In terms of coaching changes, the last few weeks of college football have been full of twists, turns and surprises.
Tennessee is struggling to find a replacement for Butch Jones, while Florida State has lost Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M. Florida let go of Jim McElwain earlier this season and hired former Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen. As expected with coaching changes, recruits tend to change their minds on where they want to play when coaches leave.
For the Gamecocks, this has caused three targets, who had previously committed to other schools, to decommit and pursue other offers.
The three targets are Jaycee Horn, Israel Mukuamu and Divaad Wilson — all players in the 2018 recruiting class.
Jaycee Horn
Horn is an All-American cornerback from Alpharetta, Georgia, who had previously committed to Tennessee. He is a four-star cornerback and is ranked No. 207 nationally, according to the 247sports rankings.
Per his Twitter account, Horn took an unofficial visit to South Carolina for the Palmetto Bowl on Nov. 25, and decommitted from Tennessee the day after. Since then, he has visited Ole Miss twice, according to 247sports. The 247sports crystal ball gives him a 58 percent chance to commit to the Gamecocks and a 42 percent to commit to the Volunteers.
Israel Mukuamu
Mukuamu is a safety from Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana who had previously committed to Florida State. He is a three-star safety and is ranked No. 500 nationally. He officially visited South Carolina on Oct. 7 when the Gamecocks hosted Arkansas. He decommitted from Florida State on Nov. 29, along with two other commits. Since then, he has visited Purdue, according to 247sports. The 247sports crystal ball gives him a 62 percent chance to commit to the Gamecocks and a 38 percent chance to commit to the Seminoles.
Divaad Wilson
Wilson is a cornerback from Northwestern High School in Miami, Florida, who had previously committed to Florida. He is a four-star safety and is ranked No. 334 nationally. He officially visited South Carolina on Oct. 28 for the Vanderbilt game. He decommitted from Florida on Nov. 30 amid the Jim McElwain firing. Since then, he has only visited Louisville, per 247sports.The 247sports crystal ball gives him a 50 percent chance to commit to Florida, and the other 50 percent is listed as "cloudy."
South Carolina currently has the No. 26 recruiting class for the 2018 cycle according to 247sports. The Gamecocks have four four-star commits and 14 three-star commits.