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Mike Locksley accuses South Carolina of NIL “pay-for-visit” tactics, then backtracks

Mike Locksley took a jab at South Carolina, suggesting NIL money lured Maryland commit Zion Elee to Columbia. Beamer’s Gamecocks are back in familiar recruiting drama.

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As college football enters the back half of the season, recruiting is starting to heat up. And so it the drama. Maryland head coach Mike Locksley took aim, albeit indirectly, at Shane Beamer and South Carolina this week after five-star defensive end Zion Elee, a Maryland commit, made an official visit to Columbia for the Gamecocks' matchup against Alabama.