Phil Kornblut

USC offensive line coach Eric Wolford identified OL Tanner Bivins (6-2 285) of Norcross, GA as a prospect he likes and offered him May 30th making the Gamecocks his first offer. That, of course, immediately pushed the Gamecocks into the forefront of his recruiting. This month Bivins made several camp stops, the last one coming […]

USC target DE Myles Murphy of Greensboro, NC set his announcement for July 8th. He also has UNC, Alabama, LSU and Florida on his short list…. USC target DE Reggie Grimes of Brentwood, TN has set November 2nd for his announcement. He’s down to USC, Alabama, Florida State, LSU, Tennessee and Vanderbilt…. 2021 QB Shedeur

USC target 6-6 Earl Timberlake of Hyattsville, MD was offered by Cal according to PrepCircuit and by North Carolina according to Stockrisers. 6-9 Patrick Iriel of AC Flora was offered by Cincinnati according to Phenom Hoops. Byrnes DB Buddy Mack was offered by Colorado State. Byrnes DB Buddy Mack was offered by Colorado State. CB

Barring something unforeseen at this point, OL Issiah Walker of Miami plans to stick with the commitment he made to USC in May of 2018. Walker has never hinted at decommitting despite making several unofficial visits to other schools over the past two months. Those stops included Miami, Florida, Florida State and UCF. He was

2021 QB Colten Gauthier of Dacula, GA made a return visit to USC Saturday to further show off his strong right arm in front of head coach Will Muschamp and quarterbacks coach Dan Werner. The two were already convinced Gauthier could win for them since they offered in May. Saturday gave Gauthier a chance to

WR Deajaun McDougle of Deerfield Beach, FL took his first official visit over the weekend to USC and the Gamecocks further cemented their place in his mind as one of his top schools. He already had USC on his short list with Ohio State, Purdue, Oregon and Maryland. He wants to take more official visits

RB Tank Bigsby of Hoganville, GA was back at USC Saturday to observe the final camp session of the month. Bigsby’s presence was cited by several media outlets. Bigsby has made several visits to USC. He’s also been a frequent visitor to Auburn and he’s been to Georgia and LSU. He has taken official visits

Speedy 2021 WR Semaj James (5-11 175) of Tallahassee, FL made an appearance at USC’s camp Saturday. The Gamecocks already liked James enough to offer back in February. Saturday gave Will Muschamp and receivers coach Bryan McClendon an extended look at James, and it gave him the chance to get a feel for what playing

Clemson Saturday became an early contender for 6-6 small forward Dontrez Styles of Kingston, NC by dispensing an offer his way. The Tigers join VCU, Georgetown, Ole Miss, Pitt, USF and East Carolina on his offer list. The Tigers started to follow Styles earlier this month and his performances led Brad Brownell and staff to

USC possesses one of the top punters in the country for the 2019 season in Joseph Charlton. Besides him, there is no other scholarship punter in the program. Saturday, the Gamecocks took a step to resolve that by offering Kai Kroeger (6-3 190) of Lake Forest, IL. Kroeger is rated the #2 punter nationally in