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6 Opponent Preview: UAB

7 Opponent Roster: UAB

8 Gameday Poster: USC vs. UAB

16 Explaining The Game: Secondary Coach Grady Brown

18 Senior Profile: Offensive Lineman T.J. Johnson

22 GamecockCentral.com’s Recruit to Watch: Linebacker Matt Rolin

24 No Defense Needed for SEC Schedules

26 USC Roster, Coaches, Depth

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South carolina’s Devin taylor puts pressure on Nebraska quarterback taylor martinez during fourth-quarter action of the capital One bowl in Orlando on Jan. 2, 2012. PHOTO By TRAViS BELL/SiDELiNE CAROLiNA

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Simply put, an opposing of-fense finds it very hard to operate when two players combine to form 13 feet, two inches and 523 pounds of speedy, mean NFL po-tential breathing on the ball-carri-er a half-second after the snap.

“Of course we’re going to de-pend on those two to lead us, but we’re depending on a lot of people to lead us,” Ward said before the season. “They will be on the front line, so to speak, so they’re going to get first crack.”

“They” are the two men on either side of the Gamecocks’ defensive line. “They” are a senior who began his career with a huge play and has kept turning in more huge plays since, and a sopho-more who came to USC with lofty credentials and didn’t fail to live up to them.

They are Devin Taylor, a lanky defensive end with muscle coiled onto his torso and the wingspan of an in-flight condor, and Jade-veon Clowney, an elite pass-rush-er who was on campus for about a day before he was pegged as a

potential No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

With those two leading the charge, Ward is easing into his first full season of overseeing the USC defense, knowing that with Taylor and Clowney anchoring his defense, the other nine on the field will be allowed to ease into their roles as well. While it’s not easy to replace a consensus All-American (Melvin Ingram), a Top 10 draft pick (Stephon Gilmore) and a ball-hawking linebacker/cornerback hybrid (Antonio Allen), Ward figures that if Taylor and Clowney are their usual dominating selves, the rest won’t be relied on as much to make plays.

But they’ll still be able to, because he expects it. The two can start a trend of, “We do it, now it’s your turn.”

“Devin is a senior so he’s obvi-ously one of our leaders, and we expect big things out of Jade-veon,” Ward said. “I’ve talked to Jadeveon about that, I’ve talked to Devin about that. They’re not the only ones we depend on for us to

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Lorenzo Ward wasn’t apprehensive. Despite losing several stars from a defense that finished third in the country in 2011, South Carolina’s first-year defensive coordinator

felt pretty good about who was coming back. It takes a combined performance from 11 men on the field to achieve what Ward desires, but he knew that if just two of them did what they were supposed to do, the other nine were going to have a much easier time.

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have success, but they will be part of our success.”

Taylor was primed for great-ness from the start, causing a fumble on his first collegiate snap. He went on to produce 15.5 sacks, two interceptions and 27 tackles for loss over his first three seasons.

Clowney, the consensus No. 1 recruit in the country two years ago, arrived at USC toting an

impressive haul of credentials and expectations. He didn’t disap-point, recording eight sacks and five forced fumbles in 2011 to become the SEC Freshman of the Year.

With a lot of talent leaving af-ter 2011, Clowney and Taylor were immediately looked upon as Ward began to size up the 2012 season. Ward would be breaking in a new

spur, a new cornerback, a new de-fensive tackle, a new strong safety and trying to get production out of a linebacker who had been a star in 2009 but had struggled since. The schedule offered little time to learn on the job, open-ing at an SEC opponent and then holding the home opener against a team that loves to pass.

The two bookends on the line have made the adjustment a lot easier, especially with the one change that Ward proposed from the Ellis Johnson regime. He wanted to blitz more, and his two towers at defensive end were pri-mary candidates to do so. The way Ward figures it, the newcomers on the rest of the field won’t have to worry about covering a receiver, or being the last line of defense against a runner with a full head

of steam, if either of those is being squashed by an angry dinosaur just after the snap.

It took Clowney 12 snaps to make a play in the season-opener at Vanderbilt, the sophomore monster dropping Zac Stacy for a short gain. He immediately followed it by sacking Jordan Rodgers for a nine-yard loss and forcing a punt. Taylor had three tackles in the game, as the Vanderbilt offensive line shifted to double-blocking Clowney, freeing Taylor to charge ahead.

With those two leading the way, the rest of USC’s defense was able to get settled in. The Game-cocks gave up some big plays, but ultimately held the Com-modores to 62 rushing yards and 214 passing yards, 78 of those on one blown play. Linebacker Shaq Wilson proved to Ward that he could be as productive as he was in 2009 with eight tackles and an interception; Kelcy Quarles tied Wilson with eight tackles as Tra-vian Robertson’s replacement at defensive tackle; and cornerback Jimmy Legree played a fine game with seven tackles.

It all flows from the top, and Clowney and Taylor are the top.

“Those two are two of the best athletes in the entire conference, and they’re on the same team,” Vanderbilt coach James Franklin said at SEC Media Days. “It’s kind of unfair, if you ask me.”

Taylor has become one of the most explosive players in the conference, although he does it all without uttering barely a peep. Nicknamed “Don’t Say Nuthin’” during his freshman year, Taylor lets his play do the talking.

“We’ve talked about it a couple of times, but sometimes … you can’t beat a dead mule,” defensive line coach Brad Lawing recently said. “Everybody has a role, and his role is being a good player and not being very vocal. That’s just the way it is. It’s hard to make somebody something they’re not.”

Taylor has produced despite being on the same defenses with Eric Norwood, Cliff Matthews and Ingram, using his uncanny length to disrupt and sweep around right tackles, or swat away

Devin Taylor was primed for greatness from the start, causing a fumble on his first collegiate snap. He went on to produce 15.5 sacks, two interceptions and 27 tackles for loss over his first three seasons.

Devin taylor (left) and Jadeveon clowney PHOTO By PAuL COLLiNS

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pass attempts. He briefly flirted with the NFL last year, before returning to school knowing that when teams began to double-team the media-frenzied Clowney, he could raise his numbers.

Clowney, with his megawatt smile, can be as loquacious and open as Taylor is silent and aloof. It didn’t take long for Clowney to make an impact, doing it against Georgia last year; his unopposed sack of Aaron Murray — slinging the quarterback around as if he was a rag doll to produce a fumble that was scooped and scored upon — was a staple of SEC highlight videos.

Knowing that he would be depended on this season, Clowney spoke about it several times in the preseason.

“I’ve been working on staying low and getting past the blocks,” Clowney said. “I feel like I had a good year last year, but not a great year.”

Clowney was often held during 2011, but he still man-

Jadeveon Clowney arrived at USC toting an impressive haul of credentials and expectations. He didn’t disappoint, recording eight sacks and five forced fumbles in 2011 to become the SEC Freshman of the Year.

much as possible as the season progresses. By dominating the first quarter of the Vanderbilt game and letting the others take the rest over, the pair has already begun to set up the rest of the unit for success, and Ward sees no reason why that should stop.

The only question is coming up with a nickname to label the tandem. “Twin Towers” and “Ter-

ror Twins” have been done before, while “Sack Exchange” was made famous long ago.

Ward doesn’t worry about nicknames; he’s more interested in how they handle their oppo-nents.

“If they do what they are capable of doing,” Ward quipped, “they can call themselves any-thing they want.”

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Jadeveon clowney goes after a loose ball during action against vanderbilt in Nashville on Aug. 30. PHOTO By TRAViS BELL/SiDELiNE CAROLiNA

aged to get his numbers. Ward factored that into his plans for 2012, figuring that if Clowney was held or double-teamed — as he was against Vanderbilt — then Taylor would be able to clean up. Clowney can also be used as a stand-up linebacker in some formations, as the Gamecocks try to present the same threat they had with Ingram, who dominated games last year with his relentless pursuit of the ball-carrier.

With Taylor and Clowney on the line, quarterbacks are seeing a lot of stars. They know that no matter which way they look, they’re liable to see a way-too-fast, way-too-big beast charging at them.

“It is something that I’ve been planning for,” said Vanderbilt quarterback Rodgers, who didn’t face much of the two last year but got plenty of eyefuls of them this season. “Both of them are outstanding. I can’t find any film on them where they’re not mak-ing plays.”

Ward is glad to have each of them and plans to use them as

Nebraska quarterback taylor martinez is sacked by Jadeveon clowney during third-quarter action of the capital One bowl in Orlando. PHOTO By TRAViS BELL/SiDELiNE CAROLiNA

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RECRUiT TO WATCHB Y C H R I S C L A R K

it is not often that South Caro-lina’s football staff reaches into the state of Virginia to

mine for talent. After all, there is not a single scholarship player on the Gamecock roster from the Old Dominion. For a talented Gamecock legacy, however, the staff made an exception.

Meet Matt Rolin. The four-star linebacker prospect from Ashburn, Va., and Briar Woods High School, has extensive family ties to USC.

“My whole family lives 10 minutes from the USC campus,” Rolin told sports site Rivals earlier this year. “My parents graduated from there, both grandparents, aunts and uncles. Everyone in my family has been a Gamecock except my brother.”

The brother Rolin is refer-ring to is Scott Rolin, a redshirt free safety for Virginia Tech. In the end, Tech finished as the runner-up for the younger Rolin’s services, as he verbally committed to USC in May.

In Rolin, the Gamecock coaching staff picked up one of the most sought-after lineback-ers on the East Coast. Rated as the 24th-best outside linebacker prospect in the country and the 13th-best prospect in the state of Virginia regardless of position, Rolin accumulated a list of more than 25 major scholarship offers during the course of his recruit-ment. Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Ten-nessee are among the other big-name programs the Gamecocks topped for Rolin’s commitment.

After South Carolina made an initial offer to Rolin, he was seen

during the spring in Columbia, visiting the school and family members living in the area. In April, a two-day trip to the school seemed to put things over the top for USC’s chances.

“It was the best visit I’ve been on so far,” he told Gamecock Central. “We talked to the coaches Friday for about an hour-and-a-half before practice. I watched the scrimmage and I ate lunch with [Steve] Spurrier, the defen-sive coordinator, [Shawn] Elliott, and the linebackers coach.”

USC’s staff views Rolin as a prospect who could play the weak-side linebacker position or grow into the middle linebacker posi-tion. With four senior linebackers on the roster, the opportunity ap-pears good for Rolin to earn some playing time early in his career, particularly with him planning on enrolling at USC in January and going through spring practice.

“They told me I could definitely come and play early and play special teams and help out,” Rolin said. “They’re going to be graduating a lot of linebackers. There would be an opportunity to play early.”

Although Rolin likes plenty of things about USC that do not have to do with family, he has made no secret that having familiar faces in the Midlands will be a big help to him making the adjustment to college life.

“I’m not going to know anyone in school, so having family down there could help me,” Rolin said. “My cousin lives right in the city, so I could just go to his house.”

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it is not uncommon for SEC schools to catch flak from fans of other conferences because of

SEC teams’ scheduling of “easy” non-conference opponents. According to these critics, the SEC just seems so strong because its teams rarely play quality schools outside of their own league.

These complaints are most popular during the early weeks of the season when a team like South Caro-lina faces off with the likes of UAB, probably because any acknowledg-ment of the SEC’s documented bowl superiority would immediately crash the whiner-wagon.

Defenders of the conference will often justify such scheduling by citing the toughness of the in-conference schedule as an offset, but this is en-tirely unnecessary, as the “problem” is completely imaginary; instead, it’s the product of simple jealousy regarding the SEC’s recent stunning success on the national scene.

Face it: Most high-end college football teams do the exact same thing. Those early cupcake opponents serve a valuable purpose in warming these teams up for their confer-ence season. Ask Ohio State about its opener with Miami (Ohio), or Oklahoma State about the mighty Sa-vannah State Tigers. From just those examples, it is clear that this practice is not at all exclusive to the SEC. Nor is it inclusive of all SEC schools.

While these games were going on, the Gamecocks faced conference foe Vanderbilt, Auburn fought Clemson (and lost) and Alabama smoked Michigan. Is Michigan a cupcake? Even if it were, would this be a bad thing?

People tend to look at this issue arrogantly, from the top down, ignor-ing the benefits of this tradition to all of college football — not just the elite teams. College football would simply not be the same if every team played only against those rated as being of the same caliber. If you were only allowed to play your equals, then the bottom half of the schools would effectively be locked out of the top permanently. How could they move up the ladder without the opportu-nity to challenge those deemed better than them, simply due to conference affiliation? They could not, because

the ladder is established by the inter-action of teams at all levels, a necessity within the system.

Beyond that, however, there is an even greater importance to these cupcake games. As a college football fan, would you really want to give up those chances to mock an overrated team when that rare historical upset occurs? Is it possible to hear the name “Appalachian State” now without thinking of Michigan’s embarrassing exposure in 2007 — a priceless mo-ment in sports history? Do you want to see a Virginia Tech fan grimace? Just say, “James Madison.” And for those who pull off these upsets, would you want to deny these underdogs their moment of historic achieve-ment?

The bottom line is that these games are an essential ingredient in the drama that is college football. People constantly bash Florida for rarely leaving the state for non-conference games, but those games also produce a bottom line of their own in the form of money for the “lesser” school. What’s wrong with keeping the payouts within your state and promoting the local economy? Wofford will certainly benefit from playing the Gamecocks this year, so why deny the Terriers that when USC’s overall schedule also includes multiple ranked teams? It especially makes no sense to complain about a state school returning benefits to the state that supports it.

There are other arguments (USC, Georgia and UF all play traditional ACC rivals, etc.) but these are unnec-essary as well, as in the end it comes down to simple jealousy. The critics are understandably not happy with the SEC winning six straight national championships and dominating the bowl season while their own teams play at a lesser level.

If playing a couple of lesser teams is the magical key to greatness, then perhaps the whiners should just schedule each other. Meanwhile, the Gamecocks can focus on the goal: Using the UAB game to iron out the wrinkles and prepare for its confer-ence run.

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

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

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

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

81 Rory Anderson 6-5 218 SO-1L Powder Springs, Ga. 5 Kelvin Rainey 6-3 219 FR-HS Yulee, Fla.

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

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

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-8 267 SR-3L Beaufort, S.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-5 248 JR-2L Savannah, Ga.

70 Byron Jerideau 6-1 316 SR-2L Green Pond, S.C. 52 Phillip Dukes 6-3 306 FR-RS Manning, S.C.

99 Kelcy Quarles 6-4 286 SO-1L Hodges, S.C. 92 Gerald Dixon Jr. 6-3 304 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

7 Jadeveon Clowney 6-6 256 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 57 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 269 SR-3L Jamestown, S.C. 44 Gerald Dixon 6-2 272 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

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

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

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 241 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. 42 Jordan Diggs 6-0 197 FR-HS Fort Myers, Fla.

27 Victor Hampton 5-10 197 SO-1L Darlington, S.C. 4 Ahmad Christian 5-10 189 FR-RS Jacksonville, Fla. 12 Brison Williams 5-11 205 SO-1L Warner Robins, Ga. 25 Kadetrix Marcus 6-1 185 SO-SQ Stone Mountain, Ga.

36 D.J. Swearinger 6-0 210 SR-3L Greenwood, S.C. 28 Jared Shaw 5-10 179 SR-SQ Fort Mill, S.C.

15 Jimmy Legree 6-0 189 JR-2L Beaufort, S.C. 20 T.J. Gurley 5-10 183 FR-HS Cairo, Ga.

*Note: The depth chart lists 13 offensive positions due to the number of formations used by the team.

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WLB

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Specialists 19 Landon Ard 5-9 189 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C. 52 Adam Yates 6-1 196 SR-1L Sparks, Md.

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

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

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

9 Ace Sanders 5-8 175 JR-2L Bradenton, Fla.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

81 Rory Anderson 6-5 218 SO-1L Powder Springs, Ga. 5 Kelvin Rainey 6-3 219 FR-HS Yulee, Fla.

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

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

Defense 98 Devin Taylor 6-8 267 SR-3L Beaufort, S.C. 90 Chaz Sutton 6-5 248 JR-2L Savannah, Ga.

70 Byron Jerideau 6-1 316 SR-2L Green Pond, S.C. 52 Phillip Dukes 6-3 306 FR-RS Manning, S.C.

99 Kelcy Quarles 6-4 286 SO-1L Hodges, S.C. 92 Gerald Dixon Jr. 6-3 304 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

7 Jadeveon Clowney 6-6 256 SO-1L Rock Hill, S.C. 57 Aldrick Fordham 6-4 269 SR-3L Jamestown, S.C. 44 Gerald Dixon 6-2 272 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C.

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

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

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 241 SR-3L Charlotte, N.C. 42 Jordan Diggs 6-0 197 FR-HS Fort Myers, Fla.

27 Victor Hampton 5-10 197 SO-1L Darlington, S.C. 4 Ahmad Christian 5-10 189 FR-RS Jacksonville, Fla. 12 Brison Williams 5-11 205 SO-1L Warner Robins, Ga. 25 Kadetrix Marcus 6-1 185 SO-SQ Stone Mountain, Ga.

36 D.J. Swearinger 6-0 210 SR-3L Greenwood, S.C. 28 Jared Shaw 5-10 179 SR-SQ Fort Mill, S.C.

15 Jimmy Legree 6-0 189 JR-2L Beaufort, S.C. 20 T.J. Gurley 5-10 183 FR-HS Cairo, Ga.

*Note: The depth chart lists 13 offensive positions due to the number of formations used by the team.

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WR

WR

LT

LG

C

RG

RT

TE

TE

QB

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TB

DE

DT

DT

DE

MLB

WLB

SPR

CB

SS

FS

CB

Specialists 19 Landon Ard 5-9 189 FR-RS Rock Hill, S.C. 52 Adam Yates 6-1 196 SR-1L Sparks, Md.

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

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

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

9 Ace Sanders 5-8 175 JR-2L Bradenton, Fla.

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

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

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