re: 2013 South Carolina Recruiting Thread (and stuff):

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Other USC prospects of interest that are "watchlist" prospects for commitments:

OLB Matt Rolin (4*, 94 grade) IMO our top prospect left on our board
OLB Larenz Bryant (4*, 94 grade) we will take both
WR Mike Williams (4*, 90)
WR Pharoh Cooper (3*, 83) we are recruiting him as a DB
WR Corey Cooper (3*, 87) expected to commit sometime in July

We have our Showcase Camp in July, so I expect to have a few more announcements then. Was really surprised to hear of the recent commits today...

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Well, of the above prospects, Bryant, Rolin, and Pharoah Cooper have committed, Corey Cooper WOULD commit if he had an offer USC would accept right now. Williams is sort of a surprise now, turning to a lean to Clemson that is being called fairly solid. He's expected to make his announcement on tomorrow.

Williams is a solid, taller receiver that's not all-world, but still a solid 4* by most recruiting sites. He's similar to last year's Quinshad Davis, who waited too long to commit and was left out in the end, even though he had USC as a favorite (a 4*, Davis ultimately signed with UNC).

Difference is, we were taking 3 WRs in last year's cycle, and Davis was the 4th-man out. We would like to take 2 WR this class, but have yet to get pledges from our top prospects on the board. Looks like we will miss out on the top in-state WRs in Terry and Williams, and there's really no others at the position. So we'll have to try to pull in 1 or 2 from OOS, or wait for next year's class to do better.

This cycle's class is a solid top-20 to 15 class for us thus far, but we've had disappointing results for the WR and DT positions, where we aren't necessarily HURTING, but would've liked to bring in 1-2 for each position to keep from having a void in our depth charts.

Maybe Corey Cooper is looking better for us now. We'll see how it goes from here....