Gamecocks in the battle for talented Texas tight end
March 31, 2022 SPORTSTALK
Big-time TE Reid Mikeska (6-6 233) of Cypress, TX named his top 12 schools earlier in the week, and USC was included in the group. The others in his top dozen are Alabama, Texas Tech, LSU, Miami, Florida, Michigan State, North Carolina, Baylor, Auburn, and Tennessee. Mikeska has been making the rounds this month checking out as many of the schools he can get to. Earlier this month he got in to see the Gamecocks.“Columbia was also incredible. I really like Coach (Shane) Beamer,” Mikeska said. “I think he’s on the road to taking the program to the next level. I think a lot of people are sleeping on them that don’t really know what’s going on. I really like (tight ends) Coach (Jody) Wright. They also have great facilities, and they are establishing a really good culture there too. Both of those schools are very high up on my list right now.”
Like his counterpart at Clemson, Wright also is in his first year on the job at USC and made sure Mikeska left there with a good idea about how he would fit into the offense.
“He sees me coming in and playing really early,” Mikeska said. “It’s kind of the same thing as Clemson, they could put me all over. I could block, I could catch, I could run with the football, I could do it all. He sees me as that too. I’ve had a good relationship with Coach Wright for about two months now. I’m a big fan of him.”
Mikeska has also visited Baylor, TCU, Michigan State, North Carolina, Michigan, Alabama, and Auburn. This weekend he plans to see LSU and Miami.