Georgia Defensive Back is a Gamecock

Standing in front of a camera on national television, Banneker High School Defensive Back Chaz Elder spurned the home state Georgia Bulldogs and placed a University of South Carolina Gamecocks hat atop his head. Elder had long favored USC in the recruiting process and tonight finally ended speculation that he would be playing his college football in Columbia, SC. Newly anointed USC Defensive Coordinator Lorenzo Ward recruited Elder and sold the Peach state product on playing the Cornerback position at the next level. Elder is a 6’2” 185 pounder and Ward is a big believer in taller cornerbacks in his scheme that he will run next season. Elder becomes South Carolina’s 22nd known commitment in the 2012 class and becomes the 10th verbal commitment from the state of Georgia for the Gamecocks. Ward and the Gamecocks might not be done in the Atlanta Metro area this recruiting cycle either; Stephenson High School Running Back Mike Davis is supposedly down to USC and UGA and will decide on National Signing Day Eve, January 31st.

Elder is the second commitment for South Carolina this week as the Gamecocks secured a verbal commitment from Kicker Nick St. Germain Wednesday afternoon. St. Germain is out of Powder Springs, Georgia and plays at McEachern High Schol.