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So good that many are running out of terms to describe him, the Gamecocks’ Alshon Jeffery is fulfilling every bit of the glory predicted for him, despite it only being the middle of his sophomore season. Through USC’s first eight contests, Alshon leads the SEC with an average of 6.5 catches and 116.9 yards per game, and ranks fifth in the entire NCAA in the latter category.

He is already in the Top 10 of USC’s career receivers, only 56 yards from ninth place, and if he keeps his current average through the rest of the season (at least five games), he would rank fourth and only be a handful of yards from third. Alshon requires a scant 65 yards to notch just the fourth 1,000-yard season in USC history.

And he still has a full season, perhaps two, to go. If Alshon doesn’t leave early for the NFL, he could place the Gamecocks’ receiving records so high that they would never be broken. It seems fitting that after the semi-flap that erupted when Alshon chose USC out of Calhoun County High

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t’s not so much the records or the adulation or the Hall of Fame credentials that truly makes an athlete. A player truly knows he’s arrived when he’s referred to by only one name.

Through one season and half of another — 15 games, really — South Carolina has found its version of basketball’s Michael or baseball’s Mickey.

Alshon!

Nick Saban leaves the ground as the Alabama staff watches Jeffery pull in a one-handed catch for a big gain. PHOtO by PAuL cOLLiNS


School and asked for a particular jersey number, only to be told it was retired, he could be on the same path to having his jersey immortalized.

“I don’t think about that,” Alshon says when asked, but the possibility is very real. Wearing No. 2 in high school, Alshon wanted the same at USC and said that coach Steve Spurrier had granted him permission to do so. Not so fast, said Sterling Sharpe, the last player to wear No. 2 and an epic wide receiver in his own right. I never gave permission to un-retire my number, and would be insulted if it was.

Alshon shrugged and donned No. 1. Not many are arguing about the number’s representation among the receiving corps these days.

“As everybody has seen across the nation, you throw the ball up to him, and there’s a very high percentage he’s going to come down with it,” quarterback Stephen Garcia reverently said. “It’s very nice to have a receiver like that. He’ll catch anything.”

The numbers don’t begin to describe it, although they are plenty impressive. Somehow, Alshon churns that impossibly long body of his downfield, able to stop on

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a dime, leap and pick the pass out of the air, when everybody in the flight path was certain that ball was headed to the seats.

Pick one. The touchdown grab against Kentucky last year, where he turned and jumped in one motion, guided the ball in with one hand, bobbled it and still caught it before he hit the ground? The game-break-ing TD at Vanderbilt this season, when Alshon saw Garcia scrambling on a busted play, started running and never stopped on a 72-yard scoring catch? The catch against Alabama, where one arm was pinned to his body by Dre Kirkpatrick and his jersey was being yanked to the side, yet Alshon caught it with his outside hand, spun out of the tackle and raced inside the 10-yard-line (that one made Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban change expression for only about the seventh time in his life, and it wasn’t pretty)?

Spurrier joked after the Kentucky game last year, “Of course, Alshon Jeffery, after his third touchdown reception, G.A. Man-gus on the headset said, ‘Those Southern Cal boys don’t come to South Carolina for no average receiver.’ They knew the kid could play. Took us about six games to

figure out he could play.”It’s true — the Gamecocks knew they

had a project on their hands when Alshon, who had committed to Pete Carroll and the other USC as a high-school junior, switched his commitment to the one closest to his St. Matthews home. Alshon was a standout athlete at Calhoun County, but was known as a basketball player trying football, not a stud receiver.

“I mean, I won four state champion-ships,” Alshon said with a grin. “I ain’t trying to brag or nothing, but I guess I’m pretty good.”

Still, Alshon tried football and found he was very, very proficient, although many pointed to his success and labeled it as simply the result of being clearly the best athlete at a tiny Class A school. Nestled between Richland and Orangeburg coun-ties north-to-south and Sumter and Aiken counties east-to-west, an athlete had to do something special to get noticed, especially by the big boys in Los Angeles.

Alshon was one of the only recruits east of the Mississippi River that Carroll seri-ously scouted that year, but Alshon had sec-ond thoughts and re-opened his recruiting.

The Gamecocks and Tennessee, featuring former Southern Cal assistant Lane Kiffin, badly wanted and pursued him.

Alshon stayed with his high-school coach before National Signing Day and made up his mind. He would be a Game-cock. The nation less than an hour to the north rejoiced while the one in Big Orange country dismissed it, led by Kiffin’s words.

In a phrase that will go down in his-tory, Kiffin put down Alshon’s choice when Alshon phoned to tell him his decision. “You’ll end up pumping gas like all the other players from that state who have gone to South Carolina,” Kiffin said.

Two years later, Kiffin won his only matchup against Alshon but is now at Southern Cal, trying to direct a program hampered with severe NCAA violations and probation. Alshon is helping guide his team toward a dream long desired but never obtained — an SEC championship.

“I ain’t talking about that,” Alshon quietly and politely says when asked about Kiffin, but did say he was very glad to be at USC. The Gamecocks deeply return the

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have the Gamecocks really solved Their second half problems?

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uSC has caught a lot of heat for its mediocre

performances in the second half of several important

games this year. Obviously the Kentucky meltdown and the Auburn fiasco stand out, but prior to the win over Tennessee the Gamecocks actually had not scored double figures in the third or fourth quarter of any SEC game. They were, in fact, shut out in four of the ten quar-ters and managed only a single score in the other six.

Even the alleged second half “rally” to win the Vandy game was really no rally at all, just a couple scores and a defensive stand. Yawn. Likewise, in the Alabama game we earned the victory by matching the Tide’s total scoring output in our first half alone. A couple scores in the second half sealed the deal, but it was by no means an

exceptionally productive half on the field. Basically, USC has gotten by in the SEC

this year by coming out strong and then holding on. A simple glance at the numbers-by-quarter corroborates this, as they’ve scored 49, 51, 35, and 31 in the first through fourth quarters, respectively. This is after the imbalance was lessened substantially with the Tennessee win, which added 14 points to each of the last two figures. In-deed, the 14 points in just the fourth quarter of that game almost matched the total of 17 scored in the previous five SEC contests.

Thank the Volunteers, we certainly needed that numerical boost, but under-stand that we really didn’t do anything special there either.

Coming on the heels of the Vanderbilt “rally,” it is tempting to say that the Game-cocks’ four touchdowns in the second half

against the Volunteers may be a sign that we are finally becoming a more complete team and playing every play down like it mat-ters, all the way to the wire. But the fact is Tennessee has simply been horrible in the second half this year and our game was no exception.

The Vols went into halftime tied at 13 with Oregon, only to give up 35 unanswered points in the second half and suffer the first of several blowouts. They proceeded to yield 24 second half points to Florida, 14 to Georgia and 28 to Alabama in losses rang-ing from 14 to 31 points. Though the margin was much lower in their 14-16 loss to LSU, it was still a severe late game blunder that decided the game, and we all know it is almost impossible to out-blunder Les Miles in the final minutes of a big game, unless you really stink.

So, despite how good it felt to watch Devin Taylor’s pick-six or Alshon’s pow-erful 70 yard touchdown, don’t embrace our flashy second half as a measure of any significant progress. It may create some con-fidence that we can dominate high school teams like Tennessee, but we only have a couple of those left on the schedule and to do anything really special this year we will ultimately need to play a second half against

a real competitor. We might get away with clocking in a

couple quarters to beat Troy and Clemson, but we’ll have to play all four (and maybe an overtime) to handle Florida and Arkansas, not to mention whoever we might face in an SEC championship game or a bowl.

Of course, Arkansas is no longer a must-win game anyway, as the Gamecocks will face the Gators for the East division title either way, assuming that Vanderbilt doesn’t upset them this week. Still, it would be nice to redeem the division from its horrible 2-16 record versus the West with a win and gain some momentum for the bowl season.

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Jerell Adams is a big fish in a small pond. The 6-foot-5, 220-pounder plays at Class A Scott’s Branch High School, and has

attracted an impressive offer list from pro-grams across the Southeast and beyond.

Adams was most recently in town to watch South Carolina take down Alabama, which was ranked as the nation’s number one team at the time. He talked with Game-cockCentral.com about the trip earlier this month.

“They played very good,” he said of USC’s 35-21 win. “They didn’t play against Alabama, they played against 11 guys on the field, played to the best of their abilities, and came out with a win.”

The talented athlete, rated the state’s 10th best prospect by Rivals.com, with a chance to move up the chart, enjoyed the atmosphere inside Williams-Brice Stadium.

“The atmosphere was good. It was loud and they supported their team,” he said.

The Palmetto State athlete spoke with his recruiter before the game, as well as some of the current players and USC’s coach.

“I talked to coach (Shane) Beamer before the game and coach (Steve) Spurrier. After the game, coach Beamer was talking to me and showing me the locker room,” Adams said. “I talked to some of the players and all of that. I talked to Stephen Garcia, Marcus Lattimore, Alshon (Jeffery) and one of the tight ends.”

The staff knew all about Adams’ contest the night before, a 28-27 win over Lamar, and was sure to let him know about it.

“(Beamer) was just basically asking me how things were going and congratulated me on my big win Friday night,” he said. “Coach Spurrier congratulated me on the win and asked me how I was doing.”

Adams broke down his future visit schedule for GamecockCentral.com.

“I’m going to take an official visit to USC, that’s the only (official) I know about so far,” he said. “I don’t know about the rest of them yet. I don’t know a date on that one yet, but probably during basketball season.”

The standout athlete’s lead group is unchanged, with the Gamecocks still holding top position. In order, he listed the group: USC, Clemson, Auburn, Florida and Arkansas.

Adams said that he has no preference for what position he plays at the college level, saying he would play “wherever they put me at.” This season, he’s lined up in several different spots.

“Quarterback on offense, and on defense I line up as outside linebacker, defensive end, safety and cornerback,” he said. “Ev-erything is going good, you know. I want to keep working hard and play with confi-dence and play to my best ability.”

The three-star talent, who was recently named to the Offense-Defense All-Ameri-can Bowl held in Myrtle Beach in late De-cember, said he is still planning a February decision.

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Time For new beginnings at usc

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it’s closing time.Never the most popular call in

any college town, closing time has been a particularly bitter period for

Gamecock football since joining the SEC.

As Steve Spurrier has pointed out, USC has stood on the verge of many a successful season, only to fade down the stretch.

Since 1992, the year USC entered the SEC, the Gamecocks’ record over their last four regular-season games is a disappointing 22-50.

Sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Novembers.

Indeed, it’s been a rough month for USC. Part of the problem can be attributed to a backweighted schedule. Those last four games usually have included Tennessee (a contender for the SEC East title through-out the 1990s and the early part of the last decade), Florida (a contender for league and national titles for most of the past 20 years), and Clemson (the in-state rivalry that has been won by the Tigers twice as much as the Gamecocks during that span).

Arkansas is a recently acquired symptom in USC’s late-season swoon. The Razorbacks also joined the SEC in 1992, and early sched-ules had the two league rookies meeting in September. But Arkansas started creeping back on the Gamecocks’ calendar, eventually landing in the spot just before the Florida game.

Wondering how that change affected the Gamecocks’ already-daunting slate of oppo-nents? USC first met Arkansas in Novem-ber during the 2002 season. The following month, and again in 2006, coach Houston Nutt had those same Razorbacks playing for a conference title in Atlanta.

So, the stretch run got even tougher when the Hogs moved in.

Have there been Gamecock teams that have risen to the challenge, conquering the calendar and ending the year victorious?

History gives us few examples.In 1992, USC’s first campaign in the

SEC, a perhaps naïve group of Gamecocks won at Vanderbilt, beat Tennessee, barely lost at Florida, then captured the Palmetto State championship at Clemson. There was no postseason reward for a 5-6 team, but it did give coach Sparky Woods one more year on the job.

The only other team to finish with a 3-1 record in that stretch was Spurrier’s first at USC. In 2005, the Head Ball Coach broke a long Gamecock losing streak to the Vols, held on to win at Arkansas, snapped another lengthy losing skid to the Gators, then dropped a four-point heartbreaker at home to the Tigers.

How did the 2005 Gamecocks close out the season they finally successfully managed to close out? By failing to finish their bowl game, blowing a 21-0 lead in a 38-31 loss to

Missouri in the Independence Bowl.What happens in Shreveport, stays in

Shreveport … you hope.The finish doesn’t always provide a

harbinger of what’s to come. Lou Holtz’s best two teams finished the stretch run with records of 1-3 and 2-2, yet still captured Outback Bowl wins and Top-20 national rankings.

But what’s at stake with this year’s finish is much bigger than a Tampa triumph.

Closing time: “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” It’s from a Roman philosopher and quoted by Semisonic in their hit song of the same name.

It’s an end that couldn’t start soon enough for USC.

One last call … for a championship.

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wOMen’s sOccerSouth Carolina lost the SEC East and

regular-season championships 1-0 to Flor-ida last week, a free kick with five seconds to go in the first half providing the Gators with all of the room they needed. Just like last year, when a Wake Forest goal with one second to play knocked USC from the NCAA tournament with a berth in the Elite Eight on the line, the Gamecocks lapsed at a crucial moment and never got even.

Rather, they felt a bad call made them lapse, and cost them the game.

“Yeah, that was the worst call I’ve ever seen, probably,” goalkeeper Mollie Patton said. “They touched the ball, so we stopped, and he said that they didn’t touch it and he should ask us for 10 yards. That’s all I have to say about that.”

Ellen Fahey was flagged for fouling Florida’s Nicky Kit as the clock hit 0:05, and when USC began stalling, hoping to make the clock run out before Kit could attempt a free kick, the officials stepped in.

USC said that Kit had already touched the ball, which should have prevented the stoppage.

“You don’t have to ask for 10, and they chose not to,” Kayla Grimsley said. “She put the ball down and she played it, and he didn’t like what he saw, and he stopped the game himself. He made an executive deci-sion and that’s what you’ve got to live with.”

The Gamecocks were in action at the SEC tournament last week and are hoping to get back to the NCAA tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet 16 last season.

Men’s sOccerUSC claimed a crucial 1-0 win over Flor-

ida International on Wednesday, improv-ing to 8-5-2 and 3-2-1 in Conference USA. Stephen Morrissey scored the game-winner, his first goal of the season and second of his career.

The Gamecocks out-shot the Golden Panthers 5-12 and each team had four shots on goal. Jimmy Maurer collected his seventh shutout this year and moved into second place all-time for career shutouts.

USC was coming off a 4-1 loss at Mar-shall, where the Gamecocks gave up three goals in the first 11 minutes. USC out-shot the Thundering Herd 24-8 yet couldn’t find the net, notching just one shot on goal.

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sets. Libero Hannah Lawing had a match-best 16 digs and improved to fourth on the school’s career digs chart, but the Gators overwhelmed the Gamecocks (5-17, 2-10 SEC).

Freshman Juliette Thevenin had eight kills and nine digs for USC. USC was coming off a split weekend, where it beat Kentucky but lost to Tennessee.

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Our weekly roundup of how South Carolina’s other sports are doing.

Men’s GOLFThe Gamecocks have concluded their

fall season and are off until the Seahawk Invitational in late February.

wOMen’s GOLFUSC and the rest of the field struggled

on the final day of last week’s Landfall Tradition, the Gamecocks tying for 11th out of 18 teams. USC was 25-over on Sunday to finish at 55-over for the weekend.

Samantha Swinehart had the best closing round for the Gamecocks, firing a 3-over 75 to finish her round. Katie Burnett was the team’s top finisher but had a harsh 7-over on the final round.

The Gamecocks are competing this weekend at the Pac-10/SEC Challenge in Stanford, Calif. That will conclude the fall season. USC will next be in action at the UCF Challenge in February.

eQuesTrianUSC (2-3) lost its fall finale 11-9 to Kan-

sas State last week. Despite the loss, Chloe Gray, Alex Arute and Hailey Thortnton each won MVP honors.

USC played Georgia after a two-week break and lost its first road match of the season, 15-4.

Georgia swept Equitation Over Fences 5-0 and won Equitation on the Flat 3-2, USC getting points from Tilden Brighton and Colvin Hedgepeth. Hedgepeth im-proved to 4-0.

USC has concluded its fall season and is off until January.

swiMMinG and diVinG

South Carolina took a 4-1 lead over Clemson in the all-sports season series last week, the swimming and diving teams sweeping the Tigers in the final match be-tween the two programs. Clemson is elimi-nating its swimming and diving program next year. USC’s men won 169.5-125.5, and the women won 167-133.

USC got three wins each from Rachael Schaffer and Michael Flach, and the divers dominated each board. USC’s men im-proved to 2-0 while the women are 3-0.

Rylan Ridenour won two diving events while Taryn Zack won the 1-meter competi-tion.

The Gamecocks will next compete at the Nike Cup Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Nov. 18-20.

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sentiment, starting with his position coach, Steve Spurrier Jr.

“He doesn’t have a ton of expression, he doesn’t have a loud personality, but he’s an extremely hard worker,” says Spurrier Jr., who has already tutored two Gamecock legends (Sidney Rice, Kenny McKinley) and is now coaching perhaps the best of all. “He really is. He really wants to be a great player, so it’s fun to work with him.”

Alshon came to USC as an impressive athlete, but all high-school athletes have an adjustment period. He had never been much of a weight-lifter in high school, and the demands on his time — class, study hall, practice, film, conditioning — took some getting used to.

But on the field, he didn’t waste much time making an impression. Although he was mostly a backup to Tori Gurley for the first five games of 2009, defenders were see-ing something in practice.

“When he catches the ball, he’s always going to get a lot of YAC,” said linebacker Josh Dickerson, using the abbreviation for yards after catch. “I tried to tackle him, but it wasn’t no easy thing. I had to wrap him up a little harder than most receivers.”

The Kentucky game, where Alshon caught three touchdowns, was his breakout performance and clued in the rest of the country. He could catch it on the wheel, on the go, on the slant, anywhere.

Somehow, the ball is thought lost and Alshon jumps at precisely the right time, catches and comes down with it. Although not a burner in practice times, he is one of those prized “gamers” — he kicks it up a second or two on Saturdays, running downfield in a gangly motion that appears

to be all elbows and knees, but has never appeared more beautiful to USC’s coaches, players and fans.

“It’s very nice,” Garcia said. “Just throw the ball up there and he’ll come down with it. We have a bunch of receivers like that, but he’s pretty special.”

The comparisons to Rice, Sharpe and McKinley, the program’s holy triumvirate of pass-catchers, have been rampant and many have already placed Alshon above all. He combines all of the best talents of the three and has risen to the top in the eyes of the fans, beginning to get there in the eyes of the country.

Alshon was named midseason first-team All-America by Phil Steele and Sports Il-lustrated, also making Steele’s All-SEC first team. He is on the watch list for the Max-well and Biletnikoff awards, the latter going to the best wide receiver in the country and expected to be a tight battle between him and Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon.

Blackmon leads the country with 158.9 yards per game and 14 touchdowns, but he will be missing at least one game after a recent arrest. Alshon has no such problems.

Not that he will talk about it. Getting Alshon to open up about himself is almost as impossible as trying to stop him from getting the ball.

“When people come up to me, they al-ready know who I am, but it’s not a big deal or nothing,” Alshon said, describing his ascension. “I’m trying to do everything it takes to be great. I’m gonna just go out and show the world what I’ve got.”

Any more and a new name might be necessary.

Although Alshon is already saying plenty.

ALSHON!, continued from page 11

Jeffery digs in and sets his eyes on the prize. PHOtO by PAuL cOLLiNS


Top: Ladi Ajiboye sacks Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray on Oct. 30. PHOtO by trAviS beLL/SiDeLiNe cArOLiNA

c.c. Whitlock (12) celebrates with Akeem Auguste after breaking up a Tennessee pass during fourth-quarter action in columbia on Oct. 30. USc won 38-24.PHOtO by trAviS beLL/SiDeLiNe cArOLiNA

Above: marcus Lattimore splits the Tennessee defense for a big gain during second-quarter action on Oct. 30. The play was a part of a drive that led to a gamecock touchdown.PHOtO by trAviS beLL/SiDeLiNe cArOLiNA

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Right: South carolina’s melvin ingram sacks quarterback Tyler Bray during fourth-quarter action against Tennessee. PHOtO by trAviS beLL/SiDeLiNe cArOLiNA

Below: Devin Taylor intercepts a Tennessee pass for a touchdown during third-quarter action columbia.PHOtO by meLODy AyLeStOcK/SiDeLiNe cArOLiNA


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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.

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.

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. –OR– 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. 36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla.

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 228 SO-1L Charlotte, N.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.

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

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.

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. –OR– 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. 36 D.J. Swearinger 5-11 201 SO-1L Greenwood, S.C. 3 Akeem Auguste 5-10 191 JR-2L Hollywood, Fla.

21 DeVonte Holloman 6-2 228 SO-1L Charlotte, N.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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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. 17 Chris Culliver 6-1 201 SR-3L Garner, N.C. –OR– 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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sTaTsTeam STaTiSTicS Sc OPPSCORING 245 156 Points Per Game 30.6 19.5 FIRST DOWNS 170 150 Rushing 76 53 Passing 86 92 Penalty 8 5 RUSHING YARDAGE 1215 801 Yards gained rushing 1434 1043 Yards lost rushing 219 242 Rushing Attempts 303 266 Average Per Rush 4.0 3.0 Average Per Game 151.9 100.1 TDs Rushing 17 4 PASSING YARDAGE 2048 2079 Comp-Att-Int 149-214-10 178-267-4 Average Per Pass 9.6 7.8 Average Per Catch 13.7 11.7 Average Per Game 256.0 259.9 TDs Passing 14 13 TOTAL OFFENSE 3263 2880 Total Plays 517 533 Average Per Play 6.3 5.4 Average Per Game 407.9 360.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 31-645 42-855 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-45 16-130 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-107 10-26 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 20.8 20.4 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3.5 8.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 26.8 2.6 FUMBLES-LOST 15-5 15-8 PENALTIES-Yards 47-337 43-334 Average Per Game 42.1 41.8 PUNTS-Yards 29-1283 35-1478 Average Per Punt 44.2 42.2 Net punt average 37.0 39.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:38 29:22 3RD-DOWN Conversions 53/98 47/116 3rd-Down Pct 54% 41% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/2 9/16 4th-Down Pct 100% 56% SACKS BY-Yards 30-180 20-100 MISC YARDS -12 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 33 18 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-8 10-13 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (27-33) 82% (20-29) 69% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (24-33) 73% (11-29) 38% PAT-ATTEMPTS (32-33) 97% (14-15) 93% ATTENDANCE 387422 188617 Games/Avg Per Game 5/77484 3/62872 Neutral Site Games 0/0

ScOre by QuarTerS 1ST 2nd 3rd 4Th TOTalSouth Carolina 70 75 55 45 245 Opponents 19 46 36 55 156

| TackleS | SackS | PaSS defenSe | fumbleS | blkd## defenSive leaderS gP ua a TOT Tfl/ydS nO-ydS inT-ydS bu Pd Qbh rcv-ydS ff kick Saf2D D. Holloman 8 38 8 46 2.0- 2 . 1 - 0 2 3 . . 1 . . 5A Stephon Gilmore 8 41 4 45 5.0 - 13 2.0 - 9 1 - 80 2 3 1 1 - 13 . . . 41 Josh Dickerson 8 20 19 39 4.0 - 7 . . . . 1 . . . . 36 D.J. Swearinger 8 31 6 37 2.0 - 2 . . 1 1 1 . 1 . . 17 Chris Culliver 7 28 6 34 2.5 - 9 1.0 - 7 . 2 2 . . 1 . . 98 Devin Taylor 8 19 10 29 10.0 - 42 6.5 - 32 1 - 24 5 6 7 2 - 5 . . . 3A Akeem Auguste 8 18 11 29 1.0 - 6 . . 1 1 . . . . . 26 Antonio Allen 6 18 11 29 6.0 - 25 2.5 - 17 . 1 1 . . 2 . . 42 T. Robertson 8 20 8 28 8.0 - 26 3.0 - 19 . 1 1 . 1 - 0 1 . . 91 Ladi Ajiboye 8 11 15 26 3.0 - 11 1.0 - 9 . . . 2 . . . . 83 Cliff Matthews 8 17 6 23 5.0 - 22 3.5 - 19 . . . 4 . 1 . . 24 Quin Smith 8 12 10 22 0.5 - 1 . . . . . . . . . 33 Damario Jeffery 8 15 6 21 . . . 3 3 1 . 1 . . 45 Rodney Paulk 8 15 6 21 4.0 - 15 2.5 - 8 . 1 1 2 . . . . 6 Melvin Ingram 8 12 6 18 7.0 - 44 6.0 - 41 . . . 1 . . . . 44 Tony Straughter 8 11 7 18 1.0 - 1 . . 1 1 . 1 - 52 . . . 12 C.C. Whitlock 8 11 3 14 . . 1 - 3 1 2 . . 1 . . 52 Aldrick Fordham 8 5 4 9 . . . . . . . . . . 7 Corey Addison 6 6 1 7 . . . . . . . . . . 16 Shaq Wilson 1 3 4 7 . . . . . . 2 - 0 . . . 29 Chaun Gresham 8 6 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . 23 Brandan Davis 8 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . . . 90 Chaz Sutton 3 3 1 4 1.0 - 15 1.0 - 15 . . . . . . . . 49 Blake Baxley 8 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . . 4J Jacob Baker 4 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . 59 Charles Turner 8 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 87 J. Cunningham 8 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . 4D Dalton Wilson 6 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 94 Kenny Davis 6 2 . 2 . . . . . 1 . . . . 35 Jimmy Legree 4 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . 5B Billy Byrne 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 92 Byron McKnight 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 89 Mike Triglia 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 70 Byron Jerideau 2 1 . 1 1.0 - 4 1.0 - 4 . . . . . . . . 39 Marty Markett 4 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 - 0 . . . 25 Alonzo Winfield 6 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ace Sanders 8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 20 Cedrick Snead 6 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . TM TEAM 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 8 381 162 543 63 - 245 30 - 180 4 - 107 21 25 21 8 - 70 9 . . Opponents...... 8 342 190 532 45 - 148 20 - 100 10 - 26 15 25 30 5 - 0 5 1 1

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ruShing gP aTT gain lOSS neT avg Td lg avg/gM. Lattimore 7 151 741 19 722 4.8 11 40 103.1 Brian Maddox 8 42 249 9 240 5.7 2 38 30.0 Stephen Garcia 8 62 205 119 86 1.4 4 22 10.8 Connor Shaw 5 15 89 13 76 5.1 0 24 15.2 Kenny Miles 8 20 66 7 59 3.0 0 11 7.4 Ace Sanders 8 4 58 7 51 12.8 0 53 6.4 Stephon Gilmore 8 1 14 0 14 14.0 0 14 1.8 Jarvis Giles 3 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 8 4.0 TEAM 5 6 0 45 -45 -7.5 0 0 -9.0 Total.......... 8 303 1434 219 1215 4.0 17 53 151.9 Opponents...... 8 266 1043 242 801 3.0 4 54 100.1

PaSSing gP effic cOmP-aTT-inT PcT ydS Td lg avg/gStephen Garcia 8 168.0 137-194-7 70.6 1904 13 72 238.0 Connor Shaw 5 130.0 12-18-2 66.7 144 1 21 28.8 Andrew Clifford 1 -200.0 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Stephon Gilmore 8 0.0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total.......... 8 162.3 149-214-10 69.6 2048 14 72 256.0 Opponents...... 8 145.1 178-267-4 66.7 2079 13 72 259.9

receiving gP nO. ydS avg Td lg avg/gAlshon Jeffery 8 52 935 18.0 7 72 116.9 Tori Gurley 8 33 333 10.1 3 25 41.6 Ace Sanders 8 16 208 13.0 0 42 26.0 M. Lattimore 7 14 240 17.1 2 48 34.3 Patrick DiMarco 8 10 90 9.0 0 26 11.2 D.L. Moore 8 9 99 11.0 2 20 12.4 Brian Maddox 8 7 43 6.1 0 23 5.4 Jason Barnes 8 3 40 13.3 0 16 5.0 Lamar Scruggs 7 2 45 22.5 0 39 6.4 J. Cunningham 8 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.9 Kenny Miles 8 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.9 DeAngelo Smith 2 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.5 Total.......... 8 149 2048 13.7 14 72 256.0 Opponents...... 8 178 2079 11.7 13 72 259.9

SOuTh carOlina Overall individual STaTiSTicS PunT reTurnS nO. ydS avg Td lgStephon Gilmore 9 47 5.2 0 19 Ace Sanders 3 -4 -1.3 0 5 TEAM 1 2 2.0 0 0 Total.......... 13 45 3.5 0 19 Opponents...... 16 130 8.1 0 28 inTercePTiOnS nO. ydS avg Td lgD. Holloman 1 0 0.0 0 0 Devin Taylor 1 24 24.0 1 24 C.C. Whitlock 1 3 3.0 0 3 Stephon Gilmore 1 80 80.0 1 80 Total.......... 4 107 26.8 2 80 Opponents...... 10 26 2.6 1 17

kick reTurnS nO. ydS avg Td lgBryce Sherman 14 299 21.4 0 31 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.......... 31 645 20.8 0 37 Opponents...... 42 855 20.4 0 31

fumble reTurnS nO. ydS avg Td lgDevin Taylor 1 5 5.0 0 5 Stephon Gilmore 1 13 13.0 0 13 Tony Straughter 1 52 52.0 0 52 Total.......... 3 70 23.3 0 52 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

TOTal OffenSe gP PlayS ruSh PaSS TOTal avg/g Stephen Garcia 8 256 86 1904 1990 248.8 M. Lattimore 7 151 722 0 722 103.1 Brian Maddox 8 42 240 0 240 30.0 Connor Shaw 5 33 76 144 220 44.0 Kenny Miles 8 20 59 0 59 7.4 Ace Sanders 8 4 51 0 51 6.4 Stephon Gilmore 8 2 14 0 14 1.8 Jarvis Giles 3 2 12 0 12 4.0 TEAM 5 6 -45 0 -45 -9.0 Total.......... 8 517 1215 2048 3263 407.9 Opponents...... 8 533 801 2079 2880 360.0

Stats courtesy USC Athletics

SOuTh carOlina Overall defenSive STaTiSTicS

(AS OF OCT. 30, 2010)

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