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PRIMARY CONCERN Gamecocks look to answer question marks in the secondary

ON THE COVER: South Carolina’s Chaz Elder intercepts a Mississippi State pass during third-quarter action on Nov. 2, 2013. photo by Travis Bell / Sideline Carolina 4 SCHEDULE 6 OPPONENT PREVIEW 7 OPPONENT ROSTER East Carolina Pirates 8 GAMEDAY POSTER 16 SENIOR PROFILE On the Corner Brison Williams leads the Gamecock secondary, no matter his position

20 RECRUIT TO WATCH Buttressing the Line Summerville’s Zack Bailey adds strength to O-line 21 OPINION They Call It a Trap But the Gamecocks should walk out against the Pirates 22 YOUR GAMECOCKS Roster, statistics

18 EXPLAINING THE GAME Secondary Measure Grady Brown gives tough love to young cornerbacks

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CONFERENCE: American Athletic 2013 RECORD: 10-3 (6-2 AAC) 2014 RECORD: 0-0 (0-0 AAC) (as of Aug. 29) SERIES RECORD: South Carolina leads, 12-5 COACH: Rufﬁn McNeill YEARS AS COACH: 5 RECORD AT EAST CAROLINA: 29-22 LAST MEETING: South Carolina 48, East Carolina 10 (Sept. 8, 2012, in Columbia, S.C.) RETURNING STARTERS: 10 (6 offense, 4 defense)

Shane Carden, quarterback

Justin Hardy, wide receiver

Zeek Bigger, linebacker

Shane Carden is a certifiable stud, and probably the best signal-caller in the AAC. The senior passed for 4,139 yards (at an FBS secondbest 70.5 percent completion clip) and 33 touchdowns on his way to being named last year’s Conference USA Most Valuable Player. He’s on the watch lists of a litanty of postseason awards, including those for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the Manning Award, two top-tier quarterback trophies, and the Maxwell Award, given to college football’s best player. But he has to hope his thin O-line keeps him upright: Carden was sacked 30 times in 2013.

Justin Hardy is easily Shane Carden’s favorite target: Carden targeted Hardy a whopping 154 times last year, and connected on 114 of those tries, giving Hardy 1,284 yards and eight touchdowns. He’s also a threat as a return specialist, averaging 11.3 yards per punt return. Like Carden, Hardy’s on a few preseason watch lists , including the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation’s best wide receiver, and the Hornung Award, given to a player judged to be the most versatile of all NCAA players. Isaiah Jones (62 catches, 604 yards, 5 TDs) is an excellent second option.

While the Pirates’ passing offense is strong, their passing defense is, uh, less strong. The threadbare Pirate D allowed 368.8 yards per game last season, and attrition hit an already shaky unit pretty hard — ECU returns only four defensive starters. Linebacker Zeek Bigger is perhaps the most important of those returning players: He tallied 77 tackles last season, the most of any returning starter, along with five passes defended and an interception. His ability to play both the run and pass will be critical in keeping the Pirates competetive.

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Gamecocks look to answer question marks in secondary

Cornerback Kadetrix Marcus tackles a Central Florida ball carrier on Sept. 28, 2013. Marcus, a senior, is one of the few players in the Gamecock secondary with signiﬁcant ingame experience. photo by Paul Collins / Gamecock Central

BY AVERY WILKS

outh Carolina secondary coach Grady Brown understands that losing players to graduation, the NFL draft and other schools is simply a reality that he must accept as a Division I college football coach. And attrition hit Carolina hard in the offseason. Victor Hampton, the Gamecocks’ best cover corner, left for the NFL Draft after his redshirt

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junior season. The starting cornerback opposite him, Jimmy Legree, graduated following a five-year stint with the team. Ahmad Christian,

a regular in the rotation who was all but guaranteed one of Carolina’s two starting cornerback jobs this year, transferred unexpectedly before the Gamecocks’ Capital One Bowl victory over Wisconsin. Their departures left the Gamecocks in a bind, with only three cornerbacks available for spring practice. “It’s a part of the process,” says Brown. “It’s not like the NFL, and even in the NFL, guys retire at some point. It’s a part of the process. We all

know that at some point, you have to replace your players, so it’s not difficult at all. It just comes with the territory.” Accepting the departure of three key players at one position and having the tools available to replace them, however, are entirely different things. Behind a fearsome pass rush, a group of linebackers that combined to snag nine of the Gamecocks’ 18 interceptions, and a scrappy set of defensive backs, Carolina usc VS. East carolina

ranked third in the SEC in passing defense last season, surrendering just 196.2 passing yards per game. But the Gamecocks began fall camp void of any cornerbacks with significant playing experience, making Carolina’s secondary one of the team’s largest question marks entering the 2014 season. Brown’s solution at cornerback could come in the form of a veteran safety and a trio of freshmen, but they must rapidly adjust to their new roles. Senior Brison Williams moved from safety to cornerback over the offseason to give Carolina a seasoned body at the position, bringing 33 games of playing experience with him. But entering the preseason, the Gamecocks’ other returning cornerbacks lacked that kind of expertise. Redshirt sophomore Rico McWilliams had played just nine career games, recording just one tackle. Sophomore Jamari Smith — who appeared mostly at tailback last year — and redshirt senior Sidney Rhodes had both seen more action on special teams than on defense. Redshirt freshman Ali Groves didn’t play last fall and was limited in the spring while recovering from shoulder surgery. That’s why the Gamecocks are likely to rely on gifted freshman cornerbacks Al Harris Jr., Wesley Green and Chris Lammons to contribute right away. Brown, who says he’s no stranger to starting true freshmen, believes Carolina recruited the right talent for the job. “As a staff, we went out and knew exactly what we needed,” Brown says. “We tried to recruit that. Those guys are doing and playing exactly how we thought they would play.” Williams, one of the defense’s best players, proved a natural mentor by the onset of fall camp, teaching September 3, 2014 | ISSUE no. 2

Senior cornerback Brison Williams clowns around before an August practice. Williams, the most seasoned member of the Gamecock defense, moved to cornerback from strong safety to offset the inexperience at the position. photo by Paul Collins / Gamecock Central

Freshman Al Harris Jr. idles during an August practice. Harris, one of three highly touted cornerback recruits, won a starting job. photo by Paul Collins / Gamecock Central

the freshmen this preseason what it means to be an SEC cornerback. “If we don’t understand something, he’ll pull us to the side and be like, you’ve got to do such and such in this type of situation,” says Green, a former four-star recruit who enrolled at Carolina just a day before the start of fall camp. “Or, he’ll give us different scenarios, how to play a certain technique on a certain play. He’s been extremely helpful.” And the freshmen, by all accounts, have devoured the playbook and worked hard to adjust to the speed of the college game. They’ve received plenty of praise along the way, especially Harris, who was named the starting cornerback opposite Williams this preseason. “He looks real good. All three of them, they stand out to me,” Williams says. “But he’s looking real good with [the first-team defense] right now. He plays aggressive, and he knows how to get the ball out of the receiver’s hands.” Williams hasn’t been the only veteran to steer the young cornerbacks in the right direction. Junior linebacker Kaiwan Lewis, a major part of the linebacking corps’ transformation from weak link to team strength last season, has offered plenty of advice and encouragement. “You’re going to go through growing pains,” Lewis says. “We experienced that at linebacker, so it’s not an easy transition to go out there and play 50 and 60 plays. And at corner, you’re on an island, so I know it’s not easy. So I just told them to go out there and get better and work on what you have to work on, but don’t let anything distract you or get you down.” The freshmen have also received some help from their other teammates in the secondary, a group of safeties Carolina’s coaches have said will be just fine this season without Williams.

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Free safety Chaz Elder nearly intercepts a pass intended for Coastal Carolina’s Tyrell Blanks on Nov. 23, 2013. photo by Travis Bell / Sideline Carolina

Senior Kadetrix Marcus and redshirt sophomore Chris Moody step into Williams’ old position at strong safety, with the latter getting the first-team nod this preseason.

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“You can tell Chaz is older and more comfortable with the defense and knows his assignment and maybe knows a little bit more about what’s going on around him,” Brown says. “You can definitely see that his comfort level is higher this year in the defense.” Brown says his newly patched-together secondary began to mesh right away. “Those guys are really gelling and coming together as friends, and hopefully one day will bond as brothers and have a close relationship,” Brown says. “I think being close to the people that you work with day in and day out — I don’t care what business you’re in — that’s a positive.” The defensive backs could need that bond to withstand their first two tests of the season — the high-powered passing attacks of Texas A&M and East Carolina. ECU posted college football’s 12th-best passing attack last season, tossing for 328.1 yards per game. And two-year starting quarterback Shane Carden, who passed for 4,139 yards and 33 touchdowns last season, is back to lead the Pirates’ prolific of-

fense again in his senior year. Carolina’s defensive backs recognize the challenge those teams present early in the season, but Brown says he doesn’t expect to see the secondary, or even its freshmen, crumble under pressure. “It’s the same thing I expect to see out there first day of practice, that guys are out there competing and being thankful for the opportunity to play ball on a big stage,” Brown says. “They’ll go out, and they’ll compete. They’ll make some mistakes, but as long as they’re out there playing fast, as long as they’re being aggressive and just with playing full speed and chasing the ball and just competing, which is what those guys are bringing to the table, we’ll be fine.” Like Carolina’s linebackers last season, the secondary might be forced to learn through trial and error. But at the college level, Brown says, that’s nothing new. “The process is the process,” Brown says. “Go out every day, work hard and try to get better at your deficiencies.”

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SENIOR PROFILE Cornerback Brison Williams jokes around during an August practice. photo by Paul Collins / Gamecock Central

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hen Brison Williams was a true freshman at South Carolina in 2011, former Gamecock and current Houston Texan D.J. Swearinger took the promising prospect under his wing and taught him the ropes of playing safety in the SEC. Three years later, Williams is paying it forward. Now a grizzled veteran with 33 appearances and 24 starts under his belt, the most of any returning defensive player, Williams has performed a pivotal role in the nurturing of four freshmen cornerbacks that signed with the Gamecocks in February. All the while, he was still settling into the position himself, shifting to cornerback after three successful years at safety. “Yeah, I’m the leader and all

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the guys look up to me and ask a lot of questions,” Williams says. “They ask me questions whenever they want to since I know the entire defense. The best thing I tell them is they need to play aggressively.” Three years ago, Williams had Swearinger, C.C. Whitlock, Akeem Auguste and Devonte Holloman helping him digest the playbook. Now, it’s his turn to be the teacher. “Those guys helped me out with the playbook, so I had to do

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it when it was my turn,” Williams says. “I’m helping the young guys out.” Rarely is a senior recognized as most improved at any position, but Williams garnered the Most Improved award for cornerback in the spring after he was shifted there due to an alarming shortage of players following the exit for four players — Victor Hampton, Jimmy Legree, Ahmad Christian and Ronnie Martin. Williams racked up 108 tackles, seven pass break-ups and three interceptions (two of the three coming against Clemson) in his first three seasons after enrolling at Carolina in January 2011 following a semester at Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy. Former defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson quickly recognized Williams’ potential, mentioning his name numerous times as a first-year player capable of seeing action early. Williams was an all-state cornerback and the Class 5A Defensive

BY SCOTT HOOD Player of the Year at Northside High School in Warner Robins, Ga. in 2009, and when the Gamecock coaches approached him prior to spring practice about moving to the perimeter, he didn’t flinch. “It doesn’t really matter to me which position they put me at,” Williams says. “Right now, they’ve got me at corner, so I’ve just been focusing on that. If they put me at safety, I’ll focus on safety.” But when he looked close to nailing down a starting job in 2011, Williams broke his forearm late in preseason camp and was sidelined for the first four games. He finally made his debut against Auburn (a game best remembered as Stephen Garcia’s final appearance in a Carolina uniform) and went on to collect 11 tackles in eight games, starting once against Florida. “It was rough because I think I had the starting position [at strong safety] until I broke my arm on the last day of camp,” Williams says. “Then coming back and not playing as much as I thought I would, that was frustrating. But it all worked out for me, so I’m not complaining right now.” The biggest differences between cornerback and safety are Williams doesn’t have to bark out signals for the entire secondary at his current position, and he is relied upon to play more man-to-man coverage compared to his first three years when he was situated in the middle of the field. “At safety, I’ve got to use my eyes more and watch the quarterback,” Williams says. “That’s a lot different than just putting my eyes in the right position [at cornerback]. I like reading the quarterback and being the boss at safety. I can do it all, so it doesn’t matter.” In addition to filling a huge void at cornerback, Williams will be expected to provide critical leadership for the young secondary throughout the season and guide them through the certain rough patches. Once the season is over, Williams will likely take a stab at the NFL, hopefully joining Swearinger, his former mentor, in the play-forpay world on Sundays. Until then, Williams plans to continue his role as the principal leader and mentor of an otherwise young Gamecock secondary. “I’ve looked at [the NFL], but I’m not really focused on that right now,” Williams says. “I’m just out here preparing every day trying to get better.”

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BY Chris Dearing

and has been on the fast track since he arrived.” Jamari Smith, a sophomore cornerback whose in-game experience comes largely at tailback, is out for the season with a broken foot, so that leaves true freshmen Wesley Green, Chris Lammons and D.J. Smith in a battle with holdovers Rico McWilliams, a redshirt sophomore, and Sidney Rhodes, a fifth-year senior, for playing time. None of the players battling for the corner spots has ever started a game there, so Brown is looking forward to what can be taught during games. In fact, determining what adjustments need to be made will be crucial to the success of the secondary. “My biggest thought process South Carolina defensive backs coach Grady Brown. photo by Paul Collins/Gamecock Central is being whatever I need to be at that moment,” Brown says. “If we need to make adjustability. Brison Williams and ments, let’s make adjustments. Marcus started last year, but with Williams’ move to corner, If a guy is struggling and I need Elder and Moody have emerged to be encouraging, then let’s be encouraging. Whatever I from fall practice as the firstneed to be at that moment for a team unit. The cornerbacks are less set. player to play his best is what I try to do.” Williams, a senior, and true Brown said despite the freshman Al Harris Jr. look to youth and inexperience, his get the first crack at the startteaching style will not alter ing cornerback jobs. Williams outh Carolina defensive backs coach Grady Brown gave a from what he’s done in his first has made 24 career starts, the little chuckle when he heard the question from a horde of two years on the job. Call it most of any returning defensive reporters surrounding him after an early preseason practough love, but Brown wants player and second on the team tice. Nobody had to remind him this year’s Gamecock secondary everyone in the secondary to behind guard A.J. Cann. But is distinctly different from his first two years, when he could lean those starts have come at safety; understand they can come to on proven veterans such as Victor Hampton and Jimmy Legree. him during games or practice he learned the corner spot in to get the advice they need. the spring and has progressed “Players go through slumps This season, the Game“I don’t believe the process enough that the coaching staff and bad times, so I can’t sit cocks are counting on three will change,” he says. “I think believes he can be a lock-down here and tell you who will be — and possibly even four — I will approach the young guys corner. the starters this season. That true freshmen to be pillars at the same way I approached Vic Harris Jr. has the pedigree, could change weekly, but I can cornerback. Who sees the field if nothing else: He is the son of and Jimmy last year. Guys need promise you everyone will might change from week to to know you’re there for them long-time NFL defensive back have a fair shot to prove what week or even practice to pracand you have to do what is right Al Harris. He was the only they can do.” tice. Brown only promised the for them to play to the best of freshman to get on campus Brown, who coaches end result would be the same. their ability. It doesn’t matter if early, and he made the most of from the sidelines and not in “I will answer this question they’re a fifth-year senior or a his opportunities. the press box, is set at safety the same way in November “Brison has done everything guy that is stepping foot on camwith veterans Chaz Elder, T.J. that I will now: We will play pus for the first time. I’m going we’ve asked him,” Brown says. Gurley, Kadetrix Marcus and the guys that are performing Chris Moody providing ample “I expect big things out of him. to treat them the same way. I at a high level and give us a Harris got into summer school want what is best for the team experience and play-making chance to win,” Brown says. and what is best for them.”

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Measures Brown gives tough love to young cornerbacks

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RECRUIT TO WATCH BY CHRIS CLARK

Buttressing the Line Summerville’s Zack Bailey adds strength to O-line

outh Carolina offensive line coach Shawn Elliott has built a strong 2015 recruiting class on the offensive line, which is now highlighted by the acquisition of in-state lineman Zack Bailey. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound lineman from Summerville announced a verbal commitment to Carolina via social media in August. “It really came down to what I wanted to study,” Bailey told Gamecock Central after committing. “I thought about doing mechanical engineering at Clemson, but I’ve always wanted to do criminal justice and become a cop. I kind of went with my gut. Carolina has a good criminal justice program. It’s nicer that it’s only an hourand-a-half away from home, but it really wasn’t a big deal. I just decided Carolina was going to be a better fit for me.” In addition to his preferred field of study, the Gamecock program had other advantages that drew Bailey towards Columbia. Bailey’s longstanding relationship with Elliott played a big role in his decision. Elliott, along with running backs coach Everette Sands, heavily recruited Bailey and coached him during a pair of summer football camps. “I wanted to be able to tell my mom and dad and grandma before they found out from everyone else, [but] coach Elliott was happy,” Bailey said. “He’s been recruiting me since I was a sophomore. I went up to his camp and loved what I saw, and I went to another camp and I loved what I saw. He was real happy that he finally got me. It’s been a long process.” “I like the way coach Elliott

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ZACK BAILEY Hometown: Summerville, S.C. High School: Summerville Height / Weight: 6-5 / 300 Class: Senior coaches,” he added. “It reminds me a lot of some of the coaches we have [at Summerville High]. I know I’m going to get pushed hard. There are going to be days where it is miserable, but it’s for my own good. That’s what coaching is.” Bailey is ranked as the nation’s fifth-best offensive guard prospect, according to rivals.com. During the recruiting process, Bailey drew scholarship offers from Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Syracuse and Southern California. Bailey considered visiting another program or two, but he wanted to finalize his decision before his senior season, and said that he is set on his choice. “There are some schools I still wanted to see, but it was the right call for me,” he said. “I’m 100 percent done. I really doubt I’ll go and see any other schools.” Bailey played guard at Summerville High, but the Lowcountry product could play guard or tackle at the next level for South Carolina. He broke down what he hopes to accomplish once he arrives on campus next summer. “I’ll be in the weight room this summer, and I want to get bigger and stronger and faster and make sure I do endurance, stuff like that,” Bailey said. “If they redshirt me, that’s fine. If not, then I’ll go up there and try to fight for a starting position. I’ll be a freshman, but I’m willing to do whatever helps the team. I don’t mind trying to start, but at the same time, I don’t want to be handed a spot. I want to fight for it.”

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They Call It a Trap

But the Gamecocks should walk out against the Pirates

OPINION BY JAMES HARLEY

f you’re a longtime Gamecock fan, this week’s game against East Carolina is the type of trap game you’ve conditioned yourself to fear over the years. Indeed, the Pirates themselves played a role in that process, defeating South Carolina in five of their seven meetings in the 1990s with teams that largely weren’t as strong as they are today. Of course, the Gamecocks weren’t as strong back then, either. While it would be nice to count on South Carolina’s newly minted national power status to march the Gamecocks to assured victory, the Pirates are actually somewhat in step with South Carolina in its recent climb, and present more of a threat than one might expect. Like South Carolina, East Carolina is coming off its own landmark season: Last year’s squad finished 10-3, the school’s second double-digit win total ever. This followed two years of steady improvement, and so the Pirates sit roughly where the Gamecocks did after the 2011 season: in a position to either establish themselves by maintaining excellence through the following year, or to slide back down into mediocrity. A quick preview shows some upset potential for the Pirates, whose experienced fifth-year senior quarterback Shane Carden has been touted by some as a dark horse Heisman candidate following his outstanding performance in 2013. It isn’t unreasonable: Carden threw for more than 4,000 yards last season in leading the nation’s ninth-best scoring offense to an average of 40.2 points per game. Senior wide receiver Justin Hardy, Carden’s primary go-to guy, returns for another year, giving Carden a legitimate chance to pick up right where he left off. The Pirates basically live or die via the pass, and though their onedimensional nature will hinder them in Columbia against a more balanced and complete team, they survived some reasonably serious challenges last year, even defeating common opponent North

Carolina by a greater margin (24 points) than the Gamecocks did (17 points). Further showing their potential, the Pirates were able to hang with a traditionally solid Virginia Tech, losing that game by just five points. While East Carolina will be favored by no one, the Pirates are strong enough to become a genuine threat should the Gamecocks not show up seriously ready to play. Think of them as a team similar to Central Florida, whose only loss last year was to South Carolina and who gave the Gamecocks all they could handle. Fortunately, Steve Spurrier has an outstanding record against out-of-conference opponents, having not lost a regular season matchup since, well, since the last loss to Clemson, if you can remember back that far. Looking back at the Gamecocks’ dominant 48-10 win over East Carolina in 2012, it’s tempting to dismiss the Pirates, but as noted, they are a team on the rise. It will, however, be interesting to evaluate Dylan Thompson’s performance: That 2012 East Carolina game was Thompson’s first career start, and in for the injured Connor Shaw, he completed 21 of 37 passes for 330 yards and three touchdowns. Is he two years better now? We shall see. But this is also a game that will serve as a benchmark for the team as a whole. A true powerhouse wins these games, and not in an ugly manner. To live up to the respect that South Carolina has gotten in the preseason as a result of its three consecutive 11-win seasons, the Gamecocks need nothing short of a blowout this week. It’s time to stop squeaking by and start running up the score, especially in these non-conference games, if the program is to be seen as a national championship contender. A strong power-conference team wins this one by 20 points; a true powerhouse wins it by 30 or more. Right now, the Gamecocks are in between, but hopefully moving into that upper echelon. Spurrier should know what to do here. Gamecocks 41, Pirates 17.

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GAMECOCK ROSTER NO. NAME

NO. NAME

POS. HGT. WGT. CL.

HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/LAST COLLEGE

89 4 81 19 40 29 80 23 21 1 50 7 16 18 11 86 58 14 28 13 31 42 44 92 52 17 5 18 29 90 43 9 19 93 7 94 14 20 15 59 31 34 84 83 82 11 13 35 8 55 3 70 99 3 8 46 25 76 91 48 41 1 6 6 10 41 5 87 10 88 69 30 49 34 30 21 53 55 4 43

TE LB TE PK TE WR WR SPR WR WR OG TB K/P DE WR TE LS WR TB QB FB SPR DE DT DT FS DE P PK TE FB SPR WR DT CB DT CB SS QB LS CB DE WR WR WR LB P DB WR DE WR OC DT CB LB SPR FS OT DE TE FB CB QB SS LB LB QB WR QB TE OT FB TB K/P CB LB OT OT WR DB

Pinewood, S.C./Scott's Branch Ellenwood, Ga./Cedar Grove Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe Columbia, S.C./Cardinal Newman/Fork Union Military Columbia, S.C./Keenan/Hampton Waxhaw, N.C./Marvin Ridge Charlotte, NC./Vance Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Bishop England/Presbyterian Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt Scranton, S.C./Lake City Charlotte, N.C./Myers Park/North Carolina A&T Lithonia, Ga./Lithonia Havelock, NC./Havelock Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt Laurens, S.C./Laurens Academy Gaffney, S.C./Gaffney Atlanta, Ga./Stephenson Columbia, S.C./Irmo Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West Fort Myers, Fla./Island Coast Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern Manning, S.C./Manning Union City, Ga./Banneker Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern Shelby, N.C./Burns Frisco, Tx./Prince of Peace Christian Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern Decatur, Ga./Southwest DeKalb Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy Windermere, Fla./Olympia Lithonia, Ga./Martin Luther King Buford, Ga./Mill Creek Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Cairo, Ga./Cairo Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville Aiken, S.C./South Aiken Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Fort Oglethorpe, Ga./Ridgeland Rock Hill, S.C./Rock Hill Athens, Ga./Clarke Central/Gardner-Webb Cornelius, N.C./Hough Stone Mountain, Ga./St. Pius X Mount Airy, N.C./Mount Airy/Guilford College Florence, S.C./South Florence St. Matthews, S.C./Calhoun County Lithonia, Ga./Lithonia Moore, S.C./Byrnes Tyrone, Ga./Sandy Creek Fayetteville, N.C./Trinity Christian/Fort Scott C.C. Sunrise, Fla./Plantation Pleasantville, N.J./St. Joseph Camden, S.C./Camden/Coastal Carolina Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson Boynton Beach, Fla./Park Vista Jacksonville, Fla./Sandalwood Gainesville, Fla./Gainesville Raleigh, N.C./Garner Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy Raleigh, N.C./Wakeﬁeld McDonough, Ga./Henry County Cooper City, Fla./University Warner Robins, Ga./White Knoll/Gray Military Allentown, Pa./Central Catholic Orangeburg, S.C./Orangeburg Prep Ponte Vedra, Fla./Ponte Verda/Florida State College Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell Dillon, S.C./Dillon Columbia, S.C./Richland Northeast/North Greenville Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell Cockeysville, Md./St. Paul's Easley, S.C./Wren/Western Carolina Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern Havelock, N.C./Havelock Waldorf, Md./McDonough Lexington, S.C./Lexington Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy

Jerell Adams Bryson Allen-Williams Rory Anderson Landon Ard Jacob August Matrick Belton K.J. Brent Larenz Bryant Andrew Bunch Damiere Byrd A.J. Cann Shon Carson Zack Cimaglia Cedrick Cooper Pharoh Cooper Kevin Crosby Ryland Culbertson Shaq Davidson Mike Davis Grant Davitte Jordan Diaz Jordan Diggs Gerald Dixon Gerald Dixon, Jr. Phillip Dukes Chaz Elder Darius English Patrick Fish Elliott Fry Cody Gibson Garrison Gist Sharrod Golightly Terry Googer Deon Green Wesley Green Kelsey Grifﬁn Ali Groves T.J. Gurley Austin Hails Coleman Harley Al Harris Jr. Mason Harris Matthew Harvey Carlton Heard Caleb Hines T.J. Holloman Tyler Hull Shannon James Shamier Jeffery David Johnson Nick Jones Alan Knott Abu Lamin Chris Lammons Kaiwan Lewis Cedrick Malone Kadetrix Marcus Mike Matulis Blake McClain Nick McGriff Connor McLaurin Rico McWilliams Connor Mitch Chris Moody Skai Moore Kyle Morini Brendan Nosovitch Sean Odom Perry Orth Drew Owens D.J. Park Darius Paulk Devin Potter Jonas Price Sidney Rhodes Marcquis Roberts Corey Robinson Na'Ty Rodgers Shaq Roland Benjamin Russell

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6-6 242 6-1 231 6-5 227 5-9 178 6-6 247 6-4 215 6-4 192 6-0 220 5-11 173 5-9 170 6-4 311 5-8 201 6-1 170 6-2 225 5-11 201 6-1 230 6-4 267 5-11 170 5-9 223 6-3 180 6-1 236 6-0 217 6-2 274 6-3 323 6-3 323 6-2 195 6-6 241 6-0 194 6-0 165 6-7 278 5-10 260 5-10 187 6-4 210 6-4 289 5-10 176 6-2 310 5-10 187 5-10 194 6-2 220 6-1 246 5-11 162 6-3 235 6-8 22 8 6-0 188 5-11 160 6-2 234 6-2 207 5-7 153 6-1 198 6-1 275 5-7 168 6-4 280 6-4 302 5-10 172 6-0 228 6-0 201 6-1 194 6-5 307 6-3 265 6-0 220 6-0 243 5-11 184 6-3 211 6-1 210 6-2 213 5-10 221 6-1 221 6-0 190 6-1 204 6-6 238 6-4 328 5-8 199 5-10 203 6-2 165 5-10 182 6-1 216 6-8 344 6-5 280 6-1 176 6-0 175

JR FR SR RS JR FR RS SO RS JR SO RS SO SR RS SR RS JR RS SO RS JR SO FR RS SR FR JR RS FR RS SR RS SO RS SO RS JR RS JR RS SO RS SO RS SR SO RS SR RS JR RS SR FR RS SO FR SO RS FR JR RS JR RS JR FR RS JR RS JR RS JR FR RS SO RS SR RS SO RS JR RS FR RS SR RS FR RS SO FR JR RS SO SR RS JR FR FR RS SR RS SO RS FR RS SO SO RS SR RS SO SO RS SO RS JR RS FR RS SO RS SO RS FR RS SR RS SO RS SR RS FR JR RS FR

NO. NAME

9 26 12 49 71 39 24 22 75 65 54 90 72 45 97 32 17 44 51 28 51 95 85 22 12 33 47 77 74

Deebo Samuel Jasper Sasser Michael Scarnecchia Garrett Shank Brandon Shell Demetrius Smalls D.J. Smith Jamari Smith Will Sport Brock Stadnik Clayton Stadnik Taylor Stallworth Donell Stanley Brandon Sturdivant J.T. Surratt Rod Talley Dylan Thompson Gerald Turner Cody Waldrop Jonathan Walton Devin Washington Michael Washington Kane Whitehurst Brandon Wilds Brison Williams David Williams Drew Williams Malik Young Mason Zandi

POS. HGT. WGT. CL.

WR FS QB SS OT DB DB CB OG OG OC DT OL FB DT TB QB FB OC LB DE DE WR TB SS TB LS OL OT

6-0 192 6-0 203 6-4 189 6-0 203 6-6 333 5-11 170 5-11 189 5-10 197 6-5 291 6-5 287 6-3 273 6-2 293 6-4 346 6-2 218 6-2 310 5-10 201 6-3 218 6-2 250 6-2 309 6-0 228 6-3 221 6-3 237 5-11 169 6-2 222 5-11 208 6-1 214 6-2 201 6-3 318 6-9 301

POS. HGT. WGT. CL.

HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/LAST COLLEGE

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Inman, S.C./Chapman Jacksonville, Fla./Wolfson Fleming Island, Fla./Fleming Island Marietta, Ga./Lassiter Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek Bluffton, S.C./Bluffton Marietta, Ga./Walton Jacksonville, Fla./Fletcher Milton, Fla./Pace Greensboro, N.C./Western Guilford Greensboro, N.C./Western Guilford Mobile, Ala./Murphy Floydale, S.C./Latta Fort Mill, S.C./Nation Ford/York Tech Winston-Salem, N.C./Parkland Laurens, S.C./Laurens/Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, S.C./Boiling Springs Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek Seffner, Fla./Armwood Daphne, Ala./Bayside Academy Orlando, Fla./Jones Allendale, S.C./Allendale-Fairfax/S.C. State Duluth, Ga./Chattahoochee/Arkansas Blythewood, S.C./Blythewood Warner Robins, Ga./Northside/Fork Union Military Philadelphia, Pa./Imhotep Charter Irmo, S.C/Dutch Fork Pelzer, S.C./Woodmont Irmo, S.C./Chapin

GAMECOCK Game STATs PASSING Dylan Thompson Totals

RUSHING Brandon Wilds Mike Davis Damiere Byrd Shon Carson Dylan Thompson Totals

RECEIVING Nick Jones Pharoh Cooper Rory Anderson Jerell Adams Brandon Wilds Damiere Byrd K.J. Brent Shon Carson Shaq Roland Mike Davis Totals

ALL RE T URNS Shon Carson Sidney Rhodes Totals

CMP-ATT-INT

YDS

20-40-1 20-40-1

NO. 9 6 2 1 4 22

GAIN

1 4 0 0 15 20

0 0 0

45 15 14 2 -9 67

Punts Yds Lg 0 0 0

0 0 0

3 3

0 0 0 0 0 0

14 7 8 2 6 14

32 23 55

AVG.

5.0 2.5 7.0 2.0 -2.2 3.0

2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4

Kickoffs No Yds Lg 2 1 3

SACK

69 69

113 58 52 40 32 46 13 9 2 1 366

TOP Defensive PLAYERs Chris Moody Brison Williams Skai Moore T.J. Gurley Jordan Diggs Chaz Elder Rico McWilliams Al Harris Jr. Kaiwan Lewis3 S. Golightly

NET

YDS

5 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 20

LONG

4 4

LOSS

46 19 14 2 6 87

NO.

366 366

69 27 29 27 24 46 13 9 2 1 69

Intercept No Yds Lg

18 23 23

0 0 0

TACK TFL/YDS FF SACK/YDS INT 7 7 6 5 5 3 5 4 3 3

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• • • • • • • • • •

• • 1/9 • • • • • • •

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