Clifford Chattman Pos: Safety Ht: 6-4 Wt: 175 lbs Hometown: New Orleans, LA McDonogh 35 Class of 2016 - Football 247Composite 0.8900 16Pos (S) Ranking: 22State (LA) Ranking: 333Composite Ranking: Top247 89 19Pos (S) Ranking: 23State (LA) Ranking: NRNational Ranking: Interests LSU Committed (2/11/2015)Offered Timeline Clifford Chattman commits to LSU Tigers February 11, 2015
Good pickup and very likely he will not be a S at LSU but an OLB. Otherwise, he would be the tallest S (6'4"/6'5") in NCAA history I think. Plus, I would now think LSU is the prohibitive favorite for his McDonogh 35 teammate and friend Stephon Taylor who of course is 4* player at another position of need....DT. So far LSU has 6 commits...0 5* so far, but all but D Campbell the OG are rated 4*. And after watching D Campbell's video, just watch this guy and the ratings. He is going to skyrocket! It is an absolute joke that he is a 3*. Clearly he is minimum a medium 4* guy (5.9 rating number on Rivals).
A couple more guys on that same Mc35 team: McDonogh 35 junior defensive tackle Mastephon Taylor adds LSU to growing offer list McDonogh 35 defensive tackle prospect Mastephon Taylor discusses his LSU offer McDonogh 35 defensive tackle prospect Mastephon Taylor discusses his LSU offer By Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on February 10, 2015 at 5:33 PM, updated February 10, 2015 at 6:26 PM McDonogh 35 2016 defensive tackle Mastephon Taylor picked up an LSU offer Saturday, but don't expect the 6-foot-6, 290-pounder to rest on his laurels now. "It felt great to get offered by of the best schools in the BCS," Taylor said. "I'm certainly looking for more." Taylor has been a standout defensive tackle for the last two seasons with the Roneagles, twice making the All-District 9-4A squad. He has done so with stiff competition as he's made the teams alongside former Karr standout and Miami transfer Gerald Willis (2013), Karr defensive end and LSU signee Isaiah Washington (2013-14), Landry-Walker defensive tackle and Arizona State signee George Lea (2013-13) and Warren Easton defensive end and Oklahoma signee Arthur McGinnis (2014). Taylor's already been offered by Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Arizona State, TCU, Georgia, Temple and Tulane among others. He was offered by LSU along with his teammate Clifford Chattman and mentioned it would be "great" if he and Chattman were to play with each other again at the next level. "It would be great to have two players that have played through high school together on the defensive team," Taylor said. While Taylor's 6-foot-6, 290-frame seems better suited for offensive tackle, he's doing just fine on defense. "I'm an explosive guy coming off the ball," Taylor said. "I like butting heads with some of the best O-linemen in the city." ************** Andrew Lopez can be reached at [email protected] or 504.826.3405. LSU the first to offer McDonogh 35 junior safety Clifford Chattman McDonogh 35 defensive tackle prospect Mastephon Taylor discusses his LSU offer Another Player on the same team: Sci Martin Weak-Side Defensive End New Orleans, LA (McDonogh 35) Ht: 6-4 | Wt: 200 CLASS OF 2016
Looks great on video...as he says above, pretty darn explosive for essentially a 300 pounder. And you know on videos how they "arrow" or "shaded circle" the guy whose video it is? No need to do that on his. The guy is a mountain of a man and obvious where he is on the defense. Having view both Chattman and Taylor, obviously both are takes by LSU. They won't end up with the dozens of offers they would normally get because I think they will shut their recruitment down as soon as Taylor commits. Other schools won't waste time offering them.
I don't know if you have viewed some of his game film yet, but for a guy not that big, he hits like a truck. There are plays where the ball carrier is running (not just having gotten the ball either) and here comes Chattman from the other direction...he hits the guy...no forward motion by the ball carrier! If he can put on the weight and keeps the speed which he should be able to, he will be another Kwon Alexander who always amazed me how hard he hit people not being a big guy either.
