re: 2014 South Carolina Recruiting Thread

Just saw 5 Star OT Damian Prince is down to Maryland, Florida, and South Carolina. He has dropped the long presumed leader FSU out and is now down to those three. Florida's 247 site said yesterday that Prince is trending to come to South Carolina at the moment. Loving this news!!

This was posted over on Cockytalk about Prince

Florida - "Everything is still good with Florida," said Prince. "I'm still taking my official visit there but it will be on January 31 now. It's a good program there. They just hired Mike Summers from USC. He was my favorite offensive line coach in terms of the way he coaches and his personality. He recruited me very hard at USC but he knew it was going to be very hard for him to get me there. Now that he is at Florida it is much closer. Hiring him really helped Florida's chances with me."

Maryland - "Maryland is still in good standing with me," he said. "It's a great program regardless of how many wins they had this year. They definitely have a lot to offer me. Things are still good with Maryland and we're in the same place as we were before.

South Carolina - "I'm excited to get down there for my official visit next week," Prince said. "It's a great school. Recruiting is going great with them. I've talked with coach Elliot and coach Spurrier. I gave them a call yesterday and I talked to them for about 30 minutes. Things are going great with them and I can't wait to get down there for my official visit. Some of my family will be coming with me on that visit but I'm not sure it will be my grandparents."

Florida has already taken 7 OL commits (4 of whom will be enrolling early ahead of him.) 5 of the 7 are OT's. 1 JUCO OT. 1 5 Star OT already committed, David Sharpe.

There's also the possibility of Muschamp getting canned. If he wins fewer than 9 games, I could see them giving him the boot.

UF will have Humphries back next season starting at LT as a Jr. They'll have a ton of Jr's and Sr's on the 2 Deep. But they'll also have 4 RS Soph and RS Fr OT's. Plus several Jr's were injured this year, who will probably get Med RS's, so I think that they'll have many more total OL than we'll have in '14. Right now, they'll have 22 OL, with the ones they have returning or already committed. (We'll have 16.)

Terps fans are split about 50/50 about feeling good or worried about us getting Prince. I don't think UF is a real threat. I read that Prince really likes the new OL Coach Sherman, but UF is a far away clusterfrick right now and they just loaded up on OT's recently.

Both Muschamp and Edsall could very well be fired after this next season. Hell, Maryland fired the last coach after he won 9 games and was named ACC Coach of the year. Now they had a losing season and are going to get their shite pushed in, in the Big10 next year. Muschamp just won 4 games...at UF. The fans wanted him fired this year, but the AD went to bat for him. If he doesn't seriously contend in the East and win at least 9 games, IMO he's gone.

USC is just the most stable, recently most consistant, highest performing school and within a more reasonable distance than Gainesville. We also have a depth chart that would have Prince starting in '15, which is good, it will give him time to get to SEC size/strength/speed and then dominate for the proceeding years.

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It's a month to National Signing Day and USC and Clemson are down to just a few spots to fill in their respective classes. The Gamecocks have 16 commitments at this point and may take another 4-6 in the class.

Here's a look at who is left on USC's board
1. DB DJ Smith of Marietta, GA will announce his choice January 13th and he's down to USC and Tennessee. Most feel he's a lean to the Gamecocks.
2. RB Derrell Scott, Havelock, NC…USC, Tennessee and NC State have been at the top. Florida also moved into consideration with a recent offers.
3. DL Dexter Wideman, Saluda…remains committed to FSU but won't make a final decision until after he takes his official visits to USC and FSU this month.
4. DL Arthur Williams, Fayetteville, NC…remains committed to FSU but will visit USC this month. Also will visit FSU and Ole Miss.
5. DL Darrius Caldwell, Pearl River JC, MS…USC is waiting on his spring grades to see if he can be offered. He would commit right away with a USC offer. Plans to visit Cincinnati and Memphis.
6. DL Poona Ford, Hilton Head…remains committed to Louisville but that's shaky after the coaching change. He still plans to visit there January 17th. After that visit he'll decide if he'll visit USC or stick with the Cardinals.
7. DE Andrew Williams, McDonough, GA…Plans to visit Clemson, Auburn and Ole Miss and USC is trying to get him in for a visit.
8. DE Kevin Bronson, Delray Beach, FL…Will visit USC, Virginia Tech and Florida this month. Has visited Rutgers.
9. DB Wesley Green, Lithonia, GA…Down to USC and Georgia and will visit each this month. Ole Miss is also a possible visit.
10. DB Chris Lammons, Ft. Lauderdale, FL…committed to Florida but may visit USC and is also considering Wisconsin.
11. OL Damian Prince, Forestville, MD….will visit USC this month along with Florida and Miami. He has visited Maryland and Florida State.
12. OL Derrick Kelly Jr…Formerly committed to Kentucky, he has visited Florida and will visit USC, LSU and Alabama.
13. WR Nate Brown, Suwanee, GA…committed to Missouri and USC is working him for a visit.
14. ATH Ra'Shaun Croney, Pahokee,FL…waiting on his test score and if he qualifies he plans to commit to USC. Indiana, Mississippi State and Florida Atlantic are also waiting on his score.
15. WR Isaiah Ford, Jacksonville, FL…former Louisville commit who is now considering USC and Virginia Tech. Has visited Tech and favors the Hokies. Plans to visit USC this month. Is also a basketball standout and will play both sports in college.

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Nice brief summary by PK

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between USC and Clemson and his coach said Wednesday the decision could go either way at this point. "If I had to say, it's 50-50 right now,"

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Surprised its Clemson and not UGA listed. Really hope we land Green.

Also read the other PK article on gogamecocks and was surprised to see Nate Brown's name. Highly unlikely at this point but would be a huge get imo as he brings the frame at WR we've been lacking since Alshon left

#1 JUCO WDE Darrius Caldwell still doesn't have a USC offer yet. He didn't make a high enough GPA in the fall that we felt we could get him through USC admissions. He still might just enroll at USC after this semester, but his situation is up in the air. He has other offers from schools with lower academic standards, so he may just pick one of those (Kind of like Vickers last year with Tennessee.)

If he can get in though, the coaches really want him as part of this incoming class.

UGA's DB coach left the program today, have to think that locks USC up with Wesley Green

Whats your opinion on Tabor to UF and Prince with him Cockinyourear?

Just saw that Prince said the Tabor decision will have no effect on his own and that is favorite recruiter is GA Mangus...I like our chances