South Carolina football recruiting: Gamecocks start 5-2
October 20, 2017
With three full months left before Signing Day, the South Carolina football team’s 2018 recruiting class has a handful of targets remaining.
The Gamecocks’ class has 18 members, though that figure doesn’t include the lone holdover from the 2017 class — defensive end Tyreek Johnson — who will arrive in January as a grayshirt.
Below is an update on where things stand for the 2018 class:
Where the South Carolina class ranks
According to the 247Sports composite, South Carolina’s 2018 class is ranked No. 26 in the country. The Gamecocks are 10th among teams from the SEC.
Offers by the numbers
Reported offers: 238
5-star DE K.J. Henry (Clemmons, N.C.)
Up next for Henry is an official visit to Clemson.
4-star OT Dylan Wonnum (Tucker, Ga.)
Wonnum took an unofficial visit to South Carolina for the Arkansas game
4-star ILB Dax Hollifield (Shelby, N.C.)
Hollifield will take an official visit to North Carolina this weekend.
Position breakdown
Here’s a breakdown of the number of commits by position and how many are projected to be signed:
QB: 1/1 (Joyner)
RB: 2/2 (Fenwick, Valentine)
TE: 0/0
WR: 4/4 (Jamison, Johnson, Rush, Vann)
OL: 5/6 (Benson, Campbell, Gibbs, Iyama, Manos)
DL: 3/5 (Ellis, Enagbare, Johnson)
ILB: 0/1
OLB: 1/2 (Jones)
CB: 1/2 (Character)
S: 2/3 (Gipson, Roderick)
Geographical breakdown
Here’s a breakdown of South Carolina commits by state:
South Carolina: 8 (Campbell, Ellis, Jamison, Johnson, Joyner, Manos, Roderick, Rush)
Georgia: 7 (Benson, Character, Enagbare, Gipson, Jones, Johnson, Vann)
Florida: 2 (Fenwick, Valentine)
Virginia: 1 (Gibbs)
Tennessee: 1 (Iyama)
October 20, 2017
With three full months left before Signing Day, the South Carolina football team’s 2018 recruiting class has a handful of targets remaining.
The Gamecocks’ class has 18 members, though that figure doesn’t include the lone holdover from the 2017 class — defensive end Tyreek Johnson — who will arrive in January as a grayshirt.
Below is an update on where things stand for the 2018 class:
Where the South Carolina class ranks
According to the 247Sports composite, South Carolina’s 2018 class is ranked No. 26 in the country. The Gamecocks are 10th among teams from the SEC.
Offers by the numbers
Reported offers: 238
- 5-star offers: 9
- 4-star offers: 113
- In-state recruits offered: 17
- North Carolina recruits offered: 12
- WR Josh Vann, 4 stars, Tucker (Tucker, Ga.)
- QB Dakereon Joyner, 4 stars, Fort Dorchester (North Charleston, S.C.)
- DB Marlon Character Jr., 4 stars, Northwest Mississippi C.C. (Senatobia, Miss.)
- DB Jonathan Gipson, 3 stars, Mill Creek (Hoschton, Ga.)
- OT Maxwell Iyama, 3 stars, Siegel (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
- WR Tyquan Johnson, 3 stars, Screven County (Sylvania, Ga.)
- SDE Kingsley Enagbare, 3 stars, Hapeville Charter (Atlanta)
- RB Deshaun Fenwick, 3 stars, Braden River (Bradenton, Fla.)
- DT Jabari Ellis, 3 stars, Georgia Military College (Milledgeville, Ga.)
- RB Lavonte Valentine, 3 stars, Melbourne Central Catholic (Melbourne, Fla.)
- WR Ronnie Jamison, 3 stars, Highland C.C. (Highland, Kan.)
- C Hank Manos, 3 stars, Chapin (Chapin, S.C.)
- OT Wyatt Campbell, 3 stars, Lugoff-Elgin (Lugoff, S.C.)
- OT Jesus Gibbs, 3 stars, Potomac (Dumfries, Va.)
- OLB Ernest Jones, 3 stars, Ware County (Waycross, Ga.)
- S RJ Roderick, 3 stars, Cane Bay (Summerville, S.C.)
- WR Darius Rush, 3 stars, C.E. Murray (Greeleyville, S.C.)
- OG LaMarius Benson, 3 stars, Eastside (Covington, Ga.)
- DE Tyreek Johnson, 3 stars, Lakewood (Sumter, S.C.)
5-star DE K.J. Henry (Clemmons, N.C.)
Up next for Henry is an official visit to Clemson.
4-star OT Dylan Wonnum (Tucker, Ga.)
Wonnum took an unofficial visit to South Carolina for the Arkansas game
4-star ILB Dax Hollifield (Shelby, N.C.)
Hollifield will take an official visit to North Carolina this weekend.
Position breakdown
Here’s a breakdown of the number of commits by position and how many are projected to be signed:
QB: 1/1 (Joyner)
RB: 2/2 (Fenwick, Valentine)
TE: 0/0
WR: 4/4 (Jamison, Johnson, Rush, Vann)
OL: 5/6 (Benson, Campbell, Gibbs, Iyama, Manos)
DL: 3/5 (Ellis, Enagbare, Johnson)
ILB: 0/1
OLB: 1/2 (Jones)
CB: 1/2 (Character)
S: 2/3 (Gipson, Roderick)
Geographical breakdown
Here’s a breakdown of South Carolina commits by state:
South Carolina: 8 (Campbell, Ellis, Jamison, Johnson, Joyner, Manos, Roderick, Rush)
Georgia: 7 (Benson, Character, Enagbare, Gipson, Jones, Johnson, Vann)
Florida: 2 (Fenwick, Valentine)
Virginia: 1 (Gibbs)
Tennessee: 1 (Iyama)