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Gamecocks commit has offers from Alabama, Georgia. Why he chose USC instead

Villa Rica running back Mecose Todd just finished up his sophomore year of high school and he already has the attention of most of the top football programs in the country.

The class of 2020 recruit has offers from most of the schools in the SEC, including Alabama and Georgia, the two teams that played in last year’s national title game.

But it is another SEC school - South Carolina - that landed a commitment from Todd in February.

The Georgia native quickly formed a relationship with Gamecocks running backs coach Bobby Bentley after being offered last May and committed to USC while on a visit in February of this year, nearly two years before his signing day.