A prime offensive line goal for South Carolina, OT Jaxon Elston (6-5 308) of Oxford, AL, has scheduled his official go to with the Gamecocks for June fifth. He additionally plans to soak up a spring follow as soon as the Gamecocks get again to work.
The Gamecocks only in the near past supplied Elston with the Director of Recruiting for Offense, Sam Serbay, making the primary contact, earlier than new offensive line coach Randy Clements obtained concerned. However the course of actually began by his former teammate, linebacker Keenan Britt, who signed with the Gamecocks in December and enrolled in January.
“I used to be speaking to South Carolina for some time as a result of Keenan, through the season, he was telling me that they wished me to return down there,” Elston stated. “He gave me Coach Serbay’s quantity and I texted him. I used to be planning on getting down there for a sport, however I by no means obtained to. Only in the near past, me and Coach Serbay began speaking extra, and he obtained me involved with the O-line coach, and so they supplied me and we’ve been constructing a relationship ever since.”
Elston and Clements have hit it off properly by their long-distance conversations, and Elston is trying ahead to assembly him and speaking extra when he makes his first ever go to to USC.
“He is aware of learn how to develop gamers and learn how to develop me into the very best participant I may be,” Elston stated. “I need to come someplace that may be capable to develop me. He says I’m actually athletic, fast and explosive. I can transfer in house very properly. To be 320 kilos, I’m simply very athletic.”
Elston has additionally set an official go to with Arkansas for Might twenty ninth. He additionally has affords from Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Florida State, West Virginia, Auburn, Georgia, Purdue and others. South Carolina, nonetheless, undoubtedly grabbed his consideration with their provide.
“They’re fairly excessive up on my board contemplating how a lot love they’ve been displaying,” Elson stated. “They’re displaying me how a lot they need me to be down there, and displaying me how significantly better I may be from being down there and growing with them.”
And his former teammate, Britt, stays in his ear concerning the Gamecocks.
“He’s liking it actually good. He loves it down there,” Elston stated. “He was telling us how excited he was to get down there.”
