T.L. Hanna star Zacch Pickens officially signed with South Carolina on Wednesday, becoming the first five-star signee for the Gamecocks since Jadeveon Clowney in 2011.
Up next for Pickens is trying to help South Carolina’s program get back to playing like it did when Clowney was at USC as the Gamecocks won 11 games and finished in the top 10 all three years that Clowney was in Columbia.
“That’s the main goal right there, trying to rebuild,” Pickens said after his signing ceremony at T.L. Hanna High in Anderson. “To get more people to South Carolina because everybody was really kind of avoiding it.