re: 2016 South Carolina Football Recruiting Feed

Quick recap of what I've read from the Showcase Camp

-McIlwain, Hawkins, Edwards and Kelvin Harmon bonded at the camp. Harmon, Hawkins and McIlwain will play on the same 7v7 team this summer. Harmon earned an offer in camp
Harmon is b/w SC and Rutgers, we'll win that battle.
Hawkins and his teammate 4*DE Ron Johnson are b/w Michigan and SC, but we have a really great shot and we'll put The Hit on Michigan.

4* LB Kash Daniel moved up his announcement date to July 4th the day after our camp...that's usually a really good sign, but it's not going to be easy to get him off of UK's radar.

3* DB JJ Givens committed, he's all Gamecock and his offer list is solid and growing.

3* DB Thomas Jones had Boys State this weekend and couldn't end up making it. Boys State is a big honor, that means he's a community/school leader and the type of recruit we should be going after.

Holyfield and Davis didn't come, Davis had a Saturday school session and couldn't miss it. He's trending uga by his actions of visits there and not visiting SC. Hopefully he'll be at the game this year to see us beat up on the mutts again.

Coach Elliott did a great job. several new offers went out to '17 OT's. clemson immediately offered these guys after we did (Douglas and Moore from Mallard Creek.) 4*OT Landon Dickerson now has SC in his lead group with tenn and va tech. 3* OT's Putnam and Leota (both from NC) have SC in the lead now as well.

4* OG John SImpson did not come to our camp, IMO, we are out of it with him. He camped at clemson the week before and talked about how Dabo stressed to him that he'd be there for years. Simpson had been telling people for a month that he would come to the Showcase, but to not show up...not good.

Soon to be 4* WR, Trey Blount, made it in, and he and Mangus have a great relationship. Blount's father and Mangus have been friends since HS.

2017 TE commit, Will Register, is all Gamecock. He got the offer from clemson and SC, but he grew up a Gamecock fan, so that's why he pulled the trigger. He is a big kid for his age with the frame to add at least another 20-30 lbs of good weight. He's a legit 6'5", with a 4.8 40yd time.

4* LB Jeremiah Moon is also closer to pulling the trigger, it's b/w us and Miss St.

Altogether a successful camp, we missed on some guys we were high on several months ago, and found some other good players...Like The King Of The Jungle, '18 DT Josh Belk...who will be a national level prospect. LSU offered the day after we did.

Lattimore was there to speak with the recruits and that went a long way with many of them. He's going to be a recruiting machine once he graduates and we can put him into a QA or recruiting position.