Stephen Davis Jr. recaps USC visit, updates recruitment

Stephen Davis Jr. of Dutch Fork went back onto the recruiting market earlier this month with his decommitment from Auburn. He is now focused on five schools: Auburn, Clemson, South Carolina, Florida State and Georgia, with no current favorite.

Saturday he made his first visit to one of his favorites since his decommitment by attending USC’s game against Kentucky. And the Gamecocks started their hard sell.

“It was a great visit, I had a lot of fun,” said Davis, who talked with Steve Spurrier, Steve Spurrier Jr., Lorenzo Ward and Grady Brown. “They told me I could be a big-time player playing in the SEC. They were coming at me pretty hard. They are recruiting me hard and I’m going to enjoying the recruiting, play my high school ball and then figure it out.”

Davis has switched from safety to running back this season but said the Gamecocks talked with him about linebacker and spur safety. He said he’s not sure if most schools will recruit him for defense or offense, saying the position doesn’t matter to him and he’s just looking for the best opportunity for playing time.

Clemson is also going after Davis, and he has interest in the Tigers as well.

“Clemson wants me really bad,” he said. “I really want to visit Clemson again. The first time I visited was the spring game and I loved it up there. They kind of surprised me a little. I thought Clemson would be too close to home but it’s like two to three hours away, so if I want to come home, I can come home. It’s a nice campus and they take academics very seriously and that’s what I like.”

Davis said he will continue to visit schools during the season and will take all five official visits to his favorites before making a decision in January. He is not graduating early from school.

“I’m in the mix of visiting colleges and seeing how I like the college and the campus and the academic programs,” Davis Jr. said. “I’m going to take my official to Clemson for the Florida State game, to Florida State for the Miami game, to Auburn for the Alabama game and I might take my official to South Carolina for the LSU game. I’ll also take one to Georgia.”

Davis made his full-time debut at running back last week at Boiling Springs and rushed for rushed for 204 yards and six touchdowns and had a 50-yard catch for a score.