re: 2015 South Carolina Football Recruiting Thread

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Yep...even Rivals has Lewis as their #1 JUCO DE, Palmer as their #1 JUCO OL, and Durant as their #1 JUCO LB. Sawyer is their #3 JUCO DE and #15 JUCO overall, but Rivals hasn't yet listed Sawyer as a 2015 commit for USC. Jones is their #1 JUCO DT, so it sounds like these guys are studs....

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Along the way, the standout defensive end and South Carolina commitment would like to reverse his slide in national recruiting rankings.

“I’ve got something to prove. Really I should be No. 1,” he said after Friday night’s 75-0 season-opening win over Battery Creek. “Film shows it ... No. 1 in the country. That’s where I should be.”

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Blackshear notices changes from any network, occasionally venting frustrations via social media.

“It bothers me, but not really,” he said. “Ratings to me don’t matter any more. Some of the best players rating-wise, on the field they’re nothing. I’ve seen that before.”

Blackshear had three significant injuries before the halfway point of 2013: a left shoulder AC join sprain (first game); a small crack in his left wrist; and a badly dislocated left pinky that required offseason surgery. He played through all his ailments.

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He started Friday’s season opener with four tackles and a 10-yard touchdown run.

“I’m not disappointed in my performance,” he said. “The outsides weren’t getting any action. Every time they ran up the middle, the nose guard and two inside backers were eating it up, every play. Even our safeties were complaining about not getting any tackles. That’s how I know someone else was doing their job real good.”

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“All I can do is change it myself by my game play,” he said. “Whenever it’s time to show and all the recruits are there and we’re at the Under Armour game in December, that’s when everybody will know what I’m about. Top five – that’s where I’m going to be at.”

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This class seems really exceptional.

I never thought I'd see the day. This honestly makes me so happy.

If we have another good year, or better, then the worm has definitely turned.

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Anyone heard anything about Blackshear's MRI yet?

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His x-ray came back negative for any kind of bone damage. They won't know the extent of the ligament damage until the MRI results come back in, he should know more on Friday.

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015 4* SDE Camden Military Academy (prep school) and former 2014 USC commit Dexter Wideman has now officially re-committed to USC per 247sports. He is the 28th member of the 2015 class, effectively taking the spot left open by the removal of WR prospect Michael Bowman. Not that the coaching staff is literally giving Wideman Bowman's scholarship, as it was planned all along that he would be a part of the 2015 class. He just takes the 28th spot on the list at this time...

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Also, news Thursday that 2015 high 4* LB commit Sherrod Pittman will be an early enrollee at USC, expecting to enroll in January. So add another possible EE count-back to the 2014 cycle..

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OK, I really didn't think we should start up a thread for the 2015 recruiting class as it's so far away, but with all of the activity going on with that cycle, and with the 2014 class being so small and it's 2/3rds done anyways, that the 2014 recruiting thread is getting populated with a bunch of discussion for the '15 cycle.

We really need a specific thread to discuss those goings on without running the 2014 thread off the tracks, so here is the 2015 recruiting thread for future discussion. Thus far the '15 class is starting out in totally unprecedented fashion for USC, with several elite prospects already committed.

Commitments to this cycle's class(site star ratings=Rivals/24-7/ESPN/Scout):

WDE Shameik Blackshear (4*/97 grade 4*/4*/4*)
SDE Marquavius Lewis (4*/97 grade 4*/4*/NR/5*)
CB Mark Fields (4*/97 grade 4*/4*/4*)
SDE Dexter Wideman (NR/96 4*/NR/NR)
WDE Arden Key (4*/95 4*/4*/4*)
ATH Jalen Christian (4*/95 4*/4*/4*)
WDE Dante Sawyer (4*/95 4*/4*/4*)
OT Austin Clark (4*/93 4*/4*/3*)
ILB Davon Durant (4*/92 4*/NR/4*)
DUAL QB Lorenzo Nunez (4*/92 4*/3*/4*)
OLB Sherrod Pittman (4*/92 4*/4*/3*)
OT Paris Palmer (4*/91 4*/NR/3*)
CB/S Octavius Johnson (4*/90 4*/4*/3*)
OG Zack Bailey (4*/89 3*/4*/3*)
RB A.J. Turner (3*/89 3*/3*/4*)
S Antoine Wilder (3*/89 3*/3*/3*)
OT Christian Pellage (3*/88 3*/4*/4*)
RB Mon Denson (3*/87 3*/3*/3*)
DT Jozie Milton (3*/87 3*/3*/3*
WR Dexter Neal (4*/87 3*/4*/3*)
WDE Quandeski Whitlow (3*/85 3*/3*/3*)
TE Connor Redmond (3*/85 3*/3*/3*)
CB Damon Arnette (3*/84 3*/NR/3*)
OLB Jalen Henry (2*/84 3*/3*/2*)
CB Jaire Alexander (3*/84 3*/3*/2*)
TE Kyle Markway (3*/83 3*/3*/3*)
WR Jerad Washington (3*/82 3*/3*/2*)
K Joseph Charlton (NR/NR/NR/NR)




28 Total Commits - currently the 3rd-ranked national class for 2015 and 3rd in SEC per 247Sports, and the 2nd-ranked national class and 2nd in SEC per Rivals...

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