Gamecocks tough season not a turnoff to Alexis
Jan. 19, 2020, | sportstalk
Three-star WR Jaden Alexis (6-1 175) of Coconut Creek, FL made his second visit to USC over the weekend driving up from Florida with his parents. His previous visit was last summer when he attended a Will Muschamp camp. Since then, Alexis and the Gamecock’s head coach have become regular communicators, and Alexis is listening to what Muschamp is laying out for him.
“The first day I talked to him (in October) he offered me, and ever since then we’ve been texting pretty good and we look like a pretty good relationship in my mind,” Alexis said. “I’m liking the coaching staff really well. One of the first things he said that jumped off the tape at him was that I go get the ball.”
This season Alexis had 49 catches for 894 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Alexis is well aware of the Gamecocks’ struggles in 2019, and he knows that life in the SEC is a year by year thing for most of the teams. Neither the Gamecocks’ 2019 resume or the one they will produce in 2020 will be a factor in his decision according to Alexis.
“When it comes to the SEC, I know that’s a really hard conference to play in for any team,” Alexis said. “They are rebuilding and stuff like that really doesn’t bother me because you are playing the best teams in the nation in my mind. No matter what the record is this year or next year, that honestly does not factor into how I look at the team at all. As long as the coaching staff and the players are developing, and it’s a good positive environment in the program, the record doesn’t matter to me, as long as we’re fighting for something better, to get to a national championship and things like that.”
Some of the other offers for Alexis are Virginia, Georgia, Louisville, Ole Miss, Utah, Duke, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Kentucky and Miami. He plans to visit Georgia Tech, and is set to visit Georgia February 1st. He is looking at a decision in the summer or early fall, and all options are on the table.
“South Carolina, I really like them,” he said. “They are up there on the board.”
Alexis said he will sign in December and graduate early.
Jan. 19, 2020, | sportstalk
“The first day I talked to him (in October) he offered me, and ever since then we’ve been texting pretty good and we look like a pretty good relationship in my mind,” Alexis said. “I’m liking the coaching staff really well. One of the first things he said that jumped off the tape at him was that I go get the ball.”
This season Alexis had 49 catches for 894 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Alexis is well aware of the Gamecocks’ struggles in 2019, and he knows that life in the SEC is a year by year thing for most of the teams. Neither the Gamecocks’ 2019 resume or the one they will produce in 2020 will be a factor in his decision according to Alexis.
“When it comes to the SEC, I know that’s a really hard conference to play in for any team,” Alexis said. “They are rebuilding and stuff like that really doesn’t bother me because you are playing the best teams in the nation in my mind. No matter what the record is this year or next year, that honestly does not factor into how I look at the team at all. As long as the coaching staff and the players are developing, and it’s a good positive environment in the program, the record doesn’t matter to me, as long as we’re fighting for something better, to get to a national championship and things like that.”
Some of the other offers for Alexis are Virginia, Georgia, Louisville, Ole Miss, Utah, Duke, Pitt, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Kentucky and Miami. He plans to visit Georgia Tech, and is set to visit Georgia February 1st. He is looking at a decision in the summer or early fall, and all options are on the table.
“South Carolina, I really like them,” he said. “They are up there on the board.”
Alexis said he will sign in December and graduate early.