DL Donte'e Nicholls (6-3 305) of Pompano Beach, FL committed Wednesday to USC according to his coach Greg McGirt. "He just felt good about coach Spurrier and the program they are running up there," McGirt said. "He liked what he saw on his visit. He also has family living in South Carolina." Nicholls visited USC December 2nd. He visited Rutgers December 9th and was scheduled to visit Georgia this weekend, but his coach said he won't make the visit. "He's an outstanding player," McGirt saiid. "He's quick and has a good attitude." This season Nicholls had 64 tackles and 4 sacks. He had 70 tackles and 9 sacks as a junior. Nicholls becomes the 18th commitment for the Gamecocks. Nicholls had offers from Bama, Arizona State, Auburn, Louisville, Rutgers, West Virginia, and many others..
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USC has picked up a commitment from ATH Pat Dimarco (6-3 235) of Lake Brantley, FL according to his father. Dimarco committed over the phone to Gamecock head coach Steve Spurrier Monday night after receiving an offer last week. "We're all Florida Gators and that means we love coach Spurrier more than anything else," Mr. Dimarco said. "His dream has been to play for the Gators, or in the SEC, or for coach Spurrier. Coach has been very honest with him and they told him they love him as an athlete and they are going to find a place for him to play." Dimarco plays tight end, H-back, defensive end and linebacker. This season he had 120 tackles, 17 sacks and 40 tackles for loss. He also had 18 catches for 300 yards and scored 7 touchdowns. He also had offers from South FL, UCF, Eastern Kentucky, Samford and Carson-Newman.
Other notes on Dimarco: Hearing he's a kid that flew under the radar.. He wasn't even listed on the Rivals data-base. He is now. Said that he plays for a Highschool in Fl. (Lake Brantley) that plays in a 6A division (the highest SC has is 5A). Anyway, he played for a team that would have been very lucky to make it to the playoffs. Well, he lead them to the State Championship in 6A football in FL. I'm hearing that he was by far the best player on their team. Also, many are saying that he is a Ryan Brewer or Rob Deboer type player. Sounds like a good one if he is half as good as Brewer or Deboer was. The most impressive part about Dimarco's recruitment is that Steve Spurrier personally recruited him himself. If Spurrier feels this good about this kid, so do I. I'll post more info about him as I find it out.
Other notes: Carolina was ranked 16th in the nation in recruiting according to Rivals.com. With the pick-ups of these 2 guys, we jumped ahead of Ole Miss, Clemson, and GT to land at 13th in the nation.
Getting better and better! And the best part is.. I'm hearing that we haven't seen anything yet, "the best is yet to come" so to speak.. I can't wait to find out what the big secrets are!
