Brent Venables was on the road recruiting on the Tigers' behalf last week and addressed the possibility of his departure with various prospects, their families or high school coaching staffs.

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It's different when such a theoretical becomes reality, though, which occurred Sunday night as recruits learned of Venables' departure to Oklahoma.

Tigerillustrated.com reached out to some of the highest-rated recruits in the nation to get their reaction to Venables' departure from Clemson and where their recruitment now stands.

RECRUITS REACT TO VENABLES' DEPARTURE

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