Defensive end Robert Nkemdiche from Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga., has two schools on top of his list.

“Ole Miss and LSU would be my top two right now,” Nkemdiche told ESPN RecruitingNation. “I would not say Ole Miss is on top, but they are really high.”

Ole Miss appears to have an advantage because of the presence of redshirt freshman linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, Robert’s brother. Their mother hasn’t hid her desire to see her two sons play together at Ole Miss.

But LSU is making a strong push for Nkemdiche, who originally committed to Clemson before reopening his recruitment in November. LSU was a strong suitor for Nkemdiche’s services before he committed to Clemson in June.

“LSU is still up there, I will be honest with you,” said Nkemdiche, who’s ranked the nation’s No. 1 prospect by ESPN. “I love LSU and they are a great school.”

Nkemdiche hasn’t decided when he will take his official visits. Alabama, Florida and Clemson remain in the mix, according to Nkemdiche.

“I plan to make my commitment in early February, either right before or on signing day,” he said.

Defensive end Robert Nkemdiche has decommitted from Clemson, according to his high school coach.

Loganville (Ga.) Grayson High School coach Mickey Conn told 247Sports Nkemdiche decommitted from Clemson on Sunday.

“It was a family decision he made with his mom and dad,” Conn said.

The preference of Nkemdiche’s mother has been well established. She wants her son to play at Ole Miss along with his brother, freshman linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche.

Robert Nkemdiche, who plans to be in Oxford this weekend to watch Ole Miss host Vanderbilt, denied he had decommitted from Clemson when contacted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday night.

“Nothing final yet,” he said via text message.

Not even close, it seems.

Robert Nkemdiche’s commitment to Clemson is still in doubt.

The recruitment of the highly-touted defensive end from Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga., has been controversial, especially since he committed to Clemson in June.

Nkemdiche has maintained his pledge to the Tigers is strong, but his tune seems to be changing. He told ESPN RecruitingNation on Wednesday that Ole Miss is still in the picture.

“My recruitment is crazy still, and Ole Miss is making a push for me,” Nkemdiche told ESPN. “It does not matter to my dad, but my mom wants me to go to Ole Miss and we are still talking about it, so we have not come to an agreement on it yet. It is tugging my heart in two different directions.”

The first direction is Clemson, where Nkemdiche and Grayson teammates Wayne Gallman and David Kamara have said they plan to play together. But Nkemdiche’s brother, Denzel Nkemdiche, is a redshirt freshman at Ole Miss.

That appears to be the main reason Nkemdiche’s mother wants her son to sign with Ole Miss. She told ESPN The Magazine in September she wasn’t happy with Clemson’s recruitment of Nkemdiche.

“His decision is not final,” Beverly Nkemdiche said. “He’s just a teenager, and people are forgetting that. We had never discussed Clemson, and I am unhappy with Clemson. I’m not there, so I don’t know for certain, but I feel like Robert was pressured into this decision.”

Sadly, it seems the pressure will only become greater as long as Nkemdiche’s mother tries to convince her son to go against his own choice.

Clemson has more work to do to hold on to the commitment of defensive end Robert Nkemdiche.

The Tigers have commitments from two of Nkemdiche’s teammates at Loganville (Ga.) Grayson High School – running back Wayne Gallman and cornerback David Kamara.

But Nkemdiche, the nation’s No. 1 prospect, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that Clemson needs to offer Grayson defensive back Ryan Carter to “seal the deal” with Nkemdiche’s recruitment.

“I am waiting on Clemson to offer Ryan; when that happens, it’s locked … it’s a done deal … it’s over,” Nkemdiche told the AJC.

So what if Clemson doesn’t offer Carter, whose offer list includes Ole Miss, Arkansas State, Southern Miss, Tulane and Georgia State? Nkemdiche said he would take a stronger look at Ole Miss, where his brother, linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, is a redshirt freshman.

Carter, who told the AJC he would “probably commit rather quickly” if Clemson were to offer, said he and Robert Nkemdiche have had conversations about attending Ole Miss.

“We’ve all talked about going to Ole Miss together if that doesn’t work out with Clemson,” Carter said. “Robert’s brother is there, and he’s definitely trying to get us to go there.”

Clemson has a tough choice. It can offer Carter and secure Nkemdiche’s commitment (according to him) or hold off and risk losing Nkemdiche to Ole Miss or perhaps another school.

Offering Carter could be seen by some as a “5-for-1″ deal to land Nkemdiche, whose former teammate, quarterback Nick Schuessler, decided earlier this week to leave Mississippi State to walk on at Clemson.

For the record, Grayson coach Mickey Conn told the AJC if Clemson offers Carter, it would be because of his ability, not Nkemdiche’s influence. But that idea would certainly be in question now that Nkemdiche has made his desire to play with Carter so public.

Defensive end Robert Nkemdiche has committed to Clemson, according to a report from TigerIllustrated.com.

The news comes one day after Nkemdiche’s teammate and friend at Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga., cornerback David Kamara, committed to the Tigers. Grayson running back Wayne Gallman is also committed to Clemson.

Nkemdiche is widely considered to be the nation’s top prospect for the class of 2013. He has also considered schools such as Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss, where his brother, Denzel Nkemdiche, is a redshirt freshman linebacker. Alabama was once thought to be the favorite to land Robert Nkemdiche.

Nkemdiche still has plenty of time to change his mind. Despite his commitment, you can expect plenty of schools to keep recruiting Nkemdiche until he has officially signed with a school.

UPDATE: The news of Nkemdiche’s commitment to Clemson has been confirmed by Scout.com and 247Sports.

Gallman posted a photo on Twitter of the Grayson trio wearing Clemson gear:

#graysontrio instagr.am/p/L33ESeJ6kT/

— Wayne Gallman (@Wanye_Kanye) June 14, 2012