Recruiting

USC is set for its biggest recruiting weekend of the season to date with the Kentucky game being the prime attraction for the recruits. Shane Beamer pointed his staff’s recruiting efforts toward this weekend knowing the game will be against a quality SEC opponent, Williams-Brice Stadium will be full and loud, and it’s a game

USC recruiter Pete Lembo contacted 2023 LB Phil Picciotti September 1st, the first day he could make contact with prospects in that class. Lembo was doing his due diligence on a player in his recruiting territory, and the result of that was an offer to Picciotti on Wednesday. The Gamecocks are the first team from

WR Dane Key of Lexington, KY plans to visit USC Saturday for the Kentucky game. He made an official visit to USC during the summer and has continued to hold the Gamecocks in high regard. Of course, Kentucky is also heavily in the mix as he lives just a few miles from campus, and his

Greenville High QB Pro Franklin is planning to be at USC Saturday night for the Kentucky game on an unofficial visit. “They really want to pull the trigger (on an offer), they are just waiting on the numbers for the amount of scholarships they have.” Franklin has been putting up some impressive numbers. Thru four

The heated recruiting battle for TE Oscar Delp of Cumming, GA is entering the final stages. The last two Saturdays, Delp visited Clemson and Georgia respectively for games. This weekend he’ll take a break from recruiting as his family heads to a Florida beach with his school out for fall break. All that’s left is

When USC defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Clayton White was coaching at NC State, he recruited a linebacker from Parkland High School in Winston-Salem by the name of Lee Kpogba (6-1 230) (pronounced KAHBA). Kpogba was one of the top prospects in North Carolina and played in the 2018 Shrine Bowl. As a high school senior, he

Clemson Thursday offered 4-star OL Earnest Greene (6-5 330) of Bellflower, CA. He comes from the same school as Clemson QB DJ Uiagalelei and WR Beaux Collins. Greene is a national recruit and is ranked the #2 inside OL nationally in the ’22 class. He recently named a top ten of Texas A&M, Southern Cal,

6-8 Chauncey Wiggins of Loganville, GA made an official visit to Clemson last weekend. Clemson coach Brad Brownell has had success recruiting Georgia, and apparently, he sees Wiggins as a player in the mold of current small forward/big guard Hunter Tyson. A versatile player who can handle, shoot and defend. “They were comparting me to

6-7 Deshawndre Washington of Northwest Florida JC was offered by #Gamecocks. He signed with Robert Morris out of high school in Chicago in 2019 but left due to family matters and went home after the first semester. He later enrolled at South Suburban JC in Chicago where last season he averaged 27 points, 13.5 rebounds

One of the top remaining prospects on the USC board for the 2022 class is WR Jayden Gibson (6-6 185) of Winter Garden, FL. USC head coach Shane Beamer and receivers coach Justin Stepp have been on Gibson practically since they arrived in Columbia. In less than a month, they’ll learn if their efforts paid