Twice is nice: South Carolina lands commitment from 2024 Maryland offensive lineman

South Carolina’s 2024 offensive line class just got even bigger.

Three-star offensive tackle Mike Williams announced his commitment to South Carolina via Twitter on Wednesday. Williams chose USC over reported offers from Miami, Southern Cal, Michigan State, Tennessee, West Virginia and Florida.

He’s rated the No. 1,141 player and No. 91 offensive tackle in the 2024 class, per the 247Sports Composite.

A high school teammate of four-star 2023 Gamecocks signee Desmond Umeozulu, Williams looks the part of a future high-major offensive tackle at 6-foot-7, 315 pounds. The Maryland native helped CH Flowers to a 13-1 record and an appearance in the state title game.

Williams was in Columbia this past weekend for the Garnet and Black spring game.

South Carolina is quickly compiling one of the more impressive offensive line classes in recent memory. Williams is the fourth 2024 lineman to commit to the Gamecocks along with top 75 tackles Kam Pringle and Josiah Thompson and three-star Greenville tackle Blake Franks.

Williams also is another steal for USC out of the D.C.-Maryland-Viriginia area over the last two-plus classes. Most recently, South Carolina landed commitments from five-star athlete Nyckoles Harbor (Washington, D.C.), three-star defensive back Zhabari Sandy (Washington, D.C.), four-star offensive tackle Oluwatosin “Tree” Babalade (Maryland) and Umeozulu out of the area in the 2023 class.

The Gamecocks landed two commitments on Wednesday in Williams and four-star West Florence safety Kelvin Hunter. Hunter announced his pledge minutes before Williams.

South Carolina football 2024 commits

• July 2, 2022: QB Dante Reno — Windsor, Conn.
  
  
• Jan. 22: OT Kam Pringle — Dorchester, SC
  
  
• Jan. 24: TE Michael Smith — Savannah, GA
  
  
• Jan. 27: LB Wendell Gregory — Marietta, GA
  
  
• Feb. 3: WR Mazeo Bennett — Greenville, SC
  
  
• March 31: OL Blake Franks — Greenville, SC
  
  
• April 14: OL Josiah Thompson — Dillon, SC
  
  
• April 19: DB Kelvin Hunter — Florence, SC
  
  
• April 19: OL Mike Williams — Baltimore, MD
  
  

This story was originally published April 19, 2023 at 12:06 PM.

Ben Portnoy

The State

Ben Portnoy is The State’s South Carolina Gamecocks football beat writer. He’s a 10-time Associated Press Sports Editors award honoree and has earned recognition from the Mississippi Press Association and the National Sports Media Association. Portnoy previously covered Mississippi State for the Columbus Commercial Dispatch and Indiana football for the Journal Gazette in Ft. Wayne, IN.