South Carolina continues to add to its already massive 2015 recruiting class with Monday’s commitment from four-star offensive guard Zack Bailey (Summerville, S.C.Summerville) who announced the news via his personal twitter account.
Just committed to the South Carolina GamesCocks. Time to start a new family.
— Zack Bailey (@ZackaryDBailey) August 11, 2014
The 6-5, 315-pound Bailey is the nation’s No. 279 recruit overall regardless of position, No. 17 guard and the No. 5 recruit in the state of South Carolina, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings. He was the top-ranked offensive lineman in the state and is the 27th member of Steve Spurrier’s ’15 class.
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Bailey chose the Gamecocks over the Georgia Bulldogs and Clemson Tigers who he announced in early June as his finalists. He also had offers from Florida, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Ole Miss and Oregon, among others.
South Carolina solidifies their standing as the No. 4 ranked class and the No. 3 class in the SEC, according to the 247Sports team rankings that has made the offensive line a priority.
The Gamecocks may boast the top offensive line in the SEC this season as one of the biggest and strongest units in all of college football that will see a couple of them selected in the 2015 NFL Draft, and they are loading up on the next wave of talent to continue paving the way for the South Carolina running backs and protecting the quarterbacks.
Bailey is the fifth offensive linemen in the class and second linemen to commit in the last three days, joining four-star offensive tackle Christian Pellage who committed on Friday.