Karson Hobbs, elite 2024 CB out of Ohio, announces SEC commitment
Karson Hobbs, a 6-foot-1 and 180-pound class of 2024 cornerback out of Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop Moeller), has announced a commitment to play in the SEC.
Hobbs, who has 5 offers, committed to South Carolina on Friday, as he became the Gamecocks second commitment of the 2024 class after QB Dante Reno. He does not yet have a 247Sports Composite rating, but his 247Sports rating is a 3-star, and he is ranked the No. 48 cornerback in the class, and the No. 27 player in the state of Ohio.
Hobbs, who first visited South Carolina in June, also lists offers from Akron, Kentucky, Marshall and West Virginia. Hobbs chose the Gamecocks largely because of his relationship with defensive backs coach Torrian Gray, The Big Spur reported.
“I felt like they just showed so much love,” Hobbs told 247Sports, before returning to Columbia on Friday. “It was kind of a no-brainer being like, yeah, go play in the SEC and get to play with the people you love to be around.”
Hobbs is aware of South Carolina’s history of producing impact defensive players.
“I had been seeing some of the corners that got drafted from there, and it was really like, OK, you see Stephon Gilmore, you see Jaycee Horn then when you add Jadeveon Clowney and all these good defensive guys. They’re all first-rounders and that’s where I want to be,” Hobbs said. “I know LSU is one of the DBUs, but South Carolina is DBU too, so I think with coach Gray being added, he’s been with guys like Kam Chancellor and Tre’Davious White. He’s been with everybody, so I think he’s the best DB coach in the nation right now, so going to play for him would just be one of the greatest things I could do.”
I’m home 💕 @GamecockFB @AllenTrieu @MickWalker247 @AMcLainXIX @CoachMarkElder @MohrRecruiting @SECfootball #SEC #spursup pic.twitter.com/ZwiJNzazJ9
— karson hobbs 3⭐️ CB (@KarsonHobbs) July 29, 2022
Here are his highlights from Hudl:
Nice pickup
It might be a nice pickup but he’s not considered elite!!! Keith Farner, why do you call everyone elite??? LOL
Negan
ANOTHER CRAZY 5 STAR RANKING HANDED OUT….
THIS TIME READ EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU DISAGREE WITH ME……
Keith you don’t work at 247 do you??? No really the reason I ask is because I don’t understand 247 or their reasoning. Jackson Arnold was made a 5 star QB and I ask why????
Now I get it that he just won the elite 11, but was it luck, or real??? And should he even have been invited????
PERSONALLY I WONDER WHY HE WAS EVER INVITED TO THE ELITE 11????
Gunner Stockton broke every Georgia passing record, with a record 177 touchdown passes! He added another 77 touchdown runs. Which is better than Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence combined!!!! So he’s a 5 star if I ever saw a 5 star!!!!! And 247 had him listed as a 5 star, before he committed to Georgia!!!!!
AFTER HE COMMITTED TO GEORGIA, SUDDENLY HE WAS A 4 STAR QB!!!! If anyone thinks I’m wrong in asking why? Go check out 5 star QB Jackson Arnold committed to OU!!!!
Now understand I’ll say the same thing if he flips and goes to Georgia. In fact, ill say now I HOPE HE DOES NOT!!!!!! Because I want players with a PROVEN CAREER and not just one lucky camp!!!!
PLEASE SIT DOWN BEFORE I REVEAL TO YOU JACKSON ARNOLD’S CAREER STATS IN HIGH SCHOOL…
JACKSON ARNOLD HAS RUN FOR 2 TOUCHDOWNS!!!!!!
So that obviously proves he’s a pocket passer right???? I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion….
JACKSON ARNOLD HAS 1 CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASS!!!!!
He is apparently injury prone as well. Because he has played in only 14 games. Now has he finally figured out the QB position??? It’s possible I suppose. I’m just saying I don’t get it. I couldn’t possibly agree with his rating based upon 1 elite 11 win.
STILL TELL ME HOW AND WHY HE WAS EVER INVITED TO THE ELITE 11 COMPETITION? WHY WOULD A GUY WITH HIS CAREER STATS, BE ABLE TO WIN IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?????
Personally I don’t believe he should have even been considered for the elite 11 competition!!! It is supposed to be reserved for the very best in the entire country!!! Yet in 3 years he has 1 touchdown pass and 2 touchdown runs!!!!
IN ALL 3 CAREER TOUCHDOWNS!!!!!! Looks like to me in the age of NIL. Now some PARENTS are buying 5 star rankings and elite 11 appearances!!! If it’s possible to buy an elite 11 win. Then I’m sure that is what is happening!!!!!!
Gunner Stockton 177 touchdown passes & 77 touchdown runs. Yet he’s only a 4 star!!! Jackson Arnold has 1 touchdown pass and 2 touchdown runs in his career and yet he’s a 5 star?????
That makes sense in this new woke world!!! I’m sure to them it makes perfect sense!!! I don’t think I would take him as a walk on based on his stat line!!!! Stetson Bennett was waaaaaaay better in high school!!!!! LOL
PS. Our rivals can have those kind of 5 stars as far as I’m concerned!!! I want the guy who proves it every week!!!!!
Negan
What’s wrong with you. Last season, he led his team to the 6A state championship game in Texas while throwing 34 TD passing and running for 12 more.