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4 2010 Carolina Football Schedule & Results 6 Opponent Preview: Clemson Tigers 12 Gameday Poster 14 Senior Profile: Hutch Eckerson 16 Explaining The Game: Brad Lawing

17 Gamecocks Rewriting History This Year 19 GamecockCentral.com’s Recruit to Watch: Shon Carson 19 WVOC Corner: SEC Championship Trumps Clemson Win 20 USC Roster, Depth, Coaches

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nickname: Tigers

conference: ACC

2010 record: 6-5

2010 acc record: 4-4

series record:Clemson leads 65-38-4

coach: Dabo Swinney

Years as coach: 3

career recordat clemson: 19-13

overall careerrecord: 19-13

wHAT’s AT sTAKeThe rivalry and the end of a sour streak for

USC. The Gamecocks have not beaten Clemson in consecutive years since 1969-70. Neither team HAS to win this game — USC is going to the SEC Championship Game regardless and Clemson is going to one of the lower bowls — but that won’t deter anybody from trying to win it. Plus, the Gamecocks want to take advantage of a rare year in which they’re favored to win.

wHy you sHould HATe THemLet’s see — over 100 years of having your nose rubbed in it? Pitchfork Ben? That completely over-rated run down the hill? The fact that their prized talisman that supposedly endows magical powers used to be a doorstop? They they continue to run their mouths about their greatness despite not being nationally relevant in 20 years? They they insist their team logo is an acceptable substitute for the letter “O?” They’re Tigers. Hate is part of the equation.

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lAsT meeTinG:SouthCarolina34,Clemson17(Nov. 28, 2009, at Columbia)



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nobody knew.“No, sure don’t,” senior fullback

Patrick DiMarco said. “No idea,” replied senior tailback Brian Maddox. “No clue,” answered freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore.

The question: “When was the last time South Carolina beat Clemson two years in a row in football?”

When the players heard the answer, they each shook their heads. It’s understandable.

No one wants to glorify this one.1970.DiMarco (after a moment of silence):

“… Chance for us to do it, and do it right now.”

Maddox (with a flip of the hand): “We got Troy this week, Clemson next week.”

Lattimore (grinning): “That’s crazy, that’s crazy.”

Forty years. Forty years of hearing “Tiger Rag” over and over. Forty years of watching everyone from Steve Fuller to Charlie Whitehurst beat up USC in the last game of the season. Forty years of seeing the Tigers run up their series win total to a point where if the Gamecocks won the rivalry game every year until 2036, they would still be one win behind.

Forty years, 12 USC wins. Twelve.“That is shocking, and I think that’s

their biggest fear up there,” former quarter-back and current play-by-play announcer Todd Ellis said. “That we win two in a row, get the recruiting going and dominate in the state again.”

That could start on Saturday. It would only be a start, but all great revolutions started from a single show of defiance.

The Gamecocks think they did that last year. A 34-17 walloping of Clemson saved an otherwise dismal season. It was only the second home win over the Tigers in 21 years. That it came over a Clemson team that would go on to play for the ACC cham-pionship and had finished the season with a red-hot offensive showing, while USC limped into the matchup, was especially sweet.

It was a shining moment, to be sure, but if the reversal is to truly start, it will have to continue on Saturday. The Gamecocks aren’t often in the situation to win two straight over Clemson, but they are now, and that’s why it was so important to look back to the last time USC had done it.

From 1968-70, an undersized but feisty quarterback from tiny Lamar, S.C., led USC to three straight wins over Clemson. It remains the last time the Gamecocks had a multi-year winning streak over the Tigers and considering he also beat Clemson during the freshman-team year (freshmen

weren’t eligible for varsity football then), Tommy Suggs will forever be a USC legend.

“There is no magic formula,” once said Suggs, Ellis’ radio partner. “It was just one of those circumstances.”

“The 7-3 game (1968), we just couldn’t punch it in, but we still won. In 1969 (USC’s lone conference championship team), we were a good football team and we played within our capability. In 1970, 38-32 up there again, I threw three interceptions in the first half and three touchdowns in the second, and we still won. What’s the secret? I don’t know, really.”

No one else has seemed to be able to figure it out, either. Since that glorious day

in 1970, a Gamecock football team has had a chance to repeat the previous year’s win over Clemson 10 times.

They have come close (23-21, 2007) and they been far (47-21, 1997), but they have failed every time. The closest USC has come to two straight was a win in 1987 after a tie in 1986.

How did it ever get this bad?Simple. Clemson had some great teams

and sustained stretches of brilliance while USC didn’t. The Gamecocks won the first game between the two schools, then dropped the next four; the pattern has repeated itself numerous times.

USC has never been ahead in the series

and only been close a few times. The Game-cocks were behind 29-20 in the series until 1954, and behind 38-27 when Suggs finished his career. The Gamecocks won one of the next four, putting the all-time ledger at 41-28, then came one of the best and worst days in program history.

In 1975, the Gamecocks crushed the Tigers 56-20, scoring on every possession and setting records for points against and largest margin of victory vs. Clemson. Clemson coaches and players, believing USC had deliberately run up the score, swore vengeance.

The Tigers won the next three rivalry games and passed down the must-win

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attitude to their younger followers. Coach Danny Ford arrived and took Clemson to national prominence while USC sputtered between good and bad seasons, leading to a sour trend.

Entire classes of Tigers graduated with-out ever losing to USC, while the same four-year groups at USC never knew the thrill of topping Clemson. In 34 tries since that 1975 game, the Gamecocks only won nine times.

One was last year, a gleam that despite an overall record of 7-6, made USC’s season great. The Gamecocks got a win that wiped away the stain of the last month of the season, while the Tigers pooh-poohed it because they were warming up for the ACC Championship the week after.

The situations are reversed this year. It’s the Gamecocks who are eyeing their league championship game in a week while Clemson is struggling to find something that used to be a given. The Tigers are barely bowl-eligible and find themselves as under-dogs to USC, trying to swallow the sting of having to beat USC just to be considered good.

The question is if USC will take the game seriously. Steve Spurrier has always said that a non-conference rivalry game has no meaning if the team is playing for the league championship the next week, which helped explain his wonderful rivalry record at Duke (3-0, with North Carolina a league game) and awful record at Florida against Florida State (5-8-1).

He preached it at USC as well, going so far as to take down the “Beat Clemson” signs strung in the locker room. The theory of ignoring Clemson for the sake of the SEC championship was fine, but considering the Gamecocks were never in the hunt for the SEC, and Spurrier was still 1-3 against the Tigers in first four tries, what was the point?

Spurrier got a win last year, and USC will be favored this year despite the lurking cloud of potentially resting its best players for the big game next week. The opportu-nity to break the streak is clearly there.

The Gamecocks just have to seize it.


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He only had to compose himself a bit. “Yeah, last time running out in Williams-Brice, it’s kind of a hard

reality to deal with,” South Carolina’s fifth-year senior right tackle said. “It’s been a long time coming, and my senior year has unfolded into a pretty good one so far.”

That about covers it.Eckerson trotted out for his senior ova-

tion last week against Troy and realized that his career will be over soon. But he still has a month and change to play, beginning with today’s game at archrival Clemson.

And for the first time, he has an extra game to play. Eckerson and the rest of the Gamecocks’ seniors will head to Atlanta next week to play Auburn for the SEC championship, before they head to a bowl game.

The ride Eckerson has taken is like many of the 15 seniors around him on the roster, but perhaps a little more intriguing. As part of an offensive line that has been scorned, shaken up and nearly scuttled, Eckerson came through it as a starter and a critical piece of the first Gamecock team to win the SEC East.

“When you’re out there, you’re thinking that if I go down, there’s nobody else that can go in,” Eckerson said. “So going into the game knowing in your mind that you have to play four quarters and finish the dadgum ballgame, that does add almost a sense of confidence because you know you’re going to have to do your job for four quarters and finish the ballgame.”

Eckerson and all of his line mates had to have confidence. Coming into the season, the line had allowed sacks by the bushel and was partially responsible for a rushing “attack” that had finished last in the SEC for three straight seasons. Eckerson was on his third coach in three years (fifth if you count interim coaches) and didn’t know what to expect.

But thanks to the running of Marcus Lattimore and the toughness preached by line coach Shawn Elliott, USC’s offensive line has finally come together. Thin as it is, Eckerson and his mates banded together to challenge for a major goal.

That was accomplished two weeks ago at Florida. Eckerson will get to go back to Lumberton, N.C., with a championship ring once he finishes.

“That’s why I came here,” Eckerson said. “Because [coach Steve Spurrier] told me that we want to win an SEC championship here and do things that have never been done. And it’s been a long time and a lot of ups

and downs, but we’re in it and it’s a great feeling.”

Eckerson had to check his emotions as he was announced to the crowd and then ran out to “2001” for the last time — “Words can’t describe being in the tunnel and hearing that song,” he said — before the Troy game, and then had to get back up for the Clemson rivalry this week. The Game-cocks don’t have to win the game to make their season, since it will be really defined next week.

But it would be nice to have. USC hasn’t beaten Clemson in consecutive years since a three-year run from 1968-1970.

After that is the SEC championship, then a bowl game hopefully in a sunny locale. Either way, the season has been an unqualified success.

Even a “big ugly” broke down talking about it.

“Wish I could do it many more times, but I’ve had a great college experience,” Eckerson said. “Like I said, it’s unfolding into a great senior year and it’s going to be a special day.”

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south Carolina defensive line coach Brad Lawing received the ultimate praise from Steve Spurrier earlier this

season. While addressing the media about the play of the defensive line, Spurrier said he thought Lawing deserved a raise because of the play of his unit. The numbers don’t lie in this situation. The Gamecocks are first against the run in the SEC, allowing less than 100 yards a game, and are first in sacks with 36. Even with that, Lawing wishes the praise would be spread out a little more evenly than just on the defensive line. “It takes 11 people to stop the run and 11 people to stop the pass,” Lawing said. “The defensive line gets too much credit for stopping the run and too much blame when they give up a lot. It takes the play of the entire defense to be successful. It’s definitely a team deal.” But for a unit that has been maligned over the years, it truly has been a resurgent season. Led by upperclassmen defensive tackles Ladi Ajiboye, Travian Robertson and Melvin Ingram, and defensive ends Cliff Matthews and Devin Taylor, the unit has been consistent on the way to the SEC East title and an 8-3 record. Backup defensive ends Chaz Sutton and Byron McKnight each have scores among the five defensive touchdowns scored by USC this season. Taylor and Ingram are battling for the team lead in sacks. Taylor, a sophomore, cur-rently leads the way with 7.5 while Ingram is just behind with seven, though he has started just one game this season. Although the praise should be spread evenly across the board, Lawing under-stands that most of what the defense wants to accomplish begins up front. “I’m proud of the sack total and the way we’ve played the run, but the main thing we try and do each

play is affect the quarterback, even if we don’t sack him,” Lawing said. “All the stats out there are great but the bottom line is getting out and getting it done on Satur-day.” Lawing did not want to rate the play of his unit just yet. He wants to see how the Clemson game and rematch against Auburn in the SEC championship work out, plus the bowl game, before evaluating the play. “I thought before the season we had a chance to be a pretty good front this year,” Lawing said. “I’m not ready to evaluate how they’ve played yet because we have a lot of football left to play. All that is for af-ter the season, but so far it’s been decent.” Lawing is in his second stint coaching in Columbia. He spent 10 seasons at USC, left for stints at Michigan State and North Carolina and has been back with the Gamecocks for five years. Last year he watched this same group struggle with injuries and suspensions. Robertson missed all but the first four games of the season with an injury. So far this season, the group has been relatively healthy. The biggest scare was a broken hand suffered by Ingram against Vander-bilt, but the junior had a cast placed on it and he returned to the lineup later in the game. Being able to stay injury-free has been

one of the main areas of improve-ment.

“We were off to a pretty good start last year and

then went through some things where we didn’t

finish the way we wanted to,” Lawing said. “Staying healthy has been a major key for us. Just like a lot of other positions on our team, the depth isn’t where it needs to be, but the frontline guys

are pretty darn good. If we can finish off the

way we’ve started this year, it will be a move

in the right direction for us and this program as a

whole.”

brad lawingBy ChRIs DEARING

Defensive LineCoach Brad Lawing

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Gamecocks Rewriting History This year

O P I N I O N B Y J A M E s h A R L E Y

The Gamecocks have rewritten much of their

athletic history already this year,

with a long awaited national championship in baseball and a stunning basketball victory over No. 1 Kentucky at the Colonial Center.

Football history is also under revision, with the Gamecocks winning their first SEC East title, defeating four of ESPN’s top 15 rated programs of all time in a single year, including the top-ranked defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide, and matching their biggest home win total ever at seven games. Go ahead and add to the list the fifth highest single game point total (69), achieved against Troy last week, the first USC team to boast both a 1000 yard running back and a wide receiver in Marcus Lattimore and Alshon Jeffery, and a record seventh consecutive year of bowl eligibility.

This list of edits is pretty impressive as it stands, but there’s one little bit of the Game-cock football history book that obviously still needs some work, and that is the chapter on Clemson. Against all probability USC has not defeated the Tigers in consecutive sea-sons since 1970. Yes, you read that correctly. It has been 40 years since South Carolina actually beat Clemson twice in a row on the football field.

That, of course, opens the door to yet an-other history making opportunity this week-end, when the Gamecocks, who whipped the Tigers 34-17 last year in Columbia, will face them again in Clemson in the annual rivalry game.

Students’ grades are a private matter, but it certainly seems that this Gamecock team has embraced these assignments this semester. This bodes well for the Clemson matchup, because the Tigers, on the other hand, are failing.

To put it bluntly, as Carolina’s program rises, Clemson’s is clearly on the way down,

and this game should highlight that fact for all to see. The Tigers’ 7-6 record last season was their worst since 2002, and it would take a win over the Gamecocks or a bowl victory just to match that failure this year. Need-less to say, this is highly unlikely, and so we will probably see Clemson sink to its lowest level in a decade as the Gamecocks do the opposite.

Looking closer, we see that Clemson did not even beat a BCS school until the sixth week of the 2010 season, and that they are only bowl eligible at this point by using the exemption clause and including their win over Presbyterian, a 2-9 division-II school. Indeed, the combined record of every team that Clemson has defeated this year comes to a pitiful 28-38, revealing the Tigers as anything but fierce or scary.

While not bad defensively, Clemson’s offense is simply horrible, ranking 80th in the nation in passing yards, 61st in rushing and 77th in total scoring. Though USC has a horrible pass defense, the unfortunate truth for Clemson is that quarterback Kyle Parker (who we’ve had the pleasure of beating on both the football and baseball field this year) ranks a lowly 88th in the nation in passing efficiency, making this a beneficial matchup for the Gamecocks. Needless to say our run defense, at 7th in the country, should have no problem with the Tigers.

Clemson’s only hope is for the game to be a low scoring, defensive battle. They have held their last six opponents to 16 points or less, including losses to Florida State and Boston College. However, with USC coming off of a scoring-fest against Troy, and with Alshon Jeffery, Marcus Lattimore and even Stephen Garcia finding their groove at this point, the Tigers will simply not be able to handle us like they have handled the weaker ACC schools on their schedule.

The bottom line is that the Gamecocks have too much for the Tigers this year, and probably for several years to come, which should allow us to begin erasing our long streak of failure in this rivalry. In fact, if there is ever to be payback for that painful 63-17 stomping we took in Columbia in 2003, this year’s mismatch would be a good candi-date, as it has true blowout potential.

play is affect the quarterback, even if we don’t sack him,” Lawing said. “All the stats out there are great but the bottom line is getting out and getting it done on Satur-day.” Lawing did not want to rate the play of his unit just yet. He wants to see how the Clemson game and rematch against Auburn in the SEC championship work out, plus the bowl game, before evaluating the play. “I thought before the season we had a chance to be a pretty good front this year,” Lawing said. “I’m not ready to evaluate how they’ve played yet because we have a lot of football left to play. All that is for af-ter the season, but so far it’s been decent.” Lawing is in his second stint coaching in Columbia. He spent 10 seasons at USC, left for stints at Michigan State and North Carolina and has been back with the Gamecocks for five years. Last year he watched this same group struggle with injuries and suspensions. Robertson missed all but the first four games of the season with an injury. So far this season, the group has been relatively healthy. The biggest scare was a broken hand suffered by Ingram against Vander-bilt, but the junior had a cast placed on it and he returned to the lineup later in the game. Being able to stay injury-free has been

one of the main areas of improve-ment.

“We were off to a pretty good start last year and

then went through some things where we didn’t

finish the way we wanted to,” Lawing said. “Staying healthy has been a major key for us. Just like a lot of other positions on our team, the depth isn’t where it needs to be, but the frontline guys

are pretty darn good. If we can finish off the

way we’ve started this year, it will be a move

in the right direction for us and this program as a

whole.”

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Defensive LineCoach Brad Lawing


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south Carolina picked up its second running back commitment in the 2011

recruiting class when Lake City’s Shon Carson verbally pledged to the Gamecocks in mid-October.

Carson, a 5-foot-9, 185-pounder with 4.4 speed in the 40-yard dash, was a strong lean to USC for months before deciding on the Gamecocks after an upset of then-No. 1 Alabama at home last month.

The three-star player is rated by rivals.com as the eighth-best prospect in the state. While he will bring his speed and playmaking ability to the backfield next

summer, the Palmetto State standout is also a terrific baseball player, having won a na-tional championship over the summer with his Diamond Devils AAU squad.

Carson told GamecockCentral.com after he committed that having the opportunity to play two sports in Columbia was a big draw.

“[USC was] recruiting me for both sports, and I wanted to keep my talent in-state,” he said.

The outfielder and running back, who got from home to first on the diamond in a blazing 4.25 seconds during the summer months, spurned several other major offers in picking USC, including Auburn, North Carolina and Tennessee.

On the gridiron, USC assistant coaches Brad Lawing and Jay Graham recruited Carson, while Chad Holbrook recruited for baseball.

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it’s a dilemma the Gamecocks have never faced

before.

And make no mistake — it’s a nice problem to have.

Still, it’s an issue squarely facing the Carolina program, its players and fans, this Saturday at Death Valley: how the Game-cocks will react to playing in the biggest game of the year … when it’s no longer the biggest game of the year.

This will be a tough one for Palmetto State residents to swallow, but it’s time to face the facts: an SEC championship trumps a win over your arch rival. Even if that rival lives right down the street and waves an orange flag in your face every weekend.

Steve Spurrier likes to say the next game’s the most important one on the schedule, and in this case he’s right — the next one, the one in Atlanta on Dec. 4, is the game that matters most. Yes, it matters even more than the one being staged in the Upstate this weekend, even if this is the one that decides bragging rights in your office for the next 365 days.

To appreciate this theory takes some per-spective, and this shouldn’t be construed as

downplaying the magnitude of the Carolina-Clemson series. For years, it’s been the game each November. But, for many of those years, it was the only game these fan bases had to celebrate at the end of a season.

Not anymore. Clemson made the game a little less relevant last season by winning the ACC Atlantic division, and now Carolina’s changing the dynamics of the rivalry even more by virtue of its SEC East championship.

What’s changing? Now, there’s a bigger payoff to consider after the Clemson game ends, the prestige plus a large pot of gold at the end of the BCS rainbow that goes to a conference champion. And there’s an awfully sweet bowl (pun intended) in New Orleans that would host the Gamecocks with a win over Auburn.

The Carolina-Clemson game has a storied past full of dramatic moments, with heroes and villains alike taking their turn in the series spotlight. However, the impact of its outcome generally ends at the state’s borders. Try telling someone in another part of the

country about our fierce rivalry — chances are, they’ve got one of their own that’s just as heated. Heck, we don’t even have a name for ours; other states have the Iron Bowl, the Civil War and, simply, the Big Game. And the Hardee’s Trophy certainly doesn’t com-pare to Paul Bunyan’s Axe, does it?

But an SEC championship transcends state lines. It makes the winning school a national story, and that recognition gets cited by analysts repeatedly in the ensuing years. It becomes a calling card for success.

True, the cachet of a conference title this year could never be compared to the pride athletes and alumni feel for a lifetime when they’ve vanquished their most hated foe. But champions are measured by the champion-ships they’ve won, and those championships are the memories that make the most lasting

impressions. Think about the only historical precedent the Gamecocks have to draw upon, the 1969 ACC crown. That’s all you ever hear mentioned, that Carolina won the confer-ence title that season. Did you also know that in 1969, Carolina went on to beat Clemson (good omen), then lost in Atlanta (oops, bad omen) at the old Peach Bowl?

Probably not.Here’s a more current scenario: Did

university officials put up a banner or a sign at the stadium when Carolina beat Clemson last year? Of course not. But how quickly do you think they’d clear out space on one of the ramps at Williams-Brice if the Gamecocks beat those other Tigers next weekend in the Georgia Dome?

Still don’t believe me? When you were celebrating your way onto Bluff Road on Nov. 28, 2009, were you crowing about Palmetto State domination, or did you derisively chant “ACC Champs”?

Ah, ha. Case closed.

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1 Alshon Jeffery WR 6-4 233 SO St. Matthews, S.C./Calhoun County3 Akeem Auguste FS 5-10 191 JR Hollywood, Fla./Cham-Madonna/Frk Union Mil.3 Jarvis Giles TB 5-11 186 SO Tampa, Fla./Gaither4 Jason Barnes WR 6-4 211 JR Charlotte, N.C./Independence5 Stephen Garcia QB 6-2 227 JR Lutz, Fla./Jefferson5 Stephon Gilmore CB 6-1 189 SO Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe6 Melvin Ingram DT 6-2 264 JR Hamlet, N.C./Richmond County7 Corey Addison SS 6-0 204 RS FR Jacksonville, Fla./Andrew Jackson7 Dylan Thompson QB 6-2 209 FR Boiling Springs, S.C./Boiling Springs8 Lamar Scruggs WR 6-3 227 RS FR Jacksonville Beach, Fla./Fletcher9 Sharrod Golightly SS 5-10 181 FR Decatur, Ga./Southwest Dekalb9 Ace Sanders WR 5-7 166 FR Bradenton, Fla./Manatee10 Brian Maddox TB 5-11 229 SR Anderson, S.C./T.L. Hanna10 Cadarious Sanders CB 5-11 180 FR LaGrange, Ga./Troup County11 Seth Strickland QB 6-2 191 SO Laurens, S.C./Laurens12 Andrew Clifford QB 6-2 219 RS FR Tampa, Fla./Wharton12 C.C. Whitlock CB 5-10 178 JR Chester, S.C./Chester13 Nick Jones WR 5-8 189 FR Moore, S.C./Byrnes14 Connor Shaw QB 6-1 202 FR Flowery Branch, Ga./Flowery Branch15 Payton Brady QB 6-2 210 SO Lincolnton, N.C./E. Lin./Chas. S./Campbell15 Patrick Fish P 5-11 170 FR Shelby, N.C./Burns16 Shaq Wilson LB 5-11 229 JR Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast17 Chris Culliver CB 6-1 201 SR Garner, N.C./Garner18 Dion LeCorn WR 5-11 217 SR Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic18 Jay Wooten PK 6-3 198 JR Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland Cty/N. Carolina19 DeAngelo Smith WR 6-0 181 RS FR Kingsland, Ga./Camden County20 Cedrick Snead WR 5-7 181 JR Garner, N.C./Garner21 DeVonte Holloman SS 6-2 228 SO Rock Hill, S.C./South Pointe21 Marcus Lattimore TB 6-0 218 FR Duncan, S.C./Byrnes22 Bryce Sherman TB 5-4 155 SO Winston-Salem, N.C./Carver23 Brandan Davis CB 5-11 174 JR Columbia, S.C./Dutch Frk/Carson-Newman24 Quin Smith LB 6-0 233 RS FR Lenoir, N.C./Hibriten25 Alonzo Winfield SS 6-0 218 SO Winston-Salem, N.C./Carver26 Antonio Allen Spur 6-2 205 JR Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic/Fork Union Mil.27 Victor Hampton CB 5-9 188 FR Darlington, S.C./Darlington28 Eric Baker TB 5-11 190 JR Jacksonville, Fla./Ed. H. White/Frk Un. Mil.28 Jared Shaw FS 5-10 182 SO Fort Mill, S.C./Fort Mill/Newberry29 Chaun Gresham DE 6-1 238 RS FR Auburn, Ga./Apalachee30 Bret Morgan FS 5-10 180 SO Hudson, Mass./Hudson/Dean College31 Kenny Miles TB 5-10 192 SO Lawrenceville, Ga./Brookwood31 Matt O’Brien FS 5-11 182 RS FR New Milford, N.J./Bergen Catholic32 Reginald Bowens LB 6-2 240 SO Holly Springs, N.C./Garner33 Damario Jeffery Spur 6-3 220 SO Columbia, S.C./Columbia34 Spencer Lanning P/PK 5-11 192 SR Rock Hill, S.C./York Comprehensive35 Jimmy Legree CB 5-11 178 RS FR Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort36 D.J. Swearinger FS 5-11 201 SO Greenwood, S.C./Greenwood39 Marty Markett CB 5-10 168 JR York, S.C./York Comprehensive40 Calvin Lee LB 6-3 225 SO Chapin, S.C./Chapin/Alabama41 Josh Dickerson LB 6-1 225 SR Kingsland, Ga./Camden Cnty/Georgia Mil.42 Eric Davis P 6-2 172 SO Newberry, S.C./Newberry42 Travian Robertson DT 6-4 293 JR Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland County43 Jacob Baker FB 5-9 189 SO Ridgeland, S.C./Thomas Heyward Academy43 Qua Gilchrist LB 6-1 231 SO Abbeville, S.C./Abbeville/Butler County CC44 Tony Straughter LB 6-0 201 SR Madison, Fla./Madison Cnty/Georgia Mil.45 Rodney Paulk LB 6-0 225 SR Columbia, S.C./Richland Northeast46 Joey Scribner-Howard PK 6-1 207 JR Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork/Carson-Newman46 Dalton Wilson FB 6-1 220 SO Williston, S.C./Williston-Elko47 Patrick DiMarco FB/TE 6-1 243 SR Altamonte Springs, Fla./Lake Brantley48 Matt Coffee FB 5-11 225 FR Mary Esther, Fla./Fort Walton Beach49 Blake Baxley Spur 5-9 198 SR Columbia, S.C./Lexington50 Billy Byrne LB 5-11 223 RS FR Palm Harbor, Fla./East Lake50 A.J. Cann OG 6-3 286 FR Bamberg, S.C./Bamberg-Ehrhardt51 Walker Inabinet DS 5-9 194 SO Columbia, S.C./Hammond School52 Aldrick Fordham DE 6-4 263 SO Jamestown, S.C./Timberland53 Corey Robinson OT 6-6 317 FR Havelock, N.C./Havelock54 Connor McLaurin LB 6-0 225 RS FR Raleigh, N.C./Garner55 T.J. Johnson OC 6-4 302 SO Aynor, S.C./Aynor57 C.J. Heinz P 6-2 200 SO Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork/Tennessee57 Tramell Williams OG 6-0 299 FR Jacksonville, Fla./Lee58 Ryland Culbertson DS 6-4 260 FR Laurens, S.C./Laurens Academy59 Charles Turner DS 6-4 250 SR Roebuck, S.C./Dorman60 Terrence Campbell OG 6-3 305 JR Austell, Ga./South Cobb61 Travis Ford OL 6-4 250 RS FR Fork, S.C./Lake View/Coastal Carolina62 Davis Moore DS/LB 6-1 212 RS FR Buford, Ga./Mill Creek/Emory & Henry63 Chris Vaughn DS 6-0 272 JR Columbia, S.C./Irmo65 Ryan Broadhead OC 6-5 264 JR Leesburg, Ga./Lee County66 Hutch Eckerson OT 6-4 281 SR Lumberton, N.C./Lumberton

steve spurrier Head Coach

shane beamer Spurs & SS/Recruiting Coord/ Special Teams Coord

shawn elliott Offensive Line/Running Game Coordinator

craig Fitzgerald Director of Football Strength & Conditioning

Jay Graham Running Backs/Asst. Special Teams Coordinator

Johnson Hunter Tight Ends/Assistant Special Teams Coordinator

ellis Johnson Asst. Head Coach/Asst. Coach - Defense/Linebackers

brad lawing Defensive Line

G.A. mangus Quarterbacks

Jamie speronis Director of Football Operations

steve spurrier, Jr. Receivers

lorenzo ward Defensive Coordinator/Safeties

mike Gasparato Graduate Assistant

dennis Thomas Graduate Assistant

orus lambert Graduate Assistant

Robbie liles Director of High School Relations

scott morgan Graduate Assistant

Patrick shine Administrative Coordinator for Recruiting

scott spurrier Graduate Assistant

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Offense 1 Alshon Jeffery 6-4 233 SO-1L St. Matthews, S.C. 8 Lamar Scruggs 6-3 227 FR-RS Jacksonville Beach, Fla. 81 Tori Gurley 6-5 230 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla. 80 DeMario Bennett 6-2 174 FR-RS Douglas, Ga.

82 D.L. Moore 6-4 211 SO-1L Bowling Green, Ky. 4 Jason Barnes 6-4 211 JR-2L Charlotte, N.C.

68 Kyle Nunn 6-5 304 JR-2L Sumter, S.C. 76 Jarriel King 6-5 324 SR-2L North Charleston, S.C.

77 Garrett Chisolm 6-6 303 SR-1L Charleston, S.C. 73 Rokevious Watkins 6-4 325 JR-SQ Fairburn, Ga. 55 T.J. Johnson 6-4 302 SO-1L Aynor, S.C. 67 Ronald Patrick 6-1 292 FR-HS Cocoa, Fla. 73 Rokevious Watkins 6-4 325 JR-SQ Fairburn, Ga. 60 Terrence Campbell 6-3 305 JR-1L Austell, Ga.

66 Hutch Eckerson 6-4 281 SR-3L Lumberton, N.C. 68 Kyle Nunn 6-5 304 JR-2L Sumter, S.C. 47 Patrick DiMarco 6-1 243 SR-3L Altamonte Springs, Fla. 87 Justice Cunningham 6-3 268 SO-1L Pageland, S.C. 89 Mike Triglia 6-4 239 SO-1L Jacksonville, Fla. 5 Stephen Garcia 6-2 227 JR-2L Lutz, Fla. 14 Connor Shaw 6-0 202 FR-HS Flowery Branch, Ga.

47 Patrick DiMarco 6-1 243 SR-3L Altamonte Springs, Fla. 10 Brian Maddox 5-11 229 SR-3L Anderson, S.C. 21 Marcus Lattimore 6-0 218 FR-HS Duncan, S.C. 10 Brian Maddox 5-11 229 SR-3L Anderson, S.C. 31 Kenny Miles 5-10 192 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga.

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-7 249 SO-1L Beaufort, S.C. 92 Byron McKnight 6-5 235 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C.

42 Travian Robertson 6-4 293 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C. 52 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 263 SO-1L Jamesown, S.C. 91 Ladi Ajiboye 6-1 290 SR-3L Riverdale, Ga.

94 Kenny Davis 6-3 303 SO-SQ Newberry, S.C. –OR– 70 Byron Jerideau 6-0 339 SO-JC Green Pond, S.C.

83 Cliff Matthews 6-4 268 SR-3L Cheraw, S.C. 6 Melvin Ingram 6-2 264 JR-2L Hamlet, N.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-4 244 FR-RS Savannah, Ga.

41 Josh Dickerson 6-1 225 SR-1L Kingsland, Ga. 45 Rodney Paulk 6-0 225 JR-2L Columbia, S.C.

44 Tony Straughter 6-0 201 SR-1L Madison, Fla. 24 Quin Smith 6-0 233 SO-1L Lenoir, N.C.

26 Antonio Allen 6-2 205 JR-1L Ocala, Fla. 33 Damario Jeffery 6-3 220 SO-1L Columbia, S.C. 5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla. 36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C.

36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C. 21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 228 SO-1L Charlotte, N.C.

39 Marty Markett 5-10 168 Jr.-SQ York, S.C. 12 C.C. Whitlock 5-10 178 JR-2L Chester, S.C.

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Specialists 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C. 46 Joey Scribner-Howard 6-1 207 JR-SQ Irmo, S.C. 34 Spencer Lanning 5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.

34 Spencer Lanning 5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.

22 Bryce Sherman 5-4 155 SO-1L Winston-Salem, N.C. 36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C.

9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla. 5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C.

59 Charles Turner 6-4 250 SR-3L Roebuck, S.C. 51 Walker Inabinet 5-9 194 SO-SQ Columbia, S.C.

11 Seth Strickland 6-2 191 SO-SQ Laurens, S.C. 9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla.

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67 Ronald Patrick OC 6-1 292 FR Cocoa, Fla./Cocoa68 Kyle Nunn OT 6-5 304 JR Sumter, S.C./Sumter69 Matthew Grooms DS 6-0 244 SR McColl, S.C./Marlboro County70 Byron Jerideau DT 6-0 339 SO Green Pond, S.C./Colleton County/Fort Scott C.C.73 Rokevious Watkins OG 6-4 325 JR Fairburn, Ga./Creekside/Georgia Military75 Steven Singleton OG 6-2 303 SR Buford, Ga./Buford/Georgia Military76 Jarriel King OT 6-5 324 SR N. Charleston, S.C./N. Charleston/Georgia Military77 Garrett Chisolm OT 6-6 303 SR Charleston, S.C./West Ashley/Pikeville College78 Cody Gibson OT 6-6 269 FR Tallahassee, Fla./Lincoln80 DeMario Bennett WR 6-2 174 RS FR Douglas, Ga./Coffee County81 Tori Gurley WR 6-5 230 SO Rock Hill, S.C./Rock Hill/New Hampton Prep81 Adam Yates PK 6-1 217 SO Sparks, MD/Hereford82 D.L. Moore WR 6-4 211 SO Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green83 Cliff Matthews DE 6-4 268 SR Cheraw, S.C./Cheraw84 Kyle Madden TE 6-3 248 SO Powder Springs, Ga./Harrison/UCF85 Kevin White WR 6-2 206 JR N. Charleston, S.C./Ft Dorch./Newberry86 Blair Lowery WR 6-1 190 SO Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork87 Justice Cunningham TE 6-3 268 SO Pageland, S.C./Central89 Mike Triglia TE 6-4 239 SO Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School90 Joshua Newton PK 6-1 193 SO Aiken, S.C./South Aiken90 Chaz Sutton DE 6-4 244 RS FR Savannah, Ga./Jenkins/Fork Union Military91 Ladi Ajiboye DT 6-1 290 SR Riverdale, Ga./Banneker/Hargrave Military92 Byron McKnight DE 6-5 235 JR Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland County94 Kenny Davis DT 6-3 303 SO Newberry, S.C./Newberry95 Corey Simmons DE 6-4 253 FR Lawrenceville, Ga./Grtr Atlanta Christian97 J.T. Surratt DT 6-1 300 FR Winston-Salem, N.C./Parkland98 Devin Taylor DE 6-7 249 SO Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort99 Jordan Butler PK 6-1 175 FR Myrtle Beach, S.C./Myrtle Beach

Offense 1 Alshon Jeffery 6-4 233 SO-1L St. Matthews, S.C. 8 Lamar Scruggs 6-3 227 FR-RS Jacksonville Beach, Fla. 81 Tori Gurley 6-5 230 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla. 80 DeMario Bennett 6-2 174 FR-RS Douglas, Ga.

82 D.L. Moore 6-4 211 SO-1L Bowling Green, Ky. 4 Jason Barnes 6-4 211 JR-2L Charlotte, N.C.

68 Kyle Nunn 6-5 304 JR-2L Sumter, S.C. 76 Jarriel King 6-5 324 SR-2L North Charleston, S.C.

77 Garrett Chisolm 6-6 303 SR-1L Charleston, S.C. 73 Rokevious Watkins 6-4 325 JR-SQ Fairburn, Ga. 55 T.J. Johnson 6-4 302 SO-1L Aynor, S.C. 67 Ronald Patrick 6-1 292 FR-HS Cocoa, Fla. 73 Rokevious Watkins 6-4 325 JR-SQ Fairburn, Ga. 60 Terrence Campbell 6-3 305 JR-1L Austell, Ga.

66 Hutch Eckerson 6-4 281 SR-3L Lumberton, N.C. 68 Kyle Nunn 6-5 304 JR-2L Sumter, S.C. 47 Patrick DiMarco 6-1 243 SR-3L Altamonte Springs, Fla. 87 Justice Cunningham 6-3 268 SO-1L Pageland, S.C. 89 Mike Triglia 6-4 239 SO-1L Jacksonville, Fla. 5 Stephen Garcia 6-2 227 JR-2L Lutz, Fla. 14 Connor Shaw 6-0 202 FR-HS Flowery Branch, Ga.

47 Patrick DiMarco 6-1 243 SR-3L Altamonte Springs, Fla. 10 Brian Maddox 5-11 229 SR-3L Anderson, S.C. 21 Marcus Lattimore 6-0 218 FR-HS Duncan, S.C. 10 Brian Maddox 5-11 229 SR-3L Anderson, S.C. 31 Kenny Miles 5-10 192 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga.

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-7 249 SO-1L Beaufort, S.C. 92 Byron McKnight 6-5 235 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C.

42 Travian Robertson 6-4 293 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C. 52 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 263 SO-1L Jamesown, S.C. 91 Ladi Ajiboye 6-1 290 SR-3L Riverdale, Ga.

94 Kenny Davis 6-3 303 SO-SQ Newberry, S.C. –OR– 70 Byron Jerideau 6-0 339 SO-JC Green Pond, S.C.

83 Cliff Matthews 6-4 268 SR-3L Cheraw, S.C. 6 Melvin Ingram 6-2 264 JR-2L Hamlet, N.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-4 244 FR-RS Savannah, Ga.

41 Josh Dickerson 6-1 225 SR-1L Kingsland, Ga. 45 Rodney Paulk 6-0 225 JR-2L Columbia, S.C.

44 Tony Straughter 6-0 201 SR-1L Madison, Fla. 24 Quin Smith 6-0 233 SO-1L Lenoir, N.C.

26 Antonio Allen 6-2 205 JR-1L Ocala, Fla. 33 Damario Jeffery 6-3 220 SO-1L Columbia, S.C. 5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla. 36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C.

36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C. 21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 228 SO-1L Charlotte, N.C.

39 Marty Markett 5-10 168 Jr.-SQ York, S.C. 12 C.C. Whitlock 5-10 178 JR-2L Chester, S.C.

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Specialists 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C. 46 Joey Scribner-Howard 6-1 207 JR-SQ Irmo, S.C. 34 Spencer Lanning 5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.

34 Spencer Lanning 5-11 192 SR-2L Rock Hill, S.C. 18 Jay Wooten 6-3 198 JR-SQ Laurinburg, N.C.

22 Bryce Sherman 5-4 155 SO-1L Winston-Salem, N.C. 36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C.

9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla. 5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C.

59 Charles Turner 6-4 250 SR-3L Roebuck, S.C. 51 Walker Inabinet 5-9 194 SO-SQ Columbia, S.C.

11 Seth Strickland 6-2 191 SO-SQ Laurens, S.C. 9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla.

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Stats courtesy USC Athletics

sTATsTEAM STATISTICS SC OPPSCORING 370 235 Points Per Game 33.6 21.4 FIRST DOWNS 232 201 Rushing 107 71 Passing 115 122 Penalty 10 8 RUSHING YARDAGE 1771 1057 Yards gained rushing 2047 1398 Yards lost rushing 276 341 Rushing Attempts 424 353 Average Per Rush 4.2 3.0 Average Per Game 161.0 96.1 TDs Rushing 25 9 PASSING YARDAGE 2643 2756 Comp-Att-Int 197-290-12 242-375-8 Average Per Pass 9.1 7.3 Average Per Catch 13.4 11.4 Average Per Game 240.3 250.5 TDs Passing 18 17 TOTAL OFFENSE 4414 3813 Total Plays 714 728 Average Per Play 6.2 5.2 Average Per Game 401.3 346.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 43-886 59-1216 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 15-45 23-191 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 8-207 12-40 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.6 20.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3.0 8.3 INT RETURN AVERAGE 25.9 3.3 FUMBLES-LOST 20-7 22-13 PENALTIES-Yards 59-434 62-493 Average Per Game 39.5 44.8 PUNTS-Yards 42-1847 48-2019 Average Per Punt 44.0 42.1 Net punt average 37.0 40.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:07 28:53 3RD-DOWN Conversions 71/137 61/157 3rd-Down Pct 52% 39% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/3 11/23 4th-Down Pct 67% 48% SACKS BY-Yards 36-228 25-135 MISC YARDS -12 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 48 28 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-16 13-16 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (41-48) 85% (27-39) 69% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (34-48) 71% (17-39) 44% PAT-ATTEMPTS (46-48) 96% (24-25) 96% ATTENDANCE 536675 279502 Games/Avg Per Game 7/76668 4/69876 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCOREBYQuARTERS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTALSouth Carolina 114 112 65 79 370 Opponents 33 70 56 76 235

|TACkLES|SACkS|PASSDEFENSE|FuMBLES|BLkD## DEFENSIvELEADERS GP uA A TOT TFL/YDS NO-YDS INT-YDS Bu PD QBH RCv-YDS FF kICk SAF5A Stephon Gilmore 11 52 7 59 6.0 - 27 3.0 - 23 2 - 89 2 4 1 1 - 13 1 . . 2D D. Holloman 11 47 8 55 2.0 - 2 . 2 - 13 3 5 . . 1 . . 36 D.J. Swearinger 11 43 12 55 2.0 - 2 . 1 - 22 2 3 1 . 1 . . 26 Antonio Allen 9 29 21 50 9.5 - 32 2.5 - 17 . 3 3 2 1 - 0 2 . . 41 Josh Dickerson 11 26 22 48 5.0 - 8 . . . . 1 1 - 0 . . . 3A Akeem Auguste 11 26 13 39 2.5 - 13 1.0 - 6 . 2 2 . . . . . 17 Chris Culliver 7 28 6 34 2.5 - 9 1.0 - 7 . 2 2 . . 1 . . 98 Devin Taylor 11 24 10 34 12.0 - 52 7.5 - 39 1 - 24 8 9 8 2 - 5 . . . 91 Ladi Ajiboye 11 12 21 33 4.0 - 15 2.0 - 13 . . . 4 . . . . 42 T. Robertson 11 21 11 32 9.0 - 29 3.0 - 19 . 1 1 2 1 - 0 1 . . 24 Quin Smith 11 18 13 31 1.0 - 2 . . . . . . . . . 83 Cliff Matthews 11 20 9 29 5.5 - 23 3.5 - 19 . . . 5 . 1 . . 44 Tony Straughter 11 17 12 29 1.0 - 1 . . 1 1 . 1 - 52 . . . 45 Rodney Paulk 11 22 7 29 4.0 - 15 2.5 - 8 . 1 1 2 . 1 . . 33 Damario Jeffery 11 19 8 27 1.0 - 5 . . 3 3 1 . 1 . . 6 Melvin Ingram 11 14 9 23 9.0 - 61 8.0 - 58 . 1 1 1 . 1 . . 12 C.C. Whitlock 11 16 3 19 . . 1 - 3 2 3 . . 1 . . 23 Brandan Davis 11 8 3 11 1.0 - 12 . . . . . . . . . 39 Marty Markett 7 9 1 10 . . . 1 1 . . . . . 52 Aldrick Fordham 11 5 4 9 . . . . . . 1 - 0 . . . 70 Byron Jerideau 4 4 3 7 2.0 - 5 1.0 - 4 . . . . 1 - 0 . . . 7 Corey Addison 6 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . . . 16 Shaq Wilson 1 3 4 7 . . . . . . 2 - 0 . . . 29 Chaun Gresham 10 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . . . 25 Alonzo Winfield 9 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . 49 Blake Baxley 11 4 1 5 . . . . . . 1 - 0 . . . 90 Chaz Sutton 4 4 1 5 1.0 - 15 1.0 - 15 1 - 56 . 1 . . . . . 35 Jimmy Legree 6 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . 4J Jacob Baker 5 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . 94 Kenny Davis 7 3 1 4 1.0 - 2 . . . . 1 . . . . 4D Dalton Wilson 9 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . 87 J. Cunningham 11 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . 59 Charles Turner 10 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 20 Cedrick Snead 7 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 5B Billy Byrne 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 92 Byron McKnight 8 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 - 1 . . . 89 Mike Triglia 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dion LeCorn 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 32 Reginald Bowens 4 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ace Sanders 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 10 Brian Maddox 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 34 Spencer Lanning 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 21 M. Lattimore 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 11 511 220 731 81 - 330 36 - 228 8 - 207 33 41 30 13 - 71 12 . . Opponents...... 11 477 250 727 60 - 196 25 - 135 12 - 40 25 37 34 7 - 0 7 1 1

SOuTHCAROLINA OvERALLTEAMSTATISTICS

RuSHING GP ATT GAIN LOSS NET AvG TD LG AvG/GM. Lattimore 10 209 1089 23 1066 5.1 17 58 106.6 Brian Maddox 11 56 320 10 310 5.5 2 38 28.2 Stephen Garcia 11 85 318 146 172 2.0 6 22 15.6 Connor Shaw 7 26 142 26 116 4.5 0 24 16.6 Kenny Miles 11 27 84 8 76 2.8 0 11 6.9 Ace Sanders 11 5 63 7 56 11.2 0 53 5.1 Stephon Gilmore 11 1 14 0 14 14.0 0 14 1.3 Jarvis Giles 3 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 8 4.0 Tori Gurley 11 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0.5 Dalton Wilson 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Bryce Sherman 11 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 Seth Strickland 11 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.4 TEAM 7 8 0 50 -50 -6.2 0 0 -7.1 Total.......... 11 424 2047 276 1771 4.2 25 58 161.0 Opponents...... 11 353 1398 341 1057 3.0 9 54 96.1

PASSING GP EFFIC COMP-ATT-INT PCT YDS TD LG AvG/GStephen Garcia 11 160.7 175-257-9 68.1 2419 16 72 219.9 Connor Shaw 7 125.4 19-28-2 67.9 200 1 21 28.6 Andrew Clifford 2 -8.0 1-2-1 50.0 10 0 10 5.0 Seth Strickland 11 323.8 2-2-0 100.0 14 1 15 1.3 Stephon Gilmore 11 0.0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 11 156.7 197-290-12 67.9 2643 18 72 240.3 Opponents...... 11 137.0 242-375-8 64.5 2756 17 72 250.5

RECEIvING GP NO. YDS AvG TD LG AvG/GAlshon Jeffery 11 70 1210 17.3 7 72 110.0 Alshon Jeffery 11 70 1210 17.3 7 72 110.0 Tori Gurley 11 39 384 9.8 4 25 34.9 Ace Sanders 11 21 291 13.9 2 51 26.5 M. Lattimore 10 18 287 15.9 2 48 28.7 D.L. Moore 11 12 130 10.8 2 20 11.8 Patrick DiMarco 11 11 97 8.8 1 26 8.8 Brian Maddox 11 8 51 6.4 0 23 4.6 J. Cunningham 11 5 59 11.8 0 19 5.4 Jason Barnes 11 5 54 10.8 0 16 4.9 Lamar Scruggs 9 3 53 17.7 0 39 5.9 Kenny Miles 11 2 12 6.0 0 7 1.1 Mike Triglia 11 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.9 DeMario Bennett 5 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.8 DeAngelo Smith 2 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.5 Total.......... 11 197 2643 13.4 18 72 240.3 Opponents...... 11 242 2756 11.4 17 72 250.5

OvERALLINDIvIDuALSTATISTICS PuNTRETuRNS NO. YDS AvG TD LGStephon Gilmore 9 47 5.2 0 19 Ace Sanders 5 -4 -0.8 0 5 TEAM 1 2 2.0 0 0 Total.......... 15 45 3.0 0 19 Opponents...... 23 191 8.3 0 35

INTERCEPTIONS NO. YDS AvG TD LGD. Holloman 2 13 6.5 0 13 Stephon Gilmore 2 89 44.5 1 80 Chaz Sutton 1 56 56.0 1 56 C.C. Whitlock 1 3 3.0 0 3 Devin Taylor 1 24 24.0 1 24 D.J. Swearinger 1 22 22.0 1 22 Total.......... 8 207 25.9 4 80 Opponents...... 12 40 3.3 1 17

kICkRETuRNS NO. YDS AvG TD LGBryce Sherman 26 540 20.8 0 37 Chris Culliver 12 261 21.8 0 37 D.J. Swearinger 3 62 20.7 0 23 Dalton Wilson 2 23 11.5 0 12 Total.......... 43 886 20.6 0 37 Opponents...... 59 1216 20.6 1 99

FuMBLERETuRNS NO. YDS AvG TD LGTony Straughter 1 52 52.0 0 52 Stephon Gilmore 1 13 13.0 0 13 Devin Taylor 1 5 5.0 0 5 Byron McKnight 1 1 1.0 1 1 Total.......... 4 71 17.8 1 52 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

TOTALOFFENSE GP PLAYS RuSH PASS TOTAL AvG/GStephen Garcia 11 342 172 2419 2591 235.5 M. Lattimore 10 209 1066 0 1066 106.6 Connor Shaw 7 54 116 200 316 45.1 Brian Maddox 11 56 310 0 310 28.2 Kenny Miles 11 27 76 0 76 6.9 Ace Sanders 11 5 56 0 56 5.1 Stephon Gilmore 11 2 14 0 14 1.3 Jarvis Giles 3 2 12 0 12 4.0 Seth Strickland 11 3 -4 14 10 0.9 Andrew Clifford 2 2 0 10 10 5.0 Tori Gurley 11 1 5 0 5 0.5 Bryce Sherman 11 2 -2 0 -2 -0.2 TEAM 7 8 -50 0 -50 -7.1 Total.......... 11 714 1771 2643 4414 401.3 Opponents...... 11 728 1057 2756 3813 346.6

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(AS OF NOV. 20, 2010)


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