Sumter (S.C.) four-star EDGE <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/monteque-rhames-90249/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monteque Rhames</a> announced Saturday that he is committing on July 30. Rhames, a 6-foot-5, 230 pound prospect, is ranked as the No. 332 overall prospect and No. 39 EDGE in the <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/rankings/consensus-player/football/2023/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2023 On3 Consensus</a>. He is also the No. 4 player in South Carolina. 



Rhames <a href="https://www.on3.com/news/4-star-edge-monteque-rhames-names-top-8-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced</a> a top eight of <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.on3.com/college/coastal-carolina-chanticleers/">Coastal Carolina</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/florida-state-seminoles/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Florida State</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/">Georgia</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/michigan-wolverines/">Michigan</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/nc-state-wolfpack/">North Carolina State</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/south-carolina-gamecocks/">South Carolina</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/virginia-tech-hokies/">Virginia Tech</a> and <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/ucf-knights/">UCF</a> in June. Of his 17 unofficial visits, eight of them have been to the Gamecocks. He last visited South Carolina on June 4, his only visit of the month. A day before, Rhames received an offer from <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/alabama-crimson-tide/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alabama</a>. 



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According to the <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/monteque-rhames-90249/recruiting/125022/rpm/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine</a>, the Gamecocks have a commanding lead to land Rhames’ pledge at 93.1%. The team with the next-best odds is North Carolina State at 3.7%.



“They practice like us, they’ve got the same name as us with the Gamecock thing. It’s a lot of similarities to what we do now, all that,” <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/south-carolina-gamecocks/news/south-carolina-football-recruiting-gamecocks-monteque-rhames-sumter-sterling-lucas-shane-beamer/">Rhames told Gamecock Central in March about South Carolina</a>. “There are a little different plays and stuff like that, but I like the things they do. I talk to almost the whole staff when I go there.”



Rhames also had high praise for Gamecocks defensive ends/outside linebackers coach Sterling Lucas and head coach Shane Beamer. In the spring, he took three unofficial visits to Columbia in just under a month. Two were on back-to-back weeks in late March, according to the <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/monteque-rhames-90249/recruiting/125022/visit-center/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">On3 Visit Center</a>.



Rhames has an On3 NIL Valuation of <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/monteque-rhames-90249/nil/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">$13.4K</a>. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.

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