First stop for Muschamp, LB TJ Brunson of Richland Northeast
December 7, 2015 by Phil Kornblut Link: SportsTalk
TJ Brunson
New USC coach Will Muschamp completed his media responsibilities at Williams-Brice Stadium Monday afternoon and then got down to the serious business of building his football team. With assistant coach Shawn Elliott in tow, Muschamp it the recruiting trail to call on two of the state’s top prospects in LB TJ Brunson of Richland Northeast and WR Brian Edwards of Conway. Brunson earned the honor of Muschamp’s first recruiting stop as the Gamecocks’ coach.
“It was cool, the first person he comes to see after the press conference, it was me,” Brunson said. “It’s pretty cool to have a coach like him to come visit you and give you a scholarship and say he wants to coach you. I’d met him one time before. He’s a great coach and has a vision and a plan. That’s important.”
It’s also important to Brunson that Muschamp is a defensive guru and will be selective in the players he will recruit for that side of the ball.
“He said I had something a lot of people don’t have and that’s in short space being able to make a short burst and being able to be explosive thru the hips,” Brunson said. “He said I will fit well in his scheme, the 4-3 but really but they’ll be doing a lot of 3-4 stuff to, so he said I can two gap and one gap which is a good thing.”
Brunson said he will take an unofficial visit to USC Friday and then report for the Shrine Bowl in Spartanburg Saturday. His official visit is set for January 16th. He’s coming off an official visit to Louisville where he has been committed since July.
“I’m talking to my family about everything,” he said. “It’s been about the same for a little bit. They’ve both been two schools I’ve looked at seriously.” He added that the two are even at this point though his commitment is still in place and he said he’s not really looking at anyone else at this point.
December 7, 2015 by Phil Kornblut Link: SportsTalk
TJ BrunsonNew USC coach Will Muschamp completed his media responsibilities at Williams-Brice Stadium Monday afternoon and then got down to the serious business of building his football team. With assistant coach Shawn Elliott in tow, Muschamp it the recruiting trail to call on two of the state’s top prospects in LB TJ Brunson of Richland Northeast and WR Brian Edwards of Conway. Brunson earned the honor of Muschamp’s first recruiting stop as the Gamecocks’ coach.
“It was cool, the first person he comes to see after the press conference, it was me,” Brunson said. “It’s pretty cool to have a coach like him to come visit you and give you a scholarship and say he wants to coach you. I’d met him one time before. He’s a great coach and has a vision and a plan. That’s important.”
It’s also important to Brunson that Muschamp is a defensive guru and will be selective in the players he will recruit for that side of the ball.
“He said I had something a lot of people don’t have and that’s in short space being able to make a short burst and being able to be explosive thru the hips,” Brunson said. “He said I will fit well in his scheme, the 4-3 but really but they’ll be doing a lot of 3-4 stuff to, so he said I can two gap and one gap which is a good thing.”
Brunson said he will take an unofficial visit to USC Friday and then report for the Shrine Bowl in Spartanburg Saturday. His official visit is set for January 16th. He’s coming off an official visit to Louisville where he has been committed since July.
“I’m talking to my family about everything,” he said. “It’s been about the same for a little bit. They’ve both been two schools I’ve looked at seriously.” He added that the two are even at this point though his commitment is still in place and he said he’s not really looking at anyone else at this point.
