Top 50 prospect Chandavian Bradley visiting USC this weekend with goals in mind
South Carolina is preparing for its final recruiting weekend of June with 12 official visitors for the 2023 class, and some unofficial visitors as well. One of the most highly regarded prospects from a national standpoint who will be on campus is defensive end Chandavian Bradley of Platte City, Missouri.
Bradley (6-5, 210) is considered a Top 50 prospect nationally by all the major recruiting rankings and has narrowed his decision to USC, Texas A&M and Tennessee. He will be visiting Columbia for the second time in two weeks..
Bradley came to the Palmetto State in the second week of June and first stopped at Clemson, but the Tigers have already filled up at his position and are no longer a factor. From the Upstate he made it to Columbia for a multi-day visit where he also worked out in camp with defensive ends coach Sterling Lucas.
“I really liked it,” Bradley said. “I got to spend a lot of time with coach Lucas and have him coach me up and see how he really coaches.”
But that visit didn’t leave Bradley with a lot of time to dig deeper into the Gamecock program and the university. He plans on doing that this weekend.
“There’s a few things I didn’t get to see down there that I’ll get to see this time,” Bradley said. “I didn’t get to check out the basketball staff. There are some things that I wanted to do, like the media team that I’m probably going to go do.”
Bradley also is a big-time basketball talent, and he’d like the opportunity to play both sports in college.
“It’s not really a big thing, but the last few schools I’m talking to have all said I can play basketball, too,” Bradley said.
Bradley made his official visit to Texas A&M last weekend, and he has no other visits scheduled after this weekend. He also visited Texas A&M unofficially in April. He visited Tennessee unofficially May 29.
Bradley said he plans to make his decision in July or August.
Gamecocks’ official visit weekend
USC football coach Shane Beamer will welcome another group of official visitors to campus this weekend, along with unofficial visitors in 2024 wide receiver London Humphries of Nashville and 2024 quarterback Dante Reno of Massachusetts.
This will mark the second major recruiting weekend of the month for the Gamecocks. They hosted an even larger group of official visits two weekends ago, and from that weekend they have gained six public commitments. Beamer and staff will be hoping to generate more from this weekend.
One of the official visitors will be defensive end T.J. Searcy (6-5, 250) of Thomaston, Georgia. He has also taken official visits to Clemson, Florida and Tennessee. Searcy was part of that large group that congregated at Clemson the weekend of June 3.
“They had like 31 guys, so the Clemson weekend was pretty fun, it was like one of the biggest in recent history. The players that I would be playing with at Clemson would be very good. The thing that stood out most about Clemson was the family vibe that the coaches give off.”
Lemanski Hall is his Clemson recruiter while Sterling Lucas is in his ear for the Gamecocks.
“He tells me he can develop my game and get me to where I want to be. Coach Lucas is a good guy. Me and coach Lucas have a relationship that’s very good.”
Searcy will make his decision from his four official visits and hopes to do so prior to his season.
▪ Also visiting this weekend is wide receiver C.J. Adams of Mableton, Georgia.
Adams (6-3, 210) has been a primary target for USC receivers coach Justin Stepp since receiving an offer from the Gamecocks this spring. Stepp brought Adams in for the spring game and will have him back on campus for an official visit this weekend.
And Stepp has already positioned himself well with Adams to complete this recruiting deal.
“I liked the spring game and was seeing how I would fit in,” Adams said. “To be honest, I just need to finalize some stuff. I want to go to South Carolina. I might commit there; I don’t know when though. I just want to see Kentucky, and after that I think that’s it. But South Carolina is number one. Coach Stepp and coach Beamer are saying they are excited to see me, so I’m really enthusiastic as far as going down there and seeing what the campus and stuff are like. Coach Stepp feels my physicality and my ability to be an athlete and play all over is very good.”
Adams took an official visit to Maryland on Tuesday through Thursday, his first official visit of the month.
Scheduled for official visits to USC this weekend; x—denotes USC commitment:
- Treyaun Webb, RB
- CJ Adams, WR
- Ayden Williams, WR
- x—Trovon Baugh, OT
- DJ Geth, OT
- Markee Anderson, OT
- Chandavian Bradley, DE
- TJ Searcy, DE
- Jaden Robinson, LB
- Grayson “Pup” Howard, LB
- Vicari Swain, DB
- x—Zahbari Sandy, DB