Will Muschamp arrived to South Carolina’s football program promising recruiting so good he could sell ice to eskimos.
But his first two years, the talent on USC’s roster actually dipped based on the most common measure to rank it. Then it bounced back in a big way.
According to 247’s team talent composite, South Carolina’s roster ranks 19th nationally in terms of overall recruiting talent. According to 247, the metric uses “a proprietary algorithm that pulls the 247Sports Composite prospect rankings for each of the top 85 players on a given team’s active roster.