Recruiting

USC hosts Clemson Saturday night so the Gamecocks get the benefit of the recruiting home field advantage this time in the Palmetto Bowl. Dozens of recruits from a variety of classes are scheduled to be at Williams-Brice Stadium, including top linebacker prospect Stone Blanton of Madison, MS. A possible visitor is top receiver target Antonio […]

LB Jaishawn Barham (6-3 230) of Baltimore remains a top target for USC in the 2022 class. Defensive ends coach Mike Peterson has been heading up the Gamecocks’ effort and he has them very much in the picture as Barham looks at signing next month. “There as in it as anybody else is,” St Frances

LB Stone Blanton (6-2 220) of Madison, MS remains one of the top targets for USC in the 2022 class. He took an official visit to Columbia in June and was back for the Eastern Illinois game in early September. This weekend the Gamecock coaches will get another chance to meet with Blanton as he

Clemson made the top 10 with 2023 LB Malik Bryant (6-3 210) of IMG Academy. The others are Arizona State, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Maryland, Oregon, Florida and Miami.

USC made a strong run at 2022 tight end Oscar Delp of Cumming, GA but came up short when he committed to Georgia. On to 2023 tight end recruiting and the Gamecocks’ tight ends coach Erik Kimrey has put his focus on Ethan Davis (6-5 200) of Suwanee. And just like with Delp, Kimrey has

Dutch Fork WR Antonio Williams made an unofficial visit to Clemson Saturday for the Wake Forest game and was offered by the Tigers.  Clemson made the move with Williams after missing on top receiver target Andre Greene Jr. earlier in the week when he committed to North Carolina.  Williams has taken official visits to USC

DT D’Andre Martin of Durham made his official visit to USC over the weekend, and the Gamecocks made a strong impression on him on and off the field. Martin got the tour of facilities and the campus and was on hand for Saturday night’s win over Auburn. And he left Columbia Sunday with a lot

DT Jeffrey M’Ba of Independence JC, KS has an offer from USC but does not include them in his visiting plans as outlines in his newest blog entry for SI.com. He wrote that he will visit Missouri today (Friday) and Oklahoma Saturday. He plans to visit Auburn next weekend for the Alabama game. He will

DT D’Andre Martin of Durham, NC and Life Christian Academy in South Chesterfield, VA will be among the recruiting guests at USC this weekend for the Auburn game. Martin visited USC unofficially twice in the summer. This visit with his dad will be an official visit. Martin sees the visit as a chance to get

WR Andre Greene Jr. of Richmond announced a commitment to North Carolina over Clemson and Georgia Wednesday night. Greene made an official visit to Clemson last Sunday and Monday. He also camped at Clemson last June and returned July 25th for the recruits BBQ. Greene made his official visits to North Carolina and Georgia in

South Carolina figures to have some top-flight recruits in for Saturday night’s SEC closer against Auburn. One who has made plans to be in Columbia is 2023 DT Keith Sampson Jr. (6-4 285) of New Bern, NC. The hotly pursued Sampson is getting a lot of recruiting attention from the Gamecocks dating back to a