South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler to host meet and greet at car wash

South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler will attend a meet and greet through an NIL activation at a Tommy’s Express Car Wash franchise. The event starts at 1 p.m. Saturday at the 4700 Devine Street location in Columbia.

Rattler announced the event on Twitter, where he has more than 100,000 followers. Park Avenue, the South Carolina-specific subsidiary of the sports marketing agency Everett Sports Marketing (ESM), facilitated and also promoted the meet and greet.

“Come hang with me Saturday at Tommy’s Express Carwash,” Rattler tweeted. “Excited to see y’all.”

Rattler has six-figure followings on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. He has 365,000 followers on Instagram and 118,000 followers on TikTok.

Tommy’s Express Car Wash says it has 157 locations currently open with 100 new locations coming soon. They’re spread across 36 states.

Spencer Rattler’s 2022 stats, NIL profile

In January, Rattler announced on Twitter he was returning to the Gamecocks as a fifth-year senior for the 2023 season, using a clip from “The Wolf of Wall Street.” His tweet has more than eight million impressions, according to Twitter.

As a high school recruit from Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Rattler was ranked as the No. 15 recruit nationally and the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the 2019 recruiting class, according to the On3 Industry Ranking. He enrolled at Oklahoma after he also received reported scholarship offers from schools including Alabama, Miami, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Texas and Texas A&M.

Rattler’s best season at Oklahoma came in 2020 when he threw for more than 3,000 yards and posted a 28-to-seven touchdown-to-interception ratio.

He transferred to South Carolina after the 2021 season. Last season, Rattler completed more than 66% of his attempts for 3,026 yards, 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. His best game of the season came in a 63-38 win over then-No. 5 Tennessee, when he completed roughly 81% of his 37 attempts for 438 yards, six touchdowns and zero interceptions. It was the Volunteers’ second loss of the season, essentially eliminating them from College Football Playoff consideration.

The Gamecocks then won on the road against Clemson the following week to finish the regular season with an 8-4 record. South Carolina finished in third place in the SEC East behind Georgia and Tennessee with a 4-4 conference record. Notre Dame defeated South Carolina 45-38 in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.

Rattler has an On3 NIL Valuation of $1.1 million, which ranks No. 20 in the On3 NIL 100 and 14th among college football players.