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GAMEDAY INFORMATIONStadium..............................................Bank o AmericaCapacity ............................................................73,778

TV ..................................... FSN; ESPN3Play-by-Play ........................................... Bob RathbunAnalysis ..................................................... Tim CouchSideline ....................................................Kristina Akra

RADIO......................... GAMECOCK RADIOPlay-by-Play ................................................Todd EllisAnalysis ................................................Tommy SuggsSideline ....................................................Terry Cousin

SATELLITE RADIO...230 Sirius Premier/203 XM

SERIES CAPSULESeries History .......................................SC leads 10-5In Columbia ............................................ SC leads 8-4In Greenville ............................................SC leads 2-1At Neutral .....................................................Never metFirst Meeting (1977 in Columbia) ........SC 19, ECU 16Last Meeting (1999 in Columbia)...........ECU 21, SC 3Last SC Win (1997 in Greenville) ...........SC 26, ECU 0Current Streak ........................ECU has won 1 in a rowSpurrier vs. ECU ..........................................Never metMcNeill vs. SC .............................................Never met

SOUTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTSLocation ...............................................Columbia, S.C.Founded ...............................................................1801

Enrollment.........................................................29,957Con erence .................Southeastern (Eastern Division)Colors ............................. Garnet (PMS 202C) & BlackNickname ...................................................GamecocksMascot ...............................................................CockyStadium..................................Williams-Brice (80,250)Sur ace ................................................... Natural Grass

SOUTH CAROLINA COACHESHead Coach........................................... Steve SpurrierSpecial Teams Coordinator/Spurs ..............John ButlerRunning Game Coordinator/ O ensive Line .........................................Shawn Elliott

Running Backs/Tight Ends ........................Jay GrahamSa eties .....................................................Jeep HunterAssistant Head Coach/ Assistant Coach–De ense/Linebackers .. Ellis JohnsonDe ensive Line..........................................Brad LawingQuarterbacks ...........................................G.A. MangusPassing Game Coordinator/ Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coord......Steve Spurrier Jr.De ensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks ......Lorenzo WardDirector–Football Operations .............. Jamie SperonisStrength & Conditioning Coach ..........Craig FitzgeraldHead Football Athletic Trainer ................Clint Haggard

SOUTH CAROLINA SCHEDULEDATE Opponent Time TV/Score09/03 East Carolina 7 p.m. FSN

09/10 at Georgia* 4:30 p.m. ESPN09/17 Navy 6 p.m. ESPN209/24 Vanderbilt* TBA TBA10/01 Auburn* TBA TBA10/08 Kentucky* TBA TBA10/15 at Mississippi State* TBA TBA10/29 at Tennessee* TBA TBA11/05 at Arkansas* TBA TBA11/12 Florida* TBA TBA11/19 The Citadel 12 p.m. PPV11/26 Clemson TBA TBA

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS0-0 Overall; 0-0 SEC

AP: No. 12/Coaches: No. 12

Head Coach........................................... Steve SpurrierAlma Mater..........................................Florida (1967)Career Record ............................186-73-2 (21 years)South Carolina Record ...................... 44-33 (6 years)

Media Relations Director ............................. Steve FinkFink Email ............................. [email protected] O ce ...........................................803-777-7987Fink Cell..............................................803-240-5268

Assistant SID..........................................Andrew KitickKitick Email [email protected] O ce .........................................803-777-5257Kitick Cell............................................803-240-4150

O ce Fax ..............................................803-777-2967O cial Website ................ www.gamecocksonline.com

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES0-0 Overall; 0-0 C-USAAP: NR/Coaches: NR

Head Coach...........................................Ru n MAlma Mater................................ East Carolina (1Career Record .........................................7-7 (1 yECU Record.............................................6-7 (1 y

Media Relations Director ......................Tom McCMcClellan Email .........................mcclellant@ecMcClellan O ce.................252-737-1274 ext.McClellan Cell ....................................252-414-0

O ce Fax ..............................................252-737-O cial Website ............................www.ecupirate

EAST CAROLINA SCHEDULEDATE Opponent Time TV/Scor09/03 South Carolina 7 p.m. F

09/10 Virginia Tech 3:30 p.m. F09/24 UAB* 3:30 p.m. W10/01 North Carolina 8 p.m. CBS10/08 at Houston* 7 p.m. CBS10/15 at Memphis* 7 p.m. W10/22 at Navy 3:30 p.m. CBS10/29 Tulane* 3:30 p.m. W11/05 Southern Miss* 4 p.m. C11/12 at UTEP* 8 p.m. TW El 11/19 UCF* TBA F11/26 at Marshall* 3:30 p.m. CBS

QUICK HITSu South Carolina is 77-36-4 (.675) in season openers. The Gamecocks have won 11 consecutive season

games, dating back to the 2000 season.u Head coach Steve Spurrier is 20-1 all-time in season openers as a collegiate head coach. His onlyopening loss, ironically, was a 27-21 loss to the Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia on Sept. 2, 1989, whilcoach at Duke University.u The Gamecocks were picked by the media as the avorites to win the SEC Eastern Division title thi

rst time that Carolina has ever held that distinction. In act, they had never been picked higher than tthis season. The Gamecocks were picked or third in both 2009 and 2010 a ter a seven-year stretch inwere tabbed or a ourth-place nish.u The Gamecocks are playing their third-straight neutral site game. Their last two games o the 2010 sboth played in the Georgia Dome, rst against Auburn in the SEC Championship, then against Florida Chick- l-A Bowl.u Head coach Steve Spurrier is a per ect 41-0 all-time against schools outside o BCS automatic qualiences, including a 15-0 mark since coming to South Carolina. He will have three opportunities to extenin 2011, against East Carolina, Navy and The Citadel.

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#1 ALSHON JEFFERYWide Receiver

Junioru 6-4 u 229 u 2 VLSt. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun County)

4 2011 Watch Lists:BiletnikoWalter CampMaxwell Award

4 Playboy Preseason All-American4 Phil Steele Preseason All-American4 Sporting News SEC Preseason

“Most Thrilling”4 Sports Illustrated Cover (8/15/11)4 2010 Biletniko Finalist4 2010 First-team All-American by

AFCA, FWAA,Phil Steele andESPN.com

4 2010 Second-team All-American byWalter Camp,Sports Illustrated,AP and CollegeFootballNews.com

#98 DEVIN TAYLORDe ensive End

Junioru 6-7 u 260 u 2 VLBeau ort, S.C. (Beau ort)

4 2011 Watch Lists:BednarikLombardiNagurskiHendricks

4 Phil Steele Preseason All-American4 2010 First-team All-SEC by the AP,Phil Steele and Rivals.com4 2010 All-Sophomore rst-team byCollegeFootballNews.com

#5 STEPHON GILMORECornerback

Junioru 6-1 u 193 u 2 VLRock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)

4 2011 Watch Lists:BednarikThorpeHornungLott Trophy

4 Playboy Preseason All-American4 Phil Steele Preseason Second-Team

All-American4 2010 AP third-team All-American4 2010 First-team All-SEC

#21 MARCUS LATTIMOTailback

Sophomoreu 6-0 u 232 u 1 VLDuncan, S.C. (Byrnes)

4 2011 Watch Lists:Walter CampMaxwellDoak Walker

4 Sporting News PreseasonAll-American

4 Sporting News SEC PreseasonPlayer o the Year

4 Sporting News Doak WalkerPreseason Favorite

4 2010 National Freshman o the Y4 2010 SEC Freshman o the Year4 2010 First-team All-SEC

GameCoCk all-ameriCa CandidateS

A. Jeffery’s Statistics Yr. GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD‘09 13/7 46 763 16.6 6‘10 14/14 88 1517 17.2 9‘11 0/0 0 0 0.0 0

27/21 134 2280 17.0 15

Taylor’s Statistics Yr. GP/GS TT TFL QBS PBU QBH‘09 12/5 28 5.5 2.0 0 2‘10 14/14 46 13.0 7.5 8 11‘11 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0

26/19 74 18.5 9.5 8 13

Gilmore’s Statistics Yr. GP/GS TT TFL QBS INT PBU‘09 13/13 56 6.0 3.0 1 8‘10 14/14 79 6.0 3.0 3 2‘11 0/0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0

27/27 135 12.0 6.0 4 10

Lattimore’s Statistics –Rushing–

Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD‘10 13/13 249 1197 4.8 17‘11 0/0 0 0 0.0 0

13/13 249 1197 4.8 17–Receiving–

Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD‘10 13/13 29 412 14.2 2‘11 0/0 0 0 0.0 0

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A LITTLE HISTORY: 2011 marks the 118th season ointercollegiate ootball at the University o South Caroli-na, dating back to 1892. It is the 105th-consecutive yearin which South Carolina has competed on the gridiron.The University did not eld a team in either 1893 or1906. Carolina owns an all-time record o 543-541-44.

SEC HISTORY: The 2011 season marks South Caro-lina’s 20th year in the Southeastern Con erence. SouthCarolina and Arkansas joined the league prior to the1992 campaign. The Gamecocks earned their rst SECEastern Division title in the 2010 season.

VS. EAST CAROLINA: The Gamecocks lead the all-time series vs. East Carolina by a 10-5 margin. SouthCarolina won each o the rst eight meetings betweenthe two squads rom 1977-1990. ECU has won ve othe last seven contests, with the last game coming inthe 1999 season.

SPURRIER VS. ECU: Carolina head coach SteveSpurrier has never aced the Prates as a head coach.

SCOUTING THE PIRATES: East Carolina posted a

6-7 mark in 2010 in Ru n McNeill’s rst year at thehelm, including a 51-20 loss to Maryland in the Mili-tary Bowl, held at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.Quarterback Dominique Davis returns to lead an o ensethat averaged nearly 37 points per game while rackingup over 437 yards o o ense, ranking in the top 25 inthe country in both categories. De ensively, they surren-dered 44 points per contest while giving up nearly 480yards o o ense, ranking 119th and 120, respectively,among Division I programs.

BROTHERLY LOVE: It will be a big day or Leonardand Sonya Paulk when they have the opportunity towatch two sons, South Carolina sixth-year senior line-

backer Rodney Paulk, and East Carolina junior de en-sive back Leonard Paulk III. Both o the Paulks played

or coach Jay Frye at Richland Northeast High Schoolin Columbia.

GAMECOCKS VS. C-USA: Carolina owns a 19-13record in 32 meetings against teams who currentlyplay in Con erence USA, including a 10-5 mark againstECU. The Gamecocks are also 3-0 against UCF, 2-0versus UAB, 1-0 against Southern Miss and Tulsa, 2-2against Memphis, 1-2 versus Houston, 0-1 againstMarshall and 0-3 versus Tulane. Carolina was a 41-13winner over Southern Miss in last year’s season openerand has won its last ve games against C-USA oes.

SUCCESSFUL ERA: South Carolina is enjoyingbest years on the gridiron. Since head coach SSpurrier’s arrival, Carolina has:

u Won the SEC East Division title or the rst u Had three-straight senior classes leave with at

28 victories in their our-year careers. Twenty

wins over a our-year period had happened justpreviously (1987-90).u Put together three-straight seven-plus win sea

or the rst time in school history.u Posted seven-straight non-losing seasons, ma

ing the longest stretch in school history (1928-34)u Been bowl-eligible or seven-consecutive

the longest streak in the modern era.u Gone to ve bowl games. Coach Spurrier i

rst coach in school history to take his team to than three bowl games, while needing just six yeaccomplish that eat.

u De eated the top-ranked team (Alabama-20the country, or the rst time in school history.

u Put together aRivals.com top-25 recruiting claor seven straight years. Included was the recruitm

the nation’s top-rated player in de ensive end JadClowney.

u Developed a home eld advantage. The Gameprotected their house by winning six o seven gamWilliams-Brice Stadium in both 2009 and 2010. Tare the best home marks since posting a 6-1 recohome in 1988.

u Won games in both Tennessee’s Neyland Sta(2005) and Florida’s Ben Hill Gri n Stadium (2the rst time in school history.

u Posted the two highest team GPAs on record i2010 (2.779) and Spring 2011 (2.711).


2010 SECFINAL STANDINGS

EASTERN DIVISIONSEC PCT. PF PA ALL PCT. PF PA

S. Caorlina 5-3 .625 222 179 9-5 .643 433 324Florida 4-4 .500 224 186 8-5 .615 388 277Georgia 3-5 .375 232 200 67 .462 417 287Tennessee 3-5 .375 179 205 6-7 .462 351 326Kentucky 2-6 .250 214 267 6-7 .462 406 369Vanderbilt 1-7 .125 96 271 2-10 .167 203 374

WESTERN DIVISIONSEC PCT. PF PA ALL PCT. PF PA

Auburn 8-0 1.000 306 224 14-0 1.000 577 337LSU 6-2 .750 212 165 11-2 .846 386 237Arkansas 6-2 .750 291 225 10-3 .769 474 304Alabama 5-3 .625 218 143 10-3 .769 464 176Miss. State 4-4 .500 151 173 9-4 .692 377 258Ole Miss 1-7 .125 194 301 4-8 .333 367 422

This Week in the SEC Thursday, September 1Mississippi State at Memphis, 8 pmWestern Kentucky vs. Kentucky (Nashville), 9:15 pm

Saturday, September 3Utah State at Auburn, NoonKent State at Alabama, 12:21 pmBYU at Ole Miss, 4:45 pmMontana at Tennessee, 6 pmMissouri State at Arkansas, 7 pmFlorida Atlantic at Florida, 7 pmEast Carolina vs. South Carolina (Charlotte), 7 pmElon at Vanderbilt, 7:30 pmOregon vs. LSU (Arlington, Texas), 8 pmBoise State vs. Georgia (Atlanta), 8 pm

Next Week in the SEC Saturday, September 10Central Michigan at Kentucky, NoonMississippi State at Auburn, 12:21 pmAlabama at Penn State, 3:30 pmCincinnati at Tennessee, 3:30 pmSouth Carolina at Georgia, 4:30 pmSouthern Illinois at Ole Miss, 6 pm

New Mexico at Arkansas (Little Rock), 7 pmUAB at Florida, 7 pmConnecticut at Vanderbilt, 7:30 pmNorthwestern State at LSU, 8 pm

A South Carolina win over East Carolina would...u Extend South Carolina’s opening game winning streak to 12 games. The Gamecocks last season-oloss came in the 1999 season, a 10-0 setback at NC State.u Improve head coach Steve Spurrier’s record to 21-1 all-time in season-opening games.u Tie Steve Spurrier or second on the all-time wins list at South Carolina with Jim Carlen at 45 victoEnright is the school record holder with 64 career wins.u Keep head coach Steve Spurrier’s record per ect against schools outside o BCS automatic quali

erences in tact. He is a per ect 41-0 in his career against non-BCS schools, including a 15-0 mark sarrival in Columbia.

SOUTH CAROLINA VS. EAST CAROLINA1977 10/01 W 19-16 H1984 10/27 W 42-20 H1985 10/26 W 52-10 A1986 10/25 W 38-3 H1987 10/24 W 34-12 H1988 09/27 W 17-0 H1989 10/07 W 47-14 H1990 10/13 W 37-7 H

1991 09/28 L 20-31 A1992 09/19 L 18-20 H1993 10/09 W 27-3 H1994 10/08 L 42-56 H1996 09/21 L 7-23 H1997 09/20 W 26-0 A1999 09/18 L 3-21 H



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September 3, 2011 u Charlotte, N.C. u 7:00 p.m. ET u FSNOPENING AWAY FROM HOME: The Gamecocks areopening their season away rom home or the third timein the Spurrier Era. They won at Mississippi State, 15-0,to open the 2006 campaign, and won by a 7-3 count atNC State in 2009. The Gamecocks have won their lastthree season-opening games away rom home (also a31-6 win at Vanderbilt in 2004), with the last loss com-ing in 1999, a 10-0 setback at NC State.

OPENING DAY HIGHLIGHTS: Here are the top open-ing day o ensive per ormances in Carolina history:100-yard Rushing Games In Season Openers

1. 187 Duce Staley, UCF (1996)2. 160 Harold Green, Duke (1989)3. 153 George Rogers, Paci c (1980)4. 120 Brandon Bennett, Georgia (19994)5. 118 Derek Watson, NC State (1999)6. 114 Derek Watson, New Mexico State (2000)7. 113 Mike Dingle, Duke (1990)

113 Carl West, Paci c (1980)9. 104 Carl Brazell, Wo ord (1955)

10. 103 Earl Clary, Duke (1931)11. 102 Je Grantz, Georgia Tech (1973)12. 101 Mike Davis,NC State (2008)13. 100 Harold Green, NC State (1988)

200-yard Passing Games In Season Openers1. 405 Steve Taneyhill, Georgia (1994)2. 330 Blake Mitchell, UCF (2005)3. 329 Todd Ellis, Appalachian State (1987)4. 318 Bill Troup, Virginia (1972)5. 290 Todd Ellis, North Carolina (1988)6. 238 Allen Mitchell, The Citadel (1984)7. 236 Anthony Wright, UCF (1996)8. 220 Phil Petty, Boise State (2001)

100-yard Receiving Games In Season Openers1. 146 Ira Hillary, The Citadel (1984)2. 140 Jackie Brown, Virginia (1972)3. 134 Stanley Pritchett, Georgia (1995)4. 120 Zola Davis, UCF (1997)5. 110 Mike Haggard, Virginia (1972)6. 106 Alshon Je ery, Southern Miss (2010)

THEY’RE BACK: The Gamecocks welcome 45 letter-winners back to begin the 2011 season. The 45 letter-men consist o 20 o ensive players, 21 de ensive play-ers and our specialists.

SQUAD BREAKDOWN: The Gamecocks have 111players listed on their 2011 all roster. The squadbreakdown consists o 16 seniors, 26 juniors, 19 soph-omores, 14 redshirt reshmen and 36 true reshmen.

FOR STARTERS: The Gamecocks list 13 returningstarters rom the 2010 squad (seven on o ense, sixon de ense and no specialists). The returning o ensivestarters are QB Stephen Garcia, WR Alshon Je ery, OCT.J. Johnson, TB Marcus Lattimore, WR D.L. Moore,LT Kyle Nunn and RG Rokevious Watkins. The return-ing de ensive starters include SPUR Antonio Allen, FSAkeem Auguste, CB Stephon Gilmore, SS DeVonte Hol-loman, DT Travian Robertson and DE Devin Taylor.

EVERY TIME OUT: The Gamecocks had 10 playstart all 14 games a year ago. O the 10, only LBDickerson, WR Tori Gurley and DE Cli Mattnot return or the 2011 campaign. Those returningers who started every contest a year ago includStephen Garcia, CB Stephon Gilmore, WR Alsh

ery, OC T.J. Johnson, DT Travian Robertson, DETaylor and OG Rokevious Watkins. Garcia, JohnsGilmore have started every game over the past twsons, a total o 27 games.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: The Gamecocks sgoodbye to 22 lettermen rom last year’s bowl including 11 starters. The departing starters includGarrett Chisolm, FB/TE Patrick DiMarco, RT Huerson and WR Tori Gurley on the o ensive sidball and DT Ladi Ajiboye, CB Chris Culliver, LDickerson, DE Cli Matthews and LB Tony ter on the de ensive side o the ball. In additioGamecocks lost P/PK Spencer Lanning and DS CTurner.

IT’S A NUMBERS GAME: The Gamecocks ret81 percent o their rushing yards, 100 percent opassing yards and 79 percent o their receiving

rom a year ago. In addition, eight o the squad’stacklers return or the 2011 campaign.

3000-1000-1000: The Gamecocks (along with Sare one o only two teams in the country that can creturning 3,000-yard passer (Stephen Garcia), a 1yard rusher (Marcus Lattimore) and a 1,000-yaceiver (Alshon Je ery).

STARTS ON THE LINE: The Gamecock o ensivemen have combined or 70 starts. Center T.J. Johleads the way with 27, ollowed by tackles Kyl(16) and Rokevious Watkins (14). Sixth-year sguard Terrence Campbell has made 13 starts. Red

reshman A.J. Cann is slated to make his rst start against East Carolina.

IN THE POLLS: The Gamecocks open the 2011 sson ranked 12th in both major polls. It’s the higthe Gamecocks have been ranked to start a seasschool history. Previously, they have been ranketimes in the preseason poll by the Associated PThey were No. 14 in 1959, No. 17 in both 19701985; 19th in 1988, 21st in 2001 and 22nd in 2002

OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE: The Gamecocks were in non-con erence action in 2010. They won all oregular season non-con erence games or the s-straight year be ore alling in the bowl game. T21-7 in non-con erence games under head coach Spurrier, including wins in 19 o their last 24 nontilts. The year-by-year breakdown: 2005 (2-2); (5-0); 2007 (3-1); 2008 (3-2); 2009 (4-1); 2010 (They have a regular season winning streak overcon erence opponents o eight games. South Carlast regular season non-con erence loss came 1,000 days ago, at Clemson in 2008.

Associated Press 1. Oklahoma (36) 0-0 14642. Alabama (17) 0-0 14393. Oregon (4) 0-0 13304. LSU (1) 0-0 1286

5. Boise State (2) 0-0 12006. Florida State 0-0 11687. Stan ord 0-0 10918. Texas A&M 0-0 9659. Oklahoma State 0-0 955

10. Nebraska 0-0 91011. Wisconsin 0-0 90012. South Carolina 0-0 84813. Virginia Tech 0-0 82114. TCU 0-0 69015. Arkansas 0-0 68616. Notre Dame 0-0 530

17. Michigan State 0-0 51918. Ohio State 0-0 44319. Georgia 0-0 36920. Mississippi State 0-0 36121. Missouri 0-0 25822. Florida 0-0 22823. Auburn 0-0 21924. West Virginia 0-0 20725. Southern Cali ornia 0-0 160

USA Today/Coaches 1. Oklahoma (42) 12-2 1454

2. Alabama (13) 10-3 14143. Oregon (2) 12-1 13094. LSU (2) 11-2 12965. Florida State 10-4 11166. Stan ord 12-1 11017. Boise State 12-1 10658. Oklahoma State 11-2 9339. Texas A&M 9-4 885

10. Wisconsin 11-2 82911. Nebraska 10-4 81412. South Carolina 9-5 77913. Virginia Tech 11-3 767

14. Arkansas 10-3 75015. TCU 13-0 68716. Ohio State 12-1 63117. Michigan State 11-2 53618. Notre Dame 8-5 44019. Auburn 14-0 32920. Mississippi State 9-4 30121. Missouri 10-3 26622. Georgia 6-7 26023. Florida 8-5 24024. Texas 5-7 16225. Penn State 7-6 161



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September 3, 2011 u Charlotte, N.C. u 7:00 p.m. ET u FSNRECAPPING 2010:South Carolina nished the 2010season with a 9-5 record overall, including a 5-3 markin SEC play. The Gamecocks captured the SEC EasternDivision and played in the SEC Championship Game inAtlanta or the rst time in school history. They nishedthe season ranked 22nd in both major polls, the rsttime they have nished the season in the nation’s top25 since the end o the 2001 season. The Gamecockswon nine games or just the third time in school his-tory. They got o to a 3-0 start, including a win overnationally-ranked Georgia, be ore alling or the rsttime at eventual national champion Auburn. Caro-lina rebounded to knock o the top-ranked team in thecountry in Alabama, the Gamecocks’ rst win ever overa top-ranked squad. A ter an upset loss at Kentucky,South Carolina won ve o its next six contests, includ-ing its rst win in “The Swamp” against Florida and awin in Death Valley against Clemson, the second yearin a row the Gamecocks have de eated their instate rival.

THE BEAST OF THE EAST: Prior to South Carolina’svictory over Florida, only the Gators, Georgia and Ten-nessee had ever won the SEC Eastern Division. In ad-dition to becoming the ourth-di erent SEC East teamto head to Atlanta, the Gamecocks de eated the Gators,Vols and Bulldogs in the same season or the rst timein school history.

ORANGE CRUSHED: South Carolina swept throughthe “Orange Crush” portion o its schedule with a per-

ect 3-0 record against Tennessee, Florida and Clem-son, beating all three teams in the same season or the

rst time in school history. Only twice be ore had theGamecocks managed a 2-1 mark in the season-endingstretch: the Gamecocks beat Tennessee and Clemsonbut lost to Florida in 1992, and Carolina earned victo-ries over the Vols and Gators in 2005 be ore alling inthe season nale to the Tigers.

DEFEATING THE BEST: South Carolina’s best winover a ranked opponent came in the 2010 season whenit knocked o No. 1 Alabama, 35-21, on Oct. 9. Here arethe top wins in school history:

BEST SOUTH CAROLINA WINS BY RANKIDate Opponent Rank Score10/09/10 vs Alabama 1 35-210/24/81 at North Carolina 3 31-09/24/09 vs Ole Miss 4 16-109/24/88 vs Georgia 6 23-110/04/07 vs Kentucky 8 38-11/21/87 vs Clemson 8 20-11/14/53 at West Virginia 8 20-09/09/00 vs Georgia 9 21-110/23/58 vs Clemson 10 26-

GOING BOWLING: The Gamecocks dropped a 26decision to ACC runnerup Florida State in the Chick- l-A Bowl in Atlanta. The game swung thenoles’ way when Gamecock reshman standout MLattimore was injured early in the contest and wable to return. Statistically the Gamecocks dommuch o the game, gaining 414 yards to FSU’sbut ve Carolina turnovers proved to be too muovercome.

WINNING MORE OFTEN PART I: South Carolinwon nine games or the third time in school historeight or more or just the 10th time). But more imsive is the act that the Gamecocks had 29 winthe last our seasons, the best our-year win toschool history. The Gamecocks had managed oustretches o 28 wins on three occasions – the 12008 and 2009 senior classes all experienced a 28career.

WINNING MORE OFTEN PART II: The Gamcocks have posted three-straight winning seasonsseven-consecutive seasons o at least a .500 reThe Gamecocks went 6-5 in 2004, 7-5 in 2005in 2006, 6-6 in 2007, and 7-6 in both 2008 and 2be ore logging a 9-5 record in 2010. The team haequaled a school-record stretch rom 1928-34 in the Gamecocks had seven-straight seasons at .50better.

THE HEAD BALL COACH: Steve Spurrier begins seventh season directing the Gamecock ootbalgram. He has logged a 44-33 mark in ColumbiaHead Ball Coach ranks third on the school’s allwins list, just one behind Jim Carlen or second

ourth in games coached at South Carolina. He rst coach to have a career winning record at Ca

since Joe Morrison (39-28-2) patrolled the siderom 1983-88. Spurrier owns a 186-73-2 mark

collegiate head coach, with stops at Duke and Fbe ore his stint at South Carolina. He is signed ththe 2014 season.

PERFECT RECORD: Head coach Steve Spurrier per ect 41-0 all-time against schools outside oautomatic quali er con erences, including a 15-0since coming to South Carolina. He de eated SoMiss, Furman and Troy in 2010 and will have thportunity to extend that mark in 2011 against East lina, Navy and The Citadel.

Gamecock Start Chart Player ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 All

Stephen Garcia - RS 3 13 14 0 30

Stephon Gilmore - - - 13 14 0 27

T.J. Johnson - - RS 13 14 0 27

Rodney Paulk 10 12 RS 1 0 0 23

Alshon Je ery - - - 7 14 0 21

Antonio Allen - - 0 8 11 0 19

Akeem Auguste - - 0 9 10 0 19

Travian Robertson - 1 0 4 14 0 19

Devin Taylor - - RS 5 14 0 19

Jason Barnes - 1 9 7 0 0 17

Kyle Nunn - RS 0 7 9 0 16

Rokevious Watkins - - - RS 14 0 14

Terrence Campbell RS 0 9 2 2 0 13

Marcus Lattimore - - - - 13 0 13

DeVonte Holloman - - - 2 10 0 12

D.L. Moore - - - 0 12 0 12

Shaq Wilson - - 0 11 1 0 12

C.C. Whitlock - - 0 5 5 0 10

Kenny Miles - - RS 7 1 0 8

D.J. Swearinger - - - 0 8 0 8

Justice Cunningham- - - 2 2 0 4Damario Je ery - - - 0 3 0 3

Melvin Ingram - 0 RS 1 1 0 2

Marty Markett - - - RS 2 0 2

Tracking the 2011 Opponents Opponent (Date vs. SC) W-L Last Game Next Gamevs East Carolina (9/3) 6-7 Maryland 51, East Carolina 20 South Carolina (9/3)at Georgia (9/10) 6-7 UCF 10, Georgia 6 vs Boise State (9/3)vs Navy (9/17) 9-4 San Diego State 35, Navy 14 vs Delaware (9/3)vs Vanderbilt (9/24) 2-10 Wake Forest 34, Vanderbilt 13 vs Elon (9/3)vs Auburn (10/1) 14-0 Auburn 22, Oregon 19 vs Utah State (9/3)vs Kentucky (10/8) 6-7 Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10 vs Western Kentucky (9/1)at Mississippi State (10/15) 9-4 Mississippi State 52, Michigan 14 at Memphis (9/1)at Tennessee (10/29) 6-7 North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 vs Montana (9/3)at Arkansas (11/5) 10-3 Ohio State 31, Arkansas 26 vs Missouri State (9/3)vs Florida (11/12) 8-5 Florida 37, Penn State 24 vs Florida Atlantic (9/3)vs The Citadel (11/19) 3-8 The Citadel 13, Sam ord 12 vs Jacksonville (9/3)vs Clemson (11/26) 6-7 South Florida 31, Clemson 26 vs Troy (9/3)Opponents’ Overall Record 85-69 (.552)



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September 3, 2011 u Charlotte, N.C. u 7:00 p.m. ET u FSNTHE BUTLER DID IT: The Gamecocks made onesigni cant coaching change during the o season withShane Beamer leaving or his alma mater, Virginia Tech,to coach with his dad, head coach Frank Beamer. Toreplace Beamer, Spurrier tabbed ormer MinnesotaGolden Gopher special teams coordinator John Butlerto take over those similar duties with the Gamecocks.He will also assist with the Spurs. Butler came highlyrecommended by strength & conditioning coach CraigFitzgerald, as the two coached together at Harvard.

COACHING SHUFFLE: In other coaching moves,Jeep Hunter moves rom the o ensive side o theball where he was responsible or the tight ends, to thede ensive side, where he will coach the sa eties.JayGraham, who has mentored the Gamecock runningbacks, will add the tight ends to his list o duties.SteveSpurrier Jr. has been given the added responsibilitieso recruiting coordinator with Beamer’s departure. Spur-rier Jr. will continue to coach the wide receivers and isthe team’s passing game coordinator. De ensive coor-dinatorLorenzo Ward will ocus on the cornerbacksa ter coaching that group along with the ree sa eties ayear ago.

RECRUITING SUCCESS: The Gamecocks are com-ing o another success ul February signing day. Theyinked de ensive endJadeveon Clowney rom SouthPointe High School in South Carolina, who manyconsider the nation’s number 1 prospect. Overall, theGamecocks signed 32 players to National Letters o In-tent, including our who count against last year’s list.The Gamecocks have put together seven consecutiveclasses that rank among the nation’s top 25, accordingto Rivals.com . Here are the Gamecocks’ recent recruit-ing class rankings according toRivals andScout.com :

2002: 11th/18th 2007: 6th/7th2003: 8th/15th 2008: 22nd/34th2004: 35th/28th 2009: 12th/13th2005: 23rd/20th 2010: 24th/34th2006: 24th/33rd 2011: 18th/11th

MR. FOOTBALL: The Gamecocks have signed thelast three “Mr. Football” winners in the state o SouthCarolina. It was Stephon Gilmore in 2009, ollowed byMarcus Lattimore in 2010 and Jadeveon Clowney in2011.

ENROLLING EARLY: The Gamecocks welcomed

reshman Martay Mattox into the old this spring. Mat-tox graduated rom Clarke Central High in Athens, Ga.in December, enrolled at Carolina in January and wentthrough his rst spring drills. Mattox became the 11th

reshman since Coach Spurrier’s arrival in Columbia toenter college earlier than the norm. Clark Gaston did soin 2006, while Stephen Garcia and Travian Robertsonarrived in January o 2007. Jay Spearman, C.C. Whit-lock and Shaq Wilson all went through spring drills in2008 a ter graduating rom high school in the previ-ous December. In 2009, Jarvis Giles, Stephon Gilmoreand DeVonte Holloman made the early leap rom highschool to college. Quarterback Connor Shaw made theleap in 2010.

DONNING THE CAP AND GOWN: Five returninGamecocks have received their degrees rom thversity. Those who have their diplomas in hand inTerrence Campbell (retail), Stephen Garcia (socioByron McKnight (criminal justice), Rodney Paulrine science) and Travian Robertson (criminal jus

IN THE CLASSROOM: The Gamecocks have bimpressive in the classroom o late. The squad p31 players on the 2010 SEC Fall Academic Honowhile posting a team GPA o 2.779, the program’est GPA on record. They ollowed that up with aGPA o 2.711. Those who made the SEC Honoinclude returnees Jacob Baker, Jason Barnes, PaBrady, Billy Byrne, Andrew Cli ord, Stephon Walker Inabinet, Damario Je ery, T.J. Johnson, Paulk, Travian Robertson, Seth Strickland, Daltoson, Jay Wooten and Adam Yates.

GILMORE DOES IT ALL: Gamecock cornerback Sphon Gilmore was one o only six players to earteam All-SEC honors by either the Associated PrCoaches and also be named to the 2010 Fall AcadHonor Roll. The others were Alabama o ensivBarrett Jones, Florida punter Chas Henry, Alaquarterback Greg McElroy, Auburn center Ryanand Mississippi State o ensive tackle Derek Sh

TAKING THE FIFTH (AND THE SIXTH): LinebackRodney Paulk and o ensive guard Terrence Cahave been granted a sixth year o eligibility bNCAA. Paulk earned second-team Freshman All-ica honors romSporting News as a reshman in 20He ranked ourth on the squad with 64 tackles dhis sophomore season in 2007. Paulk injured his in August o 2008 and saw limited action in th

our games o that campaign be ore sitting out omainder o the season. He was granted his rst mredshirt ollowing the season. In 2009, Paulk suseason-ending knee injury in the season-openingat NC State, and was granted his second medicalshirt. He sat out the spring drills in 2010 while coning his rehab work, and returned to the eld in APaulk graduated in December with a degree in mscience. Campbell also came to Carolina in 2006su ered a season-ending knee injury early in hcamp and was granted a medical redshirt. He playone game as a de ensive lineman in 2007 be oreing to the o ensive side o the ball. He was a

at right guard in 2008 then, a ter starting the rgames o the 2009 season, he su ered a neck/shstinger that sidelined him or the remainder o tson and earned him a second medical redshirt seaHe played sporadically in ‘10 but returns as a prostarter in 2011. Campbell earned his degree in in May. Paulk and Campbell are the second and Gamecocks to have a sixth year o eligibility grathe Spurrier Era, joining ormer tight end Andy B

Carolina Trends Under

2010 SpurrierOverall 9-5 44-33Home 6-1 29-13Road 3-2 14-15Neutral 0-2 1-5Grass 9-3 42-28Tur 0-2 2-5

Leading A ter 1st Quarter 7-2 28-8Tied A ter 1st Quarter 1-0 11-3Trailing A ter 1st Quarter 1-3 5-22

Leading at Hal time 7-2 32-8

Tied at Hal time 2-0 5-2Trailing at Hal time 0-3 7-23

Leading A ter 3rd Quarter 9-2 40-4Tied A ter 3rd Quarter 0-0 1-3Trailing A ter 3rd Quarter 0-3 3-26

When Scoring First 4-1 29-9When Opponent Scores First 5-4 15-24

Largest Hal time Lead 49 49Largest Hal time De cit 14 31

Score 20 or more Points 8-3 35-11Score 30 or more Points 6-0 24-4Opponents Score 20 or less 6-0 32-8Games Decided by 3 or less 0-1 3-5Games Decided by 10 or less 0-3 18-17

Rush or 100 Yards or more 8-3 35-11Rush or 150 Yards or more 6-1 21-4Pass or 200 Yards or more 6-3 26-25Pass or 300 Yards or more 1-2 6-8Total 400 Yards or more 4-2 15-7

Opp. Rush less than 100 yards 8-1 21-3Opp. Pass less than 200 yards 5-1 28-18Opp. Total less than 300 yards 5-0 22-4

Commit More Turnovers 1-5 12-25Commit Fewer Turnovers 5-0 19-4Commit Equal Turnovers 3-0 13-4

Lead in Time o Possession 6-0 26-9Trail in Time o Possession 3-5 18-24



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SPRING GAME AWARDS: Several players were rec-ognized or their achievements at hal time o the annualGarnet & Black Spring Game:Most Improved:

Quarterback ........................................ Connor ShawRunning Back ...........................................Eric BakerWide Receiver ....................................... Ace SandersTight End ........................................ Corey SimmonsO ensive Lineman ...............................Cody GibsonDe ensive Lineman ...........................Byron JerideauLinebacker .....................................Reginald BowensCornerback ......................................Victor HamptonSa ety...............................................Brison WilliamsSpecialist ............................................... Jay Wooten

Outstanding Weight Room ...................Damario Je eryD.L. Moore

Marcus LattimoreOutstanding Walk-On ...................................Billy Byrne

Travis FordWalker Inabinet

Jared ShawSeth Strickland

Harold White GPA .....................................T.J. JohnsonDalton Wilson

Adam YatesHarris Pastides Scholar-Athlete ..........Stephon GilmoreJoe Morrison - Player o the Spring:

O ense ........................................... DeAngelo SmithDe ense........................................... D.J. Swearinger

Ernest Brooks - MVP - Clemson Game:O ense .............................................. Alshon Je eryDe ense............................................... Antonio AllenSpecial Teams................................Spencer Lanning

MVP - Florida Game .........................Marcus Lattimore

THE SCHEDULE: Carolina will open the 2011 seasonat Bank o America Stadium in Charlotte against EastCarolina on Sept. 3. That game will mark the squad’sthird-straight tilt at a neutral site, ollowing a pair oappearances in the Georgia Dome to end the 2010 sea-son - the SEC Championship against eventual nationalchampion Auburn and the Chick- l-A Bowl vs. FloridaState. The SEC opener is set or the next weekend inAthens against the Georgia Bulldogs in a key earlyseason Eastern Division showdown. Carolina is thenhome or our straight contests, with the home openerset or Sept. 17 against Navy. Three-straight SEC homecontests ollow, with Vanderbilt, Auburn and Kentuckyall making their way to Williams-Brice Stadium. The

Gamecocks then go on the road or three-straighshowdowns over the next our weeks with trips tsissippi State and Tennessee separated by an o

ollowed by a trip to Arkansas. The nal three gathe regular season will take place in the riendl

nes o Williams-Brice Stadium, as Florida, The and Clemson venture to Columbia in November.

BOWL GAME PARTICIPANTS: For the seconstraight season, 10 o the Gamecocks’ 11 FoBowl Subdivision (FBS) opponents are coming ogames. Vanderbilt is the lone FBS school on thethat did not participate in a bowl game last season

ROTATING ON AND OFF: With the rotation schedo SEC West opponents, the Gamecocks drop Al

rom their schedule and pick up Mississippi Stathe next two seasons. The Gamecocks will plStarkville on Oct. 15. The Bulldogs will return theColumbia during the 2012 campaign.

WORKING OVERTIME: The Gamecocks have plajust two overtime games in their history, both atnessee. They dropped a 23-20 decision in KnoxviSept. 27, 2003, then ell by a 27-24 score on Oc2007, at Neyland Stadium. Every other SEC teaplayed at least our overtime games since the ruestablished in 1996.

South Carolina-ECU By the Numbers

–2010– SC ECU

Record 9-5 6-7Points Scored 433 478Points/Game 30.9 36.8Opp. Points Scored 324 572Opp. Points/Game 23.1 44.0

First Downs 288 307Opp. First Downs 260 3043rd Down Conversions 49% 43%Opp. 3rd Down Conversions 40% 51%

4th Down Conversions 3-6 21-28Opp. 4th Down Conversions 11-26 13-18

Rushing Attempts 522 358Yards Rushing 2161 1546Yards Rushing/Game 154.4 118.9Opp. Rushing Attempts 467 553Opp. Yards Rushing 1574 2947Opp. Yards Rush/Game 112.4 226.7

Passes Attempted 389 632Passes Completed 252 408Yards Passing 3338 4143Yards Pass/Game 238.4 318.7Opp. Passes Attempted 460 405Opp. Passes Completed 289 242Opp. Yards Passing 3387 3277Opp. Yards Pass/Game 241.9 252.1

Total Plays 911 990Total Yards 5499 5689Avg. Yards/Game 392.8 437.6Avg. Yards/Play 6.0 5.7Opp. Total Plays 927 958Opp. Total Yards 4961 6224Opp. Total Yards/Game 354.4 478.8Opp. Total Yards/Play 5.4 6.5

Avg. Poss. Time/Game 30:54 27:04


2010 Carolina Rankings Category Avg. SEC NCAAScoring O ense 30.93 6 3Rushing O ense 154.36 8 6Passing O ense 238.43 6 4

Passing E ciency 147.65 5 2Total O ense 392.79 7 4Scoring De ense 23.14 6 43Rushing De ense 112.43 3 1Passing De ense 241.93 10 97Pass E ciency De ense 136.80 10 Total De ense 354.36 7 46Kicko Returns 20.43 11 Punt Returns 3.42 12 115Net Punting 37.09 6 45Turnover Margin 0.0 9 55Sacks 2.93 1 7Tackles or Loss 6.93 5 18Sacks Allowed 2.14 8 74

Pronunciation Guide Akeem Auguste .........................uh-GUST-eeDamiere Byrd ...............................duh-MEERJadeveon Clowney ............ juh-DAY-vee-uhnAldrick Fordham ..............................AL-drickQua Gilchrist ....................................... QUAYStephon Gilmore ........................... stuh-FONChaun Gresham ................................... ShonWalker Inabinet............................in-AB-in-etAlshon Je ery .................................AL-shon

Shamier Je ery ..........................shuh-MEByron Jerideau ...........................JER-uh-doKadetrix Marcus ........................... kuh-D-trMarty Markett ................................mar-KETMartay Maddox ............................... mar-TAMike Matulis ............................muh-TOO-lTravian Robertson.........................TRAY-v-unCadarious Sanders .............cuh-DARE-ee-uD.J. Swearinger ......................SWEAR-in-gRokevious Watkins .................... ro-KEY-v-



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GARCIA’S BACK: Fi th-year senior Stephen Garciais back or his nal campaign. The 6-2, 232-pounder

rom Lutz, Fla. already ranks statistically among thetop 5 quarterbacks in South Carolina history (see chartbelow). He is 17-13 in 30 career starts and has made28 consecutive starts. Only Todd Ellis (24) and SteveTaneyhill (20) have won more games as a starting quar-terback or the Garnet & Black. Garcia is the SEC activeleader in total o ense, touchdown responsibility, passcompletions, passing yards and touchdown passes.

IF NOT GARCIA, THEN SHAW: Sophomore quarter-back Connor Shaw is expected to see playing time aswell. Shaw, a 6-1, 204-pounder rom Flowery Branch,Ga., saw action in nine games last season, completing23-o -33 passes or 223 yards.

BRUCE ALMIGHTY: Redshirt reshman wide receiverBruce Ellington could make an impact on the gridironthis year a ter doing so on the hardwood last winter. inaddition to his work at wide receiver, he could be usedin the “Wildcat” package and as a kick returner. The 5-9,197-pounder rom Moncks Corner, S.C. was the start-ing point guard or the Gamecocks’ basketball team asa reshman. He earned a spot on the SEC All-Fresh-man team a ter leading the squad with a 12.8 pointsper game average. He started all 30 games or a squadthat went 14-16. He is expected to rejoin the basketballteam at the conclusion o the ootball season. He was astandout prep athlete in both sports or Berkeley High.

THE TALL AND SHORT OF IT: The Gamecocks boastseveral tall receivers in their rotation, including threeplayers listed at 6-4 in Alshon Je ery, Jason Barnes andD.L. Moore. Several are also more diminutive, includ-ing three that are listed at 5-9 in Bruce Ellington, NickJones and Damiere Byrd, along with Ace Sanders, whomeasures in at 5-7.

D-LINE AMONG THE BEST: The Gamecocks boastwhat many believe is one o the top de ensive lines incollege ootball. Devin Taylor, a 6-7, 260-pound junior,anchors one side o the line. Taylor was a rst-team All-SEC selection a year ago a ter recording 13.0 tackles

or loss, including 7.5 sacks. Fi th-year senior MelvinIngram is listed as the starter on the other side, but canalso move into the middle. The 6-2, 276-pounder romHamlet, N.C. led the Gamecocks in sacks last seasonwith 9.0. The man in the middle is th-year senior

Travian Robertson. One o the strongest players on theteam, Robertson has made 19 career starts among his43 games played over the past our seasons. The na-tion’s top recruit, Jadeveon Clowney, joins the de en-sive line corps this season, and is expected to make animmediate impact as well.

SHAQ IS BACK: The Gamecocks welcome the reo linebacker Shaq Wilson. Wilson, a 5-11, 223-pjunior rom Jacksonville, Fla. led the team in taca sophomore in 2009, but saw action in just one glast season, due to a hamstring injury su ered tday o preseason drills. He played in the regular sgame at Auburn and accounted or seven tackles acovered two umbles, but re-aggravated the haminjury and did not play again.

IN THE SECONDARY: The Gamecocks eature aented group in the secondary, led by All-SEC perand third-team All-American Stephon Gilmore.ore, a 6-1, 193-pound junior rom Rock Hill, S.Cthe team in tackles a season ago with 79. D.J. Swinger, a 5-10, 208-pound strong sa ety is the awards candidate in the secondary. He is considerehardest hitter in the de ensive back eld and recortackles last year.

PICK THIS: Here is the list o current Gamecocktheir career interception numbers:Player InterceptionsStephon Gilmore 4DeVonte Holloman 3C.C. Whitlock 2Shaq Wilson 2Antonio Allen 1Chaz Sutton 1D.J. Swearinger 1Devin Taylor 1

JUST FOR KICKS: The Gamecocks will have a punter and a new placekicker this season, replaSpencer Lanning, who held both duties last year. SJay Wooten has won the placekicking battle. the s

rom Laurinburg, N.C., has previous experiencekicked or North Carolina during the 2008 seasoing 4- or-6 in eld attempts and on all 11 extra tries. The starting punting duties has been more clcontested, with Joey Scribner-Howard and Patricbatting toe-to-toe. Scribner-Howard is a senior Irmo who gained experience kicking or Carsonman College in 2007 and ‘08, and as a kicko sp

or Carolina in 2010. Fish is a redshirt reshmaShelby, N.C.

THE DAWG POUND: The Gamecocks will get tll o Bulldogs this season, as three o their opp

have that nickname. Carolina will ace the Georgdogs, the Mississippi State Bulldogs and The CiBulldogs this season.


PASS ATTEMPTS1. Todd Ellis (1986-89) ...............1,3502. Steve Taneyhill (1992-95) ..........1,2453. Stephen Garcia (2008-10) . 9034. Phil Petty (1998-2001) ...............8615. Anthony Wright (1995-98) .........796

PASS COMPLETIONS1. Steve Taneyhill (1992-95) ..........7532. Todd Ellis (1986-89) ..................7473. Stephen Garcia (2008-10) . 5284. Blake Mitchell (2004-07) ............4825. Phil Petty (1998-01) ...................454

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE1. Blake Mitchell (2004-07)............6072. Steve Taneyhill (1992-95) ..........6053. Bobby Fuller (1990-91) ..............5884. Stephen Garcia (2008-10) .5855. Chris Smelley (2006-08) ............564

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS1. Steve Taneyhill (1992-95) ...........2. Todd Ellis (1986-89) ....................3. Stephen Garcia (2008-10) ... 434. Anthony Wright (1995-98) ..........

Blake Mitchell (2004-07)..............38

South Carolina’s Career Passing Leaders

Watch Lists

Bednarik AwardStephon Gilmore

Devin TaylorBiletniko Award

Alshon Je eryWalter Camp Award

Alshon Je eryMarcus Lattimore

Ted Hendricks AwardDevin Taylor

Paul Hornung Award

Stephon GilmoreRotary Lombardi Award

Travian RobertsonDevin Taylor

Ronnie Lott TrophyStephon Gilmore

Maxwell AwardStephen GarciaAlshon Je ery

Marcus LattimoreBronko Nagurski Award

Stephon GilmoreDevin Taylor

Outland TrophyT.J. JohnsonRokevious Watkins

Rimington TrophyT.J. Johnson

Jim Thorpe AwardStephon Gilmore

Doak Walker AwardMarcus Lattimore



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THEY PAY TO SEE THE GAMECOCKS PLAY: South Carolina averaged 76,668 ans or its sevenhome games at Williams-Brice Stadium last season,ranking 18th in the nation in average home attendance.The largest crowd came on Oct. 9 as 82,993 anspacked Williams-Brice Stadium to witness the historicGamecock upset o No. 1 Alabama. That crowd was the19th-biggest in Williams-Brice Stadium history and thelargest since 83,704 were on hand or the Gamecocks’contest against then-No. 2 Georgia in 2008.

BOWL TIE-INS: The SEC has tie-ins with nine gamesduring the 2011-12 bowl season:Franklin American Music City Bowl ....Nashville, Tenn.AutoZone Liberty Bowl ....................... Memphis, Tenn.Chick- l-A Bowl.........................................Atlanta, Ga.Outback Bowl .............................................Tampa, Fla.Capital One Bowl.....................................Orlando, Fla.Gator Bowl ........................................Jacksonville, Fla.Allstate Sugar Bowl ...........................New Orleans, La.AT&T Cotton Bowl.............................. Arlington, TexasBirmingham Bowl.............................Birmingham, Ala.

UP NEXT: The Gamecocks will have an early seasonSEC Eastern Division showdown next week when theytravel to Athens to ace the Georgia Bulldogs. Gametime is set or 4:30 p.m. and the contest will be televisednationally on ESPN.

RADIO AFFILIATES: Gamecock Sports Marketing, apartnership between the University o South CarolinaAthletics Department and the country’s leaders in thecollegiate sports marketing industry, IMG College isthe originating medium or radio coverage o the SouthCarolina Gamecocks. WNKT-FM (107.5) in Columbiais the fagship station o Gamecock Athletics. Here arethe radio a liates or 2011:Abbeville WZLA-FM 92.9Aiken/Edge eld WKSX-FM 92.7Allendale WDOG-FM 93.5Anderson WRIX-FM 103.1Camden WPUB-FM 102.7Charleston WTMA-AM 1250Columbia WISW-AM 1320Columbia WNKT-FM 107.5Florence/Lamar WSIM-FM 93.7Ga ney WZZQ-FM 104.3Ga ney WZZQ-AM 1500Greenville WROO-FM 96.7Greenwood WLMA-AM 1350Hilton Head WGZO-FM 103.1Lancaster WRHM-FM 107.1Myrtle Beach WSYN-FM 103.1Newberry WKDK-AM 1240Orangeburg WGFG-FM 105.1Rock Hill WRHM-FM 107.1Seneca WSNW-AM 1150Seneca WSNW-FM 103.5Spartanburg WSPG-AM 1400Sumter WIBZ-FM 95.5Union WBCU-AM 1460Walterboro WALI-FM 93.7

RETURNING ALL-STARS: ANTONIO ALLEN All-SEC Phil Steele 4th TSTEPHEN GARCIA All-SEC Phil Steele 3rd TSTEPHON GILMORE All-American Associated Press 3rd T

All-Sophomore CollegeFootballNews 2nd All-SEC Coaches 1st TePhil Steele 1st TeaAssociated Press 2nd Te

ALSHON JEFFERY All-American FWAA 1st T

AFCA 1st TeESPN.com 1st TeaPhil Steele 1st TeaWalter Camp 2nd TeAssociated Press 2nd TeSports Illustrated 2nd TeCollegeFootballNews 2nd Te

All-Sophomore CollegeFootballNews 1st All-SEC Associated Press 1st T

Coaches 1st TeaPhil Steele 1st TeaRivals.com 1st TeaCollegeFootballNews 1st Te

Biletniko Award FinalistT.J. JOHNSON All-Sophomore CollegeFootballNews 2nd All-SEC Rivals.com 1st T

Phil Steele 2nd TeaMARCUS LATTIMORE All-American CollegeFootballNews 1st

Walter Camp 2nd TePhil Steele 4th Tea

National Freshman Sporting Newso the Year CBSSportsline.com

Rivals.comPhil SteeleCollegeFootballNews

National FWAA 1st TAll-Freshman Sporting News 1st T

CBSSportsline.com 1st TeRivals.com 1st TeaPhil Steele 1st TeaCollegeFootballNews 1st Te

All-SEC Associated Press 1st TCoaches 1st TeaPhil Steele 1st TeaRivals.com 1st TeaCollegeFootballNews 1st Te

SEC Freshman Associated Presso the Year Coaches

Sporting NewsRivals.com SEC All-Freshman Coaches 1st TTRAVIAN ROBERTSON All-SEC Phil Steele 4th TACE SANDERS SEC All-Freshman Coaches 1st TDEVIN TAYLOR All-Sophomore CollegeFootballNews 1st All-SEC Associated Press 1st T

Phil Steele 1st TeaRivals.com 1st TeaCoaches 2nd Tea

STEVE SPURRIER SEC Coach o the Year Coaches

Media Services Weekly Press Con erence:Head Coach Steve Spurrier conducts his weeklypress con erence at noon ET on Tuesdays in the Me-dia Interview Room, located across rom the Media

Relations O ce underneath the west stands o Wil-liams-Brice Stadium. Media members attending thepress con erence should enter the stadium throughthe gate next to the press elevator on the west side othe stadium o Blu Road. Cross the concourse andpass through two black doors. Walk down the Hallo Captains to the Media Interview Room. The presscon erence will be streamed live on the o cial web-site o South Carolina Athletics, www.gamecock-sonline.com. Selected players are also available orinterviews either rom 11:30 - noon or rom 12:30- 1 p.m. The University o South Carolina mediarelations o ce will make Coach Spurrier’s weeklypress con erence available or the media via an FTP

site. For more in ormation, contact Assistant MediaRelations Director Matt Freed at m [email protected].

Spurrier Sunday Telecon erence:Head coach Steve Spurrier will participate in aweekly telecon erence on Sundays at 2 p.m. ET,beginning Sept. 4. To participate, media memberscan call 1-800-793-6775. Contact Athletics MediaRelations Director Steve Fink or the passcode.

SEC Telecon erence:The Southeastern Con erence will host a weeklypress telecon erence each Wednesday rom Aug.31 through Nov. 23. The telecon erence, open to the

media, will eature the head coach rom each teamevery week. Coach Spurrier’s schedule time is 11:10a.m. ET. Contact the SEC Media Relations o ce at

or the number and passcode.

Weekly Interview Opportunities:Requested and approved de ensive players and as-sistant coaches are available a ter practice on Mon-days. Selected players are available be ore and/ora ter the Tuesday press con erence. Requested andapproved o ensive players and assistant coachesare available a ter practice on Wednesdays. As-sistant Head Coach/De ense, Ellis Johnson, willbe available a ter practice on Thursdays. Requests

should be submitted to Steve Fink prior to 11 a.m.on the day o the request. Players are not availableor interviews on Thursdays, Fridays or Sundays.

Gamecock practices are closed to both the publicand media unless otherwise noti ed.

Carolina Calls:Head coach Steve Spurrier and play-by-play voiceTodd Ellis host the weekly Carolina Calls radio show

rom Wild Wing Ca e in the Vista on Thursday nightsrom 7-8 p.m. ET. Carolina Calls can be heard on

the fagship station o Carolina Athletics, 107.5 TheGame in Columbia.



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STAR WATCH – ALSHON JEFFERY

RECEPTIONSNo. PLAYER YEARS REC

1. Kenny McKinley 2005-08 2072. Sterling Sharpe 1983, 1985-87 1693. Zola Davis 1995-98 1644. Robert Brooks 1988-91 1565. Jermale Kelly 1997-00 1536. Fred Zeigler 1967-69 1467. Sidney Rice 2005-06 1428. Alshon Je ery 2009-10 1349. Cory Boyd 2003-07 117

10. Stanley Pritchett 1992-95 116

RECEIVING YARDSNo. PLAYER YEARS YDS

1. Kenny McKinley 2005-08 2,7812. Sterling Sharpe 1983-87 2,4973. Zola Davis 1995-98 2,3544. Alshon Je ery 2009-10 2,2805. Sidney Rice 2005-06 2,2336. Robert Brooks 1988-91 2,2117. Jermale Kelly 1997-00 2,1818. Philip Logan 1974-77 2,0639. Fred Zeigler 1967-69 1,876

10. Troy Williamson 2002-04 1,754

100-YARD RECEIVING GAMESNo. PLAYER YEARS GMS

1. Sidney Rice 2005-06 11Alshon Je ery 2009-10 11

3. Sterling Sharpe 1983-87 10

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNSNo. PLAYER YEARS T

1. Sidney Rice 2005-06 22. Robert Brooks 1988-91

Jermale Kelly 1997-00 1Kenny McKinley 2005-08

5. Sterling Sharpe 1983-87 1Zola Davis 1995-98 1

7. Philip Logan 1974-77 1Alshon Je ery 2009-10 15

9. Toby Cates 1991-94 1Monty Means 1992-95 1Troy Williamson 2002-04

YARDS PER RECEPTION(Min. 75 receptions)No. PLAYER YEARS YD

1. Philip Logan 1974-77 192. Eddie Miller 1988-91 19

Troy Williamson 2002-04 194. Ira Hillary 1981-84 175. Danny Smith 1984-87 176. Alshon Je ery 2009-10 17.07. Jim Mitchell 1969-71 168. Brian Scott 1998-01 169. Toby Cates 1991-94 16

10. Sidney Rice 2005-06 15

CONSECUTIVE GAMESWITH A RECEPTIONNo. PLAYER YEARS GM

1. Kenny McKinley 2005-08 2. Sterling Sharpe 1985-87 3

Jermale Kelly 1997-00 34. Ryan Brewer 2000-02

-------------------------------------------------Alshon Je ery 2009-10 23

A. Jeffery’s Statistics Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long2009 13/7 46 763 16.6 6 802010 14/14 88 1517 17.2 9 722011 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0Total 27/21 134 2280 17.0 15 80

A. Jeffery’s Single-Game Highs Receptions ..........9, twice: Vanderbilt & Florida State, 2Yards Receiving......................................192, Auburn, 20Long Reception .....................................80, Arkansas, 20Touchdown Receptions ........................... 3, Kentucky, 20100-Yard Receiving Games .............................................

2009Date Opponent Rec Yds TD09/03 at NC State 1 5 009/12 at Georgia 0 0 009/19 vs Florida Atlantic 2 24 009/24 vs Ole Miss 0 0 010/03 vs SC State 2 32 110/10 vs Kentucky 7 138 310/17 at Alabama 4 83 010/24 vs Vanderbilt 8 161 110/31 at Tennessee 4 54 011/07 at Arkansas 5 116 111/14 vs Florida 6 57 011/28 vs Clemson 4 65 001/02 Connecticut 3 28 0

(Papajohns.com Bowl)2009 TOTALS 46 763 6

2010Date Opponent Rec Yds TD09/02 vs So. Miss 7 106 009/11 vs Georgia 7 103 009/18 vs Furman 5 97 009/25 at Auburn 8 192 210/09 vs Alabama 7 127 210/16 at Kentucky 6 65 110/23 at Vanderbilt 9 158 110/30 vs Tennessee 3 87 111/06 vs Arkansas 7 99 011/13 at Florida 6 53 011/20 vs Troy 5 123 011/27 at Clemson 5 141 112/04 Auburn 4 36 1

(SEC Championship)12/31 Florida State 9 130 0

(Chick- l-A Bowl)2010 TOTALS 88 1517 9

2011Date Opponent Rec Yds TD09/03 East Carolina09/10 at Georgia09/17 vs Navy09/24 vs Vanderbilt10/01 vs Auburn10/08 vs Kentucky10/15 at Miss. State10/29 at Tennessee11/05 at Arkansas11/12 vs Florida11/19 vs The Citadel11/26 vs Clemson

A. Jeffery’s Game-by-Game

South Carolina Career Receiving Leaders

4 2011 Watch Lists:BiletnikoWalter CampMaxwell Award

4 Playboy Preseason All-American4

Phil Steele Preseason All-Americ4 Sporting News SEC Preseason“Most Thrilling”

4 Sports Illustrated Cover (8/15/11)4 2010 Biletniko Finalist4 2010 First-team All-American b

AFCA, FWAA,Phil Steele andESPN.com

4 2010 Second-team All-AmericaWalter Camp,Sports IllustratedAP and CollegeFootballNews



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STAR WATCH – MARCUS LATTIMORE

2010Date Opponent Att Yds TD09/02 vs So. Miss 14 54 209/11 vs Georgia 37 182 209/18 vs Furman 19 97 109/25 at Auburn 14 33 110/09 vs Alabama 23 93 210/16 at Kentucky 15 79 210/23 at Vanderbilt –DNP–10/30 vs Tennessee 29 184 111/06 vs Arkansas 11 30 011/13 at Florida 40 212 311/20 vs Troy 7 102 311/27 at Clemson 23 48 012/04 vs Auburn 16 84 0

(SEC Championship)12/31 vs Florida State 1 -1 0

(Chick- l-A Bowl)2010 TOTALS 249 1197 17

2011Date Opponent Att Yds TD09/03 East Carolina09/10 at Georgia09/17 vs Navy09/24 vs Vanderbilt10/01 vs Auburn10/08 vs Kentucky10/15 at Miss. State10/29 at Tennessee11/05 at Arkansas11/12 vs Florida11/19 vs The Citadel11/26 vs Clemson

Lattimore’s Game-by-Game

Lattimore’s Statistics –Rushing–

Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long2010 13/13 249 1197 4.8 17 582011 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0Total 13/13 249 1197 4.8 17 58

–Receiving– Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long2010 13/13 29 412 14.2 2 532011 0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0Total 13/13 29 412 14.2 2 53

Lattimore’s Single-Game Highs Carries ...........40, (school record), Florida, 2010Yards Rushing ........................ 212, Florida, 2010Long Rush.....................................58, Troy, 2010TDs Rushing ...................3, Florida & Troy, 2010Receptions ...............................5, Clemson 2010Yards Receiving...................133, Kentucky, 2010Long Reception ............... 53, Florida State, 2010TDs Receiving .......1, Alabama & Kentucky, 2010TDs Scored ..................................... 3, our times100+-Yard Rushing Games ............................... 4

4 2011 Watch Lists:Walter Camp, Maxwell, Doak Walker

4 Sporting News Preseason All-American4 Sporting News SEC Preseason Player

o the Year4 Sporting News Doak Walker Preseason Favorite4 2010 National Freshman o the Year4 2010 SEC Freshman o the Year4 2010 First-team All-SEC

South Carolina Career Rushing LeadersRUSHING YARDSNo. PLAYER YEARS YDS

1. George Rogers 1977-80 5,2042. Brandon Bennett 1991-94 3,0553. Harold Green 1986-89 3,005

4. Steve Wadiak 1948-51 2,8785. Thomas Dendey 1982-85 2,7676. Johnnie Wright 1977-81 2,5897. Jay Lynn Hodgin 1972-74 2,4788. Kevin Long 1973-76 2,3729. Clarence Williams 1974-76 2,311

10. Cory Boyd 2003-07 2,26711. Warren Muir 1967-69 2 ,23412. Mike Davis 2005-08 2,23113. Derek Watson 1999-01 2,07814. Kent Hagood 1981-85 2,01415. Bishop Strickland 1947-50 1,96516. Duce Staley 1995-96 1,852

Andrew Pinnock 1999-02 1,85218. Rob DeBoer 1990-93 1,81019. Mike Davis 2005-07 1,65820. Spencer Clark 1976-79 1,65221. Mike Dingle 1988-90 1,63422. Troy Hambrick 1996-98 1,58623. Je Grantz 1972-75 1,57724. Alex Hawkins 1956-58 1,49025. Mike Caskey 1952-55 1,27626. Daccus Turman 2002-05 1,25527. King Dixon 1956-58 1,25028. Steve Dorsey 1976-79 1,21629. Marcus Lattimore 2010 1,19730. Stanley Pritchett 1992-95 1,178

RUSHING ATTEMPTSNo. PLAYER YEARS ATT

1. George Rogers 1977-80 9542. Harold Green 1986-89 7023. Brandon Bennett 1991-94 6814. Johnnie Wright 1977-81 5525. Steve Wadiak 1948-51 5436. Warren Muir 1967-69 523

Mike Davis 2005-08 5238. Jay Lynn Hodgin 1972-74 5159. Thomas Dendy 1982-85 494

10. Cory Boyd 2003-07 464--------------------------------------------------

Marcus Lattimore 2010 249 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSNo. PLAYER YEARS TDS

1. George Rogers 1977-80 31Harold Green 1986-89 31

3. Brandon Bennett 1991-94 27Andrew Pinnock 1999-02 27

5. Je Grantz 1973-75 266. Cory Boyd 2003-07 237. Jay Lynn Hodgin 1972-74 228. Mike Davis 2005-08 199. Thomas Dendy 1982-85 18

Mike Dingle 1988-90 1811. Marcus Lattimore 2010 17



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Offense 1 Alshon Je ery 6-4 229 JR-2L St. Matthews, S.C.6 DeAngelo Smith 6-0 193 SO-SQ Kingsland, Ga.3 Damiere Byrd 5-9 161 FR-HS Sicklerville, N.J.

4 Jason Barnes 6-4 214 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C.OR 9 Ace Sanders 5-7 175 SO-1L Bradenton, Fla.23 Bruce Ellington 5-9 197 FR-RS Moncks Corner, S.C.

82 D.L. Moore 6-4 203 JR-2L Bowling Green, Ky.OR 4 Jason Barnes 6-4 214 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C.

10 Nick Jones 5-9 188 FR-RS Moore, S.C.

68 Kyle Nunn 6-6 295 SR-3L Sumter, S.C.76 Mike Matulis 6-5 274 FR-HS Boynton Beach, Fla.

50 A.J. Cann 6-3 299 FR-RS Bamberg, S.C.70 Kyle Harris 6-3 273 FR-HS Silver Creek, Ga.

55 T.J. Johnson 6-5 316 JR-2L Aynor, S.C.61 Travis Ford 6-3 278 SO-SQ Fork, S.C.

60 Terrence Campbell 6-3 295 SR-2L Austell, Ga.67 Ronald Patrick 6-1 302 SO-SQ Cocoa, Fla.

73 Rokevious Watkins 6-4 340 SR-1L Fairburn, Ga.71 Brandon Shell 6-6 322 FR-HS Goose Creek, S.C.78 Cody Gibson 6-6 284 FR-RS Tallahassee, Fla.

87 Justice Cunningham 6-3 265 JR-2L Pageland, S.C.81 Rory Anderson 6-5 207 FR-HS Powder Springs, Ga.95 Corey Simmons 6-4 260 FR-RS Lawrenceville, Ga.

5 Stephen Garcia 6-2 232 SR-3L Lutz, Fla.OR 14 Connor Shaw 6-1 204 SO-1L Flowery Branch, Ga.12 Andrew Cli ord 6-2 212 SO-SQ Tampa, Fla.

46 Dalton Wilson 6-0 227 JR-2L Williston, S.C.48 Matt Co ee 5-11 230 SO-1L Mary Esther, Fla.

21 Marcus Lattimore 6-0 232 SO-1L Duncan, S.C.31 Kenny Miles 5-10 193 JR-2L Lawrenceville, Ga.

OR 7 Shon Carson 5-8 190 FR-HS Scranton, S.C.28 Eric Baker 6-0 208 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla.

OR 22 Brandon Wilds 6-1 223 FR-HS Blythewood, S.C.

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-7 260 JR-2L Beau ort, S.C.90 Chaz Sutton 6-4 250 SO-1L Savannah, Ga.92 Byron McKnight 6-5 235 SR-3L Laurinburg, N

42 Travian Robertson 6-4 303 SR-3L Laurinburg, N.70 Byron Jerideau 6-1 319 JR-1L Green Pond, S.

57 Aldrick Fordham 6-3 274 JR-2L Jamestown, S.C99 Kelcy Quarles 6-4 271 FR-PG Hodges, S.C.

6 Melvin Ingram 6-2 276 SR-3L Hamlet, N.C.7 Jadeveon Clowney 6-6 254 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C

54 Shaq Wilson 5-11 223 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fl45 Rodney Paulk 6-0 242 SR-3L Columbia, S.C.43 Qua Gilchrist 6-1 244 JR-SQ Abbeville, S.C.

24 Quin Smith 6-1 238 JR-2L Lenoir, N.C.

OR 32 Reginald Bowens 6-2 248 JR-1L Holly Springs,

26 Antonio Allen 6-2 202 SR-2L Ocala, Fla.33 Damario Je ery 6-3 237 JR-2L Columbia, S.C

5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 193 JR-2L Rock Hill, S.C.39 Marty Markett 5-10 162 SR-1L York, S.C.10 Cadarious Sanders 6-0 184 FR-RS LaGrange, Ga.

36 D.J. Swearinger 5-10 208 JR-2L Greenwood, S.9 Sharrod Golightly 5-10 185 FR-RS Decatur, Ga.

30 Corey Addison 6-0 204 SO-1L Jacksonville, F

15 Jimmy Legree 5-11 185 SO-1L Beau ort, S.C.25 Kadetrix Marcus 6-1 183 FR-HS Stone Mountai

12 C.C. Whitlock 5-10 178 SR-3L Chester, S.C.OR 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 182 SR-3L Hollywood, Fl

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Specialists 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 204 SR-1L Laurinburg, N.C.81 Adam Yates 6-1 213 JR-1L Sparks, Md.

18 Jay Wooten 6-3 204 SR-1L Laurinburg, N.C.81 Adam Yates 6-1 213 JR-1L Sparks, Md.

49 Joey Scribner-Howard 6-0 210 SR-SQ Irmo, S.C.85 Patrick Fish 5-11 193 FR-RS Shelby, N.C.

36 D.J. Swearinger 5-10 208 JR-2L Greenwood, S.OR 23 Bruce Ellington 5-9 197 FR-RS Moncks Corne

31 Kenny Miles 5-10 193 JR-2L Lawrenceville,

5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 193 JR-2L Rock Hill, S.C.9 Ace Sanders 5-7 175 SO-1L Bradenton, Fla.

51 Walker Inabinet 5-10 199 JR-1L Columbia, S.C62 Davis Moore 6-0 216 SO-SQ Bu ord, Ga.

13 Seth Strickland 6-2 194 JR-1L Laurens, S.C.85 Patrick Fish 5-11 193 FR-RS Shelby, N.C.

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School)30 Corey Addison SS 6-0 204 SO-1L Jacksonville, Fla. (Andrew Jackson)26 Antonio Allen SPR 6-2 202 SR-2L Ocala, Fla.

(Trinity Catholic/Fork Union)81 Rory Anderson TE 6-5 207 FR-HS Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern)47 Landon Ard P/K 5-10 175 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)3 Akeem Auguste CB 5-10 182 SR-3L Hollywood, Fla.

(Chaminade-Madonna/Fork Union)28 Eric Baker TB 6-0 208 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla. (White/Fork Union)43 Jacob Baker TB 5-9 191 JR-1L Ridgeland, S.C.

(Thomas Heyward Academy)4 Jason Barnes WR 6-4 214 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. (Independence)

34 Joshua Blue TB 5-6 178 FR-HS Tatum, S.C. (Marlboro County)32 Reginald Bowens LB 6-2 248 JR-1L Holly Springs, N.C. (Garner)16 Payton Brady TE 6-3 226 JR-SQ Lincolnton, N.C. (East Lincoln/

Charleston Southern/Campbell)80 K.J. Brent WR 6-3 180 FR-HS Waxhaw, N.C. (Marvin Ridge)74 Kaleb Broome OG 6-6 326 JR-TR Aiken, S.C. (Aiken/Georgia Military)83 Zach Broome WR 6-2 201 FR-TR Richmond Hill, Ga. (Richmond Hill/

Armstrong Atlantic State)3 Damiere Byrd WR 5-9 161 FR-HS Sicklerville, N.J. (Timber Creek)

40 Billy Byrne FB 5-11 235 SO-SQ Palm Harbor, Fla. (East Lake)60 Terrence Campbell OG 6-3 296 SR-2L Austell, Ga. (South Cobb)50 A.J. Cann OG 6-3 299 FR-RS Bamberg, S.C. (Bamberg-Ehrhardt)7 Shon Carson TB 5-8 190 FR-HS Scranton, S.C. (Lake City)1 Ahmad Christian CB 5-10 182 FR-HS Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian)

12 Andrew Cli ord QB 6-2 212 SO-SQ Tampa, Fla. (Wharton)7 Jadeveon Clowney DE 6-6 254 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)

48 Matt Co ee FB 5-11 230 SO-1L Mary Esther, Fla. (Fort Walton Beach)18 Cedrick Cooper LB 6-2 207 FR-HS Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia)58 Ryland Culbertson OG 6-4 252 FR-RS Laurens, S.C. (Laurens Academy)87 Justice Cunningham TE 6-3 265 JR-2L Pageland, S.C. (Central)72 Kenny Davis OG 6-3 318 JR-1L Newberry, S.C. (Newberry)44 Gerald Dixon DE 6-2 271 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)95 Gerald Dixon Jr. DT 6-3 311 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (Northwestern)

52 Phillip Dukes DT 6-3 300 FR-HS Manning, S.C. (Manning)23 Bruce Ellington WR 5-9 197 FR-RS Moncks Corner, S.C. (Berkeley)85 Patrick Fish P 5-11 193 FR-RS Shelby, N.C. (Burns)61 Travis Ford OC 6-3 278 SO-SQ Fork, S.C. (Lake View/Coastal Carolina)57 Aldrick Fordham DT 6-3 274 JR-2L Jamestown, S.C. (Timberland)85 Riley Gallaher WR 6-1 175 FR-HS Apex, N.C. (Garner)5 Stephen Garcia QB 6-2 232 SR-3L Lutz, Fla. (Je erson)78 Cody Gibson OT 6-6 284 FR-RS Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln)43 Qua Gilchr ist LB 6-1 244 JR-SQ Abbeville, S.C. (Abbeville/Butler Co. CC)5 Stephon Gilmore CB 6-1 193 JR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)9 Sharrod Golightly SS 5-10 185 FR-RS Decatur, Ga. (Southwest DeKalb)

93 Deon Green DT 6-3 266 FR-HS Windermere, Fla. (Olympia)29 Chaun Gresham LB 6-2 265 SO-1L Auburn, Ga. (Apalachee)15 Austin Hails QB 6-2 215 FR-HS Collinsville, Ill. (Collinsville)96 Jamal Hall DE 6-2 216 SO-TR Lodson, S.C. (Fort Dorchester/

Brevard College)27 Victor Hampton CB 5-10 187 FR-RS Darlington, S.C. (Darlington)59 Coleman Harley LS 6-2 265 FR-HS Aiken, S.C. (South Aiken)70 Kyle Harris OL 6-3 273 FR-HS Silver Creek, Ga. (Pepperell)34 Mason Harris DE 6-3 208 FR-HS Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. (Ridgeland)35 Ben Harvey CB 5-9 176 FR-HS Columbia, Md. (Our Lady o

Good Counsel)24 Josh Hinch TB 5-7 183 SR-SQ Knoxville, Tenn. (Austin-East/

MidAmerica Nazarene)21 DeVonte Holloman SPR 6-2 232 JR-2L Charlotte, N.C. (South Pointe)91 Walker Inabinet LS 5-10 199 JR-1L Columbia, S.C. (Hammond School)6 Melvin Ingram DE 6-2 276 SR-3L Hamlet, N.C. (Richmond County)1 Alshon Je ery WR 6-4 229 JR-2L St. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun County)

33 Damario Je ery LB 6-3 237 JR-2L Columbia, S.C. (Columbia)

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School)8 Shamier Je ery WR 6-1 208 FR-HS St. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun C

70 Byron Jerideau DT 6-1 319 JR-1L Green Pond, S.C.(Colleton County/Fort Scott CC)

55 T.J. Johnson OC 6-5 316 JR-2L Aynor, S.C. (Aynor)10 Nick Jones WR 5-9 188 FR-RS Moore, S.C. (Byrnes)21 Marcus Lattimore TB 6-0 232 SO-1L Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes)15 Jimmy Legree FS 5-11 185 SO-1L Beau ort, S.C. (Beau ort)86 Blair Lowery WR 6-0 180 JR-SQ Irmo, S.C. (Dutch Fork)25 Kadetrix Marcus FS 6-1 183 FR-HS Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephens39 Marty Markett CB 5-10 162 SR-1L York, S.C. (York)8 Martay Mattox CB 6-1 192 FR-HS Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central)

76 Mike Matulis OL 6-5 274 FR-HS Boynton Beach, Fla. (Park Vist19 Tanner McEvoy QB 6-6 207 FR-HS Hillsdale, N.J. (Bergen Catholi92 Byron McKnight DE 6-5 235 SR-3L Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland Co41 Connor McLaurin FB 6-0 227 FR-RS Raleigh, N.C. (Garner)31 Kenny Miles TB 5-10 193 JR-2L Lawrenceville, Ga. (Brookwoo82 D.L. Moore WR 6-4 203 JR-2L Bowling Green, Ky. (Bowling G62 Davis Moore LS 6-0 216 SO-SQ Bu ord, Ga. (Mill Creek/Emory20 Edward Muldrow LB 6-3 190 FR-HS Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnet68 Kyle Nunn OT 6-6 295 SR-3L Sumter, S.C. (Sumter)

31 Matt O’Brien SPR 6-0 188 SO-SQ New Mil ord, N.J. (Bergen Ca88 Drew Owens TE 6-5 241 FR-HS Charlotte, N.C. (Ardrey Kell)67 Ronald Patrick OG 6-1 302 SO-SQ Cocoa, Fla. (Cocoa)45 Rodney Paulk LB 6-0 242 SR-3L Columbia, S.C. (Richland North99 Kelcy Quarles DT 6-4 271 FR-PG Hodges, S.C. (Greenwood/Fork48 Marcquis Roberts SPR 6-0 218 FR-HS Powder Springs, Ga. (McEache42 Travian Robertson DT 6-4 303 SR-3L Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland Co94 Corey Robinson DT 6-8 350 FR-RS Havelock, N.C. (Havelock)41 Kenny Robinson FS 5-9 178 FR-HS Hilton Head Island, S.C. (Hilto4 Sheldon Royster FS 5-11 187 FR-HS Woodbridge, N.J. (St. Peter’s Pr9 Ace Sanders WR 5-7 175 SO-1L Brandenton, Fla. (Manatee)

10 Cadarious Sanders CB 6-0 184 FR-RS LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)49 Joey Scribner-Howard P/K 6-0 210 SR-SQ Irmo, S.C.

(Dutch Fork/Carson-Newman)

11 Lamar Scruggs WR 6-3 218 SO-1L Jacksonville Beach, Fla. (Fletch14 Connor Shaw QB 6-1 204 SO-1L Flowery Branch, Ga. (Flowery 71 Brandon Shell OT 6-6 322 FR-HS Goose Creek, S.C. (Goose Cree89 Corey Simmons TE 6-4 260 FR-RS Lawrenceville, Ga. (Greater Atlan6 DeAngelo Smith WR 6-0 193 SO-SQ Kingsland, Ga. (Camden Coun

24 Quin Smith LB 6-1 238 JR-2L Lenoir, N.C. (Hibriten)75 Will Sport OL 6-5 282 FR-HS Milton, Fla. (Pace)13 Seth Strickland QB 6-2 194 JR-1L Laurens, S.C. (Laurens)97 J.T. Surratt DT 6-2 297 FR-RS Winston-Salem, N.C. (Parkland90 Chaz Sutton DE 6-4 250 SO-1L Savannah, Ga. (Jenkins/Fork Un36 D.J. Swearinger SS 5-10 208 JR-2L Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood)98 Devin Taylor DE 6-7 260 JR-2L Beau ort, S.C. (Beau ort)17 Dylan Thompson QB 6-3 213 FR-RS Boiling Springs, S.C. (Boiling 73 Rokevious Watkins OT 6-4 340 SR-1L Fairburn, Ga.

(Creekside/Georgia Military)17 Angelo Watley LB 5-1 225 FR-HS Lawrenceville, Ga. (Peachtree 12 C.C. Whitlock CB 5-10 178 SR-3L Chester, S.C. (Chester)22 Brandon Wilds TB 6-1 223 FR-HS Blythewood, S.C. (Blythewood11 Brison Williams FS 5-10 206 FR-PG Warner Robins, Ga.

(Northside/Fork Union)84 Mike Williamson P 6-1 188 SO-TR Norway, S.C. (Orangeburg Prep

Columbia University)46 Dalton Wilson FB 6-0 227 JR-2L Williston, S.C. (Williston-Elko)54 Shaq Wilson LB 5-11 223 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast)40 Josh Woods FS 5-10 180 SO-TR Spartanburg, S.C. (Ga ney/

South Carolina State)18 Jay Wooten P/K 6-3 204 SR-1L Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland Count81 Adam Yates PK 6-1 213 JR-1L Sparks, Md. (Here ord)

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School)1 Alshon Je ery WR 6-4 229 JR-2L St. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun County)1 Ahmad Christian CB 5-10 182 FR-HS Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian)3 Akeem Auguste CB 5-10 182 SR-3L Hollywood, Fla.

(Chaminade-Madonna/Fork Union)3 Damiere Byrd WR 5-9 161 FR-HS Sicklerville, N.J. (Timber Creek)4 Jason Barnes WR 6-4 214 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. (Independence)4 Sheldon Royster FS 5-11 187 FR-HS Woodbridge, N.J. (St. Peter’s Prep)5 Stephen Garcia QB 6-2 232 SR-3L Lutz, Fla. (Je erson)5 Stephon Gilmore CB 6-1 193 JR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)6 Melvin Ingram DE 6-2 276 SR-3L Hamlet, N.C. (Richmond County)6 DeAngelo Smith WR 6-0 193 SO-SQ Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County)7 Jadeveon Clowney DE 6-6 254 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)7 Shon Carson TB 5-8 190 FR-HS Scranton, S.C. (Lake City)8 Martay Mattox CB 6-1 192 FR-HS Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central)8 Shamier Je ery WR 6-1 208 FR-HS St. Matthews, S.C. (Calhoun County)9 Ace Sanders WR 5-7 175 SO-1L Brandenton, Fla. (Manatee)9 Sharrod Golightly SS 5-10 185 FR-RS Decatur, Ga. (Southwest DeKalb)

10 Nick Jones WR 5-9 188 FR-RS Moore, S.C. (Byrnes)10 Cadarious Sanders CB 6-0 184 FR-RS LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)11 Lamar Scruggs WR 6-3 218 SO-1L Jacksonville Beach, Fla. (Fletcher)

11 Brison Williams FS 5-10 206 FR-PG Warner Robins, Ga.(Northside/Fork Union)

12 C.C. Whitlock CB 5-10 178 SR-3L Chester, S.C. (Chester)12 Andrew Cli ord QB 6-2 212 SO-SQ Tampa, Fla. (Wharton)13 Seth Strickland QB 6-2 194 JR-1L Laurens, S.C. (Laurens)14 Connor Shaw QB 6-1 204 SO-1L Flowery Branch, Ga. (Flowery Branch)15 Jimmy Legree FS 5-11 185 SO-1L Beau ort, S.C. (Beau ort)15 Austin Hails QB 6-2 215 FR-HS Collinsville, Ill. (Collinsville)16 Payton Brady TE 6-3 226 JR-SQ Lincolnton, N.C. (East Lincoln/

Charleston Southern/Campbell)17 Dylan Thompson QB 6-3 213 FR-RS Boiling Springs, S.C. (Boiling Springs)17 Angelo Watley LB 5-1 225 FR-HS Lawrenceville, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge)18 Jay Wooten P/K 6-3 204 SR-1L Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland County/UNC)18 Cedrick Cooper LB 6-2 207 FR-HS Lithonia, Ga. (Lithonia)

19 Tanner McEvoy QB 6-6 207 FR-HS Hillsdale, N.J. (Bergen Catholic)20 Edward Muldrow LB 6-3 190 FR-HS Snellville, Ga. (South Gwinnett)21 DeVonte Holloman SPR 6-2 232 JR-2L Charlotte, N.C. (South Pointe)21 Marcus Lattimore TB 6-0 232 SO-1L Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes)22 Brandon Wilds TB 6-1 223 FR-HS Blythewood, S.C. (Blythewood)23 Bruce Ellington WR 5-9 197 FR-RS Moncks Corner, S.C. (Berkeley)24 Quin Smith LB 6-1 238 JR-2L Lenoir, N.C. (Hibriten)24 Josh Hinch TB 5-7 183 SR-SQ Knoxville, Tenn. (Austin-East/

MidAmerica Nazarene)25 Kadetrix Marcus FS 6-1 183 FR-HS Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)26 Antonio Allen SPR 6-2 202 SR-2L Ocala, Fla.

(Trinity Catholic/Fork Union)27 Victor Hampton CB 5-10 187 FR-RS Darlington, S.C. (Darlington)28 Eric Baker TB 6-0 208 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla. (White/Fork Union)29 Chaun Gresham LB 6-2 265 SO-1L Auburn, Ga. (Apalachee)30 Corey Addison SS 6-0 204 SO-1L Jacksonvil le, Fla. (Andrew Jackson)31 Kenny Miles TB 5-10 193 JR-2L Lawrenceville, Ga. (Brookwood)31 Matt O’Brien SPR 6-0 188 SO-SQ New Mil ord, N.J. (Bergen Catholic)32 Reginald Bowens LB 6-2 248 JR-1L Holly Springs, N.C. (Garner)33 Damario Je ery LB 6-3 237 JR-2L Columbia, S.C. (Columbia)34 Mason Harris DE 6-3 208 FR-HS Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. (Ridgeland)34 Joshua Blue TB 5-6 178 FR-HS Tatum, S.C. (Marlboro County)35 Ben Harvey CB 5-9 176 FR-HS Columbia, Md. (Our Lady o

Good Counsel)36 D.J. Swearinger SS 5-10 208 JR-2L Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood)39 Marty Markett CB 5-10 162 SR-1L York, S.C. (York)40 Billy Byrne FB 5-11 235 SO-SQ Palm Harbor, Fla. (East Lake)40 Josh Woods FS 5-10 180 SO-TR Spartanburg, S.C. (Ga ney/

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School)41 Connor McLaurin FB 6-0 227 FR-RS Raleigh, N.C. (Garner)41 Kenny Robinson FS 5-9 178 FR-HS Hilton Head Island, S.C. (Hilto42 Travian Robertson DT 6-4 303 SR-3L Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland Co43 Qua Gilchrist LB 6-1 244 JR-SQ Abbeville, S.C. (Abbeville/Butle43 Jacob Baker TB 5-9 191 JR-1L Ridgeland, S.C.

(Thomas Heyward Academy)44 Gerald Dixon DE 6-2 271 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)45 Rodney Paulk LB 6-0 242 SR-3L Columbia, S.C. (Richland Nort46 Dalton Wilson FB 6-0 227 JR-2L Williston, S.C. (Williston-Elko)47 Landon Ard P/K 5-10 175 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe)48 Matt Co ee FB 5-11 230 SO-1L Mary Esther, Fla. (Fort Walton48 Marcquis Roberts SPR 6-0 218 FR-HS Powder Springs, Ga. (McEache49 Joey Scribner-Howard P/K 6-0 210 SR-SQ Irmo, S.C.

(Dutch Fork/Carson-Newman)50 A.J. Cann OG 6-3 299 FR-RS Bamberg, S.C. (Bamberg-Ehrha52 Phillip Dukes DT 6-3 300 FR-HS Manning, S.C. (Manning)54 Shaq Wilson LB 5-11 223 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast)55 T.J. Johnson OC 6-5 316 JR-2L Aynor, S.C. (Aynor)57 Aldrick Fordham DT 6-3 274 JR-2L Jamestown, S.C. (Timberland)58 Ryland Culbertson OG 6-4 252 FR-RS Laurens, S.C. (Laurens Academ

59 Coleman Harley LS 6-2 265 FR-HS Aiken, S.C. (South Aiken)60 Terrence Campbell OG 6-3 296 SR-2L Austell, Ga. (South Cobb)61 Travis Ford OC 6-3 278 SO-SQ Fork, S.C. (Lake View/Coastal C62 Davis Moore LS 6-0 216 SO-SQ Bu ord, Ga. (Mill Creek/Emory67 Ronald Patrick OG 6-1 302 SO-SQ Cocoa, Fla. (Cocoa)68 Kyle Nunn OT 6-6 295 SR-3L Sumter, S.C. (Sumter)70 Byron Jerideau DT 6-1 319 JR-1L Green Pond, S.C.

(Colleton County/Fort Scott CC)70 Kyle Harris OL 6-3 273 FR-HS Silver Creek, Ga. (Pepperell)71 Brandon Shell OT 6-6 322 FR-HS Goose Creek, S.C. (Goose Cree72 Kenny Davis OG 6-3 318 JR-1L Newberry, S.C. (Newberry)73 Rokevious Watkins OT 6-4 340 SR-1L Fairburn, Ga.

(Creekside/Georgia Military)74 Kaleb Broome OG 6-6 326 JR-TR Aiken, S.C. (Aiken/Georgia M

75 Will Sport OL 6-5 282 FR-HS Milton, Fla. (Pace)76 Mike Matulis OL 6-5 274 FR-HS Boynton Beach, Fla. (Park Vist78 Cody Gibson OT 6-6 284 FR-RS Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln)80 K.J. Brent WR 6-3 180 FR-HS Waxhaw, N.C. (Marvin Ridge)81 Adam Yates PK 6-1 213 JR-1L Sparks, Md. (Here ord)81 Rory Anderson TE 6-5 207 FR-HS Powder Springs, Ga. (McEache82 D.L. Moore WR 6-4 203 JR-2L Bowling Green, Ky. (Bowling G83 Zach Broome WR 6-2 201 FR-TR Richmond Hill, Ga. (Richmond

Armstrong Atlantic State)84 Mike Williamson P 6-1 188 SO-TR Norway, S.C. (Orangeburg Prep

Columbia University)85 Patrick Fish P 5-11 193 FR-RS Shelby, N.C. (Burns)85 Riley Gallaher WR 6-1 175 FR-HS Apex, N.C. (Garner)86 Blair Lowery WR 6-0 180 JR-SQ Irmo, S.C. (Dutch Fork)87 Justice Cunningham TE 6-3 265 JR-2L Pageland, S.C. (Central)88 Drew Owens TE 6-5 241 FR-HS Charlotte, N.C. (Ardrey Kell)89 Corey Simmons TE 6-4 260 FR-RS Lawrenceville, Ga. (Greater Atlan90 Chaz Sutton DE 6-4 250 SO-1L Savannah, Ga. (Jenkins/Fork Un91 Walker Inabinet LS 5-10 199 JR-1L Columbia, S.C. (Hammond Sch92 Byron McKnight DE 6-5 235 SR-3L Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland Co93 Deon Green DT 6-3 266 FR-HS Windermere, Fla. (Olympia)94 Corey Robinson DT 6-8 350 FR-RS Havelock, N.C. (Havelock)95 Gerald Dixon Jr. DT 6-3 311 FR-HS Rock Hill, S.C. (Northwestern)96 Jamal Hall DE 6-2 216 SO-TR Lodson, S.C. (Fort Dorchester/

Brevard College)97 J.T. Surratt DT 6-2 297 FR-RS Winston-Salem, N.C. (Parkland98 Devin Taylor DE 6-7 260 JR-2L Beau ort, S.C. (Beau ort)99 Kelcy Quarles DT 6-4 271 FR-PG Hodges, S.C. (Greenwood/Fork

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HEAD COACH STEVE SPURRIER

Steve Spurrier, who has coached a national championship team, won sevenSoutheastern Con erence titles, garnered nine con erence Coach o the Yearawards, and won over 70 percent o the college games in which he has coached,begins his seventh season as head coach at the University o South Carolina. Spur-rier was introduced as Carolina’s 32nd head coach on Nov. 23, 2004.

Coach Spurrier has compiled a 186-73-2 (.716) won-loss record in 21 seasonsas a major college head coach, including a 44-33 mark (.571) at Carolina. He led

the Duke Blue Devils to the 1989 Atlantic Coast Con erence championship be orereturning to his alma mater, the University o Florida, as head coach in 1990. Dur-ing his 12 seasons with the Gators, Spurrier’s teams won seven Southeastern Con-

erence championships, one national title and nished ranked in the nation’s top 10nine times. His record at Florida was an amazing 122-27-1 (.817). Spurrier, whowon the 1966 Heisman Trophy as a quarterback or the Gators, was also head coacho the NFL’s Washington Redskins (2002-03). He returned to the college ranks in2005 a ter a one-year absence rom the sidelines.

In his rst season at South Carolina, Coach Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a7-5 record and a second-place nish in the SEC Eastern Division. In doing so, heposted a ve-game winning streak, the 15th-consecutive year in which he has hada ve-game winning streak, something no other coach in college history has ac-complished. He was honored as the SEC Coach o the Year by the Associated Press

a ter leading the Gamecocks to a school-record ve straight SEC wins, their rstwin ever at Tennessee and their rst win over Florida since the 1930s. It was theeighth time he has been honored as his league’s Coach o the Year.

He came back with an 8-5 record in 2006, just the ninth time in school historythat the Gamecocks posted eight or more wins in a season. The season was cappedwith a victory in the Liberty Bowl over Con erence USA champion Houston. Withthat win, Spurrier matched Joe Morrison or the most wins by a Carolina headcoach in his rst two seasons in Columbia.

In his third season with the Garnet & Black, Spurrier’s squad raced out to a6-1 record and moved as high as No. 6 in the BCS rankings, be ore nishing thecampaign with a 6-6 record. With 21 wins, he set the Carolina record or coachingvictories a ter three seasons at the helm.

With a 7-6 record in 2008, Carolina returned to a New Year’s Day bowl game orthe rst time since the 2001 season. The Gamecocks ollowed that up with another7-6 record in 2009, their sixth consecutive non-losing season, the longest stretchin school history since 1928-34. The 2009 season included a win over No. 4 OleMiss, only the second time in school history that Carolina has de eated a top- veteam.

His 2010 Gamecock squad posted several milestones en route to a 9-5 season,the biggest o which was the school’s rst SEC Eastern Division title and rst ap-pearance in the SEC Championship. The Gamecocks also de eated the nation’s No.1 team, Alabama, or the rst time in school history, and nished the season ranked22nd in both major national polls. He was named SEC Coach o the Year or theseventh time, his ninth overall Coach o the Year honor.

The Spurrier File

Full Name: Stephen Orr SpurrierHometown: Johnson City, Tenn.Wi e: JerriChildren: Lisa, Amy, Steve Jr., ScottCollege: Florida (1967)

COACHING EXPERIENCE2005-11 South Carolina Head Coach2002-03 Washington Head Coach (NFL)1990-01 Florida Head Coach1987-89 Duke Head Coach1983-85 Tampa Bay Head Coach (USFL)1980-82 Duke Assistant Coach1979 Georgia Tech Assistant Coach1978 Florida Assistant Coach

COACH OF THE YEAR

2010 South Carolina2005 South Carolina1996 Florida1995 Florida1994 Florida1991 Florida1990 Florida1989 Duke1988 Duke

Versus East Carolina(0-0-0)

Date Site Score

09/03/11 Charlotte First Meeting

Did You Know...Steve Spurrier is one o only coaches to record 100 or more wins an SEC coach against SEC competiti(he also has three wins against SEteams while coaching at Duke). OBear Bryant (159) has won more Scon erence games than Coach Spurri110. Spurrier passed John Vaught (10and Vince Dooley (105) during the 20campaign.

Steve Spurrier

Versus the SECOpponent .....................RecordAlabama...........................................7Arkansas ..........................................5Auburn...........................................10Florida .............................................2-Georgia ..........................................13-Kentucky ........................................17LSU ...............................................11-Mississippi State .............................6-Ole Miss ..........................................4-South Carolina...............................10Tennessee ......................................12-Vanderbilt ......................................16TOTAL .........................113-42

Bowl GamesBowl Opponent Result1989 All-American Texas Tech L 211992 Sugar Notre Dame L 28-1992 Gator NC State W 27-1994 Sugar West Virginia W 411995 Sugar Florida State L 17-1996 Fiesta Nebraska L 24-61997 Sugar Florida State W 52-1998 Citrus Penn State W 211999 Orange Syracuse W 31-12000 Citrus Michigan St. L 34-2001 Sugar Miami L 27-32002 Orange Maryland W 56-2005 Independence Missouri L 31-2006 Liberty Houston W 44-2009 Outback Iowa L 10-2010 Papajohns.com UConn L 7-22010 Chick- l-A Florida State L 17Record in Bowl Games 7-10

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SPURRIER’S COACHING RECORD

Steve Spurrier vs. All Opponents

Opponent...................RecordAkron ........................................... 1Alabama .......................................7

Arkansas ......................................5Arkansas State..............................1Army ............................................ 1Auburn .......................................10Ball State ...................................... 1Central Florida ............................. 2Central Michigan..........................1Citadel..........................................2Clemson.......................................4-Colgate.........................................1Connecticut .................................. 0Florida..........................................2Florida Atlantic .............................2Florida State ..............................5-9Furman.........................................2

Georgia ......................................13Georgia Southern .........................1Georgia Tech ................................3Houston .......................................2-Iowa .............................................0Kentucky ....................................17Louisiana-Monroe........................2-Louisville .....................................1Louisiana-La ayette ......................LSU ............................................ 11Marshall .......................................1Maryland ......................................2Miami (Fla.) .................................0Michigan State .............................0Middle Tennessee ........................2-Mississippi State.......................... 6-Missouri.......................................0-Nebraska ......................................0New Mexico State......................... 1North Carolina..............................4North Carolina State ..................4-1Northern Illinois ........................... 2Northwestern ................................3Notre Dame ..................................0Oklahoma State ............................ 1Ole Miss.......................................4Penn State ....................................1-Rutgers.........................................0San Jose State..............................1-South Carolina ...........................10South Carolina State ....................2Southern Miss..............................4-Syracuse ......................................1-Tennessee ..................................12-Texas Tech ....................................0Troy ..............................................2UAB..............................................1Vanderbilt ...................................16Virginia ........................................1Wake Forest .................................1West Virginia ................................1Western Michigan ........................1Wo ord ........................................TOTALS .................. 186-73-2

Year School/ Overall League/ Con erence Postseason/ Final AP Final Coaches’Organization Record Con erence Record/Finish Bowl Poll Poll

1983 Tampa Bay 11-7 USFL 3rd, Central Division n/a n/a1984 Tampa Bay 14-5 USFL 2nd, Southern Division 1st Round n/a1985 Tampa Bay 10-9 USFL 5th, Eastern Con erence 1st Round n/a1987 Duke 5-6 ACC 2-5/7th — — —

1988 Duke 7-3-1 ACC 3-3-1/6th — — —1989 Duke 8-4 ACC 6-1/1st All-American — —1990 Florida 9-2 SEC 6-1/1st None 13 131991 Florida 10-2 SEC 7-0/1st Sugar 7 81992 Florida 9-4 SEC 6-3/1st in East* Gator 10 111993 Florida 11-2 SEC 8-1/1st* Sugar 5 41994 Florida 10-2-1 SEC 8-1/1st* Sugar 7 71995 Florida 12-1 SEC 9-0/1st* Fiesta 2 31996 Florida 12-1 SEC 9-0/1st* Sugar 1 11997 Florida 10-2 SEC 6-2/tied 2nd in East Citrus 4 61998 Florida 10-2 SEC 7-1/2nd in East Orange 5 61999 Florida 9-4 SEC 7-2/1st in East* Citrus 12 142000 Florida 10-3 SEC 8-1/1st * Sugar 10 11

2001 Florida 10-2 SEC 6-2/2nd in East Orange 3 32002 Washington 7-9 NFL 3rd, NFC East n/a n/a2003 Washington 5-11 NFL 3rd, NFC East n/a n/a2005 South Carolina 7-5 SEC 5-3/tied 2nd in East Independence — —2006 South Carolina 8-5 SEC 3-5/5th in East Liberty — —2007 South Carolina 6-6 SEC 3-5/tied 4th in East — — —2008 South Carolina 7-6 SEC 4-4/tied 3rd in East Outback — —2009 South Carolina 7-6 SEC 3-5/tied 4th in East Papajohns.com — —2010 South Carolina 9-5 SEC 5-3/1st in East* Chick- l-A 22 22*Appeared in SEC Championship Game

COACHING RECORDS Overall Record (Pct.) Con erence Record^ (Pct.) YearsOverall Record (Pro and College) 233-114-2 (.670) --- 26 yearsCollege Record 186-73-2 (.716) 116-46-1 (.715) 21 yearsPro Record 47-41-0 (.534) --- 5 yearsSEC Record 166-60-1 (.733) 105-37-0 (.739) 18 yearsFlorida Record 122-27-1 (.817) 82-12-0 (.872) 12 yearsDuke Record 20-13-1 (.603) 11-9-1 (.548) 3 yearsCarolina Record 44-33-0 (.571) 23-25-0 (.479) 6 yearsUSFL Record# 35-21-0 (.625) --- 3 yearsNFL Record 12-20-0 (.375) --- 2 years#Includes 2 playo losses; ^Regular season only; 5-3 in SEC Championship Games

Most Games

at Carolina No. Coach Games

1. Rex Enright 1402. Paul Dietzel 963. Jim Carlen 824. Steve Spurrier 77 5. Billy Laval 716. Lou Holtz 707. Joe Morrison 698. Brad Scott 569. Sparky Woods 55

10. Warren Giese 50Marvin Bass 50

Most Wins

at Carolina No. Coach Wins

1. Rex Enright 642. Jim Carlen 453. Steve Spurrier 44 4. Paul Dietzel 425. Billy Laval 39

Joe Morrison 397. Lou Holtz 338. Warren Giese 289. Sol Metzger 26

10. Sparky Woods 24

Carolina Coaching Highs

Active Leaders

By Wins No. Coach Games

1. Joe Paterno 4012. Frank Beamer 2403. Mack Brown 219

Chris Ault 2195. Steve Spurrier 186 6. Brian Kelly 1797. Dennis Erickson 1738. Mike Price 1699. Larry Blakeney 161

10. H. Schnell’berger157

Active Leaders

By Percentage No.Coach Rec. Pct.1. B. Stoops 129-30 .8112. G. Patterson 98-28 .7773. J. Paterno 401-135-3 .7474. K. Whittingham 58-20 .7445. B. Kelly 179-62-2 .7416. M. Richt 96-34 .738

7. B. Petrino 64-24 .7278. B. Mendenhall 56-21 .727

9. S. Spurrier 186-73-2 .716 10. P. Johnson 133-52 .718

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CAROLINA SUPERLATIVES UNDER SPURRIERMOST POINTS

1. 69 vs Troy ................................11/20/102. 52 vs Middle Tennessee ...........11/18/063. 45 vs Troy ................................09/24/05

45 vs Florida Atlantic ...............09/23/065. 44 vs Kentucky .........................10/08/05

44 vs Houston ..........................12/29/06

FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED1. 0 at Mississippi State .............08/31/06

0 vs NC State .........................08/28/083. 3 South Carolina State ...........09/15/07

3 at NC State ..........................09/03/095. 6 vs Florida Atlantic ...............09/23/06

6 vs Tennessee .......................11/01/086 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/10

MOST FIRST DOWNS1. 31 at Tennessee ........................10/27/072. 30 vs Wo ord ...........................09/20/083. 29 at Arkansas..........................11/03/074. 28 at Clemson ..........................11/25/065. 27 vs Louisiana/La ayette .........09/01/07

FEWEST FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED1. 10 vs NC State .........................08/28/082. 11 at Mississippi State .............08/31/06

11 vs Tennessee .......................11/01/0811 at NC State ..........................09/03/0911 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/1011 at Vanderbilt ........................10/23/10

11 at Florida .............................11/13/10

MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTS1. 58 vs Clemson .........................11/28/092. 54 at Florida .............................11/13/103. 52 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/104. 45 vs UAB ................................09/27/08

45 at Vanderbilt ........................10/23/10 FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTS, OPPONENTS

1. 20 at Florida .............................11/13/102. 22 at Kentucky..........................10/11/083. 23 vs Tennessee .......................10/28/06

4. 25 vs UAB ................................09/27/085. 26 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/10

MOST RUSHING YARDS

1. 287 vs Florida Atlantic ...............09/19/092. 239 at Florida .............................11/13/103. 224 vs Southern Miss ................09/02/104. 223 vs South Carolina State .......09/15/07

223 vs Clemson .........................11/28/09

FEWEST RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED1. 34 vs Tennessee .......................11/01/082. 35 at Florida .............................11/13/103. 36 vs Alabama..........................10/09/104. 41 vs Vanderbilt .......................10/22/055. 48 vs Clemson .........................11/28/09

MOST PASSES ATTEMPTED1. 53 at Georgia............................09/12/092. 51 at Arkansas..........................11/03/073. 50 at Tennessee........................10/27/07

50 vs Iowa ................................01/01/0950 at Tennessee........................10/31/09

MOST PASSES COMPLETED

1. 34 at Tennessee........................10/27/072. 31 at Georgia............................09/12/09

31 at Vanderbilt ........................10/23/104. 27 at Arkansas..........................11/03/075. 26 vs Florida ............................11/10/07

26 vs Iowa ................................01/01/09 FEWEST PASSES ATTEMPTED, OPPONENTS

1. 11 vs Wo ord...........................09/16/0611 at Arkansas..........................11/03/07

3. 13 at Vanderbilt ........................09/04/0813 vs Wo ord...........................09/20/08

5. 16 vs Vanderbilt .......................10/20/07

FEWEST PASSES COMPLETED, OPPONENTS1. 5 vs Wo ord...........................09/16/06

5 vs NC State .........................08/28/083. 6 vs Middle Tennessee ...........11/18/064. 8 Several times, last:

vs Ole Miss .........................09/24/09

MOST PASSING YARDS1. 391 vs Middle Tennessee ...........11/18/062. 382 at Kentucky..........................10/16/103. 364 at Arkansas..........................11/03/074. 355 at Vanderbilt ........................10/23/105. 330 vs UCF ................................09/01/05

330 at Tennessee........................10/27/07

FEWEST PASSING YARDS ALLOWED1. 49 vs NC State .........................08/28/082. 63 vs Louisiana/La ayette .........09/01/073. 67 vs Wo ord...........................09/16/064. 68 vs South Carolina State .......09/15/075. 70 at LSU .................................09/22/07

MOST YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE1. 545 vs Middle Tennessee ...........11/18/02. 516 vs Florida Atlantic ...............09/19/3. 512 vs Houston ..........................12/29/04. 501 at Tennessee ........................10/27/05. 492 vs Florida Atlantic ...............09/23/

492 at Clemson ..........................11/25/0

FEWEST TOTAL YARDS ALLOWED1. 133 at NC State ..........................09/03/02. 138 vs NC State .........................08/28/03. 161 at Mississippi State .............08/31/04. 200 vs Middle Tennessee ...........11/18/05. 207 vs UAB ................................09/27/

207 vs Tennessee .......................11/01/0

PUNTING AVERAGE (MIN. OF 3 PUNTS)1. 50.0 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/1

50.0 vs Auburn............................12/04/13. 48.7 at Mississippi State .............08/31/04. 48.0 at Auburn ............................09/25/5. 46.0 vs Florida Atlantic ...............09/23/

MOST TIME OF POSSESSION

1. 40:46 at Florida .............................11/13/2. 37:21 at Vanderbilt ........................10/23/3. 36:31 vs Clemson .........................11/28/04. 36:25 at Tennessee ........................10/27/05. 35:15 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/

LONGEST SCORING DRIVE: BY YARDS

1. 99 vs Arkansas .........................11/04/099 vs Vanderbilt .......................10/24/03. 97 vs Troy ................................09/24/04. 96 at Clemson ..........................11/25/05. 95 vs Tennessee .......................10/28/0

95 at Ole Miss ..........................10/04/07. 93 vs Auburn............................09/28/0

93 at Vanderbilt ........................10/23/19. 92 vs Southern Miss ................09/02/1

92 vs Tennessee .......................10/30/192 vs Florida State ...................12/31/1

LONGEST SCORING DRIVE: BY TIME

1. 9:02 vs Troy ................................11/20/12. 8:02 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/13. 7:55 vs Alabama..........................10/09/4. 7:38 vs Wo ord ...........................09/205. 7:07 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/1

LONGEST SCORING DRIVE: BY PLAYS

1. 18 vs Wo ord ...........................09/202. 16 vs Georgia ...........................09/11/13. 15 vs Auburn............................09/28/0

15 vs Alabama..........................10/09/115 vs Troy ................................11/18/1



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South Carolina Offense POS. USM UGA FUR AUB ALA UK VAN TENN ARK FLA TROY CLEM AUB WR A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery A. Je ery AWR Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley Gurley WR Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Cunningham^ Cunningham^ Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore LT Nunn Nunn King King King King King King King Nunn Nunn Nunn Nunn LG Chisolm Chisolm Watkins Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm Chisolm C Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson JohRG Watkins Watkins Campbell Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins Watkins RT Eckerson Eckerson Nunn Nunn Eckerson Eckerson Eckerson Eckerson Eckerson Eckerson Eckerson Eckerson EckersonQB Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia TE Maddox* DiMarco(FB) DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco DiMarco (FB

TB Lattimore Lattimore Lattimore Lattimore Lattimore Lattimore Miles Lattimore Lattimore Lattimore Lattimore Lattimore Lattim

* For the Southern Miss game, SC opened in a 3-WR, 2-RB set^ For the Vanderbilt and Tennessee games, SC opened in a 2-TE, 1-RB set

South Carolina Defense POS. USM UGA FUR AUB ALA UK VAN TENN ARK FLA TROY CLEM AUB DE Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor DT Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson Robertson RobertsoDT Ingram Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye Ajiboye AjiboyDE Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews Matthews MattheLB Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson Dickerson DickerLB Straughter Straughter Straughter S. Wilson Straughter Straughter Straughter Straughter Straughter Straughter Straughter Straughter StraughtSPUR D. Je ery D. Je ery D. Je ery Allen Allen Allen Allen Allen Allen Allen Allen Allen AllenCB Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore Gilmore GilmoreSS Holloman Holloman Holloman Holloman Holloman Holloman Holloman Holloman Holloman Swearinger Swearinger Swearinger SwearFS Auguste Auguste Auguste Auguste Swearinger Swearinger Swearinger Swearinger Auguste Auguste Auguste Auguste AugusteCB Whitlock Culliver Culliver Culliver Culliver Culliver Culliver Culliver Whitlock Markett Markett Whitlock Whitlo

1st Rushing Passing Total O ense Punts Fumbles Penalties KO Ret. Punt Ret. Int. Ret. 3rd Time oTeam Score Downs No-Yds-TD C-A-I-Yds-TD Ply-Yds-TD No-Avg No-Lost No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds Dns PossSo. Miss 13 23 27-67-0 38-57-1-337-1 84-404-1 4-44.5 2-1 8-60 6-108 2-30 1-17 10-19 31:08SC 41 25 35-224-4 20-30-1-225-1 65-449-5 2-52.5 0-0 5-30 3-69 0-0 1-0 4-10 28:52

Georgia 6 11 26-61-0 14-21-0-192-0 47-253-0 5-42.8 1-1 4-25 3-49 2-4 0-0 3-11 24:45SC 17 23 52-189-2 12-17-0-165-0 69-354-2 3-50.0 1-1 5-35 3-69 3-24 0-0 9-14 35:15Furman 19 13 27-51-0 19-32-2-274-1 59-325-1 5-37.4 1-0 2-21 7-140 2-26 2-9 3-13 26:30SC 38 20 40-182-2 17-25-2-192-2 65-374-4 5-42.0 1-0 5-34 5-79 0-0 2-83 9-15 33:30SC 27 20 28-79-1 19-29-2-305-3 57-384-4 3-48.0 2-2 5-37 6-123 0-0 0-0 4-8 28:52Auburn 35 29 57-334-3 16-21-0-158-2 78-492-5 2-34.0 3-2 6-41 5-114 1-10 2-0 7-12 31:08Alabama 21 21 29-36-0 27-35-0-315-2 64-351-2 2-34.0 1-1 5-31 7-173 3-70 1-0 5-13 32:27SC 35 20 37-110-2 17-20-1-201-3 57-311-5 2-41.0 3-0 4-34 3-70 1-15 0-0 6-11 27:33SC 28 17 23-90-2 20-32-2-382-2 55-472-4 4-44.2 3-2 8-58 6-137 5-8 0-0 5-10 25:13Kentucky 31 21 33-52-0 32-42-0-349-4 75-401-4 6-41.5 2-0 7-59 5-121 3-(-5) 2-0 9-19 34:47SC 21 25 45-129-1 31-39-1-355-2 84-484-3 7-42.1 3-0 9-60 1-13 3-(-4) 0-0 9-17 37:21Vanderbilt 7 11 30-108-1 13-31-0-142-0 61-250-1 9-46.3 2-0 4-40 3-39 4-35 1-0 3-15 22:39Tennessee 24 21 37-92-0 19-28-1-312-3 65-404-3 2-48.5 3-3 7-57 6-111 1-2 1-0 7-14 31:32SC 38 20 43-212-3 13-22-1-223-1 65-435-4 3-40.0 2-0 6-49 4-85 1-2 1-24 7-13 28:28Arkansas 41 23 38-140-4 21-30-1-303-1 68-443-5 2-40.5 1-1 11-90 4-51 0-0 2-14 8-13 34:20SC 20 18 27-105-0 18-33-2-190-1 60-295-1 3-42.0 2-1 4-37 7-145 0-0 1-13 5-12 25:40SC 36 24 54-239-4 15-22-0-156-0 76-395-4 6-43.7 2-0 3-20 1-18 1-0 1-9 8-16 40:46Florida 14 11 20-35-0 20-39-1-191-1 59-226-1 6-43.3 1-1 6-55 7-213 4-19 0-0 2-14 19:14Troy 24 17 29-81-1 23-39-2-183-2 68-264-3 5-40.0 5-3 2-14 6-97 3-42 0-0 4-14 29:11SC 69 20 40-212-4 15-21-0-249-3 61-461-7 4-44.0 1-1 5-40 4-78 1-0 2-78 5-11 30:49SC 29 14 36-95-0 14-30-0-227-2 66-322-2 7-42.7 0-0 6-60 2-40 2-17 1-37 6-18 34:43Clemson 7 13 27-61-0 17-35-1-190-1 62-251-1 9-38.3 4-2 7-65 6-139 4-26 0-0 4-15 25:17Auburn 56 28 42-238-3 18-29-0-351-4 71-589-7 1-36.0 1-1 4-44 4-72 1-10 2-10 9-12 31:01SC 17 20 30-156-0 20-33-2-193-2 63-349-2 3-50.0 0-0 4-31 7-139 0-0 0-0 5-12 28:59SC 17 22 32-139-1 21-36-3-275-1 68-414-2 2-43.5 2-2 5-58 3-202 2-3 1-8 7-14 26:32Florida State 26 18 45-218-1 12-21-1-90-1 66-308-2 3-51.0 3-0 6-50 7-489 2-53 3-4 6-14 33:28

2010 Game-by-Game Starters

2010 Game-by-Game Team Statistics 2010 STATISTICS



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SC OPPSCORING 433 324Points Per Game 30.9 23.1

FIRST DOWNS 288 260Rushing 130 100Passing 142 147Penalty 16 13

RUSHING YARDAGE 2161 1574Yards gained rushing 2477 2003Yards lost rushing 316 429Rushing Attempts 522 467Average Per Rush 4.1 3.4Average Per Game 154.4 112.4TDs Rushing 26 13

PASSING YARDAGE 3338 3387Comp-Att-Int 252-389-17 289-460-10Average Per Pass 8.6 7.4Average Per Catch 13.2 11.7Average Per Game 238.4 241.9TDs Passing 23 23

TOTAL OFFENSE 5499 4961Total Plays 911 927Average Per Play 6.0 5.4Average Per Game 392.8 354.4

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 54-1103 72-1489PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-65 30-280INT RETURNS: #-Yards 10-252 17-54KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.4 20.7PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3.4 9.3INT RETURN AVERAGE 25.2 3.2FUMBLES-LOST 22-9 30-16

PENALTIES-Yards 74-583 79-652Average Per Game 41.6 46.6PUNTS-Yards 54-2383 61-2553Average Per Punt 44.1 41.9Net punt average 37.1 39.8

TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:54 29:063RD-DOWN Conversions 89/181 80/1983rd-Down Pct 49% 40%

4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/6 11/264th-Down Pct 50% 42%

SACKS BY-Yards 41-259 30-160MISC YARDS -12 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 55 39

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 17-24 17-21ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1RED-ZONE SCORES (48-56) 86% (35-50) 70%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (38-56) 68% (23-50) 46%PAT-ATTEMPTS (52-55) 95% (35-36) 97%ATTENDANCE 536675 360857Games/Avg Per Game 7/76668 5/72171Neutral Site Games 2/74010

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalSouth Carolina 130 132 82 89 0 433Opponents 67 84 76 97 0 324

RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/Marcus Lattimore 13 249 1230 33 1197 4.8 17 58 9Brian Maddox 14 74 403 12 391 5.3 3 38 2Stephen Garcia 14 105 387 165 222 2.1 6 22 1Connor Shaw 9 32 198 33 165 5.2 0 36 18Kenny Miles 14 40 162 10 152 3.8 0 28 1Ace Sanders 14 5 63 7 56 11.2 0 53 4Stephon Gilmore 14 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 14 Jarvis Giles 3 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 8 4Tori Gurley 14 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0Dalton Wilson 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0Bryce Sherman 14 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0Seth Strickland 14 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0TEAM 9 8 0 50 -50 -6.2 0 0 -5Total.......... 14 522 2477 316 2161 4.1 26 58 154.4Opponents...... 14 467 2003 429 1574 3.4 13 54 112.4

PASSING G E fc Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/Stephen Garcia 14 148.70 224-349-14 64.2 3059 20 72 2Connor Shaw 9 124.34 23-33-2 69.7 223 1 21 2Stephon Gilmore 14 171.80 1-2-0 50.0 29 0 29 Seth Strickland 14 323.80 2-2-0 100.0 14 1 15 Andrew Cli ord 2 -8.00 1-2-1 50.0 10 0 10 Ace Sanders 14 455.20 1-1-0 100.0 3 1 3 0Total.......... 14 147.63 252-389-17 64.8 3338 23 72 238.4

Opponents...... 14 136.83 289-460-10 62.8 3387 23 72 241.9RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/Alshon Je ery 14 88 1517 17.2 9 72 1Tori Gurley 14 44 465 10.6 4 30 33Marcus Lattimore 13 29 412 14.2 2 53 3Ace Sanders 14 25 316 12.6 2 51 22D.L. Moore 14 17 164 9.6 2 20 11Patrick DiMarco 14 15 147 9.8 3 26 1Brian Maddox 14 10 67 6.7 0 23 4Justice Cunningham 14 7 92 13.1 0 25 6Jason Barnes 14 6 63 10.5 0 16 4.Lamar Scruggs 12 3 53 17.7 0 39 4Kenny Miles 14 3 15 5.0 0 7 1Mike Triglia 13 2 19 9.5 0 10 1DeMario Bennett 7 1 4 4.0 0 4 0Stephen Garcia 14 1 3 3.0 1 3 0DeAngelo Smith 2 1 1 1.0 0 1 0Total.......... 14 252 3338 13.2 23 72 238.4Opponents...... 14 289 3387 11.7 23 72 241.9

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongAce Sanders 9 16 1.8 0 9Stephon Gilmore 9 47 5.2 0 19TEAM 1 2 2.0 0 0Total.......... 19 65 3.4 0 19Opponents...... 30 280 9.3 0 35

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongStephon Gilmore 3 97 32.3 1 80DeVonte Holloman 2 13 6.5 0 13Antonio Allen 1 37 37.0 1 37Chaz Sutton 1 56 56.0 1 56C.C. Whitlock 1 3 3.0 0 3Devin Taylor 1 24 24.0 1 24

D.J. Swearinger 1 22 22.0 1 22Total.......... 10 252 25.2 5 80Opponents...... 17 54 3.2 2 17

KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongBryce Sherman 35 713 20.4 0 37Chris Culliver 12 261 21.8 0 37D.J. Swearinger 4 87 21.8 0 25Dalton Wilson 2 23 11.5 0 12Cedrick Snead 1 18 18.0 0 18Kenny Miles 0 1 0.0 0 1Total.......... 54 1103 20.4 0 37Opponents...... 72 1489 20.7 1 99

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2010 STATISTICSFUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongByron McKnight 1 1 1.0 1 1Devin Taylor 1 5 5.0 0 5Stephon Gilmore 1 13 13.0 0 13Tony Straughter 1 52 52.0 0 52Brian Maddox 1 4 4.0 0 4Total.......... 5 75 15.0 1 52Opponents...... 1 46 46.0 0 46

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdSpencer Lanning 54 2383 44.1 58 5 10 18 0Total.......... 54 2383 44.1 58 5 10 18 0Opponents...... 61 2553 41.9 61 3 16 14 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnJay Wooten 65 4134 63.6 5 1Joey Scribner-Howard 17 1100 64.7 4 1Spencer Lanning 1 63 63.0 0 0Total.......... 83 5297 63.8 9 2 1489 43.7 26Opponents...... 68 4465 65.7 11 3 1103 46.2 23

|----------- PATs -----------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Sa PtsMarcus Lattimore 19 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 114

Spencer Lanning 0 17-24 51-54 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 102Alshon Je ery 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Stephen Garcia 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42Tori Gurley 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Patrick DiMarco 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Brian Maddox 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18D.L. Moore 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Ace Sanders 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Stephon Gilmore 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Antonio Allen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Devin Taylor 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Byron McKnight 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6D.J. Swearinger 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Chaz Sutton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jay Wooten 0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 1Total.......... 55 17-24 52-55 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 433Opponents...... 39 17-21 35-36 1-2 0 0-1 0 1 324

FIELD GOALS M-A Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg BlkSpencer Lanning 17-24 70.8 0-0 3-5 6-6 7-10 1-3 51 1

FG SEQUENCE USC OPPONENTSSouthern Miss (36),(42) (33),(36)Georgia 51,(24) (27),(26)Furman (51) (37),(37)Auburn - 52,23Alabama - (32),31,(39)Kentucky - (26)Vanderbilt 26 -Tennessee (40),41 (39)Arkansas 29,(29),(31) (41),(51)Florida (49),(47),(41) -Troy (32),(31) (38)

Clemson (46),(25),49,(37) -Auburn 51,42,(33) 36Florida State (40) (29),(48),(35),(45)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate eld goal was made.

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GStephen Garcia 14 454 222 3059 3281 234Marcus Lattimore 13 249 1197 0 1197 92Brian Maddox 14 74 391 0 391 27Connor Shaw 9 65 165 223 388 43Kenny Miles 14 40 152 0 152 10Ace Sanders 14 6 56 3 59 4.2

Stephon Gilmore 14 4 17 29 46 3Jarvis Giles 3 2 12 0 12 4.0Seth Strickland 14 3 -4 14 10 0.Andrew Cli ord 2 2 0 10 10 Tori Gurley 14 1 5 0 5 0.Bryce Sherman 14 2 -2 0 -2 -0.TEAM 9 8 -50 0 -50 -5.Total......... . 14 911 2161 3338 5499 392.8Opponents...... 14 927 1574 3387 4961 354.4

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GMarcus Lattimore 13 1197 412 0 0 0 1609 12Alshon Je ery 14 0 1517 0 0 0 1517 10Bryce Sherman 14 -2 0 0 713 0 711 50Tori Gurley 14 5 465 0 0 0 470 33Brian Maddox 14 391 67 0 0 0 458 32

Ace Sanders 14 56 316 16 0 0 388 27Chris Culliver 7 0 0 0 261 0 261 37Stephen Garcia 14 222 3 0 0 0 225 16Kenny Miles 14 152 15 0 1 0 168 12Connor Shaw 9 165 0 0 0 0 165 18D.L. Moore 14 0 164 0 0 0 164 11Stephon Gilmore 14 17 0 47 0 97 161 11Patrick DiMarco 14 0 147 0 0 0 147 10D.J. Swearinger 14 0 0 0 87 22 109 7Justice Cunningham 14 0 92 0 0 0 92 6Jason Barnes 14 0 63 0 0 0 63 4.5Chaz Sutton 5 0 0 0 0 56 56 11.Lamar Scruggs 12 0 53 0 0 0 53 4Antonio Allen 12 0 0 0 0 37 37 3Devin Taylor 14 0 0 0 0 24 24 1Dalton Wilson 14 0 0 0 23 0 23 1

Mike Triglia 13 0 19 0 0 0 19 1Cedrick Snead 8 0 0 0 18 0 18 2.DeVonte Holloman 14 0 0 0 0 13 13 0Jarvis Giles 3 12 0 0 0 0 12 4.DeMario Bennett 7 0 4 0 0 0 4 0C.C. Whitlock 14 0 0 0 0 3 3 0DeAngelo Smith 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0Seth Strickland 14 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.TEAM 9 -50 0 2 0 0 -48 -5.Total......... . 14 2161 3338 65 1103 252 6919 494.2Opponents...... 14 1574 3387 280 1489 54 6784 484.6



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No. DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Sa

5 Stephon Gilmore 14 66 13 79 6.0-27 3.0-23 3-97 2 2 1-13 1 .

26 Antonio Allen 12 38 32 70 10.5-37 2.5-17 1-37 4 7 1-0 2 .

21 DeVonte Holloman 14 53 16 69 2.0-2 . 2-13 3 . . 1 .

36 D.J. Swearinger 14 51 15 66 2.0-2 . 1-22 5 1 . 1 . .

41 Josh Dickerson 14 38 27 65 6.5-12 . . 2 2 1-0 . . .

3 Akeem Auguste 14 37 21 58 4.0-17 1.0-6 . 2 . . 1 . .

24 Quin Smith 14 29 20 49 2.0-3 . . . 1 . 2 . .

98 Devin Taylor 14 33 13 46 13.0-53 7.5-39 1-24 8 11 2-5 . .

83 Cli Matthews 14 30 14 44 8.5-43 5.5-34 . 1 6 . 4 .

42 Travian Robertson 14 28 14 42 10.0-36 4.0-26 . 2 2 2-0 1 .

91 Ladi Ajiboye 14 16 25 41 5.0-18 2.0-13 . . 5 . . . .

33 Damario Je ery 14 25 10 35 2.0-6 . . 3 1 1-0 1 .

17 Chris Culliver 7 28 6 34 2.5-9 1.0-7 . 2 . . 1 . .

44 Tony Straughter 14 17 17 34 2.0-4 . . 1 . 1-52 . . .

45 Rodney Paulk 14 23 9 32 4.0-15 2.5-8 . 1 2 . . . .

6 Melvin Ingram 14 17 11 28 11.0-69 9.0-65 . 1 1 . 1 . .12 C.C. Whitlock 14 17 4 21 . . 1-3 4 . . 1 . .

23 Brandan Davis 14 9 4 13 1.0-12 . . . . . . . .

39 Marty Markett 11 10 2 12 . . . 1 . . . . .

70 Byron Jerideau 7 7 3 10 3.0-7 2.0-6 . . . 1-0 . . .

52 Aldrick Fordham 14 5 5 10 . . . . . 1-0 . . .

29 Chaun Gresham 13 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . .

16 Shaq Wilson 1 3 4 7 . . . . . 2-0 . . .

7 Corey Addison 8 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . .

49 Blake Baxley 14 5 1 6 . . . . . 1-0 1 . .

25 Alonzo Win eld 12 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .

46 Dalton Wilson 14 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .

90 Chaz Sutton 7 4 1 5 1.0-15 1.0-15 1-56 . . . . . .43 Jacob Baker 7 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .

59 Charles Turner 13 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .

94 Kenny Davis 7 3 1 4 1.0-2 . . . 1 . . . .

35 Jimmy Legree 11 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .

87 Justice Cunningham 14 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .

10 Brian Maddox 14 2 1 3 . . . . . 1-4 . . .

20 Cedrick Snead 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .

92 Byron McKnight 13 1 . 1 . . . 2 1 1-1 . . .

50 Billy Byrne 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

32 Reginald Bowens 6 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

18 Dion LeCorn 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

89 Mike Triglia 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

66 Hutch Eckerson 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

82 D.L. Moore 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

34 Spencer Lanning 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

9 Ace Sanders 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

18 Jay Wooten 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

TM TEAM 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

1 Alshon Je ery 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

21 Marcus Lattimore 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Total......... . 14 636 302 938 97-389 41-259 10-252 44 43 16-75 18 . .

Opponents ...... 14 577 364 941 76.0-239 30-160 17-54 36 50 9-46 9 2 1

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PLAYER UA-A TOT USM UGA FUR AU BAMA UK VU UT ARK FLA TROY CU A

Stephon Gilmore 66-13 79 6-0 1-1 4-1 8-1 8-1 6-0 2-0 6-0 7-1 4-2 - 5-2 5-0

Antonio Allen 38-32 70 DNP DNP 1-1 1-1 4-1 5-2 2-4 5-2 6-2 3-4 2-4 3-3 3-5

DeVonte Holloman 53-16 69 6-1 6-1 6-0 4-2 5-1 5-3 3-0 3-0 4-0 1-0 4-0 3-1 1-1

D.J. Swearinger 51-15 66 2-0 1-0 5-0 4-0 6-3 6-1 3-1 4-1 4-3 6-0 2-3 4-0 2-1

Josh Dickerson 38-27 65 3-0 2-5 0-1 7-2 2-5 1-0 3-3 2-3 1-1 4-2 1-0 4-2 3-2 Akeem Auguste 37-21 58 7-1 1-5 1-0 4-1 1-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 6-1 1-0 1-1 5-1 3-3

Quin Smith 29-20 49 2-3 1-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 2-2 1-1 2-1 0-1 1-0 5-2 3-0 4-3

Devin Taylor 33-13 46 3-2 4-1 1-0 2-2 1-3 4-1 3-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 3-0

Cli Matthews 30-14 44 2-0 2-2 3-1 - 3-1 3-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 2-0 4-3

Travian Robertson 28-14 42 1-0 1-2 4-1 2-2 2-1 2-1 6-1 2-0 - 0-2 1-1 2-2 1-0

Ladi Ajiboye 16-25 41 - 0-6 1-1 1-2 2-1 0-2 1-2 6-1 0-4 1-1 0-1 2-3 2-1

Damario Je ery 25-10 35 5-1 0-2 2-1 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-0 2-0 1-1

Tony Straughter 17-17 34 1-0 2-2 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-3 1-0 2-2 4-1 1-2 1-2 0-1 0-2

Chris Culliver 28-6 34 DNP 1-1 5-1 6-0 4-2 7-1 2-1 3-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Rodney Paulk 23-9 32 2-1 1-0 2-0 3-2 2-1 1-2 - 4-0 3-1 - 3-0 1-2 1-0

Melvin Ingram 17-11 28 - 0-1 2-0 4-0 2-2 3-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 - 2-1

C.C. Whitlock 17-4 21 4-1 2-2 - 3-0 - 1-0 - 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 - 0-1

Brandan Davis 9-4 13 1-0 1-1 0-1 - 1-0 0-1 - - - 3-0 2-0 1-1 -

Marty Markett 10-2 12 - DNP DNP DNP - - - 1-0 4-0 2-0 2-1 - -

Aldrick Fordham 5-5 10 3-0 - 1-1 0-1 - 0-1 1-0 0-1 - - - 0-1 -

Byron Jerideau 7-3 10 - DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1 DNP 2-2 1-0 2-0

Chaun Gresham 6-1 7 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 1-0 1-0 - 1-0 0-1 - DNP - -

Corey Addison 6-1 7 4-1 - 1-0 - 1-0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP -

Shaq Wilson 3-4 7 DNP DNP DNP 3-4 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP D

Blake Baxley 5-1 6 - - 1-1 - - 1-0 - - - - 3-0 - -

Chaz Sutton 4-1 5 2-1 DNP - 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1-0 - -

Dalton Wilson 4-1 5 1-0 - 1-0 - - - - - - 1-0 1-0 0-1 -

Alonzo Win eld 4-1 5 - DNP - DNP - 0-1 - - - - 4-0 - - Kenny Davis 3-1 4 2-0 - - DNP DNP - - - 1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP

Charles Turner 3-1 4 - - 1-0 - - 1-0 - - - - DNP 0-1 1-0

Jacob Baker 2-2 4 0-1 DNP 0-1 DNP DNP - DNP 1-0 - DNP 1-0 DNP -

Jimmy Legree 4-0 4 2-0 - - - DNP DNP - - - - 2-0 - -

Brian Maddox 2-1 3 - - - - - - - - 1-0 - - 0-1 1-0

Justice Cunningham 0-3 3 - - - 0-1 - - 0-1 - - 0-1 - - -

Cedrick Snead 1-1 2 0-1 - - - - DNP - - - - - DNP 1-0

Hutch Eckerson 1-0 1 - - DNP - - - - - - - - - -

D.L. Moore 1-0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Spencer Lanning 1-0 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - -

Reginald Bowens 0-1 1 - DNP - DNP DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP 0-1 - -

Byron McKnight 1-0 1 1-0 DNP - - - - - - - - - - - Alshon Je ery 1-0 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Dion LeCorn 1-0 1 DNP - - - - - - - - - 1-0 - -

Jay Wooten 1-0 1 DNP - - - - - - - - - - 1-0 -

Billy Byrne 1-0 1 - DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP DN

M. Lattimore 1-0 1 - - - - - - DNP - 1-0 - - - -

TEAM 1-0 1 - - - 1-0 - - - - - - - - -

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Individual Rushing (Att-Yds/TD) TOTALS USM UGA FUR AUB ALA UK VAN TENN ARK FLA TROY CLEM AUB

Marcus Lattimore 249-1197/17 14-54/2 37-182/2 19-97/1 14-33/1 23-93/2 15-79/2 DNP 29-184/1 11-30/0 40-212/3 7-102/3 23-48/0 16-84/Brian Maddox 74-391/3 1--2/0 2-13/0 3-20/1 2-13/0 5-28/0 3-13/0 24-146/1 2-9/0 1-4/0 1--1/0 12-67/0 5-23/0 1-5/0 Stephen Garcia 105-222/6 5-38/2 12--4/0 8-28/0 10-21/0 7-11/0 3--11/0 7--15/0 10-18/2 7-54/0 12-28/1 4-4/1 5-18/0 7-18/0 Connor Shaw 32-165/0 7-31/0 DNP 4-22/0 2-12/0 DNP 1-9/0 DNP 1-2/0 4-23/0 DNP 7-17/0 DNP 6-49/0 Kenny Miles 40-152/0 4-24/0 - 5-10/0 - - - 11-25/0 - 1-3/0 - 6-14/0 3-6/0 - 10Ace Sanders 5-56/0 1-53/0 - 1-5/0 - 1--7/0 1-0/0 - - - - 1-5/0 - - Stephon Gilmore 2-17/0 1-14/0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-3Jarvis Giles 2-12/0 2-12/0 - - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Tori Gurley 1-5/0 - - - - - - - - - - 1-5/0 - - -Dalton Wilson 1-0/0 - DNP - - - - - DNP 1-0/0 - - - - Bryce Sherman 2--2/0 - - - - - - - - - - 2--2/0 - - -Seth Strickland 1--4/0 - - - - - - - - 1--4/0 - - - - -TEAM 8--50/0 DNP 1--2/0 DNP - 1--15/0 DNP 3--27/0 1--1/0 1--5/0 1-0/0 DNP DNP -

Individual Passing (Cmp-Att-Int-Yds-TD-Long) GARCIA SHAW GILMORE CLIFFORD STRICKLAND SAND

Southern Miss 16-23-0-193-0-46 4-5-0-32-1-15 0-1-0-0-0-0 0-1-1-0-0-0 - -Georgia 12-17-0-165-0-40 DNP - DNP - -Furman 13-20-2-150-2-28 4-5-0-42-0-21 - DNP - -Auburn 15-21-0-235-3-69 4-8-2-70-0-21 - DNP - -Alabama 17-20-1-201-3-45 DNP - DNP - -Kentucky 20-32-2-382-2-48 - - DNP - -Vanderbilt 31-39-1-355-2-72 DNP - DNP - -Tennessee 13-22-1-223-1-70 - - DNP - -Arkansas 14-29-2-161-1-29 2-2-0-20-0-12 - 1-1-0-10-0-10 1-1-0-(-1)-0-(-1) -Florida 15-22-0-156-0-20 DNP - DNP - -Troy 9-12-0-198-2-51 5-8-0-36-0-16 - DNP 1-1-0-15-1-15 -Clemson 14-30-0-227-2-41 DNP - DNP - -Auburn 16-28-2-170-2-26 4-5-0-23-0-9 - DNP - -Florida State 19-34-3-243-0-53 - 1-1-0-29-0-29 DNP - 1-1-0-3-1

Individual Receiving (Rec-Yds/TD) TOTALS USM UGA FUR AUB ALA UK VAN TENN ARK FLA TROY CLEM AUB

Alshon Je ery 88-1517/9 7-106/0 7-103/0 5-97/0 8-192/2 7-127/2 6-65/1 9-158/1 3-87/1 7-99/0 6-53/0 5-123/0 5-141/1 4-36/1Tori Gurley 44-465/4 4-12/0 1-14/0 3-52/1 4-36/1 3-31/0 2-43/0 14-112/1 2-33/0 3-24/1 3-27/0 - - 3-32/0 Marcus Lattimore 29-412/2 2-21/0 1-16/0 - 3-28/0 2-16/1 4-133/1 DNP 2-26/0 1-10/0 2-31/0 1-6/0 5-41/0 3-36/0 Ace Sanders 25-316/2 2-47/0 - 2-7/0 1-11/0 3-20/0 2-70/0 5-54/0 1--1/0 2-4/0 1-13/0 2-66/2 - 3-9/0 D.L. Moore 17-164/2 1-15/1 1-8/0 2-12/1 - - 1-16/0 1-7/0 3-41/0 1-4/0 2-27/0 - - 3-30/0 Patrick DiMarco 15-147/3 1-1/0 1-17/0 4-17/0 1-11/0 - 1-7/0 - 2-37/0 - - 1-7/1 2-12/1 2-38/1 Justice Cunningham 7-92/0 - 1-7/0 - - - - - - 2-31/0 1-5/0 1-16/0 2-33/0 - Brian Maddox 10-67/0 - - - 2-27/0 2-7/0 3-9/0 - - 1-8/0 - - - - 2-Jason Barnes 6-63/0 1-16/0 - - - - - 2-24/0 - - - 2-14/0 - - 1-Lamar Scruggs 3-53/0 1-6/0 - - - DNP 1-39/0 - - DNP - 1-8/0 - -Mike Triglia 2-19/0 - - - - - - - - 1-10/0 - - - 1-9/0 DKenny Miles 3-15/0 - - 1-7/0 - - - - - - - 1-5/0 - 1-3/0 DeMario Bennett 1-4/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - DNP 1-4/0 - - Stephen Garcia 1-3/1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-3DeAngelo Smith 1-1/0 1-1/0 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

Game-by-Game Leaders Opponent Rushing Passing Receiving (No.) Receiving (Yds.) TacklesSouthern Miss Lattimore 14-54-2 Garcia 16-23-0-193-0 A. Je ery 7-106-0 A. Je ery 7-106-0 Auguste 7-1-8Georgia Lattimore 37-182-2 Garcia 12-17-0-165-0 A. Je ery 7-103-0 A. Je ery 7-103-0 Holloman 6-1-7/Dickerson Furman Lattimore 19-97-1 Garcia 13-20-2-150-2 A. Je ery 5-97-0 A. Je ery 5-97-0 Holloman 6-0-6/Culliver 5Auburn Lattimore 14-33-1 Garcia 16-21-0-235-3 A. Je ery 8-192-2 A. Je ery 8-192-2 Gilmore 8-1-9/Dickerson 7Alabama Lattimore 23-93-2 Garcia 17-20-1-201-3 A. Je ery 7-127-2 A. Je ery 7-127-2 Gilmore 8-1-9/Swearinger Kentucky Lattimore 15-79-2 Garcia 20-32-2-382-2 A. Je ery 6-65-1 Lattimore 4-133-1 Culliver 7-1-8/Holloman 5-Vanderbilt Maddox 24-146-1 Garcia 31-39-1-355-2 Gurley 14-112-1 A. Je ery 9-158-1 Robertson 6-1-7Tennessee Lattimore 29-184-1 Garcia 13-22-1-223-1 A. Je ery 3-87-1/Moore 3-41-0 A. Je ery 3-87-1 Ajiboye 6-1-7/Allen 5-2Arkansas Garcia 7-54-0 Garcia 14-29-2-161-1 A. Je ery 7-99-0 A. Je ery 7-99-0 Gilmore 7-1-8/Allen 6-2-Florida Lattimore 40-212-3 Garcia 15-22-0-156-0 A. Je ery 6-53-0 A. Je ery 6-53-0 Allen 3-4-7Troy Lattimore 7-102-3 Garcia 9-12-0-198-2 A. Je ery 5-123-0 A. Je ery 5-123-0 Q. Smith 5-2-7Clemson Lattimore 23-48-0 Garcia 14-30-0-227-2 A. Je ery 5-141-1/Lattimore 5-41-0 A. Je ery 5-141-1 Gilmore 5-2-7Auburn Lattimore 16-84-0 Garcia 16-28-2-170-2 A. Je ery 4-36-1 DiMarco 2-38-1 Allen 3-5-8Florida State Miles 10-70-0 Garcia 19-34-3-243-0 A. Je ery 9-130-0 A. Je ery 9-130-0 4 Players Tied with 8

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2010 HIGHS AND LOWSSouth Carolina Team Game Highs

Rushes 54 at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)Yards Rushing 239 at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)Yards Per Rush 6.4 vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)TD Rushes 4 vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)

at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)

vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)Pass attempts 39 at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Pass completions 31 at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Yards Passing 382 at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)Yards Per Pass 11.9 at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)TD Passes 3 at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)

vs Alabama (Oct 09, 2010)vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)

Total Plays 84 at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Total O ense 484 at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Yards Per Play 8.6 at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)Points 69 vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)Sacks By 7 vs Furman (Sep 18, 2010)

vs Alabama (Oct 09, 2010)

First Downs 25 vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)

Penalties 9 at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Penalty Yards 60 at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)

at Clemson (Nov 27, 2010)Turnovers 5 vs Florida State (Dec 31, 2010)Interceptions By 2 vs Furman (Sep 18, 2010)

vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)

South Carolina Individual Game Highs Rushes 40 Marcus Lattimore at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)Yards Rushing 212 Marcus Lattimore at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)TD Rushes 3 Marcus Lattimore at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)

Marcus Lattimore vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)

Long Rush 58 Marcus Lattimore vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)Pass attempts 39 Stephen Garcia at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Pass completions 31 Stephen Garcia at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Yards Passing 382 Stephen Garcia at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)TD Passes 3 Stephen Garcia at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)

Stephen Garcia vs Alabama (Oct 09, 2010)Long Pass 72 Stephen Garcia at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Receptions 14 Tori Gurley at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Yards Receiving 192 Alshon Je ery at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)TD Receptions 2 Alshon Je ery at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)

Alshon Je ery vs Alabama (Oct 09, 2010)Ace Sanders vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)

Long Reception 72 Alshon Je ery at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)Field Goals 3 Spencer Lanning at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)

Spencer Lanning at Clemson (Nov 27, 2010)Long Field Goal 51 Spencer Lanning vs Furman (Sep 18, 2010)Punts 7 Spencer Lanning at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)

Spencer Lanning at Clemson (Nov 27, 2010)Punting Avg 52.5 Spencer Lanning vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)Long Punt 58 Spencer Lanning vs Furman (Sep 18, 2010)Long Punt Return 19 Stephon Gilmore at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)Long Kicko Return 37 Chris Culliver vs Alabama (Oct 09, 2010)

Bryce Sherman vs Arkansas (Nov 06, 2010)Tackles 9 4 timesSacks 2.0 Six times by ve playersTackles For Loss 4.0 Antonio Allen vs Tennessee (Oct 30, 2010)Interceptions 1 Ten times by seven players

Opponent Team Game Highs Rushes 57 at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)Yards Rushing 334 at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)Yards Per Rush 5.9 at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)TD Rushes 4 vs Arkansas (Nov 06, 2010)Pass attempts 57 vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)

Pass completions 38 vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)Yards Passing 351 vs Auburn (Dec. 4, 2010)Yards Per Pass 12.1 vs Auburn (Dec. 4, 2010)TD Passes 4 at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)

vs Auburn (Dec. 4, 2010)Total Plays 84 vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)Total O ense 589 vs Auburn (Dec. 4, 2010)Yards Per Play 8.3 vs Auburn (Dec. 4, 2010)Points 56 vs Auburn (Dec. 4, 2010)Sacks By 4 vs Georgia (Sep 11, 2010)

at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)First Downs 29 at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)Penalties 11 vs Arkansas (Nov 06, 2010)Penalty Yards 90 vs Arkansas (Nov 06, 2010)

Turnovers 5 vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)Interceptions By 3 vs Florida State (Dec 31, 2010)

Opponent Individual Game Highs Rushes 25 Cameron Newton, at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)

Chris Thompson, vs Florida State (Dec 31, 2010)Yards Rushing 176 Cameron Newton, at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)TD Rushes 3 Cameron Newton, at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)

Knile Davis, vs Arkansas (Nov 06, 2010)Long Rush 54 Cameron Newton, at Auburn (Sep 25, 2010)Pass attempts 43 Austin Davis, vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010)Pass completions 32 Mike Hartline, at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)Yards Passing 349 Mike Hartline, at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)TD Passes 4 Mike Hartline, at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)

Cameron Newton, vs Auburn (Dec 4, 2010)Long Pass 72 Tersoo Uhaa, vs Furman (Sep 18, 2010)Receptions 12 Chris Matthews, at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)Yards Receiving 228 Denarius Moore, vs Tennessee (Oct 30, 2010)TD Receptions 2 La’Rod King, at Kentucky (Oct 16, 2010)

Darvin Adams, vs Auburn (Dec 4, 2010)Long Reception 72 Adam Mims, vs Furman (Sep 18, 2010)Field Goals 4 Dustin Hopkins, vs Florida State (Dec 31, 2010Long Field Goal 51 Zach Hocker, vs Arkansas (Nov 06, 2010)Punts 9 Richard Kent, at Vanderbilt (Oct 23, 2010)

Dawson Zimmerman, at Clemson (Nov 27, 2010Punting Avg 51.0 Shawn Powell, vs Florida State (Dec 31, 2010)Long Punt 61 Peter Boehme, vs Southern Miss (Sep 02, 2010Long Punt Return 35 Jerrel Jernigan, vs Troy (Nov 20, 2010)Long Kicko Return 99 Andre Debose, at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)Tackles 16 Ahmad Black, at Florida (Nov 13, 2010)Sacks 2.0 Justin Houston, vs Georgia (Sep 11, 2010)Tackles For Loss 4.0 Marcell Dareus, vs Alabama (Oct 09, 2010)Interceptions 1 17 players




The Last Time South Carolina...SHUT OUT AN OPPONENT:at Mississippi State, 15-0 (8/31/06)

WAS SHUT OUT:vs. Georgia (9/9/06)

SCORED BETWEEN 50-59 POINTS:52 vs. Middle Tennessee (11/18/06)

ALLOWED BETWEEN 50-59 POINTS:51, vs. Florida (11/10/07)

SCORED BETWEEN 60-69 POINTS:65 vs. Mississippi State (10/14/95)

ALLOWED BETWEEN 60-69 POINTS:63, vs. Clemson (11/22/03)

SCORED MORE THAN 70 POINTS:77 vs. Kent State (10/7/95)

ALLOWED MORE THAN 70 POINTS:Never

SCORED ON A SAFETY:at Arkansas (11/3/07)

ALLOWED A SAFETY:vs. Arkansas (11/4/06)

RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TD:Matthew Thomas, 95 yards vs. Virginia(9/7/02)

ALLOWED A KICKOFF RETURN FORA TD:Leodis McKelvin, Troy, 100 yards (9/24/05)

RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TD:Chavez Donnings, 73 yards vs. Florida(11/15/03)

ALLOWED A PUNT RETURN FOR A TD:Lito Sheppard, Florida, 57 yards (11/11/00)

RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FORA TD: Nathan Pepper, 19 yards vs. South CarolinaState (9/15/07)

ALLOWED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TD:

Jock McKissic, 82 yards at Clemson(11/25/06)

RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TD:Eric Norwood, 53 yards vs. Kentucky(10/4/07)

HAD A DEFENSIVE PLAYER SCORETWO TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME:Eric Norwood, 2-yard umble return and 53yard umble return vs. Kentucky (10/4/07)

ALLOWED A FUMBLE RETURN FORA TD:

HAD A PLAYER WITH 300 YARDSPASSING:316, Blake Mitchell vs. Florida (11/10/07)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 350 YARDSPASSING:364, Blake Mitchell at Arkansas (11/3/07)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 400 YARDSPASSING:405, Steve Taneyhill vs. Georgia (9/2/95)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 450 YARDSPASSING:473, Steve Taneyhill vs. Mississippi State(10/14/95)

HAD A PLAYER COMPLETE 30+ PASSES:31, Blake Mitchell at Tennesee (10/27/07)

HAD A PLAYER ATTEMPT 40+ PASSES:42, Blake Mitchell vs. Florida (11/10/07)

HAD A PLAYER ATTEMPT 50+ PASSES:51, Blake Mitchell at Arkansas (11/3/07)

HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 150+ YDS:160, Cory Boyd at Tennessee (10/27/07)

HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 200+ YDS:215, Derek Watson vs. Eastern Michigan(9/16/00)

HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 250+ YDS:278, Brandon Bennett vs. East TennesseeState (10/5/91)

HAD TWO PLAYERS RUSH FOR MORETHAN 100 YARDS:

Cory Boyd (132) and Mike Davis (102) vs.South Carolina State (9/15/07)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 150+ YARDSRECEIVING:151, Kenny McKinley at Tennessee(10/27/07)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 200+ YARDSRECEIVING:210, Troy Williamson vs. USF (9/18/04)

HAD TWO PLAYERS WITH 100 YARDSRECEIVING:Sidney Rice (139) and Kenny McKinley (112)vs. Houston (12/29/06)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 500+ YARDSTOTAL OFFENSE:512, Steve Taneyhill vs. Mississippi State(10/14/95)

HAD A PLAYER SCORE 4 TDs:5, Sidney Rice vs. Florida Atlantic (9/23/06)

HAD A PLAYER PASS FOR 4 TDs:4, Blake Mitchell, vs. Middle Tennessee(11/18/06)

HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 3 TDs:3, Mike Davis vs. Mississippi State (9/29/07)

HAD A PLAYER CATCH 3 TD PASSES:5, Sidney Rice vs. Florida Atlantic (9/23/06)

HAD A PLAYER KICK 4 FIELD GOALS:

4, Steve Florio vs. East Carolina (9/20/97)

HAD A PLAYER KICK 5 FIELD GOALS:5, Collin Mackie vs. West Virginia(11/22/90)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 2 INTERCEPTIONS:2, Emanuel Cook, at North Carolina(10/13/07)

HAD A PLAYER WITH 3 INTERCEPTIONS:3, Patrick Hinton vs. NC State (10/29/88)

BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT:Orus Lambert vs. Clemson (11/19/05)

BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL FOR A TD:Rashad Faison, vs. Boise State, 82 yards,(9/1/01)

BLOCKED A PUNT:Eric Nowood vs. Mississippi State (9/29/07)

BLOCKED A PUNT FOR A TD:Derek Watson vs. Florida, 2 yards, (11/11/00)

HAD A PUNT BLOCKED:vs. Florida (11/10/07)

HAD A FIELD GOAL BLOCKED:at Florida (11/11/06)

MADE A 2-PT CONVERSION:Dondrial Pinkins run vs. UAB (9/20/03)

RECOVERED AN ONSIDE KICK:at Arkansas (11/3/07)

ALLOWED BLOCKED PAT RETURNEDFOR CONVERSION:Demetrice Webb, Florida (11/12/05)

SOUTH CAROLINA OFFENSE HAD...

LESS THAN 50 YARDS RUSHING:26, vs. Vanderbilt (10/20/07)

200+ YARDS RUSHING:223, vs. South Carolina State (9/15/07)

300+ YARDS RUSHING:356, vs. Vanderbilt (10/20/01)

500+ TOTAL NET YARDS:501, at Tennessee (10/27/07)

600+ TOTAL NET YARDS:656, vs. Vanderbilt (10/20/01)

50+ YARD RUN:

The Last Time an Opponent Had...TEAM... LESS THAN 100 YARDS RUSHING:81, Middle Tennessee (11/18/06)200+ YARDS RUSHING:541, at Arkansas (11/3/07)LESS THAN 100 YARDS PASSING:70, at LSU (9/22/07)400+ YARDS PASSING:402, Florida (11/11/95)LESS THAN 200 TOTAL NET YARDS161, Mississippi State (8/31/06)500+ TOTAL NET YARDS:537, vs. Florida (11/10/07)600+ TOTAL NET YARDS:650, at Arkansas (11/3/07)

INDIVIDUAL...

350+ YARDS PASSING:386, Kevin Kolb, Houston (12/29/06)400+ YARDS PASSING:485, Eric Zeier, Georgia (9/3/94)150+ YARDS RUSHING:321, Darren McFadden, Arkansas (11/3/163, Felix Jones Arkansas (11/3/07)200+ YARDS RUSHING:321, Darren McFadden, Arkansas (11/3/250+ YARDS RUSHING:321, Darren McFadden, Arkansas (11/3/200+ YARDS RECEIVING:201, Vincent Marshall, Houston (12/29/50+ YARD RUN:80, Darren McFadden, Arkansas (11/3/072, Felix Jones, Arkansas (11/3/07)50+ YARD RECEPTION:77, Kevin Kolb to Vincent Marshall,Houston (12/29/06)MADE 4 FIELD GOALS:4, Brandon Coutu (9/8/07)MISSED A PAT:Kentucky (10/8/05)MISSED A 2-POINT CONVERSION:at North Carolina (10/13/07)RUSHED FOR 4 TOUCHDOWNS:4 Chad Jasmin, Clemson (11/21/03)

TWO PLAYERS WITH...

100+ YARDS RUSHING:at Arkansas, Darren McFadden (323) anFelix Jones (163) (11/3/07)100+ YARDS RECEIVING:Central Florida, Mike Walker (105) & Bdon Marshall (102), (9/1/05)

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