Walter Clayton Jr. has always been a late bloomer — in basketball, at least. As Clayton has grown into an all-time March Madness hero during the 2025 NCAA tournament, a central part of his lore is that Florida offered him a football scholarship years before he signed with the school out of the transfer portal in basketball. The Gators weren’t alone in believing Clayton could be a stud defensive back on the football field, with Notre Dame, Georgia and Tennessee offering him, too.
Clayton did a funny thing once those football offers rolled in after his sophomore year of high school: He quit the sport forever to focus on
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