Recruiting

2021 QB Colten Gauthier of Dacula, GA got his first close up look at Clemson Thursday with a six hour visit. Clemson is still looking to get its hooks into a ’21 quarterback after two the Tigers offered committed elsewhere. The Tigers did not offer Gauthier Thursday but there is legitimate interest both ways.

TE Jesse Sanders of South Aiken visited Georgia State Thursday and said the Panthers are one of his top schools. He has a PWO offer from USC and hasn’t heard much from the Gamecocks of late but he plans to check in soon with recruiter Bobby Bentley. Sanders hopes to generate more interest early in

DE Desmond Evans of Sanford, NC is another prime target for USC out of the Tarheel State and the Gamecocks are in a good spot with him at this point. He visited for a couple of games last season and was back for a spring practice March 30th  He won’t get back to USC until

Clemson does not have a wide receiver committed for the 2020 class but that could soon change. One of their targets, Ajou Ajou (uh-Joe uh-Joe) (6-3 210), a Canadian who will play this season for Clearwater Academy International in Florida, is visiting thru Saturday morning with a close family friend since his mother does not

One of the state’s top basketball prospects in the 2021 class, 6-5 Bryce McGowens, will transfer from Wren to Lincoln Academy in Winston-Salem, NC his new school announced Wednesday. Lincoln Academy is a Nike Elite basketball program with former Furman coach Larry Davis serving as the head coach. McGowens has offers from Clemson, USC, LSU,

It’s rare for a punter to get a major offer early in the recruiting process because most end up starting out as walk-ons. Unless he has that special leg. Kai Kroeger of Lake Forest, IL apparently is one of those, and he’s proven that on the national stage this summer at various big-time camps.

Clemson will hold its annual All-In Cookout Friday night when reportedly top 2020 prospects like DE Jordan Burch, LB Justin Flowe, WR Ajou AJou and WR EJ Williams will be on campus. But there will be another major target on campus Thursday, the first day of the new live recruiting period that runs thru Wednesday.

USC will lose big men Maik Kotsar and Micaiah Henry after this season and that will leave Frank Martin with just two true inside bodies for the following season in Alanzo Frink and Wildens Leveque. So, Martin and his staff this summer watched the various events around the country trying to identify possible replacements. One

USC target LB Desmond Tisdol of Rochelle, GA plans to visit Florida State this weekend according to Rusty Mansell of 247Sports. He also camped at Florida State in June. The Seminoles have not yet offered and he’s not listed them among his favorites at this point. USC, Auburn and Georgia are three others strong with

USC and North Carolina will renew their football rivalry next month in Charlotte, and off the field, the recruiting rivalry between the two is red hot. Three of the Gamecocks’ 2020 commitments are from North Carolina. The Tar Heels fought back earlier this month beating out the Gamecocks for DE Myle Murphy of Greensboro. And

USC is one of the final four with SAF Ja’Qurious Conley of Jacksonville, NC. He has an official visit with the Gamecocks set for the Alabama game. This weekend he plans to visit unofficially either Virginia Tech or North Carolina, depending on his father’s availability to travel. Duke is the fourth school on his list.

A new name to add to USC’s recruiting board for the 2021 class is WR Adonai Mitchell (6-3 187), formerly of Houston but now living in Antioch, TN just outside of Nashville. Mitchell is a member of the National Playmakers Academy (NPA), an organization that works with football players in the Nashville area on and