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And the coach cashed in on Wednesday, landing a consensus top-20 class of recruits.

The group of 25 is led by the state of South Carolina's "Mr. Football," receiver Shaq Roland of Lexington High. It's the fourth straight year Spurrier's signed the player who won the state's top honor following cornerback Stephon Gilmore in 2009, tailback Marcus Lattimore in 2010 and defensive end Jadeveon Clowney last winter.

Spurrier was glad to build off the improvements of the past few season that included the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division title in 2010 and an 11-win season this fall for first time ever.

Spurrier said the Gamecocks will try and accomplish more with the newest class.

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NAME POSITION HEIGHT WEIGHT HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL)

Jerell Adams TE 6-6 224 Pinewood, S.C. (Scott’s Branch/Fork Union)

Mike Davis RB 5-9 216 Lithonia, Ga. (Stephenson)

Jordan Diggs SPR 6-0 197 Fort Myers, Fla. (Island Coast)

Chaz Elder CB 6-2 187 Union City, Ga. (Banneker)

Darius English DE 6-6 215 Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern)

Kyle Fleetwood SAF 5-11 199 Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)

Jody Fuller WR 5-11 201 Indian Trail, N.C. (Sun Valley)

T.J. Gurley SAF 5-10 183 Cairo, Ga. (Cairo)

Joe Harris OG 6-4 309 Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia)

T.J. Holloman LB 6-2 209 Stone Mountain, Ga. (St. Pius X)

Carlos Hood DT 6-2 262 Lithonia, Ga. (Stephenson)

Kaiwan Lewis LB 6-0 225 Mays Landing, N.J. (St. Joseph)

Rico McWilliams CB 5-11 172 Hampton, Ga. (Lovejoy)

Chris Moody CB 6-1 208 McDonough, Ga. (Henry County)

Brendan Nosovitch QB 6-1 210 Allenton, Pa. (Central Catholic)

Kelvin Rainey* TE 6-3 216 Yulee, Fla. (Yulee)

Shaq Roland WR 6-1 173 Lexington, S.C. (Lexington)

Kendric Salley RB 5-9 205 Williston, S.C. (Williston-Elko)

Kwinton Smith WR 6-4 206 Hamer, S.C. (Dillon)

Nick St. Germain PK 5-9 182 Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern)

Brock Stadnik* OT 6-5 287 Greensboro, N.C. (Western Guilford)

Clayton Stadnik* OC 6-2 265 Greensboro, N.C. (Western Guilford)

Jhaustin Thomas DE 6-5 229 Covington, Ga. (Columbia)

Cody Waldrop OG 6-2 300 Seffner, Fla. (Armwood)

Mason Zandi OT 6-9 266 Irmo, S.C. (Chapin)