South Carolina checked all the boxes: 4-star RB Brayden Tyson commits to the Gamecocks

Brayden Tyson kept going back, and every time, the feeling got stronger.

After six trips to South Carolina, including an official visit earlier this month, the four-star running back out of Snellville (Ga.) Brookwood made it official, committing to Shane Beamer and the Gamecocks over Florida State, Purdue and Rutgers.

“It feels like home. I feel like I could go there even if I wasn’t playing football,” Tyson told Rivals.

That feeling didn’t come overnight.

South Carolina was one of the first programs to believe in Tyson, offering early before he started high school and staying consistent throughout the process.

“They believed in me early,” he said. “That meant a lot in the beginning, then they just stayed with me the whole process. Over time, I built strong relationships with the coaches, I learned more about the program, and when I visited there, it just always felt right.”

Tyson had already built a strong foundation with the program before his official visit, and that last trip sealed the deal.

“The official visit was the icing on top,” he said. “After I went to other schools, it just didn’t feel the same. I really knew it was South Carolina on a visit earlier this spring when I was there for an unofficial visit, but I kept taking visits to make sure. On the official visit, that was it — I knew 100%.”

Tyson believes in the South Carolina staff