Recruiting

#STRecruiting: Greenville High OG Blake Franks commits to #Gamecocks

USC landed their second major in-state offensive line commitment for the 2024 class Friday night when OG Blake Franks (6-5 310) announced his commitment to the Gamecocks. He joins OT Kam Pringle of Woodland on the USC commitment list, and the Gamecocks are hopeful of adding Dillon OT Josiah Thompson on April 14th. Pringle had …

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#STRecruiting Notebook 3-31

Clemson target OT Blake Frazier Friday night named a top five of Clemson, Michigan, LSU, Florida and Texas. Frazier plans to make his next visit to Clemson April 5th. He visited twice last year, once in July and for a game in October. This month he has visited Texas, Michigan and LSU. Last season Frazier …

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#STRecruiting: New York DT Shaun Ayers has checked out #Gamecocks and #Clemson

DT Shaun Ayers (6-4 270), a native of Long Island who attends St. Thomas Moore Prep in Oakdale, CT has taken multiple visits to USC and Clemson. He was in Columbia last May and again earlier this month. He’s been to Clemson three times, for a camp, a practice and last year’s game with the …

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#STRecruiting Notebook 3-30

2025 Sumter DE Anthony Addison (6-4 215) has caught the attention of USC defensive ends coach Sterling Lucas. He has visited for two spring practices this month and has been invited back for the spring game April 15th. Addison, who had six sacks as a sophomore, got a tour of the facilities on his first …

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#STRecruiting: Cooper comes in from the cold, commits to #Gamecocks (UPDATED)

Former Dorman High School guard Ta’Lon Cooper (6’4″) has committed to South Carolina following his exit from Minnesota. Cooper announced his pledge on Twitter Wednesday morning. Cooper won two state championships under Thomas Ryan at Dorman before committing to Morehead State out of high school. Cooper played at Morehead State for three seasons before transferring …

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#STRecruiting: Cooper, Tate to announce their future plans on Wednesday

They were high school teammates at Dorman where they won a state championship in 2019. They then signed with Morehead State and Butler respectively. And Wednesday they plan to announce their next step in their college basketball careers. 6-4 Ta’lon Cooper and 6-0 Myles Tate have been in the Transfer Portal, but they are exiting …

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#STRecruiting: Finnish teammates strong on #Gamecocks following visits

Teammates 6-4 Morris Ugusuk and 6-9 Okku Federiko of Omnia Basketball Academy in Finland wrapped up their official visits to USC Tuesday. It was the second visit for both to USC. Ugusuk said afterwards both he and Federiko feel good about the Gamecocks, but neither has committed at this point. “The coaching staff was awesome,” …

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#STRecruiting: Alex Taylor plans a couple of more visits to #Clemson

WR Alex Taylor (6-2 175) of Greensboro, NC has been a frequent visitor to Clemson. He camped with the Tigers last summer, made a couple of unofficial visits in 2022, including one for a game, and was at the Tigers junior day January 28th. More visits are coming up. He’s planning to get back to …

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#STRecruiting: #Gamecocks look in great shape to land 6-4 transfer Ta’Lon Cooper after official visit

Dorman product 6-4 Ta’Lon Cooper appears headed to Columbia to play his final season of college basketball. Cooper’s high school coach, Thomas Ryan, said Monday afternoon Cooper had a great official visit with USC over the weekend, and all signs point him to signing up with Lamont Paris for the next season. “He had a …

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#STRecruiting: 6-10 Mustapha Amzil could be the start of Finnish connection for #Gamecocks

USC basketball coach Lamont Paris and his staff hosted for an official visit over the weekend 6-10 Mustapha Amzil, a transfer from Dayton and a native of Finland. Amzil is coming off a season when he averaged nine points and five rebounds per game. He shot 44% from the floor, 36% from three and 80% …

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#STRecruiting Notebook 3-27 (UPDATED)

Greenville High OG Blake Franks has finally set his commitment announcement date. Raiders head coach Greg Porter said Monday Franks will make his announcement Friday at 3:45 PM at the school auditorium. Franks has had a couple of other potential announcement dates during the process only to cancel those plans. Franks has been weighing the …

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#STRecruiting: Riverside DT Marcus Downs has gone from off radar to in the recruiting spotlight

Riverside DT Marcus Downs (6-5 260) has gone from zero to sixty on the recruiting highway the first few months of 2023. He was not a heavily recruited prospect coming off his junior season in November, but then Coastal Carolina coach Jamie Chadwell offered him to join the Chants. When Chadwell moved to Liberty, one …

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