{"id":598365,"date":"2026-04-21T22:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598365\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:07:08","slug":"five-star-south-carolina-target-includes-gamecocks-in-top-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598365\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-star South Carolina target includes Gamecocks in top five"},"content":{"rendered":"

Priority five-star Gamecock target Joshua Dobson<\/a> is down to five final schools, according to a report from Rivals\u2019 Hayes Fawcett<\/a>. The Cornelius (NC) William Amos Hough standout (formerly of Catawba Ridge High School in Fort Mill, South Carolina) has cut his list of suitors to include South Carolina, LSU, Texas A&M, Auburn, and Michigan.<\/p>\n

Dobson has been a priority for the Gamecocks for some time. LSU has been a long-time challenger, and in many circles, the Tigers are viewed as the current favorite. Texas A&M has made a big push over recent months, as well. Auburn and Michigan have done enough to stay in the game.<\/p>\n

The elite cornerback prospect has official visits scheduled to four of his top-five suitors. His OV to Columbia will be the weekend of June 19, meaning the Gamecocks get the last shot this summer. He will be at Auburn May 29, Texas A&M June 5, and LSU June 12. Dobson visited Michigan less than two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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The Under Armour All-American has been to USC around 10 times, and he is as familiar with the Carolina coaching staff as any. Defensive backs coach\/co-defensive coordinator Torrian Gray offered Dobson before his freshman year ended and has maintained a strong relationship ever since.<\/p>\n

As is typical for a Gray target, Dobson possesses a remarkable combination of athleticism and length. With a wingspan of 6-5, he runs 100-meter track times in the 10.7s and has vertical explosiveness. Thanks to those tools, he has elite coverage skills and has a knack for making plays on the football.<\/p>\n

According to the Rivals Industry Ranking\u2014a composite average of the rankings from Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN\u2014Dobson is the No. 9 overall player in the class of 2027. He is also the No. 3 cornerback prospect nationally. Dobson ranks as the No. 1 player, regardless of position, in North Carolina. Before his recent transfer, he was No. 1 in South Carolina, too. Dobson is a five-star prospect, according to both Rivals and ESPN and is a 247Sports four-star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Priority five-star Gamecock target Joshua Dobson is down to five final schools, according to a report from Rivals\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,260656,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-598365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-joshua-dobson-27-catawba-ridge","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}