Blue chip lineman will visit Gamecocks with family, doesn’t rule out committing

By Phil Kornblut

Updated May 29, 2019 5:13 PM

Greensboro, North Carolina defensive end Myles Murphy said Tuesday night South Carolina is his leader going into his official visit this weekend.

His parents will join him on the visit. He did not rule out the possibility of a commitment. He has been planning to take other official visits with Alabama, North Carolina, LSU and Florida.

“It’s a chance but I want to look around and go on to some other visits,” Murphy said.

He took an unofficial visit to USC in February so he wants to use this visit to get more information on the school as a whole.

“I’ve already seen most of it from my first visit and this time I want to look into getting more details,” he said. “Like how they prepare classes day in and day out.”

USC coach Will Muschamp has been a personal recruiter of Murphy along with his assistant coaches.

“They’ve been on me a lot, show me a lot of love,” Murphy said. “Coach Muschamp the most. He texts me a lot each week and we’ve talked liked twice. I feel great about that. They make me feel welcomed. They want me as a pass rusher coming off the edge, so I know I’ll be playing on the end and giving them a good pass rush, or whatever they want. I will be a perfect fit for it.”

The blue chip lineman is the teammate of Gamecocks commit Mike Wyman. As a junior, Murphy had 53 tackles, 18 for loss, and 10 sacks as part of a defense that allowed 16 points per game.

Murphy also has official visits set with Florida, Alabama and North Carolina the three weekends following the USC visit. He also plans to set a visit with LSU.

“As soon as I’m done with my officials, I am making my decision,” he said. “I want to get all of them out of the way and make my decision.”

Notes:

▪ The Gamecocks made the top five with Knoxville running back Elijah Young. The others are Tennessee, Mississippi State, Missouri and Kentucky.

▪ Sammamish, Washington running back Sam Adams named a top six of Washington, Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, Penn State and Texas A&M. He also had a USC offer.

▪ According to TheBigSpur, Hammond defensive end Jordan Burch is scheduled to take his official visit to USC this weekend.

▪ Gamecocks 2021 commitment Lovasea Carroll plans to visit Auburn on Friday.

▪ USC offered 2021 offensive lineman Javonte Gardner (6-foot-5, 290 pounds) of Orlando.

▪ Matt Cross, a 6-foot-7 forward from of Beverly, Mass., said he will take an official visit to USC on June 6-7.

This story was originally published May 29, 2019 at 10:10 AM.

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