It was a monumental day for one of many nation’s greatest extensive receivers.
4-star WR Jordon Gidron of Columbia (S.C.) Ridge View Excessive Faculty reclassified from the 2026 to the 2025 class and locked in his faculty resolution. The electrical pass-catcher declared for South Carolina over Ole Miss and Auburn after a string of latest visits close by to Columbia.
Gidron has been to South Carolina greater than any faculty. Now, he’ll formally be on campus in January as a mid-year enrollee.
“I did every part I dreamed of doing in highschool. I damage my leg earlier this season and was dealing with double- and triple-teams, so it is simply time to get to the subsequent degree,” Gidron informed Rivals of his course of.
“I really like the vitality they’ve within the video games,” he stated of South Carolina. “They’re 3-1 and they need to’ve gained the sport they misplaced (to LSU). They’re displaying loads with the best way they’re enjoying.”
The 6-foot-2, 185-pound wideout has been a high goal for Shane Beamer and Mike Furrey and this Gamecocks employees no matter class.
“They name me, textual content me, they all the time have excessive vitality,” he began on his connection to Furrey. “He is all the time on the telephone with me, after we’re in particular person grabbing me. I really like him as an individual. I really like the vitality and consistency they bring about to my recruitment.”
“I imagine in Coach Furrey’s growth. He is able to get me higher,” Gidron added. “I really like what Coach (Dowell) Loggains did final yr and what he has deliberate for me at receiver. He is aware of find out how to use me and I am prepared to assist them any method I can.”
Beamer has additionally performed a number one position in preserving Gidron residence.
“Each time I am going up there he is working round, on the microphone yelling at gamers, all the time getting everybody higher,” the four-star WR stated.
Gidron spent the previous few months weighing his choices earlier than selecting to play for the Gamecocks and reclassifying to be a senior at Ridge View Excessive Faculty able to graduate in December.
The choice got here naturally, Gidron talked about.
“South Carolina is a successful program. They’re having their greatest season this yr they usually’re entering into the precise route,” he stated.
“It was a reasonably tough resolution,” Gidron continued. “I used to be contemplating Ole Miss and Auburn loads, too. The consistency and quantity of affection South Carolina confirmed … it was probably the most. It is near residence they usually have a necessity a receiver, so I can are available and play, and I am decided to set them over the sting.”
