Nyles Pinckney sets August announcement date with no clear favorite

Defensive lineman Nyles Pinckney of Whale Branch has set Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. for his commitment announcement with Clemson, USC, Georgia and Georgia Tech his finalist. He has visited all four in recent weeks and he would like to take one more close up look at each before decision day.

"I"m going to call my recruiters to see if it's possible to set up visits with each one," Pinckney said.

Pinckney attended Clemson's All-In Cookout July 17 then made stops at Georgia and Georgia Tech. He went back to Clemson to meet with Dabo Swinney, Dan Brooks and Tony Elliott then attended USC's pool bash July 24.

"The Clemson coaches were telling me about what they do at Clemson and how things work and how recruiting is starting to slim down and getting to that time to find out who is with them and how is not," Pinckney said.

He also talked with USC recruiter Deke Adams earlier this week and got a similar message.

"Recruiting is coming down to it and both are telling me how much they like me and want me to play for their school," he said. "It's still hard to make my decision. I still have questions I need answered like what do they feel is the strength of their school? What are they planning to do in the future with the upcoming recruiting class? And how successful they will be."

Pinckney said he remains open among the four schools with no favorite and all four are recruiting him hard.

This story was originally published July 30, 2015 at 9:52 AM.