Former Gamecock commit, Top-10 South Carolina prospect headed to Big 12 school

College football recruiting is a win some and lose some game. Sometimes you land the highly-touted prospects, but other times you lose guys that previously committed to you. 

For South Carolina and head coach Shane Beamer, one of those is four-star receiver Jaiden Kelly-Murray. In March, the Mount Pleasant, S.C. prospect out of Oceanside Collegiate academy had committed to the Gamecocks' 2027 class. Roughly a month later, he de-committed from South Carolina. 

On Sunday, the receiver committed elsewhere—to the Colorado Buffaloes and head coach Deion Sanders. The news of his commitment was first reported by Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports:

Colorado offered Kelly-Murray just a couple weeks before he announced his de-commit to the Gamecocks. The receiver, who is rated as the No. 6 overall prospect out of the state of South Carolina is 2027's No. 38 ranked receiver per the 247Sports Composite. Kelly -Murray had also taken an official visit to Boulder over the weekend, and chose to not wait long to announce his commitment. 

Obviously losing one of the state's top prospects to a school like Colorado isn't the best look for head coach Shane Beamer, especially at the state's flagship university. But the good news for the Gamecocks is that the 2027 class features several talented pass-catchers. In the weeks following Kelly-Murray's decommitment, the Gamecocks landed verbal commitments from the likes of three-star receiver DJ Huggins and three-star tight end Judah Lancaster. 

It also includes big-time four-star receiver Javien Robinson out of Pennsylvania.

We'll see if South Carolina will add any other pass-catchers to its 2027 class in the coming months as the recruiting wars heat up this summer.

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