re: 2015 South Carolina Football Recruiting Thread

Seems like we're reaching outside our footprint more this cycle too.

Already have commits from Missouri and Pennsylvanian with the potential to add kids from, Maryland, Louisiana, Virginia and went after that oline prospect from Washington (state)

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Fine by me. The in-state talent has been down lately and the ones that are good can't seem to make it into school.

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I agree and it's good to see us have some success, but I think the in state talent this year is way better than it has been the past few years. Blackshear, Huggins, Williams, Barnett and Bailey are a really strong top 5. I'd like to get at least three of them

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Can someone give me some background on Albert Huggins? He's never had any interest in us? Is Orangeburg not a place we recruit well? That would seem to be counter-intuitive.

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I think he's had some interest in us but not a lot. Not sure why either. I'd figure him and Barnett would be lining up to get in here but neither seem to want to come here

Not surprising, there were a ton of crystal ball predictions rolling in today for us.

Great pickup. Assuming he'll at least start at WR with all the DBs we've brought in last year and are working on bringing in this year?

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Not surprising, there were a ton of crystal ball predictions rolling in today for us.

Great pickup. Assuming he'll at least start at WR with all the DBs we've brought in last year and are working on bringing in this year?

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Yep, primarily a WR in the slot to replace Ellington, I guess....or at least used like Ellington and Sanders were used. Possibly help in doing kick returns too....

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Milton (6-3, 290) of Clinton, LA (Silliman Institute) is rated as a DT by most services but was recruited as an interior OL by USC. Milton had over 20 offers, among them from Arkansas, UGA, MSU, GT, Oklahoma St., Wake Forest, WVU, Arizona St., Illinois, USF, Texas Tech, and TCU.

This guy looks like another bad-arse in the line of Cody Waldrop...a OL that also has played DT will be someone with athleticism and aggressiveness, as well as that meanness we all like to see in our OL...

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Word. Lots of crystal ball predictions were coming in for us this past week too.

Didn't realize he played DT too.

Key is supposed to announce in June. I'd put money on us.

OT Austin Clark is announcing soon, too. CB says Vols but he may not be a take for them at the moment. The thinking is that we get him if that's the case. Clark, Bailey, Hatton, McGirt would make for a helluva haul at OL to go along w/ Palmer and Milton.

OL, RB, and DB are going to rule the rest of the cycle for us. I wouldn't be surprised to see another WR jump on board. DL looks to be taken care of w/ Lewis, Sawyer, Jones and Key all heavily favoring us.

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Key is supposed to announce in June. I'd put money on us.

OT Austin Clark is announcing soon, too. CB says Vols but he may not be a take for them at the moment. The thinking is that we get him if that's the case. Clark, Bailey, Hatton, McGirt would make for a helluva haul at OL to go along w/ Palmer and Milton.

OL, RB, and DB are going to rule the rest of the cycle for us. I wouldn't be surprised to see another WR jump on board. DL looks to be taken care of w/ Lewis, Sawyer, Jones and Key all heavily favoring us.

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Austin Clark - announcing June 12th, visiting us two weeks before

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Key is reportedly announcing June 10th. We may be getting some good news from both of them soon....

The only "must have", IMO, is RB Ty'Son Williams or SDE Marquavious Lewis. We didn't bring a RB in last cycle and getting one this time around is a big priority. We have WDE covered even without Key (assuming Sawyer gets his grades in line and we keep Blackshear on the line) but a good SDE could be a need by then (though I think both of those could actually grow into that position as well). I would also like to see us bring in a big WR (6'3"+) to go along with the ones we have. Auden Tate would be great, but appears to be leaning Michigan of late. With Bowman, Neal and possibly Christian in hand another WR is a luxury more than a need, though.

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What about DT Trenton Thompson

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Very long shot, if any. Looks like a UGA lock as it stands now. We will probably land JUCO DT DJ Jones to plug the middle of our line.

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DE CeCe Jefferson

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Another one with little to no shot. Heavy UF lean with FSU pushing.

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and who is the RB along the coast we are after, down around Hilton Head somewhere?

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Not sure. The only other RB offer that we seem to have a shot at, right now, is AJ Turner out of VA or Bryce Love out of NC. There are probably more that the coaches are keeping an eye on that nobody knows about yet as well.

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Are will still after Albert Huggins?

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We're still after him (and in the race at least), but it looks like a predominately UGA or Clemson battle.

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We still looking good with LB RoQuan Smith?

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Another UGA lean with Auburn and Florida fighting for his services. No ones out of it until they sign, but it doesn't look great here.

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I thought Ty'Son Williams was a done deal for Notre Dame?

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Not from what I've seen. We seem to be trending on 247 and lead UGA by a bit and ND by a bunch. Though the ND offer is he most recent, so that could change with time.

A lot of this can change as teams fill up, kids show out during the football season and time passes. Still a long way to go til NSD.