{"id":400809,"date":"2024-06-07T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400809"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:03:57","slug":"rowan-byrne-a-4-star-offensive-lineman-breaks-down-his-clemson-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=400809","title":{"rendered":"Rowan Byrne, a 4-star offensive lineman, breaks down his Clemson commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rowan Byrne committed to <a href=\"https:\/\/clemsonwire.usatoday.com\/\">Clemson<\/a> on Thursday. A four-star recruit, Byrne is one of the top interior offensive linemen in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Byrne, an offensive lineman at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ny\/new-rochelle\/iona-prep-gaels\/football\/\">Ioan Prep<\/a> (New Rochelle, New York) is a significant pick-up for Clemson. He is ranked a four-star and the No. 18 interior offensive lineman in the nation by <a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/athletes\/rowan-byrne-296475?view=pv\">Rivals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 recruiting class now stands third in the nation for Clemson according to <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/season\/2025-football\/compositeteamrankings\/\">247Sports<\/a> with 13 commits.<\/p>\n<p>Byrne committed to Clemson from an offer list that includes e is among the most highly-recruited offensive linemen in the nation Baylor, Boston College, Duke, <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/\">Florida State<\/a>,\u00a0<b><a id=\"yiv6858425063OWAa4ac1a20-4568-d4b1-4e09-bd037698ad68\" class=\"yiv6858425063OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/wolverineswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Michigan<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0<b><a id=\"yiv6858425063OWAa9abf258-83a3-cbb4-c583-5bb3fa6a80fa\" class=\"yiv6858425063OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fightingirishwire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Notre Dame<\/a><\/b>,\u00a0<b><a id=\"yiv6858425063OWAffbcb3a3-c936-ee56-fc2b-307d911e8e86\" class=\"yiv6858425063OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fightingirishwire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Ohio State<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b><a id=\"yiv6858425063OWA6b7f22d9-7ef2-f2eb-a9f1-9495a6a27ef2\" class=\"yiv6858425063OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/rutgerswire.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Rutgers<\/a><\/b> among others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It really came down to the culture and fit at Clemson,&#8221; Byrne told <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/\">USA TODAY High School Sports<\/a> following his commitment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fit in so well with the players there &#8211; the family feel between everyone there is unmatched. I know Clemson is a place I will be developed in all aspects and to fit in that well there it just made sense for me to go to Clemson. There wasn\u2019t a reason I could think of not to go to Clemson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Byrne took an official visit to Clemson last weekend. The trip cemented the program atop his recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>Clemson was his last Power Five offer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/rowan-byrne-155649\/\">coming in for Byrne in late May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has canceled all other official visits and is locked in at Clemson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, Clemson was the right choice because of the culture and how great of a fit it was for me as a person,&#8221; Byrne said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be able to have that fit and compete for championships is hard to turn down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related shortcode shortcode--related\">\n<h2 class=\"related__header\">Related<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/florida-softball-star-madison-schemitz-walks-at-graduation-year-after-knife-attack-left-her-paralyzed\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Florida softball star Madison Schemitz walks at graduation year after knife attack left her paralyzed<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/lsu-baseball-commit-konnor-griffin-named-the-2023-24-gatorade-national-baseball-player-of-the-year\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">LSU baseball commit Konnor Griffin named the 2023-24 Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/stephon-marburys-son-commits-to-cal-as-preferred-walk-on\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Stephon Marbury&#039;s son commits to Cal as preferred walk-on<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Clemson Byrne talks about his Clemson football commitment.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=400809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400810,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400809\/revisions\/400810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=400809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=400809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=400809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}