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South Carolina returns from spring break on Monday to begin its second week of spring practice with three four-star quarterbacks on campus.
It would be quite a logjam for playing time, except only one of them remains on the football team. As rising sophomore Jake Bentley takes the snaps as the Gamecocks’ starter, former top recruits Brandon McIlwain and Lorenzo Nuñez remain enrolled at USC, planning their next move.
At separate times in the past two seasons, both McIlwain and Nuñez looked like they might be the future of the program and provided hope for a fan base yearning for a quarterback to embrace. Now they head into their own futures with Gamecock fans wondering what went wrong and where they will pop up next.
For McIlwain, it could be Baylor, Cal, Arizona or Virginia, according to a report by 247Sports.com. McIlwain is considering Baylor and Cal first, according to the report.
The Baylor connection doesn’t surprise Brian Dohn, a national recruiting analyst for Scout.com who’s based an hour from McIlwain’s home of Newtown, Pa. Baylor coach Matt Rhule was formerly the coach at Temple, a short drive from where McIlwain grew up. McIlwain’s mother recently posted a picture on Facebook of her son making a football recruiting trip to Princeton, but without any further details.
“I think people are waiting to see if he’s going to try to do football or if he’s going to try to do baseball or if he’s going to try to do both,” Dohn said. “The thing about his timing of it is he’s got to finish up (school) now. He can’t just leave. This will give him a good chance to see what shakes out in spring practices and see where he would be needed.”
At the moment, no one is saying if the two-sport prep star wants to continue playing both football and baseball, or concentrate on one or the other. McIlwain’s father, Roddy, didn’t respond to several emails seeking comment on his son’s plans. Will Hewlett, McIlwain’s private quarterbacks coach for the past nine years, didn’t return a phone call seeking comment.
McIlwain and Nuñez must finish the semester to remain in good academic standing in case they decide to pursue collegiate athletics further. USC’s online campus directory indicates both are enrolled in the spring semester at South Carolina.
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South Carolina returns from spring break on Monday to begin its second week of spring practice with three four-star quarterbacks on campus.
It would be quite a logjam for playing time, except only one of them remains on the football team. As rising sophomore Jake Bentley takes the snaps as the Gamecocks’ starter, former top recruits Brandon McIlwain and Lorenzo Nuñez remain enrolled at USC, planning their next move.
At separate times in the past two seasons, both McIlwain and Nuñez looked like they might be the future of the program and provided hope for a fan base yearning for a quarterback to embrace. Now they head into their own futures with Gamecock fans wondering what went wrong and where they will pop up next.
For McIlwain, it could be Baylor, Cal, Arizona or Virginia, according to a report by 247Sports.com. McIlwain is considering Baylor and Cal first, according to the report.
The Baylor connection doesn’t surprise Brian Dohn, a national recruiting analyst for Scout.com who’s based an hour from McIlwain’s home of Newtown, Pa. Baylor coach Matt Rhule was formerly the coach at Temple, a short drive from where McIlwain grew up. McIlwain’s mother recently posted a picture on Facebook of her son making a football recruiting trip to Princeton, but without any further details.
“I think people are waiting to see if he’s going to try to do football or if he’s going to try to do baseball or if he’s going to try to do both,” Dohn said. “The thing about his timing of it is he’s got to finish up (school) now. He can’t just leave. This will give him a good chance to see what shakes out in spring practices and see where he would be needed.”
At the moment, no one is saying if the two-sport prep star wants to continue playing both football and baseball, or concentrate on one or the other. McIlwain’s father, Roddy, didn’t respond to several emails seeking comment on his son’s plans. Will Hewlett, McIlwain’s private quarterbacks coach for the past nine years, didn’t return a phone call seeking comment.
McIlwain and Nuñez must finish the semester to remain in good academic standing in case they decide to pursue collegiate athletics further. USC’s online campus directory indicates both are enrolled in the spring semester at South Carolina.
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