Gamecocks offer Burns High punter Patrick Fish

South Carolina has joined Gardner-Webb in making an official scholarship offer to Lawndale Burns punter Patrick Fish. Fish’s dad, Woody, was the longtime football coach at Gardner-Webb.

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Patrick, who is also being recruited by Duke, attending five school camps over the summer, including South Carolina’s. While Gamecocks coaches watched, he averaged 40 yards a punt, with a hangtime of 4.5 seconds.

Fish, who has scheduled his official visit to Columbia for Oct. 3, is 6-feet and 175 pounds. He expects to redshirt as a true freshman.

--Stan Olson