USC Recruiting

Signing day schedule for Gamecocks’ targets, commitments

Wide receiver target Korey Banks is up first on Wednesday with a 7:30 a.m. signing day ceremony.
Wide receiver target Korey Banks is up first on Wednesday with a 7:30 a.m. signing day ceremony.

National Signing Day is Wednesday, and South Carolina is position to add a few more prospects to its 2016 class.

The Gamecocks will have at least nine targets who are announcing on signing day, though it’s possible some decisions could be made public beforehand. Those prospects are denoted below with an “X.” Anyone listed without an X is already committed to USC.

Also, the times here are Eastern times and are when the schools have events scheduled. The times when a prospect signs and sends in his National Letter of Intent won’t always correlate with when he’s officially confirmed and announced by USC.

7:30 a.m.

▪  (X) Korey Banks, WR, Tyrone, Ga. (former UNC commitment)

▪  Akeem Cooperwood, OL, Georgia Military

8 a.m.

▪  Dennis Wonnum, DE, Stone Mountain, Ga.

8:45 a.m.

▪  Robert Tucker, TE, Atlanta

9 a.m.

▪  Pete Leota, OL, Asheville, NC

9:15 a.m.

▪  Kiel Pollard, WR, Moultrie, Ga.

9:30 a.m.

▪  (X) Stephon Taylor, DT, New Orleans, La.

10 a.m.

▪  (X) Randrecous Davis, WR, Atlanta

▪  (X) Jacoby Hill, DE, Atlanta

Note: Both Davis and Hill are part of a larger ceremony that lasts from 10 a.m. to noon, so their actual announcements could fall any time during that two-hour window.

▪  (X) Jeriko Morris, WR, Crystal Spring, Miss.

10:30 a.m.

▪  Evan Hinson, TE, Deltona, Fla.

11 a.m.

▪  (X) Aaron Thompson, DT, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (former Maryland commitment)

Noon

▪  Diondre Champaigne, WR, North Charleston, SC

▪  Sadarius Hutcherson, DE, Huntingdon, Tenn.

▪  Griffin Gentry, DT, Birmingham, Ala.

12:30 p.m.

▪  T.J. Brunson, LB, Columbia, SC

1 p.m.

▪  Darius Whitfield, DT, Mobile, Ala.

1:30 p.m.

▪  Lloyd Cushenberry, OL, Geismer, La.

▪  (X) Malcolm Roach, DL, Baton Rouge, La. (Texas commitment)

2 p.m.

▪  (X) Hank Tuipulotu, TE, Fort Mill, SC (BYU commitment)

2:30 p.m.

▪  Will Putnam, OL, Harrisburg, NC

▪  Rico Dowdle, RB, Asheville, NC

4 p.m.

▪  Chavis Dawkins, WR, Moore, SC

Nothing scheduled yet

▪  (X) Karamo Dioubate, DT, Philadelphia

TBA

▪  Jamarcus King, DB, Coffeyville, Kansas

Already enrolled

▪  Brandon McIlwain, QB, Newtown, Pa.

▪  CJ Freeman, RB, Greensboro, NC

▪  Bryan Edwards, WR, Conway, SC

▪  Keir Thomas, DE, Miami, Fla.

▪  Kobe Smith, DL, Lawrenceville, Ga.

▪  Chris Smith, DB, Rock Hill, SC

This story was originally published February 1, 2016 at 12:38 PM with the headline "Signing day schedule for Gamecocks’ targets, commitments."

Related Stories from The State in Columbia SC
Get one year of unlimited digital access for $159.99
#ReadLocal

Only 44¢ per day

SUBSCRIBE NOW