SC only recruited one of the in-state players that ended up with Clemson, no trend to watch. All it shows is that Spurrier is a good evaluater of talent.
South Carolina added 21 players from 7 different states on Wednesday and Thursday. A breakdown of the Gamecocks’ “target zone” is below:
Georgia = 7 recruits
Florida = 4
North Carolina = 4
South Carolina = 3
Alabama = 1
Maryland = 1
Pennsylvania = 1
In-State Signees = 14.2%
Out-Of-State Signees = 85.7%
Observation:
With greater success the past three seasons, Carolina has been able to branch out and bring in more out-of-state recruits the past two offseasons. But Steve Spurrier turned things around in Columbia by taking the lead in homegrown products. The Gamecocks signed 17 in-state recruits (including Marcus Lattimore and Jadeveon Clowney) in 2010 and 2011. The last two years they’ve signed just seven in-state players. The state wasn’t as rich this year as it has been recently, but Clemson signed two more in-state players and wound up ranked slightly ahead of Carolina in several post-signing day polls. Not a huge worry, but a trend to watch nonetheless.
