Recruiting

6-5 2G Quenton Flood of Lower Richland has an offer from East Tennessee State. He’s also drawing interest from Western Carolina, East Carolina, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. Flood averaged 16 points and 9 rebounds per game last season.

USC basketball coach Frank Martin struck inside the state again Thursday with an offer to 6-2 PG Jacobi Wright, a native of Fort Mill who attends Legacy Charter in Greenville. Wright emerged on the scene as a sophomore when he averaged better than 25 points per game. He backed that up with a junior season

One of the last recruits to get in to visit Clemson in March before the pandemic closed off all college campuses to recruiting visits was WR Troy Stellato of Jacksonville. He was in to watch a spring practice on March 7th. He also took in a game at Death Valley last season. Stellato has his

USC came up short in pursuit of four-star OT Micah Morris of Kingsland, GA when he committed to Georgia Wednesday. But the Gamecocks moved quickly on another big-time tackle prospect with an offer Thursday to Caleb Etienne (6-9 315) of New Orleans. Etienne played last season at Fort Scott JC, KS and will play this

A second major USC target in Georgia in as many days has announced a commitment to the Bulldogs. RB Lovasea Carroll of Warrenton and IMG Academy in Florida, who was actually the Gamecocks’ first commitment for the 2021 class, announced his pledge to Georgia Thursday afternoon. His commitment follows that of OT Micah Morris of

An active Wednesday night in recruiting left USC adding a primary defensive line target to the 2021 class but losing out on a primary offensive line target. The Gamecocks received a commitment from DT Nick Barrett (6-3 325) of Goldsboro, NC. But they missed on OT Micah Morris of Kingsland, GA when he announced a

One of the top football athletes in the Florida Panhandle is Damarius McGhee (6-0 160) of Pensacola. He excels at quarterback receiver and cornerback for Catholic High School. USC offered McGhee earlier this year, and the Gamecocks seem him as a defensive player. Defensive coordinator and secondary coach Travaris Robinson has been heading up his

USC’s defensive staff is making a hard push for DT Nick Barrett (6-3 325) of Goldsboro, NC. The Gamecocks were one of his early offers and they have followed up with a lot of contact. Barrett visited for a game last season and was back for a junior day in January. The attention he’s getting

Clemson’s recruiting prowess nationally has been well documented as the Tigers routinely have landed the best players right out of the backyards of other top five programs. That recruiting strength, however, will be severely tested as the Tigers recruit 5-star CB Ga’Quincy McKinstry (6-0 172) of Pinson, AL. Alabama and Auburn are all over the

USC is showing interest in LB Kameron Olds (6-3 225) of Richmond. Olds has not been heavily recruited to this point. His only offer is Norfolk State. But he took an unofficial visit to USC March 1-2 and took in a spring practice. Since then, he’s been talking with recruiter Kyle Krantz and head coach

Myrtle Beach WR JJ Jones reached another milestone in his recruiting Saturday. He landed an offer from USC, giving him one of the two offers he most covets. The other, of course, would be from Clemson, and he’s in conversation with the Tigers. The Gamecocks recently intensified their recruiting of Jones and it all came

Four-star QB Christian Veilleux of Ontario Sunday narrowed his list to a final four. Clemson, which offered Veilleux last week, was in that foursome. The others to make the list were Penn State, Duke and Tennessee. Veilleux visited all four schools before visits were stopped, and he plans return visits to each before making his