South Carolina football has had an unfortunate run of recruiting news over the last couple of weeks. Major 4-star high school targets like Braylen Russell (Arkansas), Keylen Adams (Virginia Tech), Malcolm Ziglar (North Carolina), DD Holmes (Florida State), Parker Livingstone (Texas), Nasir Johnson (Florida), and Kaj Sanders (Rutgers) all made public pledges to other schools.
Some additional priority targets like Jonathan Paylor (4-star wide receiver) and Daniel Hill (4-star running back) have also announced that they would be visiting other schools instead of being at the big Gamecock recruiting cookout at the end of July, despite both players making their commitments shortly after the weekend.