Five star recruits always carry a lot of hype with them when they arrive to their respective college campuses, but their production doesn’t always meet the hype or things don’t always work out at the school they choose to attend.
Clifton Garrett is a former five star recruit that chose to sign with LSU out of high school, but now the former blue chip recruit has decided to transfer from LSU.
Here are some details from Bleacher Report:
LSU linebacker Clifton Garrett, who was entering his sophomore year, has reportedly transferred from the program.
According to Justin Hopkins of 247Sports, while Garrett hasn’t officially decided where he will transfer, it will be to a junior college program:
Big news has been confirmed through multiple sources. Former five-star linebacker Clifton Garrett is transferring from LSU and will head to a junior college.
Sources inform 247Sports that Garrett will opt to enroll at a junior college, not yet determined, and continue his football career. Garrett has already departed and has no plans of returning.
Garrett came to LSU with a lot of hype, as 247Sports had him ranked as a 5-star prospect and the No. 2 outside linebacker in the 2014 recruiting class. He played very little last season before getting redshirted in November and figured to make a big impact on Les Miles‘ defense in 2015.
With Garrett’s next destination looking like a junior college, he is more than likely going to spend a year there before getting re-recruited again. If all goes according to plan, we will be seeing Garrett on the big stage sooner rather than later.