Assessing South Carolina’s 2015 class a week before signing day

On the heels of South Carolina’s most important recruiting weekend to date, it appears the Gamecocks have stopped the decommitment bleeding in this year’s class and should secure a Top 20 haul on signing day next week.

A re-energized Steve Spurrier has hit the recruiting trail hard and helped the Gamecocks stay in the mix with four-star defensive end Arden Key, flip previous Rutgers commit Blake Camper and hang onto four-star tackle Christian Pellage who is being courted by Jim McElwain and the Gators.

Spurrier says on national TV during SCvsUK BB game that this years recruiting class will be 1 of best in quite awhile pic.twitter.com/5QYSr07CJj

— Chelle Wingate (@ChelleWingate) January 24, 2015

Spurrier: “Hopefully we can do something big with this recruiting class and the guys who are here.” #Gamecocks

— Willie Smith (@willie_t_smith) January 24, 2015

Apparently Spurrier knows something we don’t about recruiting. Must have some aces in the hole

— Anon (@styles607) January 24, 2015

The Gamecocks have had eight decommitments from a class that was once ranked No. 5 in the country, but Spurrier has never pushed the panic button despite clearing up previous comments that he was nearing the end of his career.

“I think every now and then some of our recruits mess around with the media we have learned,” Spurrier told The State during the second week of January. “Hopefully, that’s all they’re doing is messing around, saying one thing and meaning another, but we’ll see. You recruit until Feb. 4 and on Feb. 4, we’ll find out what we’ve got.”

ASSESSING SOUTH CAROLINA’s 2015 CLASS

Current commits or enrollees: 29 (avg. star 3.3)
Remaining primary targets: Arden Key, DE; Rashad Fenton, DB
National recruiting rank, SEC rank: 17th; 8th

Notable commits

Brad Crawford