Gamecocks keeping up with WR Cavin Ridley

Wide receiver Cavin Ridley of Deerfield Beach, Fla., camped at USC this summer along with North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia and Auburn. The Gamecocks also are one of his official offers along with Florida, Alabama and Tennessee.

Ridley (6-2, 200), whose brother Calvin is a receiver at Alabama, has been in touch with USC receivers coach Steve Spurrier Jr.

“South Carolina is a nice place,” Ridley said. “I know that they are lacking receivers. That’s what I’m really looking for in a school, a school that needs help in receivers. I see that South Carolina really needs a little help and that’s why I want to take an official visit there to see what they have to offer, so I might take an official visit there, I’m not really sure yet.”

Ridley said Spurrier Jr. has been selling him on the idea of early playing time at USC, and he’s confident he could contribute early.

“I’m a playmaker and I can go in and be a playmaker and I think he believes that, too,” Ridley said.

Ridley said he’s looking at making a decision sometime after the season and might even wait until the Under Armour game to announce. Last season he had 1,500 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns.

Notes

▪  WR Isaiah Graham of Bastrop, La., has set an official visit to USC for Oct. 10 for the LSU game. He also has visits set for Arkansas and TCU. Graham said of the Gamecocks, “They are high on my list.” He also has Miami, Arizona State and Tennessee on his short list.

▪  Basketball: Seventh Woods of Hammond told media in New York Friday his final four consists of USC, North Carolina, Georgetown and Florida. Woods spoke to reporters as part of the Under Armour Elite 24 Game. Woods, who recently visited USC coach Frank Martin on campus, plans to take his official visits before making his decision, according to his coach.