But Grimes politely declined. He had removed South Carolina out of his list of schools because of the pressure surrounding coach Will Muschamp.
"There was nothing I could do," Grimes said. "I told them that and they respected that."
Grimes said comments made by South Carolina president Robert Caslen about Muschamp led him to take the school off his list.
"If your president is talking like that, you're probably not going to be there much longer," Grimes said, referring to Caslen's comments about Muschamp in November.
Caslen said, "Coach Muschamp is my coach. That's the message.