Recruiting updates
April 01, 2016
#SpursUp Update
24 hours later and we still don't have a name of who the #SpursUp was for on Wednesday night. Here's what we do know: it is an offensive player, it is apparently not Tyreek Johnson and the player was supposed to be in Columbia today to make things official but couldn't make it, so will now reveal himself on Saturday. That certainly does sound a lot like Johnson's situation (he was going to come by the school yesterday, alone, and then come with his parents Saturday - where he would likely commit) but supposedly it isn't him. We will see. Here's to another day of waiting!
Commitment Watch
As referenced above, 2017 Lakewood defensive end Tyreek Johnson has been on commitment watch to South Carolina for the last couple of weeks and that commitment is very likely to come on Saturday when he visits campus with his parents. It is yet to be seen whether he is the #SpursUp commitment or not, but there were reports indicating he was not late Wednesday evening.
Thomas Given 5 Stars
- 24/7 Sports released their top 300 players for the class of 2018 on Thursday and there are only four 5-star players in the initial rankings - one of which is Gamecocks target Xavier Thomas, who we highlighted yesterday. Thomas is the highest rated defensive end in the country for the 2018 class and the top player in both of the Carolinas. Thomas grew up cheering for the Gamecocks, so the staying power is definitely there for this big-time recruit.
April 01, 2016
#SpursUp Update
24 hours later and we still don't have a name of who the #SpursUp was for on Wednesday night. Here's what we do know: it is an offensive player, it is apparently not Tyreek Johnson and the player was supposed to be in Columbia today to make things official but couldn't make it, so will now reveal himself on Saturday. That certainly does sound a lot like Johnson's situation (he was going to come by the school yesterday, alone, and then come with his parents Saturday - where he would likely commit) but supposedly it isn't him. We will see. Here's to another day of waiting!
Commitment Watch
As referenced above, 2017 Lakewood defensive end Tyreek Johnson has been on commitment watch to South Carolina for the last couple of weeks and that commitment is very likely to come on Saturday when he visits campus with his parents. It is yet to be seen whether he is the #SpursUp commitment or not, but there were reports indicating he was not late Wednesday evening.
Thomas Given 5 Stars
- 24/7 Sports released their top 300 players for the class of 2018 on Thursday and there are only four 5-star players in the initial rankings - one of which is Gamecocks target Xavier Thomas, who we highlighted yesterday. Thomas is the highest rated defensive end in the country for the 2018 class and the top player in both of the Carolinas. Thomas grew up cheering for the Gamecocks, so the staying power is definitely there for this big-time recruit.