{"id":6886,"date":"2023-06-05T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2023-06-05T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:59:41","slug":"texas-wr-recaps-unbelievable-gamecocks-official-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/texas-wr-recaps-unbelievable-gamecocks-official-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas WR recaps \u2018unbelievable\u2019 Gamecocks official visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gamecocks were up first this weekend on the official visit docket for Texas wide receiver Parker Livingstone<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The visit did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got there, started off just chilling out a little bit. We went to Beamer\u2019s house for dinner, which was unbelievable,\u201d Livingstone told GamecockCentral.com. \u201cAll the coaches\u2019 families and stuff, that was awesome. The next day, we saw the facilities and academics. We had the photo shoot and went to the stadium on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3, 175-pounder spent time with a group of Gamecocks players and commitments \u2013 such as 2024 quarterback pledge Dante Reno \u2013 over the weekend. His allotted host was Tanner Bailey, who seemed to do a great job giving Livingstone a window into what it would be like to be a Gamecocks student-athlete.<\/p>\n

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Said the Lucas (Texas) Lovejoy product: \u201cI chilled out with Tanner, who was my host. It was a great time. They were awesome. They were talking a lot about the culture that Beamer has brought in and what Loggains has brought in. They said it\u2019s unbelievable, and that\u2019s why South Carolina was really good last year because of the culture and playing for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Livingstone regarding the locker room that Beamer has put together was intriguing to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a huge plus to have a culture like that in college football because of NIL and everything else,\u201d Livingstone explained. \u201cThey were telling about their experience getting recruited and how they handled it. It was great to hear from a player\u2019s perspective who is at that school now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several Gamecocks football coaches have been involved in Livingstone\u2019s recruitment, including Shane Beamer, Dowell Loggains, and Justin Stepp. The prospect seems quite comfortable with all of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was with them, I\u2019d say, probably 75 percent of the time there on my visit. Beamer\u2019s a great coach. Stability, he\u2019s going to be there a while. He just signed a new contract and Loggains and Stepp just signed new contracts,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to be there for a while. They were just harping on how they want me and how I\u2019d be a great fit for the offense Loggains runs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even with Loggains going into his first year in Columbia, there is plenty of familiarity here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to know Loggains really well when he was at Arkansas,\u201d Livingstone explained. \u201cHe recruited me from a young age, and just carrying over that relationship to South Carolina has been awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The On3 Industry Ranking rates Livingstone as a four-star prospect, the number 366 prospect nationally regardless of position, and the number 62 prospect in the state of Texas.<\/p>\n

Another aspect of the trip to Columbia that stood out to Livingstone was the academic profile of the Gamecocks.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing into it, I knew South Carolina had good academics, but I didn\u2019t know how good it actually was, one of the better schools in the SEC for academics,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s another thing I\u2019m looking at as well. Hopefully I\u2019ll play in the NFL; that\u2019s my dream. You always have to have a backup plan and get a degree and graduate from college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two more programs are lined up to get official visits from Livingstone; LSU gets a shot the weekend of June 16, then Texas on June 23.<\/p>\n

That will signal the end of the recruiting process for Livingstone, who is only considering the Gamecocks, Tigers, and Longhorns now <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s it. The week after Texas, July 1, I\u2019m going to be committing that Saturday. We\u2019re out for summer workouts for a week, so I just want to have a good time with family and make my decision,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s all pretty even. South Carolina did a fantastic job this weekend. It was a great first official visit, kind of set the tone for the rest of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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