{"id":650384,"date":"2026-01-03T10:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/650384\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T10:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T10:01:24","slug":"south-carolina-lands-second-straight-top-georgia-prospect-to-kick-off-2027-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/650384\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina lands second straight top Georgia prospect to kick off 2027 class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina has dipped into the Peach State for its second straight addition to kick off its 2027 recruiting class.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Robins (Ga.) Northside cornerback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/aamaury-fountain-281368\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aamaury Fountain<\/a> announced a commitment to the Gamecocks on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>GamecockCentralTop 10Top 10<a class=\"TopHeadlines_listItem__whqg_\" title=\"South Carolina hub\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/news\/south-carolina-gamecocks-football-ncaa-transfer-portal-headquarters-the-latest-2025-2026-gamecock-central\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1\ud83d\udea8 Portal Headquarters<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina hub<\/p>\n<p>Live<\/a><a class=\"TopHeadlines_listItem__whqg_\" title=\"TCU back to visit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/news\/tcu-running-back-reportedly-visiting-south-carolina\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2RB visitor<\/p>\n<p>TCU back to visit<\/p>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"TopHeadlines_listItem__whqg_\" title=\"Key info\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/news\/the-transfer-portal-is-open-dates-to-know-priority-positions-south-carolina-resources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a><a class=\"TopHeadlines_listItem__whqg_\" title=\"Eyeing visit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/news\/lsu-center-dj-chester-sets-up-visit-to-south-carolina-gamecocks-football\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4LSU transfer OL<\/p>\n<p>Eyeing visit<\/p>\n<p>Trending<\/a><a class=\"TopHeadlines_listItem__whqg_\" title=\"Head coach speaks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/news\/everything-shane-beamer-said-during-deion-barnes-introductory-press-conference\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5Beamer intros Barnes<\/p>\n<p>Head coach speaks<\/p>\n<p>New<\/a><a class=\"TopHeadlines_viewAll__JLHu_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All<\/a>Get the Daily On3 Newsletter in your inbox every morning<\/p>\n<p class=\"SignUpModule_terms__Uvop2\">By clicking &#8220;Subscribe to Newsletter&#8221;, I agree to On3&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/page\/privacy-policy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Notice<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/page\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms<\/a>, and use of my personal information described therein.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/south-carolina-gamecocks\/join\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become part of The Insiders Forum on GamecockCentral. Start for $1, and get a complimentary year of The Athletic included with your membership.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fountain has not yet been ranked by Rivals but is a four-star on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3, 182-pounder chooses South Carolina over offers from Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Texas A&amp;M, Nebraska, Michigan, Ole Miss, and Tennessee, among others.<\/p>\n<p>He is being recruited by South Carolina co-defensive coordinator Torrian Gray.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN ranks Fountain the No. 25 cornerback and No. 257 overall prospect in the class.<\/p>\n<p>Fountain is the Gamecocks\u2019 second pledge to the class, joining Springfield (Ga.)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/high-school\/effingham-county-springfield-ga-10853\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Effingham County<\/a>\u00a0four-star safety\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/jernard-albright-259044\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jernard Albright<\/a>, who committed on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Carolina has dipped into the Peach State for its second straight addition to kick off its 2027&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[94551,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-650384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-aamaury-fountain-27-northside","9":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115830593437063487","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650384","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=650384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}