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Gamecocks Stay Strong on the Recruiting Trail

JD Wyatt Published: August 24, 2025 | Updated: August 24, 2025 3 min read
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Anybody who pays attention to college football knows that recruiting is a very large part of the equation to being successful. It isn’t always about getting the highest rated recruits but sometimes developing the two- or three-star recruits. It’s even better when you land one of the best recruits at their respective position in the nation and develop them into top-tier NFL talent. Darius Gray of Saint Christopher’s School in Richmond, Virginia, rated as the number one interior offensive lineman for the 2026 class has committed to be a Gamecock next season.

BREAKING: Five-Star IOL Darius Gray has Committed to South Carolina, he tells me for @rivals

The No. 1 IOL in the ‘26 Class chose the Gamecocks over LSU, Tennessee, Clemson, & Ohio State

“Gamecock nation I’m home.” https://t.co/IzBo6ymbmE pic.twitter.com/EO7N1ZinZ4

— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) August 22, 2025

Darius most likely had scholarship offers from every major football program in the United States, and ultimately, he ended up choosing the University of South Carolina over LSU, Tennessee, Clemson, and Ohio State. This is a huge win for the Gamecocks, as I think that building a great offensive line is one of the largest parts to becoming a prominent football program. Obviously, you have to have skill players at wide receiver, quarterback and running back, but if you don’t have offensive lineman to protect and give them time, it ultimately will amount to nothing. For Darius to choose USC over national championship winning Ohio State and Clemson speaks volumes to the type of connection that Shane Beamer is building with these high school players and coaches.

South Carolina 2026 Football Commits

Darius joins a class that includes other commits like Landon Duckworth, J’Zavien Currence, Aiden Harris and Noah Clark. The class currently has fifteen commits while being ranked 19th nationally. As I mentioned earlier, building a great offensive line is a large part of being successful in college football, and currently this class has three offensive line commits as well as three defensive line commits. It’s clear that Shane Beamer has put an emphasis on building the offensive and defensive line in his previous recruiting classes, and the one for 2026 is no different. The class currently has 1 5-star recruit, 6 4-star recruits, and the remaining recruits are all 3 stars. Darius Gray comes in at 6’3″ and 285 pounds so it will be interesting to see what kind of growth he has once he gets into the weightlifting and nutrition regimen at USC.

Rookies who played the most pass protection snaps without allowing a sack this preseason:

● Torricelli Simpkins III, NO – 109
● Vershon Lee, MIN – 97
● Sal Wormley, JAX – 96
● Marcus Mbow, NYG – 86
● Easton Kilty, NO – 85
● Luke Newman, CHI – 84
● Josh Kaltenberger, LAC… pic.twitter.com/SY3xrblX0X

— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) August 24, 2025

Recruiting and talent does not matter if you can’t develop and coach the players to improvement. In the post above, two former Gamecock offensive lineman played a lot of pass protection snaps without giving up a sack. Torricelli Simpkins played 109 of those snaps while Vershon Lee played 97 such snaps while not giving up a sack in the preseason. I would say that those two players developed quite nicely at USC and hopefully will go on to do big things in the NFL. Darius Gray committing to the Gamecocks is just a step in the process, and I cannot wait to see how he develops and contributes for the Gamecocks. I fully expect Darius to be playing in the NFL in the coming years.

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