2023 DL Saadiq Clements to visit Alabama this weekend

Alabama has inserted itself into the conversation for one of the state of Kentucky’s most prolific prospects. This weekend Saadiq Clements is expected to travel to Tuscaloosa to unofficially visit Alabama when the Crimson Tide roll the Tennessee Volunteers.

A  6-foot-5, 265-pound defensive lineman from Henderson, Ky., in April Kentucky became the first school to offer Clements a scholarship. Five others have followed, including Indiana, Purdue and Louisville. The three-star prospect camped with the Cats over the summer and attended the Kentucky-LSU game as a guest of the Wildcats.

A two-way star for the Henderson County Colonels, Clements’ combination of athleticism and size will make him one of the most sought after recruits in the region. Over the summer he ran a 4.7 40-yard-dash on a digital clock at Kentucky’s camp. Even though he was the biggest kid on the field, he played running back until recently.

“At such a young age, he was as fast as the running back,” Josh Boston, Clements’ head coach, told KSR recently. “But he was the biggest lineman of all the kids. Out of all the kids, he was the biggest kid. But he was as fast as the running back. That’s why I was saying when he was such a young kid, everybody kinda thought wait a second, this is different, we don’t have people like this.“

Clements is now drawing attention from some of the biggest names in college football. Vince Marrow will be logging overtime to keep the talented prospect from leaving his home state for college.