Live updates from Nyckoles Harbor signing day ceremony: Gamecocks are the pick
Decision day is here for five-star recruit Nyckoles Harbor.
Harbor chose South Carolina over Michigan, Maryland, Miami and Oregon.
The State’s Ben Portnoy is at Archbishop Carroll High School to cover Harbor’s decision from the South Carolina side of things. Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer scheduled to address the media at 2 p.m. in Columbia.
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Harbor is a football and track star — considered the nation’s No. 19 overall recruit by the 247Sports Composite that factors in all rankings.
Live updates
Crystal Ball for Harbor to South Carolina
Steve Wiltfong, the 247Sports director of recruiting, put in a Crystal Ball prediction for South Carolina late Wednesday morning.
“My prediction now is South Carolina,” Wiltfrong said on 247Sports’ National Signing Day show. “I think there’s been a lot of jostling with this recruitment. ... Going into his announcement, South Carolina is the program that’s in good position. I will say this. I think everyone should tune into his announcement. I feel good about South Carolina but there’s still time on the clock.”
On Monday and Tuesday, national analysts from 247Sports reported that it was a South Carolina-Oregon battle for Harbor. Earlier Wednesday, Wiltfong was among the chorus of local and national insiders to suggest an 11th-hour push by head coach Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks would be enough to swing Harbor’s final decision toward the West Coast. Rivals national analyst Adam Friedman logged a formal prediction earlier Wednesday for Harbor to pick Oregon.
But in the moments leading up to the announcement, Wiltfong is now projecting Harbor to the Gamecocks.
More Harbor updates
The calm before the storm … set-up for five-star @Nyck1k to announce. pic.twitter.com/8CkR0IIuXA
— BrianDohn247 (@BrianDohn247) February 1, 2023
Today is the day. One last time, #WeWantNyck @Nyck1k
— Dante Reno (@dantereno10) February 1, 2023
Can Under Armour beat Nike? Will well-watered relationships with South Carolina's staff has matter? Are elite recruits simply making money-first decisions in the new landscape?
Nyckoles Harbor is on the clock.— Brad Crawford (@BCrawford247) February 1, 2023
FutureCast: 5-star Nyckoles Harbor projected to pick Oregon https://t.co/VoI6qc1smb pic.twitter.com/7DJ0LFnPLG
— Adam Friedman (@RivalsFriedman) February 1, 2023
From what I’ve heard, I still like where the Gamecocks sit for Nyckoles Harbor. Add on going across the country to a team that got involved later in the process doesn’t make sense. Truly think this is his team adding to the suspense.
We’ll see around 1ish.— ASGI Guy (@AsgiGuy) February 1, 2023
.@SWiltfong247's latest on Nyckoles Harbor ...
'I think late conversations w/ Dan Lanning & the Oregon staff, the track staff has put Oregon in good position. I said SC needed to hold advantage for 23 hours (Tues) and last night I said Oregon needed to hold it for 11 hours.'— Brad Crawford (@BCrawford247) February 1, 2023
Oregon has emerged as the leader in the latest RPM for Nyckoles Harbor pic.twitter.com/uZv5G4ecSG
— Mike Uva (@Mike_Uva) February 1, 2023
