Clemson commit impresses at The Opening

(WOLO) — Clemson 2015 commit Chad Smith (Sterling, VA) finished third in the Nike SPARQ National Championship with a score of 140.97 at The Opening on Tuesday. The Opening is an elite invite-only football camp held annually at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. All 162 athletes that were invited to the camp were measured in four different events to derive their SPARQ rating: 40-yard dash, kneeling power ball toss, vertical jump and the shuttle run. The top ten finishers competed in the SPARQ Championship that was broadcasted nationally by ESPNU. The four-star linebacker verbally committed to the Tigers in April.