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8 Gameday Poster: USC vs. GEORGIA

14 Explaining The Game: Joe Robinson

18 Senior Profile: Seth Strickland

20 GamecockCentral.com’s Recruit to Watch: Defensive End Devin Washington

22 Are USC and Georgia on the Brink of a True Rivalry?

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ON THE COVER: Marcus Lattimore carries the ball against Georgia on Sept. 11, 2010 at Williams-Brice Stadium. PHOTO By PAuL COLLiNS.

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melvin ingram scores a touchdown as Georgia’s cory campbell falls down during second-quarter action in Athens, Ga., on Sept. 10, 2011. At left is Devonte holloman. PHOTO By TRAViS BELL/SiDELiNE CAROLiNA

New day risiNgaluminum cauldrons that are Wil-liams-Brice and Sanford Stadium. It is the early-season SEC game to watch. Carolina and Georgia, like Keith Jackson used to say, are two teams that just plain ol’ don’t like each other.

They still don’t like each other, and the game will still help deter-mine the SEC East championship — if not determine it outright. But thanks to the SEC’s new schedul-ing format, after adding Missouri and Texas A&M, the Gamecocks and Bulldogs are playing in October, and not in their usual early-September slot.

It will take a bit of getting used to.

“I’ve had reservations every two years in Athens in Septem-ber,” groused Jake Franklin, a self-described 38-year-fan who was reclining in his camp chair before

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already play these guys? It certainly feels that way.

Georgia comes to Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday for what’s sure to be an electric atmo-sphere. An evening kickoff, under the lights, two of the nation’s top teams throwing down in a battle that may just decide which SEC East team gets to represent the division in the SEC Champion-ship Game. This is what college football is all about.

But hold on.It’s October. The mornings

and evenings are starting to feel a little chilly. The mercury is dipping into the 60s now after the usual inferno of a Columbia summer.

What’s Georgia doing in town?The Bulldogs and Gamecocks

play when it’s still dreadfully hot, the sun beating down on the

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USC’s game against Missouri. “I knew to make them six months or so in advance. Thank God we got [Georgia] at home this year because now I’m going to have to readjust for next year.”

Franklin was concerned that the SEC’s new scheduling would affect the USC-Georgia game in the future, but the SEC hasn’t said when the game will be scheduled in the future. The two new teams in the conference have seemingly already benefited USC — USC drops thorn-in-the-side Arkansas as its permanent SEC West op-ponent after this year; Texas A&M fills the spot going forward — and it kept another scheduling quirk in which the Gamecocks usually play Tennessee on Halloween week.

But USC and Georgia were so used to playing each other early. It’s not that huge of a deal — the game’s in October, so put away the short black dress and grab a jacket — except when it comes to potentially deciding the SEC East race.

The Gamecocks and Bulldogs have played each other every year since USC joined the SEC in 1992, and outside of three times in that span, the game has always been either the season-opener or the second game of the year. In the three years that the Georgia game wasn’t first or second (2002, 2003, 2008), it was third.

The winner of the game usu-ally went on to have the better season, and in the past two sea-

sons, the game was viewed as the matchup to decide the division. The Gamecocks won each time, and went to the SEC Champion-ship Game in 2010, but were fleeced out of a repeat appearance last year even after outlasting the Bulldogs 45-42 in Athens. The Gamecocks downed Georgia but lost two SEC games, to Auburn and Arkansas. The Bulldogs, who started the season 0-2 (the first loss was to Boise State), didn’t lose another regular-season game, clinching the SEC East crown by one game over the Gamecocks. While USC beat every team in the SEC East, the division winner is decided by overall record, not di-vision record, a fact that had Steve Spurrier lobbying for a change of the standard during the offseason.

(He was overruled.)Coming into this season,

many pundits predicted that Georgia would win the SEC East again, due to another scheduling issue. USC was expecting to see Mississippi State, a team it beat last year in Starkville, but the game was dropped, replaced by a game in Baton Rouge against LSU, reigning SEC champion and BCS runner-up in 2011.

Georgia, meanwhile, again avoids top-ranked Alabama, LSU and Arkansas for the second straight year. That puts another amount of focus on Saturday — if the Gamecocks win, they will technically have a two-game lead in the SEC East (one game above Georgia and holding the head-

to-head tiebreaker), although the season has a long way to go. While Georgia’s only two remaining tough games are against Florida and Auburn, the Gamecocks have to play LSU, Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas back-to-back-to-back-to-back. If USC beats Geor-gia, it’s a cushion, but the Bulldogs could count on a USC loss to snatch that cushion away.

If Georgia wins, the Bulldogs might as well make reservations in Atlanta on Sunday morning.

“That’s what I want to know, is who they have dirty pictures of to get that deal two years in a row,” said another disgruntled fan, Reginald George, before the Missouri game. “I don’t know whether or not to save vacation time for Atlanta or LSU or what.”

Implications aside, it is strange to see Georgia dotting USC’s schedule mid-season instead of that customary first quarter of the year. That date has spawned some epic battles.

• 1993:USC’sBrandonBen-nett dove over a pile of Georgia defenders for the game-winning touchdown with seconds to play, as legendary Bulldog radio voice Larry Munson implored his boys to “lay down, you guys!”

• 2001:USC’sBrianScotttookaway an interception from a defensive back for the winning touchdown, again with seconds to play.

• 2002:Georgia’sDavidPol-lack stripped USC quarterback Corey Jenkins as he was about to throw from his own end zone, and somehow managed to hold onto the ball as he fell to the turf for a touchdown. That was the winning score after USC drove deep into Georgia territory, but AndrewPinnockfumbledawaywhat could have been the game-winning carry.

• 2005:D.J.Shockleycompleteda 27-yard pass on third-and-22 to extend Georgia’s time of posses-sion, ultimately denying USC enough time to get a game-win-ning kick in a two-point win.

• 2011:TheGamecockswononeof the wildest games in the series 45-42 as Melvin Ingram played the game of his life. He scored two touchdowns, one on a fumble return and one on a beautifully orchestrated fake punt, and also recovered the game-clinching onside kick.

The Gamecocks have won two straight in the series and have never beaten Georgia three straight times. (This is the sixth time in the series that USC has a chance for a three-peat.) With several Georgia natives on the roster, it always becomes a pride game — the Bulldogs are USC’s closest conference geographi-cal rival, and while the schools don’t often clash head-to-head for recruits, Georgia wasn’t too happy that the Gamecocks snuck into the fertile recruiting bed of Atlanta and came away with 11 area commitments last year.

Carolina’s players have refused to look ahead, Spurrier saying that he doubts his kids know which team they’re playing each week, except the one that’s written in big letters on the dry erase board in the team meeting room. That’s always the next one, and no mat-ter who the opponent was before it, the Gamecocks haven’t looked ahead.

Of course, there was that one classic Spurrier jibe in the preseason, when he commented on the oddity of having Georgia mid-season.

“I sort of always liked play-ing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended,” he cracked. Folks smiled and shook their heads. Irreverent, yes, but also true.

Georgia is healthy, as is USC. All players are ready for bad blood, and plenty of it, on Satur-day. The fans are in it as well.

It’s just strange to see the game come along now, where pumpkins are being bought and Halloween costumes are being planned.

It’s a sign of the new SEC. “I liked the old sign better,”

Franklin grumbled.

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south Carolina’s football coaching staff has had a lot of success recruiting and

developing defensive linemen in the past several years under Steve Spurrier. Names like Melvin In-gram, Travian Robertson, Devin Taylor and Jadeveon Clowney come to mind, among others.

To accomplish position coach Brad Lawing’s goals of “changing the DNA” of the USC defensive line, the Gamecocks have as-sembled a group that spans from highly rated prospect to sleeper, from a converted linebacker to an instant impact, can’t-miss prospect.

Orlando, Fla., Jones High School prospect Devin Washing-ton does not have the accolades of a Clowney, nor does he have the size of a Taylor. What he does have is talent to go along with heart.

The 6-foot-3, 216-pound Washington drew over 20 scholar-ship offers during the recruiting process. USC’s staff offered a scholarship in February, and by May the three-star prospect was verbally committed to play for the Gamecocks.

“I chose South Carolina because it fit me,” Washington told gamecockcentral.com in May after committing to USC. “I love the staff, the family environment, the team and everything about them. They know how to develop players.”

Washington, rated by rivals.com as the 17th-best weak-side defensive end prospect in the country and the No. 55 prospect overall in the talent-rich state of Florida, was the first pickup for

Gamecock running backs coach Everette Sands, who recruits the Orlando area for USC.

Another factor that drove Washington to choose USC, the program he favored for nearly three months before committing, was the education.

“They have the No. 1 business program in the country, which was another sell for me,” he said. “So I just felt it was the right time to make the decision.”

Washington is coached at Jones by former Miami Univer-sity and NFL defensive lineman Kenard Lang. Rivals.com’s Kynon Codrington, who has seen Wash-ington in person, believes he has good potential at the SEC level.

“Good hand placement and has a great first step,” Codrington told gamecockcentral.com in a scouting report. “Needs to add weight to frame, but that should come in college. Student of the game and flashes the tools to be a solid BCS weakside defensive end.”

Since his commitment, Wash-ington has taken to social media and the telephone to tout Game-cock Nation to fans, as well as to other prospects he hopes USC’s staff can add to the class.

Washington is one of 20 verbal commitments for USC in a class currently ranked 14th nationally by rivals.com.

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are usc and georgia on the Brink of a true rivalry?

O P I N I O N B Y J A M E S H A R L E Y

if you ask a Georgia fan who the school’s football rivals are, he or she will imme-

diately mention Georgia Tech, Florida and Auburn. Press him or her further, and some will argue for Tennessee, and after a little thought, a few might even say South Carolina. After all, despite playing the Bulldogs very closely on numerous occasions, the Gamecocks haven’t really done much to stand in the way of Georgia’s success and earn serious rival status.

That might finally be chang-ing.

A geographic rivalry doesn’t have to be historically competitive to be valid. Indeed, many are far from it. Georgia holds a 23-game series lead over Georgia Tech, Southern Cal leads UCLA by 16 — and I will not sully this page by even mentioning the USC-Clem-son standings.

But in order to establish a true rivalry across state lines, there needs to be at least occasional national — or at least regional or conference — significance to the annual meeting. Despite Geor-gia being seventh on USC’s list of most-played opponents — 64

games — this has rarely been the case. To put it bluntly, the Bull-dogs have owned USC for much of their history, putting together multiple 10-game winning streaks over the Gamecocks (though the last ended in 1977), while never giving up more than two consecu-tive losses.

A Carolina victory this year would finally break that chain, giving USC three straight wins over Georgia and four in the last six games (another feat never accomplished before), while also continuing to dial up the wider

significance of the series in the SEC and the national polls.

USC’s long climb to rival status basically began with joining the SEC in 1992. In the pre-SEC era spanning 34 games from 1894-1989, the Gamecocks were a horrid 9-23-2 against Georgia. Since then, the Gamecocks are 7-13, which might sound bad at first but actually accounts for almost half of their all-time series. It is a marked improvement, considering it has been achieved in only 20 years. Add the two wins just prior to joining the SEC (1988 and 1989) and USC is an almost-respectable 9-13 in the last 22 meetings. By this standard, the notion of a rivalry is somewhat legitimized.

Rivalries also require some pot-stirring to inspire emotion, and while USC and UGA fans are generally respectful of one anoth-er, the tight race in the SEC East over the past few years is begin-ning to wear away at the cordial-ity. The Bulldogs won last season’s SEC championship despite USC

being clearly the best team in the division; that’s certainly generated some talk, as has Steve Spurrier’s now-classic quip regarding the movement of the game from its usual early-season spot.

“I sort of always liked play-ing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two or three key players suspended,” Spurrier said in the preseason.

Add the drama of Georgia’s shady avoidance of any difficult SEC West opponents — the Bulldogs avoid powerhouses LSU

and Alabama, opting instead for traditional division doormat Ole Miss and a struggling Auburn squad — on its schedule again this year as a result of conference expansion, and it really is starting to look like all the factors of a genuine rivalry are present in the series.

Of course, some of the in-crease in the importance of this game can be attributed to Ten-nessee’s downturn and Florida’s recent slump, so it could be that we’re simply experiencing a peak moment that will fade away if and when those teams return to power.

I don’t think so. If the Gamecocks can ruin

Georgia’s hopes this year by not just beating them but holding on to capture the division title, it will get under the skin of the UGA fans who have never really had to take USC all that seriously, and a true rivalry will be born.

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Depth

gamecocks roster89 Jerell Adams TE 6-6 224 FR Pinewood, S.C./Scott’s Branch81 Rory Anderson TE 6-5 218 SO Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern19 Landon Ard P/K 5-9 189 RS FR Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe3 Akeem Auguste CB 5-9 188 SR Hollywood, Fla./Chaminade-Madonna/Fork

Union Military10 Kareem Auguste SAF 6-0 200 RS FR Miramar, Fla./Miramar26 Jacob Baker FB 5-9 188 SR Ridgeland, S.C./Thomas Heyward Academy34 Joshua Blue TB 5-7 167 SO Tatum, S.C./Marlboro County47 Reginald Bowens LB 6-3 254 RS SR Holly Springs, N.C./Garner84 Tevin Bradshaw WR 5-7 155 RS FR Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkeley/Brevard80 K.J. Brent WR 6-4 184 RS FR Waxhaw, N.C./Marvin Ridge74 Kaleb Broome OG 6-6 332 SR Aiken, S.C./Aiken/Georgia Military College3 Damiere Byrd WR 5-9 168 SO Sicklerville, N.J./Timber Creek50 A.J. Cann OG 6-4 309 RS SO Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt7 Shon Carson TB 5-8 192 RS FR Scranton, S.C./Lake City4 Ahmad Christian CB 5-10 189 RS FR Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian15 Andrew Clifford QB 6-2 212 RS JR Tampa, Fla./Wharton7 Jadeveon Clowney DE 6-6 256 SO Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe18 Cedrick Cooper LB 6-2 215 RS FR Lithonia, Ga./Lithonia58 Ryland Culbertson OG 6-4 254 RS SO Laurens, S.C./Laurens Academy87 Justice Cunningham TE 6-4 264 SR Pageland, S.C./Central28 Mike Davis RB 5-9 216 FR Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson31 Jordan Diaz LB 6-1 236 RS SO Hamilton, N.J./Hamilton West42 Jordan Diggs SPR 6-0 197 FR Cape Coral, Fla./Island Coast44 Gerald Dixon DE 6-2 272 RS FR Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe92 Gerald Dixon, Jr. DT 6-3 304 RS FR Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern18 Dwayne Duckett WR 6-0 185 FR Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley/Gray Military39 Jessie Dukes DB 5-11 162 SO Blackville, S.C./Blackville-Hilda52 Phillip Dukes DT 6-3 306 RS FR Manning, S.C./Manning17 Chaz Elder CB 6-2 187 FR College Park, Ga./Banneker23 Bruce Ellington WR 5-9 197 SO Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkeley8 Darius English DE 6-6 215 FR Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern13 Patrick Fish P 6-0 193 RS SO Shelby, N.C./Burns19 Kyle Fleetwood SAF 5-11 199 FR Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson61 Travis Ford OC 6-3 278 RS JR Fork, S.C./Lake View/Coastal Carolina57 Aldrick Fordham DE 6-4 269 SR Jamestown, S.C./Timberland12 Jody Fuller WR 5-11 201 FR Monroe, N.C./Sun Valley78 Cody Gibson OT 6-7 278 RS SO Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln43 Qua Gilchrist FB 6-1 245 RS SR Abbeville, S.C./Abbeville/Butler County CC9 Sharrod Golightly SPR 5-10 179 RS SO Decatur, Ga./Southwest Dekalb93 Deon Green DE 6-4 290 RS FR Windermere, Fla./Olympia29 Chaun Gresham LB 6-2 266 RS JR Auburn, Ga./Apalachee20 T.J. Gurley SAF 5-10 183 FR Cairo, Ga./Cairo16 Austin Hails QB 6-2 212 RS FR Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville96 Jamal Hall DE 6-2 232 RS JR Ladson, S.C./Fort Dorchester/Brevard

College27 Victor Hampton CB 5-10 197 RS SO Darlington, S.C./Darlington59 Coleman Harley LS 6-1 280 RS FR Aiken, S.C./South Aiken70 Kyle Harris OC 6-3 268 RS FR Silver Creek, Ga./Pepperell34 Mason Harris LB 6-3 210 RS FR Fort Oglethorpe, Ga./Ridgeland21 DeVonte Holloman SPR 6-2 241 SR Charlotte, N.C./South Pointe11 T.J. Holloman LB 6-2 209 FR Atlanta, Ga./St. Pius X94 Ashton Holmes DE 6-3 252 RS JR Spartanburg, S.C./Byrnes/Butler CC35 Jeff Homad TE 6-2 225 RS SO Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Island/

UNC Pembroke13 Tyler Hull P 6-2 205 RS SO Mount Airy, N.C./Mount Airy/Guilford

College91 Walker Inabinet LS 5-10 204 RS SR Columbia, S.C./Hammond School33 Damario Jeffery LB 6-4 233 SR Columbia, S.C./Columbia8 Shamier Jeffery WR 6-1 214 RS FR St. Matthews, S.C./Calhoun County70 Byron Jerideau DT 6-1 316 RS SR Green Pond, S.C./Colleton County/Fort

Scott C.C.55 T.J. Johnson OC 6-6 319 RS SR Aynor, S.C./Aynor10 Nick Jones WR 5-7 184 RS SO Moore, S.C./Byrnes21 Marcus Lattimore TB 6-0 218 JR Duncan, S.C./Byrnes15 Jimmy Legree CB 6-0 189 RS JR Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort22 Kaiwan Lewis LB 6-0 225 FR Hammonton, N.J./St. Joseph29 Blair Lowery TB 6-1 178 RS SR Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork40 Kyle Madden FB 6-3 248 RS SR Powder Springs, Ga./Harrison/UCF86 Reilly Madden P 6-0 185 FR Vienna, Va./Paul VI Catholic25 Kadetrix Marcus SS 6-1 185 SO Stone Mountain, Ga./Stephenson64 Christopher Massey OL 6-3 220 FR Summerville, S.C./Ashley Ridge76 Mike Matulis OT 6-5 274 SO Boynton Beach, Fla./Park Vista41 Connor McLaurin FB 6-0 222 RS SO Raleigh, N.C./Garner5 Rico McWilliams CB 5-11 172 FR Hampton, Ga./Lovejoy31 Kenny Miles TB 5-9 193 RS SR Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood6 Chris Moody CB 6-1 208 FR McDonough, Ga./Henry County82 D.L. Moore WR 6-5 198 RS SR Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green62 Davis Moore LS 6-0 217 RS JR Buford, Ga./Mill Creek/Emory & Henry

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

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

82 D.L. Moore 6-5 198 SR-3L Bowling Green, Ky. 10 Nick Jones 5-7 184 SO-1L Moore, S.C. 80 K.J. Brent 6-4 184 FR-RS Waxhaw, N.C.

53 Corey Robinson 6-8 337 SO-SQ Havelock, N.C. 71 Brandon Shell 6-6 331 FR-RS Goose Creek, S.C.

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

76 Mike Matulis 6-5 274 SO-1L Boynton Beach, Fla. 78 Cody Gibson 6-7 278 SO-1L Tallahassee, Fla. 87 Justice Cunningham 6-4 264 SR-3L Pageland, S.C. 81 Rory Anderson 6-5 218 SO-1L Powder Springs, Ga. 89 Jerell Adams 6-6 224 FR-PG Pinewood, S.C.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 241 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. 9 Sharrod Golightly 5-10 179 SO-1L Decatur, Ga. 42 Jordan Diggs 6-0 197 FR-HS Fort Myers, Fla.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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5 Brendan Nosovitch QB 6-1 210 FR Allenton, Pa./Central Catholic88 Drew Owens TE 6-6 236 RS FR Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell67 Ronald Patrick OG 6-2 305 JR Cocoa, Fla./Cocoa49 Devin Potter FB 5-10 202 FR Granite Falls, N.C./South Caldwell99 Kelcy Quarles DT 6-4 286 SO Hodges, S.C./Greenwood/Fork Union

Military5 Kelvin Rainey TE 6-3 219 FR Yulee, Fla./Yulee30 Sidney Rhodes CB 5-10 170 SO Easley, S.C./Wren/Western Carolina48 Marcquis Roberts SPR 6-1 206 RS FR Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern53 Corey Robinson OT 6-8 337 RS SO Havelock, N.C./Havelock26 Kenny Robinson FS 5-9 176 RS SO Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Island4 Shaq Roland WR 6-1 173 FR Lexington, S.C./Lexington24 Kendric Salley RB 5-9 205 FR Williston, S.C./Williston Elko1 Ace Sanders WR 5-8 175 JR Bradenton, Fla./Manatee14 Connor Shaw QB 6-1 207 JR Flowery Branch, Ga./Flowery Branch28 Jared Shaw FS 5-10 179 RS SR Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill/Newberry71 Brandon Shell OT 6-6 331 RS FR Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek46 Darian Sims LB 6-2 250 RS FR Goose Creek, S.C./Goose Creek6 DeAngelo Smith WR 6-1 196 RS JR Kingsland, Ga./Camden County9 Kwinton Smith WR 6-4 206 FR Dillon, S.C./Dillon24 Quin Smith LB 6-1 239 SR Lenoir, N.C./Hibriten75 Will Sport OT 6-5 291 RS FR Milton, Fla./Pace16 Nick St. Germain PK 5-9 182 FR Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern65 Brock Stadnik OT 6-5 287 FR Greensboro, N.C./Western Guilford54 Clayton Stadnik OC 6-3 265 FR Greensboro, N.C./Western Guilford11 Seth Strickland QB 6-2 195 RS SR Laurens, S.C./Laurens97 J.T. Surratt DT 6-2 295 RS SO Winston-Salem, N.C./Parkland45 Ty Sutherland FB 5-10 220 RS FR Pendleton, S.C./Pendleton90 Chaz Sutton DE 6-5 248 RS JR Savannah, Ga./Jenkins/Fork Union Military36 D.J. Swearinger FS 6-0 210 SR Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood

98 Devin Taylor DE 6-8 267 RS SR Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort17 Dylan Thompson QB 6-3 212 RS SO Boiling Springs, S.C./Boiling Springs51 Cody Waldrop OG 6-2 300 FR Seffner, Fla./Armwood95 Michael Washington DE 6-3 228 FR Allendale, S.C./Allendale-Fairfax/S.C. State85 Kane Whitehurst WR 5-11 170 RS FR Duluth, Ga./Chattahoochee/Arkansas22 Brandon Wilds TB 6-2 218 SO Blythewood, S.C./Blythewood32 David Wilkins CB 6-1 180 RS SR Cowpens, S.C./Broome12 Brison Williams SS 5-11 205 SO Warner Robins, Ga./Northside/Fork Union

Military84 Mike Williamson P 6-1 190 RS JR Norway, S.C./Orangeburg Prep/Columbia

University54 Shaq Wilson LB 5-11 224 SR Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast52 Adam Yates PK 6-1 196 RS SR Sparks, MD/Hereford77 Mason Zandi OT 6-9 266 FR Chapin, S.C./Chapin

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

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

82 D.L. Moore 6-5 198 SR-3L Bowling Green, Ky. 10 Nick Jones 5-7 184 SO-1L Moore, S.C. 80 K.J. Brent 6-4 184 FR-RS Waxhaw, N.C.

53 Corey Robinson 6-8 337 SO-SQ Havelock, N.C. 71 Brandon Shell 6-6 331 FR-RS Goose Creek, S.C.

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

76 Mike Matulis 6-5 274 SO-1L Boynton Beach, Fla. 78 Cody Gibson 6-7 278 SO-1L Tallahassee, Fla. 87 Justice Cunningham 6-4 264 SR-3L Pageland, S.C. 81 Rory Anderson 6-5 218 SO-1L Powder Springs, Ga. 89 Jerell Adams 6-6 224 FR-PG Pinewood, S.C.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 241 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. 9 Sharrod Golightly 5-10 179 SO-1L Decatur, Ga. 42 Jordan Diggs 6-0 197 FR-HS Fort Myers, Fla.

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

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

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

*Note: The depth chart lists 12 offensive positions.

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LT

LG

C

RG

RT

TE

QB

FB

TB

DE

DT

DT

DE

MLB

WLB

SPR

CB

SS

FS

CB

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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