SI All-American Candidate Liam Clifford Highlights and Evaluation

Liam Clifford is a wide receiver prospect from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Clifford is an SI All-American candidate.

Prospect: Liam Clifford
Status: SI All-American candidate
Vitals: 6-foot-1, 195 pounds
Position: Wide Receiver 
School: Cincinnati (Ohio) St. Xavier
Committed to: Penn State 
Projected Position: Wide Receiver 

Frame: Lean and muscular. Average upper-body width. Relatively thick, rock-solid thighs and calves. Developed trunk. Room for more mass, but already chiseled. 

Athleticism: Impressive overall athlete. Doesn’t quite live up to self-reported 4.4 40-time, but very fast. Extremely fluid; wastes little motion on move. Exceptional balance through contract. Great hands. 

Instincts: Playmaker. Natural vision in open field; home-run threat with a seam. Not especially shifty side to side, but glides through cuts. Tough to bring down. Routinely fools defensive backs with route-running nuance. Effortlessly tracks ball downfield. 

Polish: High-level route-runner. Runs full route tree, stacking and stemming like college veteran. Varies release off LOS. Willing, effective blocker in run game. 

Bottom Line: New to wide receiver in 2018, Clifford’s long history playing quarterback serves him extremely well at his new position. An advanced route-runner with exceptional hands, he’ll see the field early for Penn State if prep athleticism translates to Big 10. Potential multi-year starter. Younger brother of Nittany Lions quarterback Sean Clifford.