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South Carolina has a deep class of 30 commits that includes 13 four-star and 12 three-star recruits. The Game****s were without a five-star prospect until last Thursday when wide receiver Chris Culliver (from Garner, N.C.) agreed to don the garnet and black.
The group features five players in the Rivals100 with Culliver (19th), defensive end Cliff Matthews (32nd), quarterback Stephen Garcia (90th), defensive end Travian Robertson (96th) and offensive lineman Quintin Richardson (99th). The class also includes defensive tackle Olufemi Ajiboye, who is seventh in the prep school Top 50.
On paper, South Carolina is in a markedly elevated position than it was a year ago at this time. Of its 66 scholarship players in 2006, 16 had received their only BCS team offer from S.C. and 13 of those were recruited by former coach Lou Holtz. The Game****s have been been helped by a rejuvenated approach led by 28-year-old David Reaves, who took over as recruiting coordinator last February. Reaves' jolt that's even infused the visored-one himself, who has visited high schools during the main evaluation process for the first time in his career.
"[Reaves has] come in and brought a renewed approach and brought South Carolina into the way schools like Notre Dame and Florida recruit," Shurburtt said. "He got on kids early. He offered kids early [and] kids were recruited by South Carolina throughout the entire process."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/cory_mccartney/01/30/sc.recruiting/index.html
The group features five players in the Rivals100 with Culliver (19th), defensive end Cliff Matthews (32nd), quarterback Stephen Garcia (90th), defensive end Travian Robertson (96th) and offensive lineman Quintin Richardson (99th). The class also includes defensive tackle Olufemi Ajiboye, who is seventh in the prep school Top 50.
On paper, South Carolina is in a markedly elevated position than it was a year ago at this time. Of its 66 scholarship players in 2006, 16 had received their only BCS team offer from S.C. and 13 of those were recruited by former coach Lou Holtz. The Game****s have been been helped by a rejuvenated approach led by 28-year-old David Reaves, who took over as recruiting coordinator last February. Reaves' jolt that's even infused the visored-one himself, who has visited high schools during the main evaluation process for the first time in his career.
"[Reaves has] come in and brought a renewed approach and brought South Carolina into the way schools like Notre Dame and Florida recruit," Shurburtt said. "He got on kids early. He offered kids early [and] kids were recruited by South Carolina throughout the entire process."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/cory_mccartney/01/30/sc.recruiting/index.html
