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6 Opponent Preview: TENNESSEE

7 Opponent Roster: TENNESSEE

8 Gameday Poster: USC vs. TENNESSEE

16 Explaining The Game: G.A. Mangus

18 Senior Profile: Walker Inabinet

20 Gamecockcentral.com’s Recruit to Watch: Linebacker Larenz Bryant

21 Tennessee’s Fall the Karmic Product of Greedy Fans

22 USC Roster, Coaches, Depth

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Contentswhammy!Ward a Hit in First Year as Defensive Coordinator10

ON ThE COVER: South Carolina defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward congratulates D.J. Swearinger after he picked up a UAB loose ball for a touchdown during first-quarter action at Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 15. PhOTO By TRAVIS BELL/SIDELINE CAROLINA

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Jadeveon Clowney takes down LSU’s J.C. Copeland at Tiger Stadium during the game on Oct. 13. Photo by Paul collins

whammy!“Lorenzo Ward is our defen-

sive coordinator here at South Carolina,” Spurrier said, moments after the Gamecocks arrived in Orlando, Fla., for last year’s Capital One Bowl. “He’s the best guy I could hire, that’s why I hired him.”

Ward was already the interim coordinator, but Spurrier made it official. Ward would guide the Gamecocks’ defense through the bowl game and he would be in charge for the 2012 season and beyond.

Why? “I felt like I was going to do it

anyway, and I felt like we needed to do it right now,” Spurrier said. “At one time I thought we’d look around a little bit, then I started thinking, ‘I don’t need to look around, I got the guy right here

B Y D A V I D C L O N I N G E R

Ward a Hit in First Year as Defensive Coordinator

Opinon on the decision was split.

One side of South Carolina’s following applauded the move. No one could blame de-fensive coordinator Ellis Johnson for leaving USC in order to accept a head coaching job (at Southern Miss), and the Gamecocks looked to be in transition. What better way to eliminate any get-to-

know-you issues than by naming Johnson’s top assistant and close friend to replace him?

The other side didn’t boo or complain, but was skeptical. The new guy had never been a coordinator, and he was about to take over a defense ranked in the nation’s top three? Game-cock football was at its highest-ever peak — why not use that

to conduct a national search for a new defensive coordinator, a well-known name, instead of just promoting the next guy?

Steve Spurrier paid neither opinion any mind. He had a feel-ing, just as he did when he came back to Johnson after briefly set-tling on then-NFL assistant Brian VanGorder, that the new guy was the right guy. continues on page 14

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who knows how we want to coach defense, and he knows how to do it.’”

Through USC’s first seven games, despite a bit of a stumble in the Gamecocks’ first loss of the year at LSU, Spurrier’s feeling was right on target. Ward’s defense is as nasty, aggressive and primed for success as Johnson’s was — if not better. The man nicknamed Whammy has the Gamecocks’ defense ranked 12th in the nation in total defense, which includes being a stingy No. 5 in the coun-try in scoring defense. Ward has stressed to his group that the red zone always belongs to USC — a prime reason why the Gamecocks had only given up five red-zone touchdowns in seven games.

“It’s an attitude that we have, that the red zone always belongs to us,” said Ward, who cuts a distinctive profile with his bald head, strutting walk and intense reactions on the Gamecocks’ sideline. “The players that we have have bought into that and we’ve been successful so far.”

It should be said that who-ever got the job was going to be walking into a loaded situation.

USC returned ends Jadeveon Clowney and Devin Taylor, a pair of feared pass-rushers that might be the best one-two defensive end tandem in college football. Defensive tackle Kelcy Quarles was returning after a strong fresh-man campaign and had Byron Jerideau, the strongest member of the team and who holds several USC strength records, beside him. Veterans Shaq Wilson and De-Vonte Holloman were back in the second level, while NFL prospect Victor Hampton was taking over at cornerback and headhunter D.J. Swearinger returned at free safety.

Still, USC was losing All-American defensive end Melvin Ingram and cornerback Stephon Gilmore, plus ball-hawking safety Antonio Allen and veteran de-fensive tackle Travian Robertson. (All are playing in the NFL this year.) There was going to have to be an adjustment.

But Ward was the only candi-date who could adjust with players who knew him, and who had been recruited by him. Ward would keep Johnson’s basic system with a small twist: He runs the same formation that Johnson did, but with more aggression.

Ward said numerous times that the Gamecock defense would employ the blitz more, but they’ve rarely had to use it. Most times, USC’s natural ability to rush the passer has been just fine.

“We tried all summer to make it so that the rush is our game plan,” Clowney recently said. “To have me and Devin come off the edge and harass the quarterback.” But, he added: “We can do a lot better.”

The LSU game showed that, with the Tigers’ patchwork offen-sive line shoving USC’s defensive line around. But for the other six games of the season, the Game-cocks under Ward have been just fine.

Clowney is closing in on single-season school records for sacks and tackles for loss. While Taylor hasn’t been dominant, he’s made some big plays. Wilson has returned to his form from two years ago, challenging to lead the team in tackles. And the second-ary has been no slouch — the surprising Jimmy Legree has two interceptions and one touchdown return, the other pick finishing a yard short of his second TD.

It’s been a fine effort, the defense controlling the games just like it was being counted on to do. Yet, Ward doesn’t want to hear any congratulations or pats on the back — he’s been defensive coor-dinator for nine games, and one of them wasn’t great. Those are great numbers, but the one miss still bothers him.

“We missed tackles,” he said after the LSU game. “We left quite a few tackles out there tonight. It was by far the worst performance we’ve had. I take all the blame as defensive coordinator. We’ll get back to work and fix the prob-lems.”

The first half of the season was masterful, Ward calling the shots from the sideline (unlike Johnson, who liked to sit in the pressbox and view the field). Ward likes the sideline, despite admitting he can’t get an entire view of any last-second adjustments based on the offensive alignment, because he can talk to his players face-to-face instead of through the headset.

“That’s something that I’ve always liked to do,” he said before the year. “Most times a player will respond better to that than talking to him through the head-phones. I can talk to him there about correcting what he’s doing and also clap him on the back.”

The players have bought into that approach. While Johnson was never stingy with praise, he saved most of it for the film review sessions during the week. Ward prefers doing it on the field and during the games.

“It does make a difference,” Swearinger said. “When he comes to you during the game and tells you something, you pay more attention to it because you’re go-ing to have to go out and do it on the next play. I started doing that with some of the younger players as well.”

“Coach Whammy is great and coach Johnson was great,” Brison Williams said, declining to iden-tify differences between the two. “We all came here under both of them and we like that Coach Whammy got the job.”

Ward got that nickname, Whammy, from his coaches and teammates at Alabama. Because of his fierce tackling, Ward was once complimented by then-coach Bill Curry as having really “whammed” the ball-carrier. The name, helped by the TV show Press Your Luck (“No whammy no whammy no whammy!”), stuck.

Ward is much gentler and kinder these days, as he is a leader of men instead of a youngster still learning the trade. He’s honed his approach well, having bounced around the Southeast and serving a year as an assistant coach with the Oakland Raiders.

His fierceness comes out on gameday, when Ward is just as vocal and excited as his players when Clowney records a sack or Legree picks off a pass. That is a change from the stoic Johnson, who carried the same expression after clinching a trip to the SEC Championship Game as he did after the Gamecocks lost it.

“We got the right guy,” Spur-rier said.

No argument thus far.

Kelcy Quarles tackles LSU’s Kenny Hilliard on Oct. 13 in Baton Rouge. LSU won, 23-21. Photo by Paul collins

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RecRuit to WatchB Y C H R I S C L A R K

With five senior linebackers on the 2012 roster, a huge priority during the 2013

recruiting cycle was signing several talented prospects at that posi-tion. With National Signing Day less than four months away, the Gamecocks staff is well on its way to fulfilling that goal.

The headliner of the group is one of the nation’s top defenders: Vance (N.C.) High School’s Larenz Bryant. The 6-foot-1, 215-pounder committed to USC in June after a recruiting process that saw him rake in offers from some of the country’s best programs; Ala-bama, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Virginia Tech and a host of others pursued Bryant heavily before he chose childhood favorite USC.

“I just felt like it was a good fit for me,” he told gamecockcentral.com shortly after his verbal commitment. “I grew up a South Carolina fan. It’s home for me. Every time I go there I felt like that’s where I wanted to be.”

Bryant, a two-way player for Vance at running back and linebacker, earned an impres-sive list of accolades following his junior season. After rushing for 1,435 yards and 21 touchdowns on offense and recording 144 tackles, seven sacks and two interceptions on defense, Bryant was named to the U.S. Army All-American team and as a participant in The Open-ing, an elite and intensive football camp sponsored by Nike.

The team of analysts on the rivals.com network all had great things to say about Bryant after seeing him in person this summer and on film.

“Bryant is a complete lineback-er,” said Jake Rowe of ugasports.com. “Most linebackers at that age are great athletes that can run plays down and deliver the big hit. Bryant can definitely do that, but he is also very comfort-able and smooth in coverage. The

Charlotte native also has excellent hip rotation and explosion. This al-lows him to have an elite ability to change direction, or turn and run with running backs or tight ends that are releasing vertically down the field.”

“Had one of the best Nike camp performances at linebacker I’ve ever seen in six years doing this,” said Rivals’ Kynon Codring-ton. “Bryant showed great range in seven-on-seven period and collect-ed a handful of interceptions. He was just as good in one-on-one’s, showing he can stick with running backs coming out of the junction point on angle routes. He should be an immediate contributor when he arrives to Columbia.”

Given his skill set, Bryant is versatile enough to play several positions behind the line, but he’s likely to play one of the Game-cocks’ two inside linebacker positions.

“Coach [Lorenzo] Ward, he said I will be playing on the inside mostly, but that they’re look-ing to put weight on me,” Bryant said. “They’re in the 4-2-5 and he said I can cover and if they put enough weight on me I can play [middle] linebacker. [South Caroli-na linebackers coach Kirk] Botkin, he’s very energizing, man. Him and coach Ward are very close, so they think the same way.”

Bryant is the highest-rated prospect in USC’s 2013 class; he’s ranked as the second-best prospect in the state of North Carolina, the No. 2 inside linebacker prospect in the country, and the No. 50 overall prospect in the country.

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if there is one thing that South Carolina can learn from Ten-nessee, it is the importance of

supporting and having faith in a good coach when a team manages to land one. As one of the nation’s most historically successful college football programs, the Volunteers are currently in very unfamiliar territory — the middle of the pack.

Granted, the particular pack the Vols run with is arguably the best, but that is no consolation to fans who expect so much more than what they are getting.

Too bad for them. They should have stood behind coach Phillip Fulmer when he was on the hot seat four years ago. Instead, they whined like spoiled little brats who weren’t getting all the candy they wanted when, in fact, daddy Fulmer was a confectioner extraor-dinaire.

The result of this lack of faith by fans and the administration? The mediocre team they have now, and very little hope for substantial im-provement any time soon. Simply put, firing Fulmer ruined the great thing Tennessee built in Knoxville.

Sure, in the decade following Tennessee’s 1998 national cham-pionship, Fulmer had a couple of losing seasons: two 5-7 bummers in 2005 and 2008, his last year with the Vols. But Fulmer also guided the team to four more 10-win-plus seasons (and two nine-win years), as well as three SEC East titles. But Volunteer nation expected more national championships and seemed to think it was possible to compete for one every year.

It really isn’t. Face it: There are more than 120 schools out there, and to win a championship once every century is actually pretty good by the numbers, as hard as that might be to accept.

If Tennessee had kept Fulmer, chances are that he would have bounced back from his losing season like he had after the previ-ous one, when he climbed quickly back to the 10-win level. After all, he achieved that in about two-thirds of his years there. Instead,

the faithless now have a program with consecutive losing seasons for the first time in 100 years. Way to go, guys!

Bitter fans will say that the egomaniacal Lane Kiffin screwed up the program by leaving early and causing the remaining talent to move on as well, but that’s what you get when you hire a sociopath with little reason to loyally commit to the program. Of course, the job shouldn’t have been open to Kiffin, or anyone else, in the first place.

Now it’s Derek Dooley who is on the hot seat in Knoxville, as he’s the one who coached the Vols to two consecutive losing seasons. Conspiracy theories claiming that the son of legendary Georgia coach Vince Dooley has actually been planted at Tennessee in order to de-stroy the program aside, the state of Volunteer football today still comes down to simply not recognizing when you have something good right in front of you.

Football is a team game, and at the college level, part of that team is the athletics administration. But the fans are also part of it. In Tennessee they loudly voiced their negative opinions and lack of re-spect for Fulmer when they should have stood by him. It does seem that in this world of instant gratifi-cation, people are more willing to abandon the people who have done great things for them once those benefits are a few years old, but the best college football programs rely on strong traditions of loyalty and support to maintain their status.

Tennessee’s failure in this regard is a good example for teams trying to build programs. Appreci-ate what you have going, Game-cocks. It might not be perfect yet, but if USC can stay near the top, then that magic season will eventu-ally happen. Stay supportive when it doesn’t and it will get here faster.

It’s a team game, and fans are part of the team.

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Gamecocks roster1 Ace Sanders WR 5-8 175 JR Bradenton, Fla./Manatee3 Akeem Auguste CB 5-9 188 SR Hollywood, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna/Fork

Union Military3 Damiere Byrd WR 5-9 168 SO Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek4 Ahmad Christian CB 5-10 189 RS FR Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian4 Shaq Roland WR 6-1 173 FR Lexington, S.C./Lexington5 Rico McWilliams CB 5-11 172 FR Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy5 Brendan Nosovitch QB 6-1 210 FR Allenton, Pa./Central Catholic5 Kelvin Rainey TE 6-3 219 FR Yulee, Fla./Yulee6 Chris Moody CB 6-1 208 FR McDonough, Ga./Henry County6 DeAngelo Smith WR 6-1 196 RS JR Kingsland, Ga./Camden County7 Shon Carson TB 5-8 192 RS FR Scranton, S.C./Lake City7 Jadeveon Clowney DE 6-6 256 SO Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe8 Darius English DE 6-6 215 FR Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern8 Shamier Jeffery WR 6-1 214 RS FR St. Matthews, S.C./Calhoun County8 Adam Yates PK 6-1 196 RS SR Sparks, MD/Hereford9 Sharrod Golightly SPR 5-10 179 RS SO Decatur, Ga./Southwest Dekalb9 Kwinton Smith WR 6-4 206 FR Dillon, S.C./Dillon10 Nick Jones WR 5-7 184 RS SO Moore, S.C./Byrnes11 T.J. Holloman LB 6-2 209 FR Atlanta, Ga./St. Pius X11 Seth Strickland QB 6-2 195 RS SR Laurens, S.C./Laurens12 Jody Fuller WR 5-11 201 FR Monroe, N.C./Sun Valley12 Brison Williams SS 5-11 205 SO Warner Robins, Ga./Northside/Fork Union

Military13 Patrick Fish P 6-0 193 RS SO Shelby, N.C./Burns13 Tyler Hull P 6-2 205 RS SO Mount Airy, N.C./Mount Airy/Guilford

College14 Connor Shaw QB 6-1 207 JR Flowery Branch, Ga./Flowery Branch15 Andrew Clifford QB 6-2 212 RS JR Tampa, Fla./Wharton15 Jimmy Legree CB 6-0 189 RS JR Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort16 Austin Hails QB 6-2 212 RS FR Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville16 Nick St. Germain PK 5-9 182 FR Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern17 Chaz Elder CB 6-2 187 FR College Park, Ga./Banneker17 Dylan Thompson QB 6-3 212 RS SO Boiling Springs, S.C./Boiling Springs18 Cedrick Cooper LB 6-2 215 RS FR Lithonia, Ga./Lithonia18 Dwayne Duckett WR 6-0 185 FR Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley/Gray Military19 Landon Ard P/K 5-9 189 RS FR Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe19 Kyle Fleetwood SAF 5-11 199 FR Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson20 T.J. Gurley SAF 5-10 183 FR Cairo, Ga./Cairo21 DeVonte Holloman SPR 6-2 241 SR Charlotte, N.C./South Pointe21 Marcus Lattimore TB 6-0 218 JR Duncan, S.C./Byrnes22 Kaiwan Lewis LB 6-0 225 FR Hammonton, N.J./St. Joseph22 Brandon Wilds TB 6-2 218 SO Blythewood, S.C./Blythewood23 Bruce Ellington WR 5-9 197 SO Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkeley24 Kendric Salley RB 5-9 205 FR Williston, S.C./Williston Elko24 Quin Smith LB 6-1 239 SR Lenoir, N.C./Hibriten25 Kadetrix Marcus SS 6-1 185 SO Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson26 Jacob Baker FB 5-9 188 SR Ridgeland, S.C./Thomas Heyward Academy26 Kenny Robinson FS 5-9 176 RS SO Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Island27 Victor Hampton CB 5-10 197 RS SO Darlington, S.C./Darlington28 Mike Davis RB 5-9 216 FR Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson28 Jared Shaw FS 5-10 179 RS SR Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill/Newberry29 Chaun Gresham LB 6-2 266 RS JR Auburn, Ga./Apalachee29 Blair Lowery TB 6-1 178 RS SR Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork30 Sidney Rhodes CB 5-10 170 SO Easley, S.C./Wren/Western Carolina31 Jordan Diaz LB 6-1 236 RS SO Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West31 Kenny Miles TB 5-9 193 RS SR Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood32 David Wilkins CB 6-1 180 RS SR Cowpens, S.C./Broome33 Damario Jeffery LB 6-4 233 SR Columbia, S.C./Columbia34 Joshua Blue TB 5-7 167 SO Tatum, S.C./Marlboro County34 Mason Harris LB 6-3 210 RS FR Fort Oglethorpe, Ga./Ridgeland35 Jeff Homad TE 6-2 225 RS SO Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Island/

UNC Pembroke36 D.J. Swearinger FS 6-0 210 SR Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood39 Jessie Dukes DB 5-11 162 SO Blackville, S.C./Blackville-Hilda40 Kyle Madden FB 6-3 248 RS SR Powder Springs, Ga./Harrison/UCF41 Connor McLaurin FB 6-0 222 RS SO Raleigh, N.C./Garner42 Jordan Diggs SPR 6-0 197 FR Cape Coral, Fla./Island Coast43 Qua Gilchrist FB 6-1 245 RS SR Abbeville, S.C./Abbeville/Butler County CC44 Gerald Dixon DE 6-2 272 RS FR Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe45 Ty Sutherland FB 5-10 220 RS FR Pendleton, S.C./Pendleton46 Darian Sims LB 6-2 250 RS FR Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek47 Reginald Bowens LB 6-3 254 RS SR Holly Springs, N.C./Garner48 Marcquis Roberts SPR 6-1 206 RS FR Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern49 Devin Potter FB 5-10 202 FR Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell50 A.J. Cann OG 6-4 309 RS SO Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt51 Cody Waldrop OG 6-2 300 FR Seffner, Fla./Armwood52 Phillip Dukes DT 6-3 306 RS FR Manning, S.C./Manning

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Steve Spurrier - Head CoachKirk Botkin - Linebackers/SpursGrady Brown - Secondary/Assistant Special Teams CoordinatorShawn Elliott - Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive LIneBrad Lawing - Defensive LineG.A. Mangus - QuarterbacksJoe Robinson - Special Teams Coordinator/Tight EndsEverette Sands - Running BacksJamie Speronis - Associate AD/Football OperationsSteve Spurrier Jr. - Co-Offensive Coord/Wide Receivers/Recruiting CoordLorenzo Ward - Defensive CoordinatorRobbie Liles - Director of High School RelationsScott Morgan - Recruiting AssistantPatrick Shine - Administrative Coordinator for Recruiting

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Offense 1 Ace Sanders 5-8 175 JR-2L Bradenton, Fla. 6 DeAngelo Smith 6-1 196 JR-1L Kingsland, Ga. 4 Shaq Roland 6-1 173 FR-HS Lexington, S.C.

23 Bruce Ellington 5-9 197 SO-1L Moncks Corner, S.C. 3 Damiere Byrd 5-9 168 SO-1L Sicklerville, N.J. 80 K.J. Brent 6-4 184 FR-RS Waxhaw, N.C.

3 Damiere Byrd 5-9 168 SO-1L Sicklerville, N.J. 82 D.L. Moore 6-5 198 SR-3L Bowling Green, Ky. 10 Nick Jones 5-7 184 SO-1L Moore, S.C.

53 Corey Robinson 6-8 337 SO-SQ Havelock, N.C. 76 Mike Matulis 6-5 274 SO-1L Boynton Beach, Fla.

50 A.J. Cann 6-4 309 SO-1L Bamberg, S.C. 75 Will Sport 6-5 291 FR-RS Milton, Fla. 55 T.J. Johnson 6-6 319 SR-3L Aynor, S.C. 70 Kyle Harris 6-3 268 FR-RS Silver Creek, Ga. 61 Travis Ford 6-3 278 JR-1L Fork, S.C. 67 Ronald Patrick 6-2 305 JR-1L Cocoa, Fla. 74 Kaleb Broome 6-6 332 SR-SQ Aiken, S.C.

71 Brandon Shell 6-6 331 FR-RS Goose Creek, S.C. 78 Cody Gibson 6-7 278 SO-1L Tallahassee, Fla. 87 Justice Cunningham 6-4 264 SR-3L Pageland, S.C. 81 Rory Anderson 6-5 218 SO-1L Powder Springs, Ga. 89 Jerell Adams 6-6 224 FR-PG Pinewood, S.C.

14 Connor Shaw 6-1 207 JR-2L Flowery Branch, Ga. 17 Dylan Thompson 6-3 212 SO-1L Boiling Springs, S.C. 11 Seth Strickland 6-2 195 SR-2L Laurens, S.C.

43 Qua Gilchrist 6-1 245 SR-SQ Abbeville, S.C. 41 Connor McLaurin 6-0 222 SO-SQ Raleigh, N.C. 21 Marcus Lattimore 6-0 218 JR-2L Duncan, S.C. 31 Kenny Miles 5-9 193 SR-3L Lawrenceville, Ga. 28 Mike Davis 5-9 216 FR-HS Lithonia, Ga.

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-8 267 SR-3L Beaufort, S.C. 57 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 269 SR-3L Jamestown, S.C. 44 Gerald Dixon 6-2 272 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

70 Byron Jerideau 6-1 316 SR-2L Green Pond, S.C. 92 Gerald Dixon Jr. 6-3 304 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

99 Kelcy Quarles 6-4 286 SO-1L Hodges, S.C. 97 J.T. Surratt 6-2 295 SO-SQ Winston-Salem, N.C. 52 Phillip Dukes 6-3 306 FR-RS Manning, S.C.

7 Jadeveon Clowney 6-6 256 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-5 248 JR-2L Savannah, Ga.

47 Reginald Bowens 6-3 254 SR-2L Holly Springs, N.C. 33 Damario Jeffery 6-4 233 SR-3L Columbia, S.C.

54 Shaq Wilson 5-11 224 SR-3L Jacksonville, Fla. 24 Quin Smith 6-1 239 SR-3L Lenoir, N.C. 18 Cedrick Cooper 6-2 215 FR-RS Lithonia, Ga.

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 241 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. 9 Sharrod Golightly 5-10 179 SO-1L Decatur, Ga.

27 Victor Hampton 5-10 197 SO-1L Darlington, S.C. 4 Ahmad Christian 5-10 189 FR-RS Jacksonville, Fla. 12 Brison Williams 5-11 205 SO-1L Warner Robins, Ga. 20 T.J. Gurley 5-10 183 FR-HS Cairo, Ga.

36 D.J. Swearinger 6-0 210 SR-3L Greenwood, S.C. 25 Kadetrix Marcus 6-1 185 SO-SQ Stone Mountain, Ga. 28 Jared Shaw 5-10 179 SR-SQ Fort Mill, S.C.

15 Jimmy Legree 6-0 189 JR-2L Beaufort, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-9 188 SR-3L Hollywood, Fla.

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RT

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Specialists 8 Adam Yates 6-1 196 SR-1L Sparks, Md. 19 Landon Ard 5-9 189 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

8 Adam Yates 6-1 196 SR-1L Sparks, Md. 19 Landon Ard 5-9 189 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

13 Tyler Hull 6-2 205 SO-TR Mount Airy, N.C. 13 Patrick Fish 6-0 193 SO-SQ Shelby, N.C.

23 Bruce Ellington 5-9 197 SO-1L Moncks Corner, S.C. 3 Damiere Byrd 5-9 168 SO-1L Sicklerville, N.J.

1 Ace Sanders 5-8 175 JR-2L Bradenton, Fla. 27 Victor Hampton 5-10 197 SO-1L Darlington, S.C.

91 Walker Inabinet 5-10 204 SR-2L Columbia, S.C. 59 Coleman Harley 6-1 280 FR-RS Aiken, S.C.

11 Seth Strickland 6-2 195 SR-2L Laurens, S.C. 13 Patrick Fish 6-0 193 SO-SQ Shelby, N.C.

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53 Corey Robinson OT 6-8 337 RS SO Havelock, N.C./Havelock54 Clayton Stadnik OC 6-3 265 FR Greensboro, N.C./Western Guilford54 Shaq Wilson LB 5-11 224 SR Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast55 T.J. Johnson OC 6-6 319 RS SR Aynor, S.C./Aynor57 Aldrick Fordham DE 6-4 269 SR Jamestown, S.C./Timberland58 Ryland Culbertson OG 6-4 254 RS SO Laurens, S.C./Laurens Academy59 Coleman Harley LS 6-1 280 RS FR Aiken, S.C./South Aiken61 Travis Ford OC 6-3 278 RS JR Fork, S.C./Lake View/Coastal Carolina62 Davis Moore LS 6-0 217 RS JR Buford, Ga./Mill Creek/Emory & Henry65 Brock Stadnik OT 6-5 287 FR Greensboro, N.C./Western Guilford67 Ronald Patrick OG 6-2 305 JR Cocoa, Fla./Cocoa70 Kyle Harris OC 6-3 268 RS FR Silver Creek, Ga./Pepperell70 Byron Jerideau DT 6-1 316 RS SR Green Pond, S.C./Colleton County/Fort

Scott C.C.71 Brandon Shell OT 6-6 331 RS FR Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek74 Kaleb Broome OG 6-6 332 SR Aiken, S.C./Aiken/Georgia Military College75 Will Sport OT 6-5 291 RS FR Milton, Fla./Pace76 Mike Matulis OT 6-5 274 SO Boynton Beach, Fla./Park Vista77 Mason Zandi OT 6-9 266 FR Chapin, S.C./Chapin78 Cody Gibson OT 6-7 278 RS SO Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln80 K.J. Brent WR 6-4 184 RS FR Waxhaw, N.C./Marvin Ridge81 Rory Anderson TE 6-5 218 SO Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern82 D.L. Moore WR 6-5 198 RS SR Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green84 Tevin Bradshaw WR 5-7 155 RS FR Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkeley/Brevard84 Mike Williamson P 6-1 190 RS JR Norway, S.C./Orangeburg Prep/Columbia

University85 Kane Whitehurst WR 5-11 170 RS FR Duluth, Ga./Chattahoochee/Arkansas86 Reilly Madden P 6-0 185 FR Vienna, Va./Paul VI Catholic87 Justice Cunningham TE 6-4 264 SR Pageland, S.C./Central88 Drew Owens TE 6-6 236 RS FR Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell

89 Jerell Adams TE 6-6 224 FR Pinewood, S.C./Scott’s Branch90 Chaz Sutton DE 6-5 248 RS JR Savannah, Ga./Jenkins/Fork Union Military91 Walker Inabinet LS 5-10 204 RS SR Columbia, S.C./Hammond School92 Gerald Dixon, Jr. DT 6-3 304 RS FR Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern93 Deon Green DE 6-4 290 RS FR Windermere, Fla./Olympia94 Ashton Holmes DE 6-3 252 RS JR Spartanburg, S.C./Byrnes/Butler CC95 Michael Washington DE 6-3 228 FR Allendale, S.C./Allendale-Fairfax/S.C. State96 Jamal Hall DE 6-2 232 RS JR Ladson, S.C./Fort Dorchester/Brevard

College97 J.T. Surratt DT 6-2 295 RS SO Winston-Salem, N.C./Parkland98 Devin Taylor DE 6-8 267 RS SR Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort99 Kelcy Quarles DT 6-4 286 SO Hodges, S.C./Greenwood/Fork Union

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Offense 1 Ace Sanders 5-8 175 JR-2L Bradenton, Fla. 6 DeAngelo Smith 6-1 196 JR-1L Kingsland, Ga. 4 Shaq Roland 6-1 173 FR-HS Lexington, S.C.

23 Bruce Ellington 5-9 197 SO-1L Moncks Corner, S.C. 3 Damiere Byrd 5-9 168 SO-1L Sicklerville, N.J. 80 K.J. Brent 6-4 184 FR-RS Waxhaw, N.C.

3 Damiere Byrd 5-9 168 SO-1L Sicklerville, N.J. 82 D.L. Moore 6-5 198 SR-3L Bowling Green, Ky. 10 Nick Jones 5-7 184 SO-1L Moore, S.C.

53 Corey Robinson 6-8 337 SO-SQ Havelock, N.C. 76 Mike Matulis 6-5 274 SO-1L Boynton Beach, Fla.

50 A.J. Cann 6-4 309 SO-1L Bamberg, S.C. 75 Will Sport 6-5 291 FR-RS Milton, Fla. 55 T.J. Johnson 6-6 319 SR-3L Aynor, S.C. 70 Kyle Harris 6-3 268 FR-RS Silver Creek, Ga. 61 Travis Ford 6-3 278 JR-1L Fork, S.C. 67 Ronald Patrick 6-2 305 JR-1L Cocoa, Fla. 74 Kaleb Broome 6-6 332 SR-SQ Aiken, S.C.

71 Brandon Shell 6-6 331 FR-RS Goose Creek, S.C. 78 Cody Gibson 6-7 278 SO-1L Tallahassee, Fla. 87 Justice Cunningham 6-4 264 SR-3L Pageland, S.C. 81 Rory Anderson 6-5 218 SO-1L Powder Springs, Ga. 89 Jerell Adams 6-6 224 FR-PG Pinewood, S.C.

14 Connor Shaw 6-1 207 JR-2L Flowery Branch, Ga. 17 Dylan Thompson 6-3 212 SO-1L Boiling Springs, S.C. 11 Seth Strickland 6-2 195 SR-2L Laurens, S.C.

43 Qua Gilchrist 6-1 245 SR-SQ Abbeville, S.C. 41 Connor McLaurin 6-0 222 SO-SQ Raleigh, N.C. 21 Marcus Lattimore 6-0 218 JR-2L Duncan, S.C. 31 Kenny Miles 5-9 193 SR-3L Lawrenceville, Ga. 28 Mike Davis 5-9 216 FR-HS Lithonia, Ga.

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-8 267 SR-3L Beaufort, S.C. 57 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 269 SR-3L Jamestown, S.C. 44 Gerald Dixon 6-2 272 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

70 Byron Jerideau 6-1 316 SR-2L Green Pond, S.C. 92 Gerald Dixon Jr. 6-3 304 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

99 Kelcy Quarles 6-4 286 SO-1L Hodges, S.C. 97 J.T. Surratt 6-2 295 SO-SQ Winston-Salem, N.C. 52 Phillip Dukes 6-3 306 FR-RS Manning, S.C.

7 Jadeveon Clowney 6-6 256 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-5 248 JR-2L Savannah, Ga.

47 Reginald Bowens 6-3 254 SR-2L Holly Springs, N.C. 33 Damario Jeffery 6-4 233 SR-3L Columbia, S.C.

54 Shaq Wilson 5-11 224 SR-3L Jacksonville, Fla. 24 Quin Smith 6-1 239 SR-3L Lenoir, N.C. 18 Cedrick Cooper 6-2 215 FR-RS Lithonia, Ga.

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 241 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. 9 Sharrod Golightly 5-10 179 SO-1L Decatur, Ga.

27 Victor Hampton 5-10 197 SO-1L Darlington, S.C. 4 Ahmad Christian 5-10 189 FR-RS Jacksonville, Fla. 12 Brison Williams 5-11 205 SO-1L Warner Robins, Ga. 20 T.J. Gurley 5-10 183 FR-HS Cairo, Ga.

36 D.J. Swearinger 6-0 210 SR-3L Greenwood, S.C. 25 Kadetrix Marcus 6-1 185 SO-SQ Stone Mountain, Ga. 28 Jared Shaw 5-10 179 SR-SQ Fort Mill, S.C.

15 Jimmy Legree 6-0 189 JR-2L Beaufort, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-9 188 SR-3L Hollywood, Fla.

*Note: The depth chart lists 12 offensive positions.

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LG

C

RG

RT

TE

QB

FB

TB

DE

DT

DT

DE

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WLB

SPR

CB

SS

FS

CB

Specialists 8 Adam Yates 6-1 196 SR-1L Sparks, Md. 19 Landon Ard 5-9 189 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

8 Adam Yates 6-1 196 SR-1L Sparks, Md. 19 Landon Ard 5-9 189 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

13 Tyler Hull 6-2 205 SO-TR Mount Airy, N.C. 13 Patrick Fish 6-0 193 SO-SQ Shelby, N.C.

23 Bruce Ellington 5-9 197 SO-1L Moncks Corner, S.C. 3 Damiere Byrd 5-9 168 SO-1L Sicklerville, N.J.

1 Ace Sanders 5-8 175 JR-2L Bradenton, Fla. 27 Victor Hampton 5-10 197 SO-1L Darlington, S.C.

91 Walker Inabinet 5-10 204 SR-2L Columbia, S.C. 59 Coleman Harley 6-1 280 FR-RS Aiken, S.C.

11 Seth Strickland 6-2 195 SR-2L Laurens, S.C. 13 Patrick Fish 6-0 193 SO-SQ Shelby, N.C.

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