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The secret ingredients to South Carolina's recruiting approach | The State

South Carolina defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson revealed his secret recipe for recruiting to a crowd of Gamecocks fans in Augusta last week.

“I think we recruit differently from everybody else,” Robinson told the Augusta Gamecock Club. “We do a thorough background check. We don’t just ask the head coach.”

Who do they ask about potential recruits?

“I want to talk to the janitor,” Robinson said. “If that janitor knows your name in the school, that means you’re doing something right. That tells me something. That tells me you’re a good person. It’s easy to talk to the principal.