Ad Disclosure
South Carolina’s has dealt with a coaching change after the season and that always causes some early confusion with recruiting. But now that Will Muschamp has his staff together they will try to improve on a class that’s hovering in the top 30.
Here’s a review of South Carolina’s signing class with two weeks remaining before signing day and a few predictions on where the Gamecocks could end up in February. We use 247Sports composite team and player rankings:
CURRENT STANDING
National recruiting rank: 31
SEC recruiting rank: 11
No. of signees or commits in class: 23
EARLY ENROLLEES
Brandon McIlwain, QB, Newtown, Pa. (four stars)
Bryan Edwards, WR, Conway, S.C. (four stars)
Jamarcus King, DB, Coffeyville C.C. (four stars, JUCO)
Keir Thomas, DE, Miami, Fla. (three stars)
C.J. Freeman, RB, Greensboro, N.C. (three stars)
Kobe Smith, DT, Lawrenceville, Ga. (three stars)
Chris Smith, CB, Rock Hill, S.C. (three stars)
NOTABLE COMMITS
Javon Kinlaw, DT, Goose Creek, S.C. (four stars)
Rico Dowdle, RB, Asheville, N.C. (three stars)
Darius Whitfield, DE, Mobile, Ala. (three stars)
JaCorey Morris, LB, Grove Hill, Ala. (three stars)
REMAINING PRIMARY TARGETS
Kamaro Dioubate, DT, Philadelphia (four stars)
Sam Bruce, WR, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (four stars)
Tyren Jones, RB, Hutchinson C.C. (four stars)
Stephon Taylor, DT, New Orleans (four stars)
SIGNING DAY PREDICTION
Muschamp looked like he was going to really pull some shockers in the final days before Feb. 3 National Signing Day, but things have settled down a little. One would have to consider Bruce a bit of a long shot and Taylor has plenty of interested suitors to compete with. The Gamecocks appears to be in good shape for Dioubate and Jones, however, and are still reaching out to new targets to fill in some remaining holes if necessary.
Corey Long is a freelance writer for SaturdayDownSouth.com. Follow Corey on Twitter @CoreyLong.
