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Posted on 1/4/16 at 1:41 pm to CockInYourEar
Posted on 1/4/16 at 1:41 pm to CockInYourEar
Well, I guess staffs can have 10 on-field coaches now instead of 9. We're still looking to fill one more position coaching spot, most likely for the outside LBs according to The State's Josh Kendall.
Travis Williams is a name from the past: he played prep FB out of Columbia, in the shadow of Williams-Brice during the Holtz regime. Williams wanted to play for South Carolina, but Holtz didn't recruit him hard - or at all, really - because he thought Williams was too small for the SEC. So Williams instead ends up at Auburn, and ends up having a stellar career making All-SEC and being a team captain.
He didn't have much of a NFL career I don't think, but stayed close to FB doing camps and coaching at the developmental levels. Last I heard about this guy, he was the "handler" of sorts for a top 5* DL prospect name Da'Shawn Hand a few years back, who had USC as one of his top choices early in his recruitment process that had the fanbase giddy over. Williams brought him to USC for an OV, or a regular visit, one or the other.
At least one can't make any claims of "insider tampering" with a top national prospect, because while Hand ultimately didn't choose to come to USC, he didn't choose Auburn neither: he chose Alabama.....
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I don't know for sure. I've read a few names, but i don't think clear short list has emerged yet. Muschamp is looking for another solid recruiter though.
Some names I've seen or think that might need to be looked at:
Travis Williams
Chris Kiffin
Corey Bell
Rod Wilson
John Papuchis
Bradley Dale Peveto
Travis Williams is a name from the past: he played prep FB out of Columbia, in the shadow of Williams-Brice during the Holtz regime. Williams wanted to play for South Carolina, but Holtz didn't recruit him hard - or at all, really - because he thought Williams was too small for the SEC. So Williams instead ends up at Auburn, and ends up having a stellar career making All-SEC and being a team captain.
He didn't have much of a NFL career I don't think, but stayed close to FB doing camps and coaching at the developmental levels. Last I heard about this guy, he was the "handler" of sorts for a top 5* DL prospect name Da'Shawn Hand a few years back, who had USC as one of his top choices early in his recruitment process that had the fanbase giddy over. Williams brought him to USC for an OV, or a regular visit, one or the other.
At least one can't make any claims of "insider tampering" with a top national prospect, because while Hand ultimately didn't choose to come to USC, he didn't choose Auburn neither: he chose Alabama.....
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Posted on 1/4/16 at 2:03 pm to ConwayGamecock
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Travis Williams
I remember him very well, he went to Lake City Prep or somewhere like that. He helped recruit Leon (can't remember his last name, OLineman from Spring Valley), and ... wait, was it Leon Hart maybe? Anyways, he helped recruit Leon ???? a couple of years after that and the Richard Seymore thing played into the whole mess as well ... which had been a few years earlier but was being played as a similar slight by many of the local coaches.
I think Skip claimed Williams was not only too small but also of questionable character and he publicly stated Williams was too dumb to ever qualify ... which enraged a lot of people who knew Williams and really turned some HS coaches against Skip.
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