The first commit of Michigan’s massive weekend of visitors barely got past lunch. South Carolina 3 RB Capers “CJ” Stokes III announced at 2pm on Saturday that he was pledging to Michigan. Pulling this guy out of Columbia was something of a coup his dad’s been working for the school for 20 years, and his high school’s head coach recently joined the South Carolina staff. The parting of ways appeared to be mutual:
No bad feelings towards South Carolina or the staff there from me! But even if my offer was committable (and it was before), I wouldn’t have gone. I’m trying to leave home and build my own legacy. I wish South Carolina and the staff the best, much love! “” (@CapersStokes) June 20, 2021
The SC boards are bummed, and don’t have even a shred of optimism about flipping him back, which was one of the fears we had after EJ Holland suggested South Carolina’s staff had cooled on Stokes and Lorenz noted just before the visit that the new Gamecocks staff hadn’t