Gamecocks quietly have their best Recruiting class in a decade.

16th on 24/7. That's SC's best class since 2012, when they were also 16th. It's 5th best class in history, who's average class this century is 27th. When Beamer was hired in 2020, very close to ESD the best he could muster was a 56th place class (SC's 3rd worst class ever). IN the two years since, it's been a complete reversal.

Yes, we're still 4th in the east and 7th over all in the SEC, but given our history, as a SC fan, you have to be "happy" with the numbers.

Some more interesting things gleaned from the data. Based on statistical average, Muschamp was our best recruiter. His classes always ranged between 18-25th. Every one of his classes was above SC's statically average. Yet he did the least with these classes.

SC's best class ever was under Spurrier in 2007. That class ranked 6th overall. Eight of Spurrier's classes were above SC's historical average, 3 were below. You could say he was our best developer of talent based upon the #'s.

The Lou Holtz era was so long ago, it's hardly relevant. However, what you can say is the program showed steady improvement under Holtz. He had the two worst classes since data was kept on such things at 77th, and 76th in 1999 and 2000 respectively. He also had two of SC's better classes in 2002 and 2003 at 13th and 12th respectively. The gamecocks slipped to 29th in 2004, but he set the table nicely for Spurrier in 2005.