Dec. 16, 2015

The University of South Carolina football program has announced that junior college cornerback Jamarcus King has signed a national letter of intent with the Gamecocks. King will enroll in January.

Jamarcus King, Cornerback

6-1, 170, Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College/Eight Mile, Ala. (Blount)

One of the nation’s top junior college cornerbacks… played two seasons at Coffeyville Community College in Kansas for head coach Aaron Flores… registered 37 tackles with three interceptions and a team-high 10 pass breakups, helping the 14th-ranked Red Ravens to an 8-3 record, while garnering first-team All-Jayhawk Conference and honorable mention All-America accolades in his sophomore season in 2014… earned first-team All-KJCCC and second-team NJCAA All-America honors after logging 27 tackles and five pass break ups as the 10th-ranked Red Ravens went 9-3 overall and 6-1 in the league in his freshman season of 2013… the four-star athlete is the number one-rated junior college cornerback in the country and the ninth-best JUCO prospect regardless of position according to Rivals… considered a four-star prospect, the No. 2 junior college cornerback in the country and the 16th-best JUCO prospect overall by 247Sports Composite… ESPN gives him four stars and considers him as the top cornerback and the 10th-best junior college player in the country… originally committed to Auburn and also took official visits to Arkansas and Baylor… primarily played wide receiver at Mattie T. Blount High School in Eight Mile, Ala., graduating in 2014… the Leopards went 9-2 in his senior season… will have three years to play two at South Carolina.