has a great program and they’d probably be on the top end of the programs that have been recruiting me so far. With all the things that I mentioned earlier about them being a very personable team and a great team, family oriented, and they’re not too far away from where I live – I think it would mean a lot and it would be a pretty big consideration in the game for me.”
–Photo courtesy of Nic Moore on X (@nica48188)
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