It's decision day for four-star TE Michael Smith
Nearly a year and a half since South Carolina was the first school to offer Savannah (Ga.) Calvary Day class of 2024 four-star tight end Michael Smith, the Gamecocks will find out if he’s going to join their program.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pounder playmaker will announce his future schools during a ceremony at his high school at 12:05 on Tuesday.
Gamecock Central plans to be on hand for complete coverage.
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Smith’s finalists are South Carolina, Ohio State and Arkansas. His original top eight also consisted of Alabama, Florida, Penn State, Tennessee and Texas.
“It was really like a family environment with all three of them,” Smith told On3 of why he chose his final three schools. “I felt at home when I visited, it didn’t feel like a first time thing. I felt like I belonged there and the atmosphere felt like it was built for me. Plus the communication was always there. We always communicated. I always had a coach to talk to; if I wasn’t on the phone with one coach, I had another coach that I could talk to.”
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Smith is the No. 146 overall recruit and No. 6 tight end in the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is the No. 23 prospect in Georgia for his class.
If the Gamecocks land Smith, it will continue what is shaping up to be one of the best recruiting starts in school history as he joins four-star prospects QB Dante Reno and OT Kam Pringle in South Carolina’s 2024 class. Smith would be the second commit in the last three days after Pringle committed on Sunday.
Marietta (Ga.) Walton four-star LB Wendell Gregory is planning to announce on Friday and the Gamecocks are a finalist with him too.
Academics are an important aspect of Smith’s recruitment.
“I’d say praying about it,” Smith said when asked what he will be considering in his commitment. “Plus, even I’d say my major because I don’t want to go to a school just to play football.”
