USC recruit recap: Big games for Kelvin Harmon, Jordan Smith
How South Carolina commits performed this week:
2016
S Marlon Character (Grady; Atlanta, Ga.) — Six tackles in a 22-14 loss to Marist.
OT Akeem Cooperwood (Georgia Military College; Milledgeville, Ga.) — Helped GMC to a 56-0 win over Jirah Prep.
OG Lloyd Cushenberry (Dutchtown; Geismar, La.) — Helped Dutchtown to a 35-7 win over McKinley.
WR Bryan Edwards (Conway; Conway) — Seven catches for 70 yards and a touchdown in a 45-6 win over Socastee.
CJ Freeman (Northern Guilford; Greensboro, N.C.) — 105 rushing yards in a 35-7 win over Eastern Guilford.
S JJ Givens (Atlee; Mechanicsville, Va.) — Caught a 35-yard touchdown in Atlee’s 48-17 loss to Lee-Davis.
WR Kelvin Harmon (Palmyra; Palmyra, N.J.) — Nine catches for 204 yards and two touchdowns in a 53-19 win over Wildwood.
CB Tre Jackson (University; Baton Rouge, La.) — Out for the year with a torn ACL.
OT Pete Leota (Asheville; Asheville, N.C.) — Helped Asheville to a 54-7 win over McDowell.
QB Brandon McIlwain (Council Rock North; Newton, Pa.) —26 carries for 170 yards and four touchdowns in a 34-15 win over Harry S. Truman.
LB JaCorey Morris (Clarke County; Grove Hill, Ala.) — Helped Clarke County to a 48-32 win over Southside.
OT Will Putnam (Hickory Ridge; Harrisburg, N.C.) —Six domination blocks in a 43-13 win over Northwest Cabarrus.
CB Chris Smith (South Pointe; Rock Hill) — Helped South Pointe to a 16-7 win over Lancaster.
DE Jordan Smith (Lithonia; Lithonia, Ga.) — 11 tackles, a sack, four tackles for loss, 50 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown in a 23-7 loss to Arabia Mountain.
DE Cecil Stallings (Tucker; Tucker, Ga.) —Bye week.
DT Darius Whitfield (St. Paul’s Episcopal; Mobile, Ala.) — Had 1 sack, 2 QB hurries, 3 tackles for loss and 6 pancake blocks to help St. Paul’s Episcopal to a 38-8 win over Escambia County.
2017
TE Will Register (Chapin; Chapin) — Helped Chapin to a 57-22 win over Lower Richland.
Matt Connolly