Blountstown (Fla.) High four-star running back Amari Thomas committed to South Carolina on Friday evening, giving the Gamecocks their 15th high school pledge in the 2026 class.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder is a three-star prospect in two of the major rankings and a four-star in the other.
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Rivals is highest on Thomas as a player, considering him a four-star and the No. 184 overall prospect and No. 18 running back in the 2026 class. He is the No. 25 prospect in Florida in that rankings set.
247Sports ranks the big-play back as a high three-star and the No. 26 running back in the class and No. 63 overall player in the Sunshine State.
ESPN is the biggest outlier, considering Thomas to be a mid-three-star and the No. 58 running back in the country and No. 111 prospect in Florida.
The Rivals Industry Ranking, an average of the three services, ranks Thomas the No. 436 overall prospect and No. 28 running back in the class and the No. 63 prospect in Florida.
As a junior, Thomas rushed for 1,880 yards and 34 touchdowns for an average of 12.3 yards per carry.
Thomas is the first running back commit in the class for the Gamecocks and continues a run that saw Carolina land OL Kamari Blair, ATH Triston Lewis, QB Landon Duckworth, and CB Kosci Barnes over the last few weeks.
South Carolina’s 15-man recruiting class is currently ranked No. 17 in the country in the Rivals Team Recruiting Rankings.
“South Carolina should be a playoff team, they should have got in last year,” he told Rivals’ John Garcia Jr. earlier this month. “I loved the official visit.”
