An article last week talked about how Newton was "advising" this kid and promoting the Coots to him. Here is a blurb from it. The link to the whole article is at the end. If he has Newton as an adviser, I doubt he will end up in orange.
"The two also aren’t afraid to help out and promote the Gamecocks to potential recruits.
Scott said he talked and gave advice to Victor Hampton, who played at Scott’s alma mater Darlington and is being red-shirted this year at USC.
Newton is doing the same with fellow Marlboro County standout Lateek Townsend, who has the Gamecocks among his top five schools to attend. Townsend said he is going to wait until next month’s U.S. Army All-American Game to decide.
“I would love to see him go to South Carolina,” Newton said of Townsend. “It’s a tough decision with both USC and Clemson wanting him, but he needs to get where he thinks is the best place for him.”
