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Gamecock Zacch Pickens finishes as top-10 player in the country in Rivals rankings

South Carolina signee Zacch Pickens cracked the top 10 in the final Rivals rankings for the Class of 2019.

The T.L. Hanna defensive lineman and five-star prospect moved up from No. 15 to No. 9 in the rankings, released Monday. Rivals released its Top 10 Monday and will released Top 100 on Tuesday and Top 250 on Wednesday.

Pickens is the first five-star signee in the Will Muschamp era and first Gamecock signee to finish in Rivals Top 10 since Jadeveon Clowney, who was No. 1 in 2011 final rankings. Marcus Lattimore was ranked No.