Sunshine State delivers top-rated defensive end Cade Denhoff to Tiger Town

★★★★ Cade Denhoff- 6’5, 225 - Lakeland Christian, Lakeland, FL

Four-star DE Cade Denhoff‍ (Lakeland, FL) is officially a Clemson Tiger after signing his paperwork moments ago. When Denhoff committed on January 26, Clemson's defensive line coach Todd Bates tweeted, "We just got better."

As for Denhoff, he simply tweeted, "Committed!!! Recruitment is over!!!"

Denhoff bonded with the Clemson program through his mom, who went to high school with defensive coordinator Brent Venables.

He has been a regular at Dabo Swinney's Camp since his freshman year and received an offer in July. The 6-foot-5, 230 pounder was also on campus when the Tigers beat Texas A&M 24-10 in September and Oct. 26 for the Tigers 59-7 win over Boston College. 

Denhoff's final list of teams according to his Twitter account included: Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, and Virginia.

Overview: National top 100 player according to ESPN.com and 247Sports … ESPN.com listed him as the No. 82 overall player in the nation, the 10th-best defensive end and the 15th-best player in Florida … ranked as the No. 89 overall player by 247Sports, and was also listed as the eighth-best defensive end in the nation and 13th-best player in Florida … ranked No. 188 overall nationally by Rivals.com, which also ranked him as the No. 10 defensive end … rated as a four-star prospect by all services … five-year letterman at Lakeland Christian, as he played in nine games as an eighth grader … played 48 games overall, recording 282 career tackles, 26.5 sacks, seven caused fumbles and four fumble recoveries … played seven games and had 40 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss, in pandemic-shortened 2020 season … had 92 tackles in 12 games, including 11 sacks and three caused fumbles in 2019 … had three double-figure tackle games that season, and had a career-high four sacks against King’s Academy …  as a sophomore in 2018, had career-high 95 tackles in 11 games with 6.5 sacks and three caused fumbles … had three double-figure tackle games, including a career-high 13 stops against Berkeley Prep … had 44 tackles and seven sacks in nine games as a freshman, including a three-sack performance against Land O’ Lakes High School … had 11 tackles in nine games as an eighth grader in 2016 … invited to play in the Under Armour All-America Game … plans to enroll at Clemson in January 2021 … committed to Clemson on Jan. 26, 2020, the same day as fellow signee Jake Briningstool … recruited by Lemanski Hall and Mike Reed … played football, basketball and baseball in high school … played for Danny Williams at Lakeland Christian School … born Aug. 30, 2002.

Reminds us of:

K.J. Henry