“The staff, players are really close and Coach Izzo is great,” Clark told Mike Wilson of Scout.com. “The staff and Coach Izzo, they are very genuine and the players – they are all very genuine people. I got to see it at its worst. When I went, they lost and they didn’t have the red carpet or anything rolled out for me so I got to see everything how it really is. If that’s how it is on a day-to-day basis, that’s how I want it.”

Clark is the third recruit of the 2014 class and the second small forward, pairing up with 6-foot-5 Javon Bess from Columbus, Ohio.

According to rivals.com, Clark is known as an athletic forward that has a consistent jump shot from 12 to 17 feet away from the hoop. He is also known as a quality rebounder.

Clark’s story goes further than basketball, as a YouTube video titled “I am Marvin Clark” shows the hardships he has been through in his life.

At that age, he lost his father to a heart attack. Following his death, Clark’s mother was involved in a series of abusive relationships and was once married to what Clark called “a well-known drug dealer.”

“I grew up watching him beat her,” Clark said in the video.

Throughout his childhood, his family struggled to find a solid living arrangement, jumping from apartment-to-apartment. A family took him in, but even there, he witnessed his neighbors get robbed at gunpoint.

When he got to high school, Mo-Kan, Clark’s AAU team, started to help Clark provide a better life for himself. After a successful tenure at Sunrise Christian Academy, Clark is looking to continue his success story at MSU this fall.