Gamecocks target D-lineman from Northeast

One of the recent offers sent out by South Carolina went to defensive lineman Teair Tart-Spencer (6-foot-4, 295 pounds), a native of Philadelphia who will be a sophomore at ASA College in Brooklyn this season.

Primarily a basketball player for most of his youth, Tart-Spencer has played just three seasons of football, including just six games last season. His film showed Gamecocks defensive line coach Lance Thompson and head coach Will Muschamp enough to lead to an offer.

"They like my explosiveness off the ball and my size," Tart-Spencer said. "I'm more of a pass rusher. (South Carolina) is a good school and I've just got to get down there and check it out. I've got a pretty good feeling about how interested they are in me, and I get a pretty good vibe they want me."

Tart-Spencer said he had no offers out of high school and now he has offers from USC, Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Temple.

Last season he totaled only 12 tackles but 7.5 were for loss and he had 5 sacks.

This story was originally published February 22, 2016 at 12:58 PM with the headline "Gamecocks target D-lineman from Northeast."