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6 2010 Carolina Football Schedule 8 Opponent Preview: Georgia 9 Roster: Georgia 12 Senior Profile: Chris Culliver 13 Explaining The Game: G.A. Mangus

14 Gamecocks Have Chance to Make Georgia Rivalry Meaningful

16 Gameday Poster 18 GamecockCentral.com’s Recruit to Watch:

Wide Receiver Damiere Byrd 19 WVOC Corner: Gamecocks Have Hope, Depth

Heading into Georgia Game 20 Olympic Sports Roundup

22 Women’s Cross Country Third in Opening Invitational

24 USC Roster, Depth Chart 26 USC Stats

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

Throughout the summer, Stephen Garcia was constantly reminded about what he was not.

He was good, not great. He was prepared, not committed. He was a solid quarterback, but not a spectacular Steve Spurrier quarterback.

stephen garcia Photo courtesy Travis Bell/Sideline Carolina

Qb Overcomes coach’s doubts

Garcia Takes Charge

derstand how hard it was to go against every natural instinct he had when he was on the field in order to stay in the playbook, doing what it said; Spurrier, a magician when he had the ball in his hands, agreed to ease up.

It all foreshadowed Sept. 2, when the Gamecocks were set to open the season against Southern Miss in front of a national TV audience. Spurrier said right up until kickoff that Garcia and Shaw would play, although Garcia would start — he qualified that by saying that he usually started his older guys.

Garcia heard it, smirked and remem-bered as he stepped onto the field.

Four hours later, he accepted his coach’s congratulations.

“His first touchdown run, he ran over that guy on about the 8-yard-line, and caromed into the end zone,” Spurrier said. “That was a heck of a play. That was a good drive.”

It seemed as if Spurrier was still a bit in shock. There was nothing to really complain about, although he did try to appear a bit distraught at not scoring 50 points in the 41-13 whipping of the Golden Eagles.

For the first time in a long, long while, he didn’t have a complaint about Stephen Garcia.

Even after a May meeting with Spurrier, where the coach laid down the law in no uncertain terms of what he expected out of his redshirt senior quarterback and Garcia vowed to do it, the sniping continued. Spurrier, after his usual spring tour of the state’s Gamecock Club meetings, continued to publicly say that Garcia was going to be challenged for the job by true freshman backup Connor Shaw, that Garcia needed to work harder, that getting through to Garcia was one of the most difficult things he had

ever tried to do.It was one thing for Garcia to hear that

when he was on campus and could go talk it out with Spurrier any time. But while he was at home in Tampa, Fla., and the Head Ball Coach was giving interviews to anybody from ESPN to the guy running the USC newsletter at the Texaco, it got a little unnerving.

“I don’t know any quarterback that wouldn’t [take offense],” Garcia said dur-ing the preseason. “That’s Coach Spurrier

and he’s going to do that every year that he coaches. I talked to him about it, and I’ve just got to play well and lead this team.”

There were two ways to go. He could shrink his head like some sort of 6-foot-2 turtle, be cowed by Spurrier’s barbs and lose the gunslinger attitude he brought with him from an all-star career in high school. It has happened to a lot of other Spurrier QBs over the years and more often than not led to benchings and more public scoldings.

That’s not Garcia’s style.He chose the second route — prove the

coach wrong.“I slimmed down to about 225, if you can

call it slimming down,” Garcia said. “Last year I was about 235, maybe a little north of that, so I worked really hard with (strength coach Craig Fitzgerald) and some of the other guys and trimmed down a little bit.”

He also curbed his reputation, telling a deep group of reporters that it wasn’t so much a new diet, but just cutting down on the excesses. “There’s a few things that I didn’t take,” he said with a marvelously straight face. “I’m sure you guys know what I’m talking about.”

Along the way, he also had an earnest discussion with Spurrier, explaining his frustration. He asked Spurrier to please un-


“Scoring 41 points is pretty good,” Gar-cia said, sweaty but relieved after a control-ling performance in which he anchored the Gamecocks’ offense. “During the offseason, ever since Coach Spurrier said we need to get the ball out of our hands, that’s pretty much what I did.”

Shaw played, all right, but only for one play in a trick formation as Garcia and com-pany ran up a 24-6 lead. Shaw also quarter-backed a series to end the second quarter, but Garcia started the second half, led two scoring drives and called it a night.

The statistics were like his former label — good, not great. He was 16-of-23 for 193 yards with no touchdowns, five carries for 38 yards and two touchdowns.

It was those two scores that showed this is a different quarterback.

The first was where Garcia picked up the blitz, scrambled to the sideline and began to race down it as his blockers appeared. He had a head-on collision with one defender, spun around in bounds and lunged across the goal line.

The second was where he kept on a de-signed play but got stood up at the goal line. Somehow, Garcia stretched the ball over the plane and still kept possession, resulting in a touchdown on replay.

Between the two, Garcia avoided sacks, threw to the right men, showed a good mix-ture of dump-offs to the slot men and deep spirals. As the touchdowns and field goals mounted and USC became assured of the win, Garcia stepped into new territory.

He led. “This is the most comfortable I’ve been

since I’ve stepped foot on this campus,” Garcia proclaimed during fall camp.

There are at least 11 games to go and anything can happen, but for one of the few times during Spurrier’s tenure, there is no quarterback controversy. Shaw proved he could play, running across the field and finding D.L. Moore for the team’s last touchdown, but as for a choice between Garcia and Shaw to start, there is no choice.

Garcia earned it. The question before was if he would be able to keep it game to game.

“We hit big plays here and there,” Spur-rier said. “We’ll try to improve for the next game against Georgia.”

His quarterback is in line with that.Especially now that he is completely in

charge of doing it.

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Gamecocks Have chance to Make Georgia Rivalry Meaningful

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

The now annual matchup between South Carolina and Georgia has always been a

sort of gentleman’s rivalry. De-spite the Bulldogs’ dominance in the overall series (46-14-2), which dates back to 1894, the Gamecocks have managed to earn some respect from their neighbor by winning some key games and keeping some oth-ers frighteningly close.

Recent examples include USC’s 2007 victory, our only one in the last eight meet-ings, which effectively ruined Georgia’s chance to play for the SEC title and possibly a national championship. In the two years since, only a fumble at the goal line and a missed pass in the end zone have kept USC from notching a couple more upset wins. We’ve played Georgia so well that UGA coach Mark Richt commented last year that he doesn’t sleep well before the Carolina game. Georgia fans, expressing a civility that is beyond the reach of other rivals such as Clemson and Tennessee, readily admit that we make them uncomfortable, and that this early contest is seen as a sort of litmus test for their season.

With this kind of respect established and with the ground shifting in the SEC East, however, the Gamecocks have a real chance this year to boost this gentle-man’s rivalry to an entirely new level — or, perhaps, lower it in a sense to a more nasty one by making it a more meaningful game. Face it, the reason Georgia is ranked in the pre-season polls every year and picked by the media to compete for the division title has little to do with their team of the given moment. Rather, it has everything to do with their tradition of finishing near the top of their division in the conference widely held as the strongest in college football. This favorable attention is essentially a default setting. USC has never staked a true claim to this status, and there has never been a more opportune time than now to do so.

A win over Georgia would be the

launching pad, putting us in the Top 25 and paving the way for a sharp increase in the importance of this game for the next few years as Tennessee slips out of the picture. Florida’s unimpressive opening-week win over Miami of Ohio only further underlines the Gamecocks’ opportunity.

So how do we make this win happen? Unfortunately, all signs point to yet another nail-biter this year. While the Gamecocks blew out a decent team in Southern Miss, Georgia responded with some solid num-bers of their own in a 55-7 whipping of Louisiana-Lafayette, only slightly weaker opposition.

The potential weakness of UGA starting a freshman like Aaron Murray at quarter-back is offset by our inability to put pressure on a quarterback, as displayed against the novice offensive line of the Golden Eagles. Georgia’s line is acknowledged as one of the strongest in the league, which should keep Murray cozy and safe in the backfield, put-ting the pressure on our secondary to shut down a talented receiving crew.

Both teams face potential suspensions at key positions for behavior off the field, though Weslye Saunders’ absence may weigh the heaviest given his outstanding performance against the ‘Dogs last year.

It would be nice to claim a home field advantage this year, but the fact is that half of our wins in the series came in Athens, and our fans haven’t exactly been packing Williams-Brice stadium recently anyway. Even when they do show up they tend to bail out early, and with this game likely to go down to the wire that support may really be missed when it’s time to make some real noise.

With all of the factors looking about even, the bottom line is that the team that wants to win this game the most will be the victor, and they may well have to show this desire on the very last possession. The vibe going around is that our players are confi-dent. Based on that and the mere math of our losing seven of the last eight (five of them by a touchdown or less), the Gamecocks are overdue and should be able to pull this one out if they really mean what they’ve been saying. South Carolina 27, Georgia 24.


Gamecocks Have chance to Make Georgia Rivalry Meaningful

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

The now annual matchup between South Carolina and Georgia has always been a

sort of gentleman’s rivalry. De-spite the Bulldogs’ dominance in the overall series (46-14-2), which dates back to 1894, the Gamecocks have managed to earn some respect from their neighbor by winning some key games and keeping some oth-ers frighteningly close.

Recent examples include USC’s 2007 victory, our only one in the last eight meet-ings, which effectively ruined Georgia’s chance to play for the SEC title and possibly a national championship. In the two years since, only a fumble at the goal line and a missed pass in the end zone have kept USC from notching a couple more upset wins. We’ve played Georgia so well that UGA coach Mark Richt commented last year that he doesn’t sleep well before the Carolina game. Georgia fans, expressing a civility that is beyond the reach of other rivals such as Clemson and Tennessee, readily admit that we make them uncomfortable, and that this early contest is seen as a sort of litmus test for their season.

With this kind of respect established and with the ground shifting in the SEC East, however, the Gamecocks have a real chance this year to boost this gentle-man’s rivalry to an entirely new level — or, perhaps, lower it in a sense to a more nasty one by making it a more meaningful game. Face it, the reason Georgia is ranked in the pre-season polls every year and picked by the media to compete for the division title has little to do with their team of the given moment. Rather, it has everything to do with their tradition of finishing near the top of their division in the conference widely held as the strongest in college football. This favorable attention is essentially a default setting. USC has never staked a true claim to this status, and there has never been a more opportune time than now to do so.

A win over Georgia would be the

launching pad, putting us in the Top 25 and paving the way for a sharp increase in the importance of this game for the next few years as Tennessee slips out of the picture. Florida’s unimpressive opening-week win over Miami of Ohio only further underlines the Gamecocks’ opportunity.

So how do we make this win happen? Unfortunately, all signs point to yet another nail-biter this year. While the Gamecocks blew out a decent team in Southern Miss, Georgia responded with some solid num-bers of their own in a 55-7 whipping of Louisiana-Lafayette, only slightly weaker opposition.

The potential weakness of UGA starting a freshman like Aaron Murray at quarter-back is offset by our inability to put pressure on a quarterback, as displayed against the novice offensive line of the Golden Eagles. Georgia’s line is acknowledged as one of the strongest in the league, which should keep Murray cozy and safe in the backfield, put-ting the pressure on our secondary to shut down a talented receiving crew.

Both teams face potential suspensions at key positions for behavior off the field, though Weslye Saunders’ absence may weigh the heaviest given his outstanding performance against the ‘Dogs last year.

It would be nice to claim a home field advantage this year, but the fact is that half of our wins in the series came in Athens, and our fans haven’t exactly been packing Williams-Brice stadium recently anyway. Even when they do show up they tend to bail out early, and with this game likely to go down to the wire that support may really be missed when it’s time to make some real noise.

With all of the factors looking about even, the bottom line is that the team that wants to win this game the most will be the victor, and they may well have to show this desire on the very last possession. The vibe going around is that our players are confi-dent. Based on that and the mere math of our losing seven of the last eight (five of them by a touchdown or less), the Gamecocks are overdue and should be able to pull this one out if they really mean what they’ve been saying. South Carolina 27, Georgia 24.


REcRuIT TO WATcHB Y C H R I S C L A R K

In today’s offensive systems, speed is as important as ever. That’s something that Tim-

ber Creek (N.J.) High School wide receiver Damiere Byrd has a lot of, and one of the main reasons that he holds double-digit scholarship offers from programs like Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Virginia, West Vir-ginia and others.The 5-foot-9, 160-pounder turned heads in March when he blazed a 4.26-second 40-yard dash time at a Nike Combine testing event in Philadelphia, the fastest time ever recorded at such an event.

Byrd, who is unsurprisingly also a track and field standout, has recorded a 10.41-second 100-meter dash, a 21.52-second in the 200 and a 47.88 in the 400.Although he had a standout junior season highlighted by more than 1,200 yards of total offense, Byrd headed into Timber Creek’s season opener on Friday against Cumberland with bigger goals in mind.

“I want to win the championship,” he said. “Last year we lost it by five, so winning the championship is my biggest goal. If that happens, the stats and postseason awards fall into place.”

The speedy pass-catcher, who has already visited USC, Rutgers, Florida and Michigan, says that he plans on taking three official visits at some point in the process.

“Right now I’m taking official [visits] to South Carolina, Iowa and Ole Miss,” he said.

Those three programs are penciled in to receive officials, but they are not his final

grouping.“No, everyone is still in it,” he said. “I

just wanted to take a closer look at those schools.”

One of the programs on that list that is very familiar to Byrd is USC. The New Jersey native has already been to Columbia on more than one occasion.

“At South Carolina, I like the campus a lot,” he said.

The Gamecocks’ signature win last season came against archrival Clemson, and Byrd was there to see the game.

“That game was the loudest I’ve been to,” he told GamecockCentral.com a day after the game. “They played well. Passing-wise, they did good, and they dominated up front. Their weight room is big and has all brand-new stuff.”

Perhaps the biggest factor in Byrd’s high interest level in USC is the job that quarterbacks coach and Northeast recruiter G.A. Mangus has done in recruiting him to Columbia.

“Coach Mangus was the first coach to come see me play last year and was pretty much involved with me from the start,” he said. “We talk every so often. My mom and dad really like him.”

Byrd says that he hopes to make a final decision sometime after his official vis-its. When asked what factors will ultimately shape his choice, he kept it simple.

“Right now, I’m really looking at, if football wasn’t a factor at all, whether or not I would go to the school solely for academ-ics.”

Byrd is ranked by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and comes in as the nation’s 203rd best prospect in the latest Rivals250 rankings.

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Gamecocks Have Hope, depth Heading into Georgia Game

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The difference was just four points on the field last season in Athens.

By July, that margin had narrowed to a single point … according to the voting of the SEC media in Birmingham.

The separation between the Gamecocks and their border rival is razor-thin these days.

So, is this the year that South Carolina leapfrogs Georgia on the division ladder?

Gamecock fans have had the Eastern crown in their sights since Steve Spurrier ar-rived in Columbia. But you’ve got to walk be-fore you can run … and in this case, you’ve got to move past Georgia before you can worry about taking down the top team in the East (which presumably is still Florida).

So, why the hope heading into this season? After all, the Bulldogs have made a mockery of their series with USC, winning all but one of the last eight meetings. Why did Gamecock fans think 2010 would provide a better chance for advancing past UGA?

The calls poured into our radio shows all summer, giving a glimpse of the fans’ psyche: Georgia’s got a freshman quarterback. Mark Richt’s in hot water because of all the arrests in Athens and an unimpressive 8-5 record in 2009. It’s a sure sign of desperation — the Bulldogs are hiring a pro coordinator and changing their base defense.

It may have been a bit premature to start throwing dirt on Richt’s grave, but the callers had a point: Georgia appeared to be vulnerable for the first time in years. Of course, Gamecock fans said the same thing about Lane Kiffin’s Volunteers last year, and we know how that game wound up.

At first glance, you’d at least call it even this season. Carolina and Georgia return the same number of starters (17), although that number could fluctuate based on who’s suspended for either team on a given week. However, the Gamecocks seem to bring back more talent and more depth at

the skill positions. Example: the Bulldogs are going to play a freshman at QB. So are the Gamecocks … not because they have to, but because the Head Ball Coach wants to, both to establish a reliable backup and to hedge his bets on Stephen Garcia’s mental approach.

The defensive depth is even more impres-sive in South Carolina’s favor, when you consider everyone coming back on the Bull-dogs’ side is starting at square one in Todd Grantham’s 3-4. Ellis Johnson’s unit looks to be stronger than last year. Cross-training key players at more than one position has given Johnson multiple pieces of an imposing Gamecock puzzle.

Has it all made a difference — the shiny new academic center and locker room up-

grades, the impressive recruiting gains and assistant coaching hires? Would this be the year that a trip to Gainesville included a shot at the trophy?

Reflect again on that meeting between the Gamecocks and Bulldogs last September. It was a four-hour slugfest where the breaks went both ways. Georgia returned a kickoff for a touchdown, while Eric Norwood found the end zone on an interception. A safety went to Carolina, while a blocked PAT gave the advantage back to UGA. In the end, a Garcia pass got batted down just inches away from completing a Gamecock victory.

Inches away. A metaphor for the rival-ry? And have the Gamecocks made enough progress since last September to close that miniscule gap between the two programs?

We’ll see on Saturday. But you might want to leave Nov. 13 open on your calendar. A Saturday in The Swamp could mean much more this fall.

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MEn’s sOccERAfter losing its first exhibition match

of the season, South Carolina returned to form with a sizzling second half to beat the College of Charleston in its second and final exhibition. The Gamecocks rallied for a 2-1 win over the Cougars, with two freshmen scoring the goals.

“I was really proud of our guys tonight,” coach Mark Berson said in a statement. “It was a good opportunity for us to try and improve on our last scrimmage. We worked on some things in the attack and on quickening our play a little bit. Tonight, we played a lot better and created a lot more opportunities.”

Midfielder Bradlee Baladez scored the tying goal and Chip-per Root put in the game-winner in the 59th minute. Root led the Gamecocks with four shots while Baladez had two, leading USC to a 15-11 advantage in shots.

Jimmy Maurer and Alex Long each played a half in goal, with Maurer starting and earning two saves. Long matched Maurer with two saves over the final half.

Baladez scored off an assist from Blake Brettschneider, erasing the sting from having a previous shot hit the crossbar. Scarcely four minutes later, Root followed through on a corner kick and stung the ball through the box and over the goal line.

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Courtyard Cup, falling 1-0 to Louisville but dispatching Ohio 2-0. Kayla Grimsley, Kira Campbell and Elizabeth Sinclair each made the all-tournament team.

The Cardinals upset the Gamecocks when Jennifer Jones converted a penalty kick in the 64th minute. USC couldn’t take advantage of numerous chances, includ-ing two open looks in the match’s first 15 minutes.

Grimsley also dribbled around four defenders and passed to Danielle Au, whose shot was deflected straight to Campbell. Campbell kicked just wide enough to get the ball stuck in the side netting.

USC defended its home field against the Bobcats, Grimsley scoring a goal with an assist while goalie Mollie Patton earned an-other shutout. She would tie the SEC record for career shutouts with eight more.

Grimsley hit the insurance goal in the 78th minute and has assisted on all three game-winning goals this season.

“Kayla’s a difference in the game, for sure,” coach Shelley Smith said in a state-ment. “She’s a tremendous player. She draws so much attention that if it’s not her scoring, she’s helping others get chances. For her, sometimes we have to tell her to get more greedy.”

USC led Ohio 12-3 in shots, and the Gamecocks seemed concerned about avoid-ing the no-finish style they had flashed against Louisville. Several USC players had shots in the first half and the Gamecocks never let up throughout.

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VOLLEybALLUSC’s season began roughly, with the

Gamecocks losing all three of their matches at the State Farm Illini Classic in Cham-paign, Ill.

Senior libero Hannah Lawing was named to the all-tournament team and was awarded with the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Week award, but USC lost to Middle Tennessee 3-0; Illinois 3-0 and BYU 3-2. Lawing averaged 5.91 digs per set during the weekend, including two frames with 10 or more digs each.

Playing in a stifling gym, USC was skunked in its first two matches and blew a 2-0 lead that allowed BYU to tie in the third. The Cougars edged the Gamecocks 15-12 in the fifth and final set, despite Law-ing collecting 31 digs to tie for fifth all-time in five-set matches.

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B Y C H R I S D E A R I N G

south Carolina coach Stan Rosenthal will readily admit that his women’s cross

country team is not ready to challenge for an NCAA champi-onship, but he likes the direc-tion the program is heading.

One of the main reasons for that is the return of junior Beatrice Biwott, one of the leading runners in the country. She showed off her talents by winning the season-open-ing Gamecock Invitational last weekend over a field that included Clemson and Coastal Carolina.

“She has a chance to finish in the Top 10 at the SEC and be in position to qualify for an NCAA spot,” Rosenthal said. “She runs in the low 17s on most races and she has been consistent with that number for a while. If she can improve on that by a few seconds, she has a chance to be very special.”

The Gamecocks finished third in the season-opening meet. Rosenthal said a couple of mistakes by two freshmen runners cost USC several seconds in time and that was probably the difference between finish-ing first and third.

Liz Locke and Scola Jepngetich are tal-ented freshmen, but Rosenthal hopes they learn from their mistakes in the season-opening meet.

“Locke and Jepngetich usually run in the low 18s, but their times were closer to 19 be-cause they tried to keep pace with Biwott,” Rosenthal said. “They are not in that class yet and I think they understand that after competing for the first time.”

He felt if they had run more of their own race their times would have been better. Instead, they faded at the end.

Clemson is ranked fifth in the Southeast Region and the Gamecocks finished only five points behind the Tigers. Rosenthal feels that is a solid start even with the mis-takes made by the rookie runners.

“To compete so closely with Clemson in our opening meet gave me great hope for

what we can accomplish,” Rosenthal said. “We’re a much deeper team than last year. If we can get our fifth-place runner to be with-in a minute of Biwott we have the chance to have a pretty successful season.”

Last year, the Gamecocks finished 14th out of 45 teams in the Southeast Region. That is the team’s highest placing in 13 years. Gone from this year’s team is Dani Barnes, but outside of Biwott, a solid nucleus returns with a bevy of talented new-comers.

Senior captain Ashley Evans stayed in Columbia in the offseason and is poised to have her best season ever. Laura Pramstall-er, Shannon Walls, Erin Fedewa, Chelsea Leroux and Laura Beggs were Top 10 run-ners last year and will compete to be in the top five runners in each race.

Other than Locke and Jepngetich, fresh-men Rachel Grochowski and Penny Boswell are runners that have impressed in the preseason.

“This is the deepest team we’ve had in years,” Rosenthal said. “Our depth right now is our strong point. Hopefully we just have a few kids step up and we can compete in the SEC and if we do that we can compete nationally.”

The schedule is a challenging one. The highlights are races in Minnesota and Disney World. The late September trip to Minnesota for the 25th running of the Roy Griak Invitational is the most difficult. There should be at least 14 ranked teams in the field.

“Our schedule will give us a real test,” Rosenthal said. “The trip to Minnesota will be a real challenge for our team. That is an NCAA-caliber field and will test us highly.”

One advantage the Gamecocks could have in making the postseason is the SEC championships will be held at their home course at Hilton Field at Fort Jackson on Nov. 1. A top-five finish is the hope and Rosenthal believes that is possible with his talent.

“Hopefully being at home will give our team incentive to dig down and work hard,” Rosenthal said. “You never want to perform poorly on your home course.”

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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

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Linebackersbrad Lawing - Defensive LineG.A. Mangus - QuarterbacksJamie speronis - Director of Football Operationssteve spurrier, Jr. - ReceiversLorenzo Ward - Defensive Coordinator/SafetiesMike Gasparato - Graduate Assistantdennis Thomas - Graduate AssistantOrus Lambert - Graduate AssistantRobbie Liles - Director of High School Relationsscott Morgan - Graduate Assistantpatrick shine - Administrative Coordinator for Recruitingscott spurrier - Graduate Assistant

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Offense 1 Alshon Jeffery 6-4 233 SO-1L St. Matthews, S.C. 19 DeAngelo Smith 6-0 181 FR-RS Kingsland, Ga.–OR– 8 Lamar Scruggs 6-3 227 FR-RS Jacksonville Beach, Fla. 81 Tori Gurley 6-5 230 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 80 DeMario Bennett 6-2 174 FR-RS Douglas, Ga.–OR– 9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla.

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

76 Jarriel King 6-5 324 SR-2L North Charleston, S.C. 68 Kyle Nunn 6-5 304 JR-2L Sumter, 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. 50 A.J. Cann 6-3 286 FR-HS Bamberg, S.C.

66 Hutch Eckerson 6-4 281 SR-3L Lumberton, N.C.–OR– 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. –OR– 14 Connor Shaw 6-0 202 FR-HS Flowery Branch, Ga. 12 Andrew Clifford 6-2 219 FR-RS Tampa, Fla.

47 Patrick DiMarco 6-1 243 SR-3L Altamonte Springs, Fla. 48 Matt Coffee 5-11 225 FR-HS Mary Esther, Fla. 31 Kenny Miles 5-10 192 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga. –OR– 21 Marcus Lattimore 6-0 218 FR-HS Duncan, S.C. 10 Brian Maddox 5-11 229 SR-3L Anderson, S.C. –OR– 3 Jarvis Giles 5-11 186 SO-1L Tampa, Fla.

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-7 249 SO-1L Beaufort, S.C. 92 Byron McKnight 6-5 235 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C.–OR– 52 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 263 SO-1L Jamesown, S.C.

42 Travian Robertson 6-4 293 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C. 70 Byron Jerideau 6-0 339 SO-JC Green Pond, S.C. –OR– 94 Kenny Davis 6-3 303 SO-SQ Newberry, S.C.

91 Ladi Ajiboye 6-1 290 SR-3L Riverdale, Ga. 6 Melvin Ingram 6-2 264 JR-2L Hamlet, N.C.

83 Cliff Matthews 6-4 268 SR-3L Cheraw, S.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-4 244 FR-RS Savannah, Ga.

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

44 Tony Straughter 6-0 201 SR-1L Madison, Fla. –OR– 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. 35 Jimmy Legree 5-11 178 FR-RS Beaufort, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla. 17 Chris Culliver 6-1 201 SR-3L Garner, N.C.

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

17 Chris Culliver 6-1 201 SR-3L Garner, N.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.

17 Chris Culliver 6-1 201 SR-3L Garner, N.C. –OR– 22 Bryce Sherman 5-4 155 SO-1L Winston-Salem, N.C.

5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla.

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 North Charleston, S.C./North 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./Central88 Weslye Saunders TE 6-5 270 SR Durham, N.C./Riverside89 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. 19 DeAngelo Smith 6-0 181 FR-RS Kingsland, Ga.–OR– 8 Lamar Scruggs 6-3 227 FR-RS Jacksonville Beach, Fla. 81 Tori Gurley 6-5 230 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 80 DeMario Bennett 6-2 174 FR-RS Douglas, Ga.–OR– 9 Ace Sanders 5-7 166 FR-HS Bradenton, Fla.

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

76 Jarriel King 6-5 324 SR-2L North Charleston, S.C. 68 Kyle Nunn 6-5 304 JR-2L Sumter, 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. 50 A.J. Cann 6-3 286 FR-HS Bamberg, S.C.

66 Hutch Eckerson 6-4 281 SR-3L Lumberton, N.C.–OR– 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. –OR– 14 Connor Shaw 6-0 202 FR-HS Flowery Branch, Ga. 12 Andrew Clifford 6-2 219 FR-RS Tampa, Fla.

47 Patrick DiMarco 6-1 243 SR-3L Altamonte Springs, Fla. 48 Matt Coffee 5-11 225 FR-HS Mary Esther, Fla. 31 Kenny Miles 5-10 192 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga. –OR– 21 Marcus Lattimore 6-0 218 FR-HS Duncan, S.C. 10 Brian Maddox 5-11 229 SR-3L Anderson, S.C. –OR– 3 Jarvis Giles 5-11 186 SO-1L Tampa, Fla.

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-7 249 SO-1L Beaufort, S.C. 92 Byron McKnight 6-5 235 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C.–OR– 52 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 263 SO-1L Jamesown, S.C.

42 Travian Robertson 6-4 293 JR-2L Laurinburg, N.C. 70 Byron Jerideau 6-0 339 SO-JC Green Pond, S.C. –OR– 94 Kenny Davis 6-3 303 SO-SQ Newberry, S.C.

91 Ladi Ajiboye 6-1 290 SR-3L Riverdale, Ga. 6 Melvin Ingram 6-2 264 JR-2L Hamlet, N.C.

83 Cliff Matthews 6-4 268 SR-3L Cheraw, S.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-4 244 FR-RS Savannah, Ga.

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

44 Tony Straughter 6-0 201 SR-1L Madison, Fla. –OR– 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. 35 Jimmy Legree 5-11 178 FR-RS Beaufort, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla. 17 Chris Culliver 6-1 201 SR-3L Garner, N.C.

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

17 Chris Culliver 6-1 201 SR-3L Garner, N.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.

17 Chris Culliver 6-1 201 SR-3L Garner, N.C. –OR– 22 Bryce Sherman 5-4 155 SO-1L Winston-Salem, N.C.

5 Stephon Gilmore 6-1 189 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla.

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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sTATsTeam STaTiSTicS Sc OPPSCORING 41 13Points Per Game 41.0 13.0FIRST DOWNS 25 23R u s h i n g 11 6P a s s i n g 11 17P e n a l t y 3 0RUSHING YARDAGE 224 67Yards gained rushing 239 94Yards lost rushing 15 27Rushing Attempts 35 27Average Per Rush 6.4 2.5Average Per Game 224.0 67.0TDs Rushing 4 0PASSING YARDAGE 225 337C o m p - A t t - I n t 20-30-1 38-57-1Average Per Pass 7.5 5.9Average Per Catch 11.2 8.9Average Per Game 225.0 337.0TDs Passing 1 1TOTAL OFFENSE 449 404Total Plays 65 84Average Per Play 6.9 4.8Average Per Game 449.0 404.0KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 3-69 6-108PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 0-0 2-30INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-0 1-17KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.0 18.0PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 15.0INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 17.0FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 2-1PENALTIES-Yards 5-30 8-60Average Per Game 30.0 60.0PUNTS-Yards 2-105 4-178Average Per Punt 52.5 44.5Net punt average 37.5 44.5TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28 : 52 31 : 083RD-DOWN Conversions 4/10 10/193rd-Down Pct 40% 53%4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/0 0/24th-Down Pct 0% 0%SACKS BY-Yards 1-15 3-13MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 5 1FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 2-2 2-2ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1RED-ZONE SCORES (5-5) 100% (2-6) 33%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (4-5)80% (0-6)0%PAT-ATTEMPTS (5-5)100% (1-1)100%ATTENDANCE 70438 0Games/Avg Per Game 1/70438 0/0Neutral Site Games 0/0

RuShing gP aTT gain lOSS neT avg Td lg avg/gM. Lattimore 1 14 54 0 54 3.9 2 8 54.0Ace Sanders 1 1 53 0 53 53.0 0 53 53.0Stephen Garcia 1 5 38 0 38 7.6 2 22 38.0Connor Shaw 1 7 44 13 31 4.4 0 24 31.0Kenny Miles 1 4 24 0 24 6.0 0 11 24.0Stephon Gilmore 1 1 14 0 14 14.0 0 14 14.0Jarvis Giles 1 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 8 12.0Brian Maddox 1 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -2.0Total 1 35 239 15 224 6.4 4 53 224.0Opponents 1 27 94 27 67 2.5 0 13 67.0

PaSSing gP effic cOmP-aTT-inT PcT ydS Td lg avg/gStephen Garcia 1 140.05 16-23-0 69.6 193 0 46 193.0Connor Shaw 1 199.76 4-5-0 80.0 32 1 15 32.0Stephon Gilmore 1 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Andrew Clifford 1 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 1 134.00 20-30-1 66.7 225 1 46 225.0Opponents 1 118.61 38-57-1 66.7 337 1 55 337.0

Receiving gP nO. ydS avg Td lg avg/gAlshon Jeffery 1 7 106 15.1 0 46 106.0Tori Gurley 1 4 12 3.0 0 7 12.0Ace Sanders 1 2 47 23.5 0 31 47.0M. Lattimore 1 2 21 10.5 0 11 21.0Jason Barnes 1 1 16 16.0 0 16 16.0D.L. Moore 1 1 15 15.0 1 15 15.0Lamar Scruggs 1 1 6 6.0 0 6 6.0DeAngelo Smith 1 1 1 1.0 0 1 1.0Patrick DiMarco 1 1 1 1.0 0 1 1.0Total 1 20 225 11.2 1 46 225.0Opponents 1 38 337 8.9 1 55 337.0

ScORe by QuaRTeRS 1ST 2nd 3Rd 4Th OT TOTalSouth Carolina 7 17 10 7 0 41Opponents 3 3 0 7 0 13

South Carolina overall individual StatiStiCS (as of Sept. 03, 2010)

| TackleS | SackS | PaSS defenSe | fumbleS | blkd## defenSive leadeRS gP ua a TOT Tfl/ydS nO-ydS inT-ydS bRuP Qbh Rcv-ydS ff kick Saf3A Akeem Auguste 1 7 1 8 1.0-6 . . 1 . . . . .2D D. Holloman 1 6 1 7 . . 1-0 . . . . . .33 Damario Jeffery 1 5 1 6 . . . . 1 . . . .5A Stephon Gilmore 1 6 . 6 2.0-3 . . 1 . . . . .24 Quin Smith 1 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .Total 1 62 14 76 4-24 1-15 1-0 4 3 1-52 . . .Opponents 1 42 18 60 5-16 3-13 1-17 2 3 . . . .

South Carolina overall team StatiStiCS (as of Sept. 03, 2010)

PunT ReTuRnS nO. ydS avg Td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 2 30 15.0 0 17inTeRcePTiOnS nO. ydS avg Td lgD. Holloman 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 1 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 1 17 17.0 0 17kick ReTuRnS nO. ydS avg Td lgBryce Sherman 3 69 23.0 0 24Total 3 69 23.0 0 24Opponents 6 108 18.0 0 23fumble ReTuRnS nO. ydS avg Td lgTony Straughter 1 52 52.0 0 52Total 1 52 52.0 0 52Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0PunT ReTuRnS nO. ydS avg Td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 2 30 15.0 0 17inTeRcePTiOnS nO. ydS avg Td lgD. Holloman 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 1 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 1 17 17.0 0 17kick ReTuRnS nO. ydS avg Td lgBryce Sherman 3 69 23.0 0 24Total 3 69 23.0 0 24Opponents 6 108 18.0 0 23fumble ReTuRnS nO. ydS avg Td lgTony Straughter 1 52 52.0 0 52Total 1 52 52.0 0 52Opponents 0

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