Alabama wide receiver becomes first Gamecocks decommit since Muschamp firing
South Carolina football has suffered its first decommitment since the firing of coach Will Muschamp.
Alabama wide receiver Rodarius Thomas announced Friday that he’s leaving the Gamecocks’ 2021 recruiting class. He committed in early October.
For the season, he has 55 catches, 945 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Thomas is the No. 914 player in the country in the 247Sports Composite rankings. He’s the No. 134 wide receiver and 37th-best player in Alabama.
Thomas was one of four receivers in the class. The remaining three are Sam Reynolds out of Alabama powerhouse Thompson, O’Mega Blake from South Pointe in Rock Hill and Derwin Burgess out of Georgia.
South Carolina is trying to hold together a recruiting class during the coaching search. It’s not uncommon for a team to lose commitments before and after a new hire. Mike Bobo is currently the interim head coach, and he and his staff have been reaching out to recruits.
The departure drops the Gamecocks class to 15 players out of a possible 21 spots. The team sits less than a month from the start of the early signing period on Dec 16. But it’s still early in the process of identifying and hiring a new coach. It’s not yet clear what will happen if a coach cannot be announced before that begins.
South Carolina’s 2021 class
RB Caleb McDowell
WR Sam Reynolds
WR Omega Blake
WR Derwin Burgess
ATH Simeon Price
OL Jordan Davis
DL George Wilson
DL Nick Barrett
DL TJ Sanders
LB Bryce Steele
DB Jayden Johnson
This story was originally published November 20, 2020 at 1:25 PM with the headline "Alabama wide receiver becomes first Gamecocks decommit since Muschamp firing."
