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The nation's top recruit committed to Clemson in June. Can the Tigers hang on?

Originally Published: September 4, 2012
By Zach Schonbrun | ESPN The Magazine

THE DOWNHILL ROAD to the Grayson High football stadium is flecked with granules of white, so on a searing day in early July, with the sun directly overhead, the smooth concrete path sparkles like fresh snow. There are yellow G's painted on it every 20 yards, their circular shape familiar to any football fan in the state of Georgia. The G's stare up at Robert Nkemdiche, the nation's No. 1 prospect, as he drives this route almost every day.

His 2007 red Ford Explorer, ...

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