The South Carolina basketball program now has four members of the 2021 recruiting class committed to TaQuan Woodley (Camden, NJ / Camden). The six-foot-tall striker made his promise to the program on Wednesday after recently retiring from Penn State.
Woodley reduced his list to six schools after deciding to give up his promise to the Lions of Nittany, including Georgia, St. Josephs, St. Johns, Temple and LaSalle. Woodley is a potential three-star customer on 247Sports Composite with a rating of 0.8631. He is considered player No. 264 in the class.
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According to the Philadelphia Inquirer at the time of his commitment to the USP, Woodley had about 20 scholarship offers. He also averaged 8 points and 10 rebounds per game and totaled 71 blocks last season at Camden High School, a typical basketball powerhouse that had 29-1 last season and ended the year with a 25-game winning streak.
“We are super excited to add Ta’Quan Woodley to our autograph class,” South Carolina coach Frank Martin said in a school statement. “He is a skilled 6’8” striker, 240 pounds who plays with tremendous aggression and strength. He is a high profile player who has committed to Penn State, and when Patrick Iriel he made his decision, it made us coaches understand that we needed to go deeper into the front line. Ta’Quan is someone we had recruited before, and when he made himself available, we left immediately. He is a high-level rebound, playing with exceptional strength and offensive ability. Ta’Quan knows how to pass, how to score and plays with a brute force that is very necessary for our team. “
Woodley said that this time he would make his decision based on academics and the relationship he built with the technical team. In the end, Gamecocks won. Assistant coach Chuck Martin was the main recruiter.
“I talk to Chuck Martin and the head coach. They told me that I would be a perfect choice for them and are very excited that I have opened my recruitment back, ”said Woodley recently.
“They love how hard I play and my style of play. I spoke to them last night and Coach Chuck told me a few things about their program. He mentioned his last four players in 2008 and how they got some NBA players, including one playing for the Miami Heat now. He also gave me some information about what they have and what they have to offer. He talked about how I would be a great fit and how it all happens for a reason with me giving up and them still looking for me and recruiting me. “
Woodley is due to sign his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to officially become part of the program, joining the guards Devin Carter and Jacobi Wright. front Carlous Williams he is also part of the 2021 recruiting class, but will sign his NLI in April.
The Gamecocks managed to get back with Woodley, a player they recruited early in the process, when he retired from Penn State following the resignation of former coach Pat Chambers in late October.
Woodley wrote, in part, “I knew Coach Chambers very well and was looking forward to playing for him at Penn State. The uncertainty surrounding the coaching staff led me to conclude that I need to consider the full range of options available to me right now. “
When former striker Patrick Iriel left the program in October, opened a scholarship for Woodley.
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