Answer Wednesday! (Part 4)
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Q: davidallen760 said:
Did Clay Matthews have any scholarship offers out of HS?
A: Five years ago seems like a long time. I believe he was recruited by some other schools but he also wanted to go to USC as a walk-on, so schools were aware of that fact. His younger brother chose to go to Oregon, partly on Clay's advice that it would not be worth coming to USC and not playing despite the family's strong Trojan ties.
I've heard that he had an offer to Idaho, but I'm not sure if that was confirmed or not. Matthews did reference the lack of attention out of high school in an interview on the NFL Network but he only talked about D-IAA offers and JC talk. Of course, dude was only like 160 pounds out of high school, so who could blame big time programs for not flocking to the Matthews household, despite the great lineage.
He was 160 out of high school! Damn.
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