Rivals250 LB Jihaad Campbell reopens his recruitment

The fallout from Brent Venables leaving Clemson to be the head coach at Oklahoma continues with the decommitment of Jihaad Campbell. The New Jersey native and Rivals250 linebacker had been committed to the Tigers since late June.

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"I'm going to sit down and explore my options this weekend," Campbell said. "As of right now, I don't know what schools I'm going to look closely at.

"I'm going to try to find where it will be best for me to be at," he said. "It was a family decision."

Campbell's decommitment doesn't come as much of a surprise. Venables was his lead recruiter and he is very close with fellow New Jersey native and former Clemson commit Keon Sabb. Campbell will be looking at a number of schools in the next few days but was hesitant to single any out. Penn State, Rutgers, Michigan, Texas A&M, Ohio State, and Georgia are a few to keep an eye on. The first five have very strong ties to Campbell and the southern New Jersey area he calls home and Georgia has done a fantastic job recruiting IMG Academy. The Bulldogs are in good position to sign a few of his teammates at the Florida powerhouse. It will be interesting to see if Oklahoma pursues Campbell now that he has officially opened up his recruitment. There is obviously a great relationship there with Venables being the main reason he committed to Clemson in the first place.