First-year South Carolina operating backs coach Stan Drayton introduced his little black ebook with him from Penn State, and never lengthy after he arrived in Columbia, he seemed up a earlier Nittany Lion goal in RB Trey Stewart I6-1 205) of Little Rock, AR.
Drayton supplied Stewart 4 days after Shane Beamer employed him. Actually, one of many first recruiting stops Drayton made with the Gamecocks was a bit of over per week in the past when he flew out to see Stewart at his dwelling in Little Rock.
“It was similar to a blessing that he got here all the way in which down right here for me,” Stewart mentioned. “Figuring out that, it simply introduced extra curiosity from me in that program, and for Coach Drayton. He’s all the time been me, and I’ve simply been sticking with him for a minute. It’s simply been a very nice course of with him.”
Drayton is a veteran coach with loads of miles beneath the hood. The truth that Drayton has seen a factor or two on this planet of soccer is huge with Stewart when he thinks about who he needs to educate him sooner or later.
“He’s an ideal mentor, he has loads of historical past,” Stewart mentioned. “He informed me he’s been doing it for 32 years, and I really feel like, with all that historical past he has, he can all the time put it in me and lead me the suitable technique to the place I’m making an attempt to get.”
Stewart mentioned he’ll set a go to with the Gamecocks, however he gained’t make it this month for the junior day on January twenty fourth. He’ll be at Arkansas that day. He additionally has Penn State, Oklahoma, Miami and Ole Miss on his present quick listing, with South Carolina proper there as nicely.
Stewart mentioned that as he makes visits and compares applications, there are just a few key objects he’ll be checking into.
“How can match of their run sport and the way they run their offense,” he mentioned. “The environments, the connection with coaches, and the historical past this system and the coaches have had throughout their time they’ve been doing this.”
Stewart, who plans to resolve within the spring, scored 13 touchdowns this previous season whereas dashing for 940 yards and catching 27 passes for 319 yards. He was named All-Convention and All-State.
