Gamecocks keeping up with local WR Larry Collins

Wide receiver Larry Collins Jr. of Lower Richland opened up a lot of eyes in camps last summer and he’s looking to do the same this summer, starting with South Carolina’s Showcase Camp on June 13.

The Gamecocks have kept up their recruiting interest in Collins (6-3, 195) and he’s done likewise with them.

“USC has been telling me a lot,” Collins said. “They want me to come and look at the facilities. They’ve been recruiting me pretty hard.”

Despite an early offer from Clemson, Collins said he’s not hearing much from the Tigers at this point. Of the schools that have offered him, he feels USC, Wake Forest, North Carolina, Louisville and Georgia Southern are showing the strongest interest. Some of his other offers are Auburn, Florida State, Tennessee, Virginia and East Carolina.

“All are recruiting me pretty hard,” Collins said, adding that he doesn’t have any favorites at this point. He’d like to make his decision during the upcoming season.

This story was originally published May 28, 2015 at 11:23 AM with the headline "Gamecocks keeping up with local WR Larry Collins."