Recruiting insider: Top 10 takeaways from 28-school Carolinas scouting trip
Schools hit: DW Daniel, Westside, Powdersville, Greenville, Byrnes, Dorman, Gaffney, White Knoll, Irmo, Dutch Fork, Rock Hill, Shelby, Myers Park, Ardrey Kell, Hough, Corvian, Mallard Creek, Chambers, Providence Day, South Mecklenburg, Southeast Raleigh, Cardinal Gibbons, Broughton, Grace Christian, Eastern Alamance, Grimsley, Dudley, Southeastern Alamance.
10 ‘D-LINE HEAVEN’ - Is alive and well. All ages and sizes. Best place in America that mass produces high hit rate defensive linemen. North Carolina and South Carolina. There’s real Dudes on the DL at Westside, Dorman, Gaffney, IRMO, Rock Hill, Hough, Chambers, Shelby, Providence Day, Corvian, Mallard Creek, Eastern Alamance, Dudley, Grimsley, Broughton and Southeast Raleigh.
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9 The Gamecocks are working. I’ve covered (and recruited for eight years) the Carolinas for 21 years. I’ve never seen them mentioned in the Top 3 for so many kids especially when it comes to effort: Who is recruiting you the hardest? Who ID you early and offered?
8 The High School Coaches. I love them ALL and miss them so much!!!
7 So many gems that are under recruited:
QB at Chambers - Jamouri Nicholas
TE, WR and DT at White Knoll - Kentrell Bonnette, Tyler Brown, Jehovani Mpumbu
Nickel at Hough - Michael Griffin
DE at Dorman - Easton Catto
RB/LB at Gaffney - Kendarius Bailey
Hough’s OLs - Moreno Fisher and Nori White
Dudley’s DE - NaShon Overby
Irmo’s junior WRs - Delreco Eady and Demarion Arrington
Rock Hill’s DB/ATH - Ashton Carter
Dutch Fork QB - Jaxon Knotts
6 Future Freaks
Freshman OT at Grimsley - Adam Rucker
Daniel’s sophomore CB and DE - Carson McDaniel and Caesar Oglesby
Greenville sophomore WR - Malachi Debnam
Dorman’s sophomore class - OL Jordan Lewis, RB Carter Nash, DT Emavian Gibson
Gaffney’s NFL sophomore DT - Kiante Morgan
Byrnes sophomore LB - Lamire Adams, Jr.
Southeast Raleigh’s freshman QB and DE - Carter Jamie and Noah Powell
Grace Christian’s WR - Chris White
Corvian’s freshman DE and sophomore QB - Collin Jeffers and Tyson Douglas-Brown
Mallard Creek’s sophomore DE - Kaiden Okam
Chambers freshman OT - Mason Bailey
Myers Park RB - James Drayton
5 FUTURE PROS - ALL of the D-linemen!!! ALL of them!!! And the Byrnes corner (Wiggins), SE Raleigh OT (Willams), Westside sophomore WR Jae White, Dutch Fork sophomore WR Corey Miller and the junior WR at Providence Day Braylon Clark.
4 BEST Evals/Steals (commits)
Clemson - Christian Napolean Chancellor, Jr., CB, Daniel
Auburn - Aidyn Wiggins, CB, Byrnes
Syracuse - Chanin Harris, WR, Byrnes
East Carolina - Ethan Singletary, WR/CB, Irmo
NC State - Khyleib Rodriguez - WR, Ardrey Kell
Duke - Gavin Milton, OT, Grimsley
South Carolina - Davion Jones, DB, Hough
3 Better OTs than usual
Especially the 6-5+ dudes at…
South Meck - Brendan Hall
Mallard Creek - Austin Ballou
Grimsley - Gavin Milton
Hough - Moreno Fisher
Dorman - Jordan Lewis
Shelby - Tee Hollifield
Dudley - Kameron Adams
SE Raleigh - Grayson Williams and Zamir Jackson
2 WIDE OPEN - Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia and others can slide in and get what they need and want because of the two things you can control: effort and attitude.
Only one coach tried at recruiting at NC State
North Carolina is not recruiting their own loaded state and most of all
Cause …
1 It’s Open Season - Clemson does show ANY effort in terms of communication, relationship building or using their longtime regional connections. They weren’t mentioned by anyone in the next three cycles. They run a cult and outdated system. It reminds me of Al Golden in South Florida. You can now go into the Carolinas and get what you want cause of their hires, arrogance, lack of care and effort. It’s the opposite from when I lived in ‘DLINE Heaven.’
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