Carolina Confidential – Latest on transfer portal targets
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— South Carolina is expected to host two transfer portal targets on its campus for official visits this weekend.
The Gamecocks are set to host Notre Dame transfer portal running back Logan Diggs and Syracuse transfer portal EDGE Jatius Geer on campus this weekend and we’ve confirmed that Diggs is in town.
— The Diggs visit has been in the works for quite some time and spurred Wednesday’s comment in that Carolina Confidential that “there’s enough mutual interest there for us to be tracking it but probably not enough yet for Carolina fans to get their hopes up yet.”
But we wanted for things to materialize a bit more before putting it out there.
I would still frame Diggs recruitment the same way that I did then but any time you have a prospect on campus, it means a school has a chance.
As mentioned before, Diggs is a Louisana native who was recruited to ND by Brian Kelly. LSU sources fully expect him to end up there.
While the Tigers are the team to beat, there’s at least one other SEC school firmly in the mix and that’s Ole Miss. Diggs visited Ole Miss officially during the middle of the week and it’s been apparent that Lane Kiffin can be pesky in the transfer portal.
Diggs’ South Carolina visit seems to point to a willingness to listen and the Gamecocks should have a better depth chart to sell to the 6-foot, 214-pounder than either of the other schools.
It’s going to be tough but the Gamecocks will take a swing here and see what happens. I have reason to believe Diggs is at least willing to listen, and South Carolina has a much better story at running back than the Tigers.
— We’ve considered South Carolina the favorite for Geer, who played his high school ball at Belton Honea Path, and that remains the case now. It feels sort of like a formality at this point.
The 6-foot-6, 233-pounder emerged as a big-time pass-rusher for Syracuse as a redshirt freshman this past season, playing in all 13 games with 12 starts.
Geer finished the year with 33 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, six quarterback hurries, a forced fumble, and a blocked kick.
— Earlier this week we mentioned that South Carolina has been in contact with N.C. State transfer portal running back Demie Sumo-Karngbaye and that there is mutual interest — now we can report that Sumo-Karngbaye was on campus for a midweek official visit beginning on Wednesday.
We are still gathering specifics on that trip.
The Gamecocks are in this one but so are Colorado and Missouri (and maybe others). I believe he is set to visit Colorado this weekend.
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