{"id":182107,"date":"2025-07-05T00:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/182107\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T00:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T00:18:12","slug":"top-south-carolina-qb-target-landon-duckworth-sets-decision-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/182107\/","title":{"rendered":"Top South Carolina QB target Landon Duckworth sets decision date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Announcement day is now set for South Carolina\u2019s top quarterback target and Gamecock fans won\u2019t have to wait too much longer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/high-school\/jackson-jackson-al-5465\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson<\/a>\u00a0(Ala.) class of 2026 four-star quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/landon-duckworth-174742\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Landon Duckworth<\/a> will announce his college decision on July 18, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LandonDuckworth\/status\/1940873140781174826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">he posted on X\/Twitter Thursday afternoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3, 180-pounder is down to two finalists: South Carolina and Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>Duckworth had a top four of the Gamecocks and Tigers plus Ole Miss and Florida State before narrowing his focus to those two.<\/p>\n<p>He took official visits to both programs and then made return unofficial visits to each last month, with the plan always to likely decide in July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gcon3.com\/6d7n7i\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keep up with all things Gamecocks for just $1 for 7 days\u2014lock in this special offer today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to those four, Duckworth also held offers from Georgia, Texas A&amp;M, Florida, Oregon, North Carolina, and Arkansas, among others.<\/p>\n<p>If he commits to the Gamecocks, it will mean his recruitment has come full circle.<\/p>\n<p>Duckworth was originally committed to South Carolina early in the process but decommitted last June after nearly a year on the commit list.<\/p>\n<p>The dual-threat standout was committed to then-Gamecocks offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains but Mike Shula, who took over the role in December, has prioritized Duckworth and developed a strong relationship with him.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior, Duckworth racked up 3,109 passing yards, 34 touchdowns and nine interceptions through the air. He also ran for 631 yards and 12 TDs in 14 games.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/rankings\/industry-player\/football\/2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On3 Industry Ranking<\/a>, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies, he is the nation\u2019s No. 66 overall recruit and No. 6 quarterback prospect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Announcement day is now set for South Carolina\u2019s top quarterback target and Gamecock fans won\u2019t have to wait&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,29997],"class_list":{"0":"post-182107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-landon-duckworth-26-jackson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114797760048463851","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}