Joseph Anderson

For the Tennessean

The Tennessean has asked members of this year's Dandy Dozen to submit an essay in their own words why they signed with their school on Wednesday. Here is what Oakland senior Joseph Anderson said about his signing with South Carolina.

Today I am truly blessed and grateful to God to have had such a wonderful football recruiting journey.

I am bless to have such amazing parents that stood by me during this recruiting process for all their sacrifice.

I also like to thank all the coaches that coach me, and all the coaches and recruiters from the many colleges that recognized my talent enough to offer me a chance to play ball at their university.

After having nearly 30 football offers and all the great hospitality that each school gave me during my visits, I can truly say there were no losers. The school that I have chosen to go play football at for the next four years is the University of South Carolina (GAMECOCKS) .

I chose The University of South Carolina because the way they recruited me was first class. Once they started to recruit me they did not miss a beat.

My recruiters were great, but better than that the whole entire coaching staff showed me love. Once I stepped on the campus I knew this was where I wanted to be.

I love the city. The campus is amazing as well as the administration staff. USC has a state of the art new football facility.

Coach (Will) Muschamp is very active with the recruits, He makes it his responsibility to stay in contact with you, and I like that. They have great fans.

I am happy this is where I chose to continue my education and love for football.