Gamecocks Football Recruiting: Brendan Nosovitch Visits
This Gamecocks Blog normally does not point out when a player visits the University of South Carolina as we leave that to the other outlets but since it is a quarterback this time around, we feel it is worth a note of mentioning. On campus for a visit today is quarterback Brendan Nosovitch (6-2 195) out of Central Catholic in the Allentown, PA area.
The Gamecocks have offered and quarterbacks coach, also his recruiter, GA Mangus has let him know that the Gamecocks have strong interest in him for the Class of 2012 and has even made a trip to PA to visit him.
Nosovitch has offers from Virginia and Temple. He’s also getting interest from Penn State, Maryland, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Northwestern, Pitt, Purdue, Vanderbilt and North Carolina. He has been to Maryland, Rutgers and Penn State and he will visit North Carolina the day after USC. He grew up a PSU fan and it may be tough to tear him apart from that choice if the offer is on the table. But USC could use a QB like him for the future.
Last season in a spread offense he passed for 3111 yards and 43 touchdowns and rushed for 1700 yards and 25 scores as he led his team to the 3A state title. Nosovitch claims a 4.6-second 40 yard dash and a 4.3-second pro shuttle.
Here is a video of him in action -

Curious as to the reasons why Coach Darrin Horn and the USC Gamecocks men's basketball program is not targeting Jared Guest as a potential recruit for the Class of 2011. Guest is a local palmetto state product, he is a native of Columbia and a product of Richland Northeast High School. Guest, coming out of high school, attended