GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Table of Contents SOUTH CAROLINA (8-4) vs. MICHIGAN (8-4) 2018 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida January 1, 2018

CAROLINA NOTEBOOK 2017 IN REVIEW Table of Contents...... 1 Team/Individual Statistics...... 50-51 Bowl Information...... 2 Defensive Statistics...... 52-53 Carolina Notebook...... 4-13 Game-by-Game Stats/Starters...... 54 Gameday Information...... 4 Individual Game Statistics...... 55 Carolina-Michigan by the Numbers...... 5 Scoring Drives...... 56 2017 Polls...... 6 Explosive Plays...... 57 SEC Standings...... 7 Game Highs...... 58 Career Start Chart...... 8 Last Time It Happened...... 59 Carolina Trends...... 9 SEC Team Statistics...... 60-62 Carolina 2017 Rankings...... 10 SEC Individual Statistics...... 63-64 Gamecocks in the NFL/Drive Chart...... 11 NC State...... 65 Award Winners/Tracking the Opponents.. 12 Missouri...... 66 Captains/Pronunciation Guide...... 12 Kentucky...... 67 Athletics Department Notes...... 13 Louisiana Tech...... 68 Alphabetical/Numerical Rosters...... 14-15 Texas A&M...... 69 Season Opening Depth Chart...... 16 Arkansas...... 70 CAROLINA COACHES Tennessee...... 71 Head Coach Will Muschamp...... 18 Vanderbilt...... 72 Muschamp by the Numbers...... 19 Georgia...... 73 Muschamp Year-by-Year...... 20 Florida...... 74 Muschamp Superlatives...... 21 Wofford...... 75 Bentley/Hutzler...... 22 Clemson...... 76 McClendon/Peterson...... 23 BOWL HISTORY Robinson/Thompson...... 24 2016 ...... 78 Washington/Wolford...... 25 2014 Independence Bowl...... 79 Dillman...... 26 2014 Capital One Bowl...... 80 Professional Staff...... 27-28 2013 Outback Bowl...... 81 CAROLINA GAMECOCKS 2012 Capital One Bowl...... 82 Allen-Williams-August...... 30 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl...... 83 Bailey-Brunson...... 31 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl...... 84 Charleston-Crosby...... 32 2009 Outback Bowl...... 85 Daley-Denson...... 33 2006 Liberty Bowl...... 86 Dowdle-Fennell...... 34 2005 Independence Bowl...... 87 Fenton-Helms...... 35 2002 Outback Bowl...... 88 Hurst-Hutcherson...... 36 2001 Outback Bowl...... 89 Johnson-J. Kinlaw...... 37 1995 Carquest Bowl...... 90 Knott-Lammons...... 38 1988 Liberty Bowl...... 91 Montac-Moore...... 39 1987 ...... 92 Samuel-Sawyer...... 40 1984 Gator Bowl...... 93 D.J. Smith-O. Smith...... 41 1980 Gator Bowl...... 94 S. Smith-Sterling...... 42 1979 Hall of Fame/1975 Tangerine Bowl.. 95 Thomas-Turner...... 43 1969 /1946 Gator Bowl...... 96 White-T. Williams...... 44 Bowl History/Records...... IBC Wonnum-Young...... 45 Other Contributors: Credits: The 2018 South Carolina Outback Bowl Media Guide was designed, writ- Almond-Farrell...... 46 ten, compiled and edited by Steve Fink, Assistant Athletics Director/Communica- tions and Public Relations, with assistance from Kent Reichert and Rob Walden. Googer-Markway...... 47 Covers designed by Joe Johnson. This guide is meant to serve as a supplement to Nixon-Woznick...... 48 the 2017 South Carolina Football Media Guide. Information is as of December 12, 2017. Photography provided by Travis Bell, Juan Blas, Jenny Dilworth and Allen The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employ- Sharpe. Printing by Professional Printers of West Columbia, S.C. On the Cover: ment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, The front cover features 2017 team captains (clockwise from the top) , religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or veteran status. Hayden Hurst, D.J. Wonnum and .

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 1 Bowl Information SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Schedule of Events Hotel Information The South Carolina football team and official travel party will TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 headquarter at the Westin-Tampa Waterside. Contact Jennifer Team Travel from Columbia to Tampa...... Noon Wezer (813) 204-2025 or jennifer.wezer@westintampaharbour- Coach Muschamp media availability at team hotel...... 2:15 pm island.com. The Michigan team and official travel party will stay at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. Contact Cyndi Layton (813- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 207-6685) or [email protected]. The media hotel is the Practice – Jesuit High School...... 11 am Holiday Inn Westshore Hotel (813) 289-8200. First three periods open. Defensive players available after practice Players Night at Splitsville...... 6 pm South Carolina Communications THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 Steve Fink, South Carolina Assistant Athletics Director/Com- Practice – Jesuit High School...... 11 am munications and Public Relations, Kent Reichert, Associate First three periods open. No media interviews after practice Director, and Rob Walden, Assistant Director, will accompany Head Coaches Joint News Conference...... TBA the team to Tampa. Fink can be reached via cell phone at 803- Holiday Inn Westshore Hotel 240-5268 or email at [email protected]. Reichert’s cell Team Outing at Busch Gardens...... 3 pm number is 734-548-0878 and his email is kentr2@mailbox. sc.edu. Walden’s cell number is 864-200-0690 and his email is FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 [email protected]. Practice – Jesuit High School...... 11 am First three periods open. Offensive players available after practice Players Hospital Visit...... 2 pm Practices and Interviews While in Tampa, South Carolina will practice at Jesuit High Tampa General Hospital School. Practices on December 27, 28 and 29 will be open for Team Night at Tampa Bay Lightning...... 7:30 pm the team stretch and the first three periods only to allow still SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 cameras and videographers to shoot. The remainder of the prac- Practice – Jesuit High School...... 11 am tices are closed to the media. Requested and approved defensive No media availability players will be available following the practice on December 27 Clearwater Beach Day...... 11:30 am and requested and approved offensive players will be available Hilton Clearwater Beach following the practice on December 29. There is no media avail- MetLife/Audi Gridiron Gala...... 7 pm ability on December 30 or 31. Please notify Steve Fink at least Tampa Marriott Waterside 24 hours prior to request a specific player. True freshmen and assistant coaches are not available for media interviews. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 Team Walk-Thru - Jesuit High School...... 4:30 pm Outback Bowl Communications No media availability For any questions pertaining to the Outback Bowl, please con- New Year’s Eve Parade & Band Blast...... 5:30 pm tact Mike Schulze, Director of Communications and Sponsor- Seventh Avenue, Ybor City ship, at 813-874-2695 or [email protected]. MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Public Pregame Bowl Bash...... 9 am Michigan Communications Outback Bowl 2018...... Noon For questions regarding Michigan, contact Dave Ablauf at 734- Raymond James Stadium 323-2281 or [email protected].

Note-All times subject to change. Outback Bowl –––––––––––––––– Carolina Communications –––––– Date: Monday, January 1, 2018 President/CEO: Jim McVay Time: Noon ET Ticket Manager: Linda Karpovich Television Network: ESPN2 Director of Sales: Jerry Kulig Location: Tampa, Florida Event Coord.: Becky Weightman Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Communications: Mike Schulze Stadium Capacity: 65,856 Office: 813-874-2695 Teams: SEC vs. Big Ten E-mail: mike @outbackbowl.com Web Site: www.outbackbowl.com Schulze Cell: 813-907-7057 Title Sponsor: Outback Steakhouse Fax: 813-873-1959 Address: Steve Fink Kent Reichert Rob Walden 4211 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 560 Assistant AD Associate Director Assistant Director Tampa, FL 33607 Communications/PR Communications/PR Communications/PR

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NOTEBOOK Carolina Notebook SOUTH CAROLINA YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE: The South Caro- BOWL ELIGIBILITY: The Gamecocks are Gameday Information lina Gamecocks (8-4, 5-3 SEC) will face the bowl-eligible for the 13th time in the last 14 years. Michigan Wolverines (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) in the They elected not to participate in a Stadium...... Raymond James Stadium 2018 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. on Monday, following a 6-5 season in 2004, did not receive a Capacity...... 65,427 January 1. Game time is set for noon ET and the bowl bid following a 6-6 campaign in 2007, and TELEVISION contest will be televised nationally on ESPN2. did not qualify for a bowl following a 3-9 season National TV...... ESPN2 in 2015. The Gamecocks are 5-5 in the 10 bowl Play-by-Play...... Adam Amin 600 WINS: The University of South Carolina games played in that stretch, including wins in Analysis...... Dusty Dvoracek posted win number 600 in school history in its four of their last five bowl appearances. Sideline...... Molly McGrath next-to-last home game against Wofford. Carolina laced it up for the first time on Dec. 24, 1892 BACK TO TAMPA: Carolina will be making its RADIO in Charleston against Furman. After dropping its fifth trip to the Outback Bowl. The Gamecocks National Radio...... Sports USA Network first three games, Carolina got into the win col- are 3-1 in the Outback Bowl with back-to-back Play-by-Play...... Josh Appel umn for the first time on Nov. 8, 1895 with a wins over Ohio State in 2001 (24-7) and 2002 Analysis...... Doug Plank 14-10 victory over Columbia AA. Now, 125 years (31-28), and a 31-10 loss to Iowa in 2009, before Satellite Radio...... TBA later, the Gamecocks owns an all-time record of posting a 33-28 win over Michigan in 2013. 600-574-44, a .511 winning percentage. This Gamecock IMG Sports Network is the 124th season of intercollegiate football at GAMECOCKS AND WOLVERINES: This will Play-by-Play...... South Carolina and the 111th-consecutive year in mark the fourth meeting between Carolina and Analysis...... Tommy Suggs which it has competed on the gridiron. The Uni- Michigan and the second between the two squads Sideline...... Langston Moore versity did not field a team in either 1893 or 1906. in the Outback Bowl. The Gamecocks were 33-28 SERIES CAPSULE Here are the milestone wins: winners on January 1, 2013 in one of the most Series History...... SC leads 2-1 WIN NO. DATE OPPONENT SCORE memorable bowl games in recent history, one 1 11/02/1895 vs Columbia AA 20-0 In Columbia...... UM leads 1-0 that gave us “The Hit,” by Carolina All-American 100 10/29/1924 at The Citadel 14-3 . The teams also split two con- In Ann Arbor...... SC leads 1-0 200 10/11/1946 at Furman 14-7 tests in the 1980s, with the Gamecocks posting a Netural Site...... SC leads 1-0 300 11/23/1968 at Clemson 7-3 First Meeting (1980)...... SC 17, UM 14 400 10/26/1985 at East Carolina 52-10 17-14 win in Ann Arbor in 1980, and Michigan Last Meeting (2013)...... SC 33, UM 28 500 11/06/2004 vs Arkansas 35-32 winning by a 34-3 count in Columbia in 1985. Current Streak...... SC has won 1 in a row 600 11/18/2017 vs Wofford 31-10 Muschamp vs. Michigan...... 0-0 CAROLINA VS. THE BIG TEN: The Game- Harbaugh vs. South Carolina...... 0-0 SEC, SEC: The Gamecocks wrapped up their cocks are 6-9 all-time against teams that currently 26th year in the . South comprise the . However, that CAROLINA MEDIA RELATIONS Carolina and Arkansas joined the league prior to number is somewhat skewed in that they were 0-5 Assistant AD/Communications.....Steve Fink the 1992 campaign. The Gamecocks are 90-117-1 combined against Nebraska (0-3) and Penn State Fink Email...... [email protected] (.435) all-time in SEC regular-season play, but are (0-2) when neither of those schools was a mem- Fink Office...... 803-777-7987 35-29 (.547) in conference action in this decade. ber of the Big Ten at the time of the game. The Fink Cell...... 803-240-5268 Gamecocks are 7-4 against teams that had Big Ten Assoc. Dir.-Communications..... Kent Reichert GOING BOWLING: The 2018 Outback Bowl affiliation when the game was played. Carolina Reichert Email...... [email protected] marks Carolina’s 22nd bowl appearance. The is 2-0 against Ohio State, 1-0 against Nebraska Reichert Office...... 803-777-5257 Gamecocks are 8-13 all-time in bowl games. They and Chicago as members of the Big Ten, 1-0 vs. Reichert Cell...... 734-548-0878 dropped their first eight bowl games, won three Wisconsin, 2-1 versus Michigan, and 0-1 against Asst. Dir.-Communications...... Rob Walden straight, lost four of the next five but now have Iowa, Indiana and Northwestern. Walden Email...... [email protected] won four of their last five bowl appearances. Walden Office...... 803-777-7872 THEY’RE NOT SEC WORTHY: South Caro- BOWL APPEARANCES: Here’s a look at the Walden Cell...... 864-200-0690 lina is 27-6 in its last 33 non-conference games, Gamecocks’ 21 previous bowl appearances: including a 3-1 mark this season, with wins over Year Bowl Opponent Result CAROLINA COACHES NC State, Louisiana Tech and Wofford and a loss On the Field 1946 Gator Wake Forest L, 14-26 1969 Peach West Virginia L, 3-14 to Clemson. The Gamecocks had their 18-game Head Coach...... Will Muschamp 1975 Tangerine Miami (Ohio) L, 7-20 non-conference winning streak snapped in the Running Backs...... Bobby Bentley 1979 Hall of Fame Missouri L, 14-24 2014 regular season finale at Clemson, then lost Special Teams Coordinator/ 1980 Gator Pittsburgh L, 9-37 their final two games in both 2015 and 2016. Linebackers...... Coleman Hutzler 1984 Gator Oklahoma State L, 14-21 Defensive Coordinator/ 1987 Gator LSU L, 13-30 GIVE ME FIVE: Carolina won five or more con- 1988 Liberty Indiana L, 10-34 Defensive Backs...... ference games this season for just the eighth time 1995 Carquest West Virginia W, 24-21 Assistant Head Coach-Defense/ in 26 years since joining the SEC. South Carolina Defensive Line...... Lance Thompson 2001 Outback Ohio State W, 24-7 2002 Outback Ohio State W, 31-28 tallied a school-record six SEC wins for three- Offensive Line...... Eric Wolford 2005 Independence Missouri L, 31-38 consecutive years from 2011-13, and also won In the Press Box 2006 Liberty Houston W, 44-36 five SEC games in 2000, 2001, 2005, and 2010. Offensive Coordinator/ 2009 Outback Iowa L, 10-31 Wide Receivers...... Bryan McClendon 2010 Papajohns.com UConn L, 7-20 SO LONG SENIORS: Twelve players went Outside Linebackers...... 2010 Chick-fil-A Florida State L, 17-26 through Senior Day ceremonies: Cory Helms, Tight Ends...... Pat Washington 2012 Capital One Nebraska W, 30-13 Hayden Hurst, Ulric Jones, JaMarcus King, 2013 Outback Michigan W, 33-28 2014 Capital One Wisconsin W, 34-24 Alan Knott, Chris Lammons, Skai Moore, D.J. 2014 Independence Miami (Fla.) W, 24-21 Park, Dante Sawyer, Demetrius Smalls, D.J. 2016 Birmingham South Florida L, 39-46 Smith and .

4 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Carolina Notebook COACHING CAROUSEL: Head football coach FRESH FISH: South Carolina has played eight Carolina-Michigan Will Muschamp relieved co-offensive coordina- true freshmen this season. Those newcomers tor/ coach of his duties include Sherrod Greene, Brad Johnson, Or- By the Numbers on December 6. Co-offensive coordinator/wide Tre Smith, Shi Smith, Damani Staley, Aaron receivers coach Bryan McClendon will coordi- Sterling, Chad Terrell and Jamyest Williams. SC UM nate the Gamecocks’ offense and call the plays for Greene, OrTre Smith, Shi Smith and Williams Record 8-4 8-4 the 2018 Outback Bowl game versus Michigan. have started. Points Scored 289 309 EIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH: The Gamecocks HEY TURN ME OVER: South Carolina leads Points/Game 24.1 25.8 have won eight games this season. It marks the the SEC and is tied for 21st in the country with Opp. Points Scored 250 219 14th time in school history that Carolina has won 23 turnovers forced (11 and 12 intercep- eight or more games in a season, eight of which tions). The Gamecocks are plus-9 in turnover Opp. Points/Game 20.8 18.2 have come in this century. The Gamecocks will be margin, second in the SEC and 17th in the coun- looking for their ninth victory of the season in the try. First Downs 218 210 Outback Bowl, something that has been done just Opp. First Downs 248 166 six times previously. TURNOVERS LEAD TO POINTS: The Game- 11 wins - 3 times (2011, 2012, 2013) cocks are not only winning the turnover battle, but 3rd Down Conv. 40% 35% 10 wins - 1 time (1984) converting those turnovers into points. Carolina 9 wins - 2 times (2001, 2010) has tallied 86 points off its 23 turnovers forced, Opp. 3rd Down Conv. 43% 27% 8 wins - 8 times (1903, 1979, 1980, 1987, 1988, 2000, while allowing just 13 points following their 14 2006, 2017) 4th Down Conv. 6-14 8-13 turnovers. Here’s the game-by-game breakdown: Opp. 4th Down Conv. 8-15 5-11 SC DEFENSE OPP DEFENSE TOUGH COMPETITION: The Gamecocks Team TO PTS OFF TO PTS OFF have four losses this season, but two of those came NC State 2 14 1 0 Rushing Attempts 379 496 to teams in No. 1 Clemson and No. 3 Georgia Missouri 3 14 0 0 Yards Rushing 1527 2236 who will be competing in the FBS National Semi- Kentucky 2 0 2 0 final games. The other two losses also came to Louisiana Tech 1 7 2 3 Yards Rushing/Game 127.2 186.3 2017 bowl teams, Kentucky and Texas A&M. Texas A&M 1 0 1 0 Arkansas 4 24 0 0 Opp. Rushing Attempts 451 425 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 WHERE THERE’S A WILL: South Carolina Opp. Yards Rushing 1760 1511 Vanderbilt 1 3 0 0 head coach Will Muschamp (14-11) has notched Georgia 1 0 2 0 Opp. Yards Rush/Game 146.7 125.9 14 victories in his two seasons at the helm. Only Florida 3 0 4 3 (15-8 in 1983-84), Wofford 3 14 0 0 (15-10 in 2005-06) and C.R. Williams (14-3 in Clemson 2 10 2 7 Passes Attempted 365 301 1902-03) have won that many games in their first TOTALS 23 86 14 13 Passes Completed 226 164 two seasons at Carolina. Yards Passing 2555 2023 IF YOU’RE SCORING AT HOME: The Game- POST-SEASON ACCOLADES: The Gamecocks cocks are allowing just 20.8 points per game this Yards Pass/Game 212.9 168.6 were represented on the Associated Press’s All- season, 26th in the country. If that number holds Opp. Passes Attempted 395 296 SEC team with tight end Hayden Hurst on the up, it would be their best mark since the 2012 squad allowed just 18.2 points, and would mark Opp. Passes Completed 238 141 first team and linebacker Skai Moore and defen- sive lineman Dante Sawyer on the second team. the fourth-straight year in which Carolina has Opp. Yards Passing 2735 1712 The coaches named Hurst and Moore First-Team shown improvement, going from 30.4 points per Opp. Yards Pass/Game 227.9 142.7 All-SEC. Defensive back Jamyest Williams was game in 2014, to 27.5 in 2015 to 26.5 last season. an All-Freshman selection by the coaches. Moore earned second-team All-America accolades from BETTER THAN AVERAGE: The Gamecock de- Total Plays 744 797 College Sports Madness. fense has been better than advertised this season, Total Offense 4082 4259 holding 11 of 12 opponents to fewer points than TOTING THE SHEEPSKIN: The Gamecocks their season average, with five teams being held at Avg. Yards/Game 340.2 354.9 have eight student-athletes who have earned their least 10 points below their season mark. Clem- Avg. Yards/Play 5.5 5.3 undergraduate degree. Ulric Jones (interdisciplin- son was the only team that was able to tally more Opp. Total Plays 846 721 ary studies), Skai Moore (interdisciplinary stud- than 30 points against South Carolina this season. ies) and D.J. Park (criminal justice) all had their Michigan enters the bowl game averaging 25.8 Opp. Total Offense 4495 3223 degrees in hand during the season. Cory Helms points per game. Here are the numbers: Opp. Total Yards/Game 374.6 268.6 (interdisciplinary studies), Alan Knott (crimi- Team Pts vs SC Season PPG Diff. nal justice), Chris Lammons (sociology), Dante NC State 28 30.6 2.6 Opp. Total Yards/Play 5.3 4.5 Missouri 13 39.3 26.3 Sawyer (interdisciplinary studies), and Demetrius Kentucky 23 25.8 2.8 Smalls (criminal justice) graduated in December. Kickoff Return Avg. 23.0 18.7 Louisiana Tech 16 28.8 12.8 Texas A&M 24 31.1 7.1 Punt Return Avg. 8.1 8.3 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG: The breakdown Arkansas 22 28.8 6.8 Opp. Kickoff Return Avg. 20.9 15.5 of the Gamecocks’ 109-man roster features 12 Tennessee 9 19.8 10.8 Opp. Punt Return Avg. 6.5 10.3 seniors, 21 juniors, 30 sophomores, 16 redshirt Vanderbilt 27 24.6 -2.4 freshmen and 30 true freshmen. 70 percent (76 of Georgia 24 34.9 10.9 109) of the Carolina roster is composed of fresh- Florida 20 22.1 2.1 Avg. Poss. Time/Game 28:57 31:45 Wofford 10 27.0 17.0 men and sophomores. Clemson 34 35.2 1.2

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 5 Carolina Notebook SOUTH CAROLINA RALLY ROUND THE FLAG: The Gamecocks MISSING IN ACTION: After having 19 of the are one of the least penalized teams in college 22 starters answer the bell in each of the first three football. Carolina has been flagged for just 55 games, injuries struck Carolina. In addition to 2017 Polls penalties, an average of 4.6 per game, which ranks the issues on the offensive line, starting wide re- second in the SEC and tied for 19th in the na- ceiver/kick returner (fractured leg Associated Press tion. Carolina’s penalties have totaled 426 yards or vs. Kentucky), starting Buck Bryson Allen-Wil- 1. Clemson (43) 12-1 1506 35.5 yards per contest, the fewest in the SEC and liams (shoulder vs. Kentucky), starting running 2. Oklahoma (18) 12-1 1474 the fifth-fewest in the country behind only Boston back Rico Dowdle (fractured leg vs. Tennessee) 3. Georgia 12-1 1409 College, Minnesota, Washington and Army. and tight ends K.C. Crosby (fractured leg vs. Ar- 4. Alabama 11-1 1307 kansas) and Kyle Markway (ribs vs. Missouri) all 5. Ohio State 11-2 1300 ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A TD: The missed the remainder of the regular season after 6. Wisconsin 12-1 1162 Gamecocks set a school record with three de- undergoing surgery. Dowdle, Crosby and Mark- fensive in the win over Arkansas. way should be cleared for the bowl game, while 7. Auburn 10-3 1123 Skai Moore returned an 34 yards, Samuel and Allen-Williams will return for their 8. Southern California 11-2 1101 T.J. Brunson returned a 73 yards, then senior seasons in 2018. 9. Penn State 10-2 1008 Keisean Nixon returned an interception 45 yards 10. UCF 12-0 983 for a score. It was Carolina’s first game with mul- MY IS A BENTLEY: Sopho- 11. Miami (Fla.) 10-2 948 tiple defensive scores since September 10, 2011 more quarterback Jake Bentley (6-3, 220) is 12. Washington 10-2 820 at Georgia, when Antonio Allen had a pick-six hitting on 62.4 percent of his passes this season 13. TCU 10-3 816 and Melvin Ingram scored on a fumble recovery. (226-for-362) for 2,555 yards with 16 touch- 14. Notre Dame 9-3 632 The three defensive scores were one shy of the downs and 11 . He completed a 15. Stanford 9-4 629 NCAA Division I record of four, accomplished career-best 16-consecutive passes earlier this sea- four times. Carolina has scored five non-offensive son against Kentucky, four shy of the school re- 16. LSU 9-3 599 TDs, three on defense and two on special teams. cord of 20, set by , and had a stretch 17. Oklahoma State 9-3 549 where he went 152 consecutive passes without an 18. Michigan State 9-3 487 POINTS FROM ELSEWHERE: The Game- interception. He ranks sixth in the SEC in passing 19. Memphis 10-2 475 cocks have scored five non-offensive touchdowns yards per game (212.9) and eighth in total offense 20. Northwestern 9-3 398 this season, two on kickoff returns, two inter- (220.1). Bentley, who is 12-7 in 19 career starts, 21. Washington State 9-3 342 ception returns and one fumble return. That is has thrown for over 300 yards twice in his career. 22. Virginia Tech 9-3 323 one shy of the school record of six non-offensive 23. South Florida 9-2 115 touchdowns, accomplished four times since 1970: RISING UP: With just the bowl game remaining, 24. Mississippi State 8-4 103 1971, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Jake Bentley is moving on up in the single-season YEAR KOR PR FUM INT TOTAL passing charts in Carolina history: 25. Boise State 10-3 59 1971 0 5 0 1 6 SINGLE SEASON PASSING YARDS 2010 0 0 1 5 6 1. (2014)...... 3,564 Coaches 2011 0 1 3 2 6 2. Todd Ellis (1987)...... 3,206 1. Clemson (49) 12-1 1510 2012 0 2 2 2 6 3. (1995)...... 3,094 1988 1 2 0 2 5 4. (2010)...... 3,059 2. Oklahoma (10) 12-1 1462 2017 2 0 1 2 5 5. Todd Ellis (1986)...... 3,020 3. Georgia (2) 12-1 1416 6. Stephen Garcia (2009)...... 2,862 4. Alabama 11-1 1312 LINE DANCE: Due to right ankle injuries to 7. Jake Bentley (2017)...... 2,555 5. Ohio State 11-2 1298 Zack Bailey, Cory Helms and Malik Young, of- 8. Bobby Fuller (1991)...... 2,524 9. Steve Taneyhill (1994)...... 2,486 6. Wisconsin 12-1 1162 fensive line coach Eric Wolford has had to piece 10. Connor Shaw (2013)...... 2,447 7. Southern California 11-2 1140 together several different starting units. Nine play- 8. Auburn 10-3 1085 ers have started on the offensive line this season. SINGLE SEASON PASS ATTEMPTS The Gamecocks have used six different offensive 9. Penn State 10-2 1006 1. Dylan Thompson (2014)...... 451 line combinations, including four different start- 2. Todd Ellis (1987)...... 432 10. UCF 12-0 986 ers at right tackle. The lone constant has been Stephen Garcia (2009)...... 432 11. Miami (Fla.) 10-2 934 senior Alan Knott at center, who earned SEC 4. Todd Ellis (1988)...... 391 12. Washington 10-2 855 Offensive Lineman of the Week accolades against 5. Steve Taneyhill (1995)...... 389 13. TCU 10-3 807 Vanderbilt, although Donell Stanley has started 6. Steve Taneyhill (1994)...... 367 7. Jake Bentley (2017)...... 362 14. LSU 9-3 638 every game, nine at left guard and three at right 8. Stephen Garcia (2010)...... 349 15. Notre Dame 9-3 628 guard. The good news is that the same quintet has 9. Todd Ellis (1986)...... 340 16. Stanford 9-4 607 started in each of the last five games. Here are the Bobby Fuller (1991)...... 340 17. Oklahoma State 9-3 522 starting combinations: NC STATE: Young-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey SINGLE SEASON PASS COMPLETIONS 18. Memphis 10-2 485 MIZZOU: Young-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey 1. Dylan Thompson (2014)...... 270 19. Michigan State 9-3 474 KENTUCKY: Daley-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey 2. Steve Taneyhill (1995)...... 261 20. Northwestern 9-3 370 LA TECH: Daley-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Young 3. Steve Taneyhill (1994)...... 257 21. Washington State 9-3 310 A&M: Daley-Hutcherson-Knott-Stanley-Young 4. Todd Ellis (1987)...... 241 ARKANSAS: Daley-Hutcherson-Knott-Stanley-Park 5. Stephen Garcia (2009)...... 239 22. Virginia Tech 9-3 302 TENNESSEE: Daley-Hutcherson-Knott-Stanley-Camper 6. Jake Bentley (2017)...... 226 23. Mississippi State 8-4 134 VANDERBILT: Daley-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey 7. Stephen Garcia (2010)...... 224 24. South Florida 9-2 126 GEORGIA: Daley-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey 8. Todd Ellis (1986)...... 205 25. Boise State 10-3 72 FLORIDA: Daley-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey 9. Bobby Fuller (1991)...... 202 WOFFORD: Daley-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey 10. Todd Ellis (1988)...... 198 ARV South Carolina 8-4 4 CLEMSON: Daley-Stanley-Knott-Helms-Bailey

6 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Carolina Notebook SINGLE SEASON COMPLETION PERCENTAGE BORN TO RUN: The Gamecocks running attack (Min. 100 attempts) has been a committee effort this season. Carolina SEC Standings 1. Connor Shaw (2012)...... 67.5 (154 of 228) hopes to regain the services of Rico Dowdle, who 2. Steve Taneyhill (1995)...... 67.1 (261 of 389) suffered a broken leg in the win over Tennessee, EASTERN DIVISION 3. (2006)...... 66.8 (135 of 202) 4. Jake Bentley (2016)...... 65.8 (125 of 190) for the bowl game. With Dowdle’s sidelined, the SEC PCT PF PA ALL PCT PF PA running game fell into the hands of A.J. Turner, Georgia* 7-1 .875 295 115 12-1 .923 454 172 5. Connor Shaw (2011)...... 65.4 (123 of 188) S. Carolina 5-3 .625 196 162 8-4 .667 289 250 6. Stephen Garcia (2010)...... 64.2 (224 of 349) Ty’Son Williams and Mon Denson, with Turner Kentucky 4-4 .500 217 246 7-5 .583 309 343 7. Connor Shaw (2013)...... 63.4 (180 of 284) and Williams doing the bulk of the work. Missouri 4-4 .500 277 270 7-5 .583 472 381 8. Dondrial Pinkins (2004) ...... 63.0 (68 of 108) CAROLINA RUNNING BACKS: Florida 3-5 .375 168 222 4-7 .364 243 300 9. Steve Taneyhill (1994)...... 62.9 (231 of 367) 2017 Career Vanderbilt 1-7 .125 180 346 5-7 .417 295 376 10. Jake Bentley (2017)...... 62.4 (226 of 362) Player Rush-Yards-TD Rush-Yards-TD Tennessee 0-8 .000 113 278 4-8 .333 242 349 A.J. Turner 92-517-3 208-1014-6 SINGLE SEASON PASSING TOUCHDOWNS Rico Dowdle 60-206-1 193-970-7 WESTERN DIVISION 1. Steve Taneyhill (1995)...... 29 Ty’Son Williams 92-460-1 111-517-1* SEC PCT PF PA ALL PCT PF PA 2. Dylan Thompson (2014)...... 26 Mon Denson 40-148-2 40-148-2 Alabama 7-1 .875 307 98 11-1 .917 469 138 3. Connor Shaw (2013)...... 24 Caleb Kinlaw 4-47-0 11-77-0** Auburn# 7-1 .875 327 152 10-3 .769 447 225 4. Todd Ellis (1986)...... 20 *-Stats include North Carolina; **-Stats include Wisconsin LSU 6-2 .750 209 165 9-3 .750 337 225 Steve Taneyhill (1994)...... 20 Miss State 4-4 .500 210 191 8-4 .667 385 245 Stephen Garcia (2010)...... 20 A.J. TURNS UP: After rushing just 20 times for Texas A&M 4-4 .500 205 250 7-5 .583 373 344 7. Anthony Wright (1997)...... 18 Ole Miss^ 3-5 .375 236 316 6-6 .500 394 415 60 yards through the first six games, redshirt soph- Arkansas 1-7 .125 208 337 4-8 .333 345 434 8. Blake Mitchell (2005)...... 17 omore A.J. Turner (5-10, 184) picked up the load Stephen Garcia (2009)...... 17 in Rico Dowdle’s absence. Over the last six games, *-SEC Champion Connor Shaw (2012)...... 17 Turner has carried 72 times for 457 yards, a 6.3- #-Represented the West in the SEC Championship game ------^-Not eligible for a postseason bowl Jake Bentley (2017)...... 16 yard average. He had a career-best 121-yard effort on just 15 carries against Vanderbilt, the first 100- SEC Bowl Games ON TARGET: Quarterback Jake Bentley has yard rushing game for a Gamecock this season, completed 63.6 percent of his career passes (351- then topped that with a career-high 22-carry, 136- Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl of-552). That has him ranked second on the yard effort against Florida. Turner has taken over Missouri (7-5) vs. Texas (6-6) Gamecocks’ career completion percentage list. the team lead in rushing with 92 carries for 517 December 27, Houston, Texas, 9 pm CAREER COMPLETION PERCENTAGE yards, a 5.6-yard average, and two touchdowns. (Min. 150 attempts) He logged 497 yards and three scores on 116 car- Belk Bowl 1. Connor Shaw (2010-13)...... 65.5 (480 of 733) ries last season, including a 113-yard effort against 2. Jake Bentley (2016-17)...... 63.6 (351 of 552) Texas A&M. With 1,004 career yards, he became Texas A&M (7-5) vs. Wake Forest (7-5) 3. Blake Mitchell (2004-07)...... 60.7 (482 of 794) December 29, Charlotte, N.C., 1 pm 4. Steve Taneyhill (1992-95)...... 60.5 (753 of 1245) the 43rd 1,000-yard rusher in school history and 5. Bobby Fuller (1990-91)...... 58.8 (373 of 634) owns three 100-yard rushing games. Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Kentucky (7-5) vs. Northwestern (9-3) FAMILY AFFAIR: Quarterback Jake Bentley THE PRODIGAL (TY’)SON: After spending December 29, Nashville, Tenn., 4:30 pm comes from a football family. His father, Bobby, the 2015 season at North Carolina, then sitting is the Gamecocks’ running backs coach and pre- out 2016 as a transfer, redshirt sophomore run- TaxSlayer Bowl viously was a highly-successful coach at Byrnes ning back Ty’Son Williams, from Sumter, S.C., Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Louisville (8-4) (S.C.) High and at Presbyterian College. Jake’s has led the Gamecocks in rushing three times this December 30, Jacksonville, Fla., Noon step-brother, (Rutgers), and brother, season. He came off the bench at Mizzou to lead Shuler Bentley (Old Dominion/Murray State), the team with 14 rushes for 78 yards in the win. Outback Bowl both have played quarterback in college. Chas is He made his first collegiate start against Louisiana South Carolina (8-4) vs. Michigan (8-4) on the Carolina staff as a GA in the weight room. Tech and responded with 95 yards on 13 carries, January 1, Tampa, Fla., Noon a 7.3-yard average, including a 35-yard touch- MORE ON JAKE: Quarterback Jake Bent- down burst in the fourth quarter, the longest by a Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ley shared 2016 team MVP honors with Deebo Gamecock this season. He logged 14 carries for 73 Auburn (10-3) vs. UCF (12-0) Samuel, despite playing in just seven contests. yards, including a 34-yard burst, at Texas A&M. January 1, , Ga., 12:30 pm He set the school record for bowl games and Bir- He is the team’s second-leading rusher with 460 mingham Bowl records for passes completed (32), yards on 92 carries, a 5.0-yard average. Citrus Bowl Presented by Overton’s yards passing (390) and total offense (381) while LSU (9-3) vs. Notre Dame (9-3) throwing three TD passes against USF in 2016. HE’S THE MON: Redshirt sophomore Mon January 1, Orlando, Fla., 1 pm He has thrown for 3,975 career yards, needing Denson has taken advantage of his recent oppor- just 25 yards to become the 11th player in school tunities. After not seeing any game action in his Rose Bowl Presented by Northwestern Mutual history to pass for 4,000 yards. first two years on campus and not getting a carry Georgia (12-1) vs. Oklahoma (12-1) 3,000-YARD PASSERS: in the first five games this season, Denson, a 5-10, January 1, Pasadena, Calif., 5 pm No. PLAYER YEARS C-A-I YDS 209-pounder from LaGrange, Ga., has shown a 1. Todd Ellis 1986-89 747-1350-73 9,953 burst of late. He turned in his best performance ------Allstate Sugar Bowl against Florida, rushing a career-high 13 times for 10. Bobby Fuller 1990-91 373-634-17 4,896 a career-high 61 yards, with his first two TDs. Alabama (11-1) vs. Clemson (12-1) 11. Jake Bentley 2016-17 351-552-15 3,975 January 1, New Orleans, La., 8:45 pm 12. Dondrial Pinkins 2000-04 265-504-18 3,459 13. Jeff Grantz 1972-75 231-455-25 3,440 MISSING DEEBO: Deebo Samuel did it all for 14. 2006-08 270-479-22 3,210 the Gamecocks through the season’s first three games before suffering a broken bone in his leg against Kentucky. In the opener against NC State,

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 7 Carolina Notebook SOUTH CAROLINA he returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a No. PLAYER YEARS REC. YDS Career Start Chart score, and caught five passes for 83 yards includ- 1. Kenny McKinley 2005-08 207 2,781 ing a pair of scores, finishing the day with 185 all------purpose yards. At Missouri, he returned another 10. Cory Boyd 2003-07 117 1,303 Player ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 All 11. Stanley Pritchett 1992-95 116 1,097 kickoff 97 yards for a , scored on a 25- 12. Brandon Bennett 1991-94 111 984 Cory Helms 11* 12* RS 13 9 45 yard rush and caught five passes for 45 yards, ac- 13. Ryan Brewer 1999-02 107 1,136 cumulating 167 all-purpose yards. He was named 14. Bruce Ellington 2011-13 106 1,586 Alan Knott RS 8 9 12 12 41 SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after both 15. Philip Logan 1974-77 105 2,063 Chris Lammons - 7 4 13 12 36 the NC State and Missouri contests. Samuel 16. Bryan Edwards 2016-17 103 1,295 17. 2010-12 99 1,230 Skai Moore 4 9 11 0 12 36 hauled in five passes for 122 yards, including a 68- yard scoring strike on the game’s first play from 18. Hayden Hurst 2015-17 97 1,240 Taylor Stallworth - 0 5 13 12 30 scrimmage against Kentucky, before suffering the 19. Harold Green 1986-89 94 859 20. Brian Scott 1998-01 93 1,506 Zack Bailey - - 5 13 8 26 injury. Samuel’s six touchdowns in the season’s Nick Jones 2011-14 93 1,125 first three games is still tied for the team lead after Hayden Hurst - - 1 13 12 26 the regular season. DIAMONDS AREN’T FOREVER: Hayden Bryan Edwards - - - 12 12 24 Hurst played professional baseball in the Pitts- MOVIN’ ON UP: Bry- JaMarcus King - JC JC 11 12 23 Sophomore burgh Pirates’ organization after being selected an Edwards played an excellent second fiddle to D.J. Smith - 1 1 10 11 23 in the 17th round of the 2012 draft. Now a 6-5, Deebo Samuel, but has now moved into the first 253-pound junior, the 24-year-old Hurst turned Jake Bentley - - - 7 12 19 chair in Samuel’s absence. Edwards has caught at in the school’s best single-season receiving num- least three passes in 10 of 12 games this season, to- Rashad Fenton - - 0 7 11 18 bers for a tight end in 2016. His 48 receptions and taling 59 catches for 705 yards and four scores. He 616 receiving yards topped the previous marks of Deebo Samuel - RS 3 10 3 16 ranks fourth in the SEC in receptions per game 38 catches, set by Doug Hamrick in 1970, and B. Allen-Williams - 2 1 7 3 13 (4.9) and is ninth in receiving yards per game 576 yards, set by Danny Smith in 1987. He also (58.8). His best effort was a six-catch, 122-yard Donell Stanley - RS 0 1 12 13 was selected a permanent team captain in 2016, performance against Louisiana Tech and he added becoming the first sophomore in school history Malik Young - RS 0 9 4 13 a career-high eight receptions for 90 yards versus to earn that distinction. Hurst is a 2017 first-team Wofford. The 6-3, 215-pounder from Conway, T.J. Brunson - - - 0 12 12 All-SEC selection, was one of 10 semifinalists for S.C., has 103 career receptions for 1,295 yards. the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the nation’s top Keir Thomas - - - 2 10 12 He has caught at least one pass in all 24 games in walk-on and was one of eight finalists for the John D.J. Wonnum - - - 0 12 12 which he has appeared. Mackey Award, given to the nation’s top tight end. Rico Dowdle - - - 7 4 11 CAROLINA TIGHT ENDS: HE’S SHI, BUT EFFECTIVE: Shi Smith has 2017 Career K.C. Crosby - - 0 9 1 10 also stepped up in the absence of Deebo Samuel. Player Rec-Yards-TD Rec-Yards-TD Hayden Hurst 41-518-2 97-1240-3 Dennis Daley - - JC JC 10 10 The true freshman had his best game as a Game- cock at Texas A&M, catching three passes for a K.C. Crosby 2-11-0 25-228-4 A.J. Turner - - RS 4 6 10 team-high 86 yards, including a 45-yard touch- Jacob August 6-68-0 15-158-1 down pass for his first career score. He had a sea- Kyle Markway 0-0-0 3-57-0 Ulric Jones JC JC RS 8 1 9 Kiel Pollard 1-4-0 2-22-0 son-high five receptions for 76 yards and a touch- Javon Kinlaw - - - JC 9 9 down against Vanderbilt. For the season, Shi has FROM HURST TO FIRST: Hayden Hurst is OrTre Smith - - - - 9 9 hauled in 26 passes for 350 yards and two scores. second on the squad with 41 receptions for 518 Steven Montac - - JC 6 2 8 yards. He had his best game at Georgia, catching THE OTHER SMITH: True freshman wide re- seven passes for a career-high 93 yards, earning Jacob August - RS 3 1 3 7 ceiver OrTre Smith continues to produce as well. John Mackey Tight End of the Week accolades. The 6-4, 219-pounder has 30 catches for 326 Dante Sawyer - JC 4 0 3 7 He also logged back-to-back 76-yard receiving yards and three touchdowns. He has caught at Shi Smith - - - - 7 7 games earlier this season, catching six passes at least three passes in each of the last eight games, Texas A&M and a career-long 62-yard touch- Jamyest Williams - - - - 6 6 including a career-best five-catch, 60-yard perfor- down versus Arkansas. He became the school’s Terry Googer - RS 2 3 0 5 mance against Florida. CAROLINA WIDE RECEIVERS: all-time leader in career receptions by a tight end D.J. Park RS 0 0 3 1 4 2017 Career in the win over Vanderbilt, surpassing Danny Smith’s mark of 78, which stood for 30 years. He Antoine Wilder - - RS 3 1 4 Player Rec-Yards-TD Rec-Yards-TD Bryan Edwards 59-705-4 103-1295-8 ranks second in career yards receiving by a tight Blake Camper - - 1 1 1 3 Deebo Samuel 15-250-3 86-1194-5 end with 1,240, and needs 97 yards to become the OrTre Smith 30-326-3 30-326-3 Sadarius Hutcherson - - - RS 3 3 school’s all-time leader in that category. Danny Shi Smith 26-350-2 26-350-2 Smith is the current leader with 1,336 yards. Randrecous Davis - - - 1/RS 1 2 Terry Googer 0-0-0 12-140-0 TIGHT ENDS - CAREER RECEPTIONS: Chavis Dawkins 2-18-0 10-87-0 Chavis Dawkins - - - 2 0 2 No. Name Years Rec. Randrecous Davis 3-32-0 6-77-0 1. Hayden Hurst 2015-17 97 Sherrod Greene - - - - 2 2 Chad Terrell 3-20-0 3-20-0 2. Danny Smith 1984-87 78 3. Jared Cook 2006-08 73 Ty’Son Williams - - NC RS 2 2 CHASING 100: Bryan Edwards went over the TIGHT ENDS - CAREER YARDS RECEIVING: Daniel Fennell - - RS 0 1 1 100 career reception mark in the regular season fi- No. Name Years Yards Hayden Hurst Kyle Markway - - 1 RS 0 1 nale against Clemson, while is just 1. Danny Smith 1984-87 1336 three catches shy of the century mark for career 2. Hayden Hurst 2015-17 1240 *-Helms starts in 2013 and ‘14 came at Wake Forest receptions. 3. Jared Cook 2006-08 1107

8 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Carolina Notebook GETTING IN THE SACK: The Gamecocks have ing tackler in 2015 with 111 stops, tying for third Carolina Trends recorded 24 sacks in 12 games this season, three in the SEC with 9.2 tackles per game. He also led more than they notched in 13 games during the the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and with four WM WM 2016 campaign, with seven coming at Tennessee, pass interceptions, tying for fourth in the SEC. ALL @SC ‘17 the most in a game since 2012. Sophomore D.J. Moore became the first Gamecock to reach the Overall 42-32 14-11 8-4 Wonnum leads the way with 6.0 sacks, tying for century mark in tackles since 2006, while his 111 Home 28-12 10-4 5-2 ninth in the SEC. Here are the individual sack tackles were the second-highest total recorded by numbers, both 2017 and career: a Carolina player in the last 25 years. He led the Road 11-15 3-6 2-2 SACKS 2017 CAREER team in tackles for a third-consecutive season, be- Neutral 3-5 1-1 1-0 D.J. Wonnum 6.0 7.5 coming the first player to do so since 1992-94. Dante Sawyer 3.0 6.5 TOTAL TACKLES August 1-0 0-0 0-0 Skai Moore 2.0 5.5 1. J.D. Fuller (1979, 81-83)...... 405 September 17-6 5-4 3-2 Bryson Allen-Williams 2.0 4.5 2. Andrew Provence (1980-82)...... 401 October 10-11 5-2 3-0 Keir Thomas 2.0 4.0 3. Mike Durrah (1980-82)...... 396 Daniel Fennell 3.0 3.0 November 13-13 4-4 2-2 4. James Seawright (1981-84)...... 384 Aaron Sterling 2.0 2.0 5. Tony Watkins (1991-94)...... 357 December 0-1 0-1 0-0 Brad Johnson 1.0 1.0 6. Rashad Faison (1999-02)...... 349 January 1-1 0-0 0-0 Ulric Jones 1.0 1.0 7. Skai Moore (2013-15, 2017)...... 348 JaMarcus King 1.0 1.0 8. Kenneth Robinson (1982-83, 85-86)...... 340 Leading after 1st Quarter 19-7 6-0 2-0 Antoine Wilder 1.0 1.0 9. Patrick Hinton (1987-90)...... 328 Chris Lammons 0.0 1.0 10. Ben Washington (1994-97)...... 326 Tied after 1st Quarter 11-7 3-5 2-2 Taylor Stallworth 0.0 1.0 Trailing after 1st Quarter 12-18 5-6 4-2 Rashad Fenton 0.0 0.5 UNASSISTED TACKLES (Since 1982) 1. Rashad Faison (1999-02)...... 247 Leading at Halftime 32-6 10-2 5-1 WONNUM RECOGNIZED TWICE: Sopho- 2. Skai Moore (2013-15, 2017)...... 210 Tied at Halftime 2-2 1-1 1-0 more Dennis “D.J.” Wonnum, was selected as 3. Tony Watkins (1991-94)...... 204 the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week twice 4. Patrick Hinton (1987-90)...... 191 Trailing at Halftime 8-24 3-8 2-3 5. Eric Brown (1990-93)...... 181 this season. In the win over Arkansas, he was cred- ited with four solo tackles, including a tackle for Leading after 3rd Quarter 34-4 11-1 6-1 MOORE FROM SKAI: Skai Moore can become loss, broke up two passes and had a quarterback Tied after 3rd Quarter 2-1 1-1 1-0 the first player in school history to lead the team hurry. He led a Carolina defensive line that lim- Trailing after 3rd Quarter 6-27 2-9 1-3 in tackles in four seasons. That accomplishment is ited the Razorbacks to just 106 yards rushing on rare across the country, having been done just 14 32 carries. At Tennessee, he logged six tackles, all When Scoring First 25-9 8-2 3-1 times previously. He currently holds a 13-tackle solo stops, including a pair of sacks for a dozen lead (88-75) over T.J. Brunson for the 2017 team When Opp. Scores First 17-23 6-9 5-3 yards. The Carolina defense held the Vols to just lead. Here are the players who have led their team 253 yards of total offense, including just 120 in tackles in all four years: Largest Halftime Lead 30 18 11 yards after the first quarter. Wonnum ranks third Largest Halftime Deficit 35 35 20 PLAYER SCHOOL YEARS in the SEC with 13.0 tackles for loss and is tied for Dan Bass Michigan State 1976-79 >Come From Behind Win 15 13 13 13th in the SEC with 6.0 sacks. Mark Blosch Utah 1982-85 TACKLES FOR LOSS Pete Najarian Minnesota 1982-85 Score 20-plus Points 36-8 11-1 6-0 1. Jadeveon Clowney (2012)...... 23.5 Larry Station Iowa 1982-85 Score 30-plus Points 25-1 8-1 5-0 2. Eric Norwood (2007)...... 19.5 Greg Garnica Ball State 1986-89 3. Rickey Hagood (1983)...... 16.0 Opponents Score 20 or less 30-6 7-1 5-0 Dana Howard Illinois 1991-94 4. Andrew Provence (1982)...... 15.0 Mike Staid Tulane 1991-94 Decided by 3 or less 4-3 3-0 1-0 Melvin Ingram (2011)...... 15.0 Mike Parker Houston 1994-97 Decided by 7 or less 15-12 8-3 4-1 ------Dat Nguyen Texas A&M 1995-98 Decided by 10 or less 19-15 10-4 5-2 D.J. Wonnum (2017)...... 13.0 Greg Jones Michigan State 2007-10 Jerry Franklin Arkansas 2008-11 Rush for 100-plus Yards 40-15 13-2 7-0 SAWYER STRIPS TOPS THE NATION: Se- Marcus McGraw Houston 2008-11 nior defensive end Dante Sawyer is tied with Ball Temple 2012-15 Rush for 150-plus Yards 31-4 10-1 6-0 Dakota Cox New Mexico 2013-16 Pass for 200-plus Yards 25-22 5-8 3-3 State’s Anthony Winbush and Charlotte’s Ben De- Luca for the NCAA Division I lead in forced fum- Pass for 300-plus Yards 3-3 0-2 0-1 THAT’S A RECORD: Skai Moore bles with five. Sawyer and DeLuca have played 11 has a team- Total 400-plus Yards 19-2 4-1 2-0 games, while Winbush has played 12. The school leading three interceptions this season, getting record for forced fumbles in a season is six, set one against Kentucky, returning another 34 yards Opp. Rush 100 yards or less 21-5 3-0 3-0 by Bill Currier in 1976 and matched by Emanuel for a score in the win over Arkansas, then adding Opp. Pass 200 yards or less 20-19 5-6 2-3 Weaver in 1981. Sawyer was named second-team a third last week against Wofford. He is tied with Opp. Total 300 yards or less 20-8 4-0 2-0 All-SEC by the Associated Press. Bo Davies (1969-71) for the school record with 14 career picks. CAREER INTERCEPTIONS Commit More Turnovers 7-19 3-4 2-1 SKAI SOARS: Skai Moore is back after missing 1. Bo Davies (1969-71)...... 14 Commit Fewer Turnovers 27-7 9-2 5-0 the entire 2016 season following surgery to ad- Skai Moore (2013-15, 2017)...... 14 Commit Equal Turnovers 8-6 2-5 1-3 dress a herniated disk in his neck. He leads the 3. Dick Harris (1969-71)...... 12 team and tied for 11th in the SEC with 88 tackles, 4. Henry Laws (1973-75)...... 11 Lead in Time of Possession 30-11 9-3 5-0 an average of 7.3 tackles per game, and set a career- Robert Perlotte (1979-81)...... 11 Trail in Time of Possession 12-21 5-8 3-4 high with 15 tackles in the regular-season finale Pat Bowen (1979-82)...... 11 against Clemson. The 6-2, 221-pound linebacker Bryant Gilliard (1982-84)...... 11 from Cooper City, Fla., was the Gamecocks’ lead- Robert Robinson (1985-88)...... 11 *WM=Will Muschamp 9. 7 players tied...... 10

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 9 Carolina Notebook SOUTH CAROLINA MOORE RECOGNITION: Senior linebacker THIS IS CHARLTON YOUR PUNTER: Red- Skai Moore was named to the first-team All-SEC shirt sophomore Joseph Charlton, has averaged South Carolina squad by the league’s coaches, was a second-team 44.3 yards over his 47 punts, with 16 measuring All-SEC selection by the Associated Press, and over 50 yards, including a career-long 73-yarder 2017 Rankings was named second-team All-American by College at Missouri, the longest punt by a Gamecock Sports Madness. since Marty Simpson had a 79-yard punt in 1992. Category Avg./No. SEC NCAA He also has 12 punts inside the 20 with just four Scoring Offense 24.1 12 98 THE BRUNSON BURNER: Sophomore T.J. touchbacks. The Gamecocks are averaging 41.1 Rushing Offense 127.3 12 107 Brunson is second on the team and ranks in net yards per punt, 14th in the country. Charlton Passing Offense 212.9 6 79 a tie for 21st in the SEC with 75 stops, or 6.2 currently owns the best single-season punting av- Passing Efficiency 129.2 10 73 tackles per game. Brunson made his first start as a erage in school history by percentage points over Total Offense 340.2 12 108 Gamecock memorable. The 6-1, 230-pound line- Daren Parker (1989) and Sean Kelly (2015). backer from Columbia, S.C. posted a game- and CAROLINA SINGLE-SEASON PUNTING AVG. Scoring Defense 20.8 6 26 career-high 16 tackles in the win over NC State. 1. Joseph Charlton (2017)... 44.319 (47 for 2083) Rushing Defense 146.7 6 43 It was the most tackles in a game for a Gamecock Daren Parker (1989)...... 44.286 (49 for 2170) Sean Kelly (2015)...... 44.255 (55 for 2434) Passing Defense 227.9 11 72 since Antonio Allen logged 16 stops against ECU 4. Spencer Lanning (2010)...... 44.1 (54 for 2383) Pass Efficiency Defense 124.0 6 51 on Sept. 3, 2011, a game that was also played in Total Defense 374.6 7 51 5. Ryan Succop (2006)...... 43.7 (29 for 1267) Charlotte. He also has logged double-digits in Tom O’Connor (1985)...... 43.7 (52 for 2270) Kickoff Returns 23.0 4 29 tackles against Kentucky with a dozen. Opp. Kickoff Returns 20.9 8 68 THE RETURNS ARE IN: Rashad Fenton has Punt Returns 8.1 9 56 KING FOR A SEASON: Senior Ja- taken over as the school’s all-time leader in kick Opp. Punt Returns 6.4 7 56 Marcus King ranks fourth in the SEC in passes return average at 24.8 yards, surpassing Kent Ha- Net Punting 41.1 5 14 defended with 13 and finds himself in the Caro- good (24.7 from 1981-85). Fenton has 646 yards lina record books for passes broken up in both a on 26 career returns while Hagood logged 519 Fumbles Recovered 11 2 14 single season and for a career despite playing just yards on 21 returns. Fumbles Lost 3 1 4 two seasons for the Garnet & Black. Passes Intercepted 12 3 45 SEASON - PASSES BROKEN UP (Since 1981) WINNER, WINNER: The Gamecocks faced Passes Had Intercepted 11 10 75 1. Chris Major (1985)...... 17 a dozen opponents that combined to win 61.6 2. Sheldon Brown (2000)...... 15 Turnovers Gained 23 1 21 percent of its games in 2016, going 98-61 over- Turnovers Lost 14 5 25 3. Brad Edwards (1987)...... 13 4. Sheldon Brown (2001)...... 12 all. That ranked as the fourth-highest opponent Turnover Margin 0.75 2 17 5. Dunta Robinson (2003)...... 12 winning percentage among FBS teams. The op- JaMarcus King (2017)...... 12 ponents have not disappointed this season, log- Sacks 2.0 11 62 ging a .589 winning percentage (86-60) through Sacks Allowed 2.2 6 75 CAREER - PASSES BROKEN UP (Since 1981) games of December 3. Seven of the Gamecocks’ Tackles for Loss 5.3 11 85 1. Chris Major (1983-86)...... 43 12 opponents will be playing in a bowl game this TFLs Allowed 5.2 6 32 2. Sheldon Brown (1998-01)...... 36 year, with two (Georgia and Clemson) in the CFP 3. Robert Robinson (1985-88)...... 33 national semifinals. Additionally, Wofford earned 3rd Down Percent .401 9 67 4. Rashad Faison (1999-02)...... 25 Opp. 3rd Down Pct .425 11 94 5. Dunta Robinson (2000-03)...... 22 a spot in the FCS playoffs. 4th Down Percent .429 10 96 6. Brad Edwards (1984-87)...... 21 Opp. 4th Down Pct .533 9 77 Tony Watkins (1991-94)...... 21 ENROLLING EARLY: The Gamecocks had four JaMarcus King (2016-17)...... 21 freshmen enroll in January. That comes on the Penalties/Game 4.6 2 19 9. Andre Goodman (1998-01)...... 20 heels of a school-record six high school recruits Penalty Yards/Game 35.5 1 5 10. Darian Stewart (2006-09)...... 20 who graduated a semester early and enrolled in time for spring drills in 2016. Here is the list of Time of Possession 28:57 11 87 PICK THIS: Carolina has 12 interceptions on those who have enrolled early since 2006: the season. Here are the individual numbers: 2006: Clark Gaston INTERCEPTIONS 2017 Career 2007: Stephen Garcia, Travian Robertson South Carolina Skai Moore 3 14 2008: Jay Spearman, C.C. Whitlock, Shaq Wilson Bryson Allen-Williams 1 4 2009: Jarvis Giles, Stephon Gilmore, DeVonte 2018 Schedule JaMarcus King 1 4 Holloman Chris Lammons 0 4 2010: Connor Shaw March 31 Garnet & Black Spring Game Steven Montac 2 2 2011: Martay Mattox September 1 Coastal Carolina Keisean Nixon 2 2 2012: Kelvin Rainey, Brock Stadnik, Clayton Stadnik September 8 Georgia* Jamyest Williams 2 2 2013: Connor Mitch, D.J. Park September 15 Marshall Rashad Fenton 1 2 2014: None September 22 at Vanderbilt* D.J. Smith 0 1 2015: Jalen Henry, Christian Owens, Sherrod September 29 at Kentucky* Antoine Wilder 0 1 Pittman, Jerad Washington 2016: Bryan Edwards, C.J. Freeman, Brandon October 6 Missouri* ALL THE WHITE STUFF: Freshman Parker McIlwain, Chris Smith, Kobe Smith, Keir October 13 Texas A&M* White, who also handles the kickoffs, is trying Thomas October 27 Tennessee* to replace Elliott Fry, Carolina’s all-time leading 2017: Summie Carlay, Jaylin Dickerson, OrTre Smith, November 3 at Ole Miss* scorer. White is 24-for-24 on PATs and 12-for- M.J. Webb November 10 at Florida* 22 on field goals, but is a solid 9-for-10 inside 40 November 17 Chattanooga yards. His first career made field goal was a 31- WINNING IN FEBRUARY: The Gamecocks November 24 at Clemson yard game-winner in the final seconds against LA had another successful February, according to the *-SEC game Tech. 42 of his 59 kickoffs have been touchbacks. recruiting gurus. Here are the recent recruiting class rankings:

10 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Carolina Notebook Year Rivals Scout 247 ESPN AND YOU’LL GET A DEGREE TOO: The WORKING OVERTIME: The Gamecocks are 2002: 11 18 13 - Gamecocks’ Graduation Success Rate score of 98 2-3 all-time in games decided in overtime. They 2003: 8 15 12 - ranked first in the SEC and tied for fourth in the won their first overtime game at Missouri, 27-24, 2004: 22 28 28 - country with Brown and Columbia, while trailing in two overtimes on Oct. 26, 2013 in Columbia, 2005: 23 20 19 - 2006: 27 33 34 - only Dartmouth, Harvard and Northwestern in Mo., and won in “The Swamp” over Florida by 2007: 6 7 7 - the latest GSR released by the NCAA. a 23-20 count in 2014. All three overtime losses 2008: 22 34 36 - have come against Tennessee by a field goal: a 23- 2009: 12 15 14 - THEY PAY TO SEE THEM PLAY: South Caro- 20 setback on Sept. 27, 2003 in Knoxville, and a 2010: 25 33 26 - lina averaged 78,586 fans at Williams-Brice Sta- 27-24 loss in Knoxville on Oct. 27, 2007 and a 2011: 18 11 17 - dium (capacity 80,250) during the 2017 season, 45-42 loss in Columbia on Nov. 1, 2014. 2012: 19 13 17 - ranking 16th in the nation. The Gamecocks also 2013: 16 24 20 18 played in three of the biggest stadiums in the na- LOOKING AHEAD: The annual Garnet & Black 2014: 17 24 19 19 2015: 19 20 19 21 tion this year, with attendances of over 90,000 at spring game is set for Saturday, March 31, 2018. 2016: 27 25 25 27 Tennessee (98,104), Texas A&M (96,430) and The 2018 regular season will kick off on Saturday, 2017: 16 20 21 19 Georgia (92,746). September 1, vs. Coastal Carolina. Gamecocks in the NFL 2017 CFP Rankings Name Team Position Lettered Jerell Adams New York Giants Tight End 2012-15 1. Clemson 12-1 Damiere Byrd* Wide Receiver 2011-14 2. Oklahoma 12-1 3. Georgia 12-1 A.J. Cann Jacksonville Jaguars Offensive Guard 2011-14 4. Alabama 11-1 Jadeveon Clowney Defensive End 2011-13 5. Ohio State 11-2 Jared Cook Oakland Raiders Tight End 2006-08 6. Wisconsin 12-1 Pharoh Cooper Los Angeles Rams Wide Receiver 2013-15 7. Auburn 10-3 Mike Davis Seattle Seahawks Running Back 2012-14 8. Southern California 11-2 Patrick DiMarco Fullback 2007-10 9. Penn State 10-2 Bruce Ellington* Houston Texans Wide Receiver 2011-13 10. Miami (Fla.) 10-2 Stephon Gilmore Cornerback 2009-11 11. Washington 10-2 Melvin Ingram Los Angeles Chargers Linebacker 2007, 2009-11 12. UCF 12-0 Alshon Jeffery Wide Receiver 2009-11 13. Stanford 9-4 Isaiah Johnson# Safety 2015 14. Notre Dame 9-3 T.J. Johnson Cincinnati Bengals Center 2009-12 15. TCU 10-3 16. Michigan State 9-3 Johnathan Joseph Houston Texans Cornerback 2005 17. LSU 9-3 Marquavius Lewis# Buffalo Bills Defensive End 2015-16 18. Washington State 9-3 Carolina Panthers Cornerback 2006-08 19. Oklahoma State 9-3 Corey Robinson Offensive Tackle 2012-14 20. Memphis 10-2 Brandon Shell Offensive Tackle 2012-15 21. Northwestern 9-3 Darian Stewart Denver Broncos Safety 2006-09 22. Virginia Tech 9-3 D.J. Swearinger Washington Redskins Safety 2009-12 23. Mississippi State 8-4 Ryan Succop Tennessee Titans Placekicker 2005-08 24. NC State 8-4 Brandon Wilds# Jacksonville Jaguars Running Back 2011, 2013-15 25. Boise State 10-3 *Reserved/Injured List #- 2017 Drive Chart Summary South Carolina Opponents Opp. Drives TD FG Missed Punt Downs Fum INT Half 3-Out Opp. Drives TD FG Missed Punt Downs Fum INT Half 3-Out NCST 13 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 5 NCST 13 4 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 MIZ 13 4 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 3 MIZ 11 1 2 1 4 1 0 2 0 1 UK 12 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 6 UK 12 2 3 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 LATECH 9 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 LATECH 9 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 A&M 14 2 1 1 7 1 1 0 1 8 A&M 12 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 ARK 11 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 ARK 13 3 1 0 5 0 2 2 0 6 TENN 10 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 TENN 10 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 1 5 VANDY 12 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 VANDY 11 4 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 UGA 9 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 UGA 10 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 FLA 15 4 0 1 4 1 0 3 2 4 FLA 13 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 0 5 WOFF 8 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 WOFF 8 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 CLEM 12 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 5 CLEM 11 4 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 TOT 138 32 13 12 47 8 2 11 13 38 TOT 133 28 17 3 52 7 7 12 7 28

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 11 Carolina Notebook SOUTH CAROLINA 2017 South Carolina Award Winners Carolina Captains Coaches’ Awards NC STATE: Bryson Allen-Williams, Dr. Harris Pastides Outstanding Student-Athlete Award...... Michael Scarnecchia Cory Helms, Hayden Hurst, Skai Moore Community Service Award...... Spencer Eason-Riddle and Ulric Jones MISSOURI: T.J. Brunson, Alan Knott, Strength & Conditioning Award...... Hayden Hurst, D.J. Wonnum and T.J. Brunson Comeback Player of the Year Award...... Skai Moore Deebo Samuel, Taylor Stallworth Offensive Scout Team Award...... Eric Douglas KENTUCKY: Hayden Hurst, Deebo Samuel, Defensive Scout Team Award...... M.J. Webb D.J. Smith, D.J. Wonnum Special Teams Scout Team Award...... Spencer Eason-Riddle LOUISIANA TECH: Nutrition Award...... Javon Kinlaw Jake Bentley, Players’ Choice Awards T.J. Brunson, Bryan Edwards, Skai Moore Unselfish Teammate - Offense...... Hayden Hurst and Cory Helms TEXAS A&M: Jake Bentley, JaMarcus King, Unselfish Teammate - Defense...... Chris Lammons and JaMarcus King Chris Lammons, Donell Stanley Unselfish Teammate - Special Teams...... Javon Charleston and Taylor Stallworth ARKANSAS: Alan Knott, Skai Moore, Tenacity Award - Offense...... Hayden Hurst and Alan Knott Taylor Stallworth, D.J. Wonnum Tenacity Award - Defense...... T.J. Brunson and Dante Sawyer Tenacity Award - Special Teams...... Javon Charleston and D.J. Smith TENNESSEE: Hayden Hurst, Alan Knott, Most Valuable Player - Offense (Steve Spurier Award)...... Bryan Edwards Dante Sawyer, D.J. Smith Most Valuable Player - Defense (Joe Morrison Award)...... Skai Moore VANDERBILT: Hayden Hurst, Ulric Jones, Most Valuable Player - Special Teams ( Award)...... Joseph Charlton Leadership Award - Offense...... Jake Bentley Alan Knott, Chris Lammons Leadership Award - Defense...... Skai Moore GEORGIA: Cory Helms, Alan Knott, Leadership Award - Special Teams...... Taylor Stallworth Skai Moore, Taylor Stallworth Most Explosive Player - Offense...... A.J. Turner FLORIDA: Most Productive Player - Defense...... D.J. Wonnum Hayden Hurst, Chris Lammons, Most Productive Player - Special Teams...... Joseph Charlton Skai Moore, D.J. Wonnum Steve Wadiak MVP Award...... Skai Moore WOFFORD: Cory Helms, Alan Knott, Chris Postseason Honors Lammons, Taylor Stallworth First Team All-SEC (AP)...... Hayden Hurst CLEMSON: Jake Bentley, Hayden Hurst, Skai First Team All-SEC (Coaches)...... Hayden Hurst Moore, Taylor Stallworth First Team All-SEC (Coaches)...... Skai Moore Second Team All-SEC (AP)...... Skai Moore 2017 PERMANENT TEAM CAPTAINS Second Team All-SEC (AP)...... Dante Sawyer SEC All-Freshman (Coaches)...... Jamyest Williams Jake Bentley, Hayden Hurst, Skai Moore, D.J. Wonnum Weekly Award Winners Deebo Samuel SEC Special Teams Player of the Week vs NC State (September 2) Pronunciation Guide Deebo Samuel Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll vs NC State (September 2) Shameik Blackshear...... shuh-MEEK Deebo Samuel SEC Special Teams Player of the Week at Missouri (September 9) Summie Carlay...... SUM-me car-LAY Deebo Samuel Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll at Missouri (September 9) Randrecous Davis...... ran-DREE-cuss D.J. Wonnum SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week vs Arkansas (October 7) Chavis Dawkins...... Rhymes with HAVE-iss D.J. Wonnum SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week at Tennessee (October 14) Trey Derouen...... duh-ROO-un Alan Knott SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week vs Vanderbilt (October 28) Rico Dowdle...... DOW-dull Hayden Hurst John Mackey Tight End of the Week at Georgia (November 4) Daniel Fennell...... fuh-NELL Terry Googer...... GOO-jer Ulric Jones...... YUR-ick Tracking the 2017 Opponents Chris Lammons...... luh-MONZ Opponent (Date vs. SC) Record Last Game Next Game Skai Moore...... SKY vs NC State (9/2) 8-4 W, 33-21 vs North Carolina vs Arizona State (Sun) Keisean Nixon...... KEE-shawn Missouri (9/9) 7-5 W, 48-45 at Arkansas vs Texas (Texas) Christian Pellage...... PELL-uge at Kentucky (9/16) 7-5 L, 44-17 vs Louisville vs Northwestern (Music City) Kiel Pollard...... keel Louisiana Tech (9/23) 6-6 W, 20-6 vs UTSA vs SMU (Frisco) Travaris Robinson...... truh-VARR-us at Texas A&M (9/30) 7-5 L, 45-21 at LSU vs Wake Forest (Belk) Michael Scarnecchia...... scar-NECK-ee-ah Arkansas (10/7) 4-8 L, 48-45 vs Missouri Season Complete Donell Stanley...... don-ELL at Tennessee (10/14) 4-8 L, 42-24 vs Vanderbilt Season Complete Chad Terrell...... tur-ELL Vanderbilt (10/28) 5-7 W, 42-24 at Tennessee Season Complete Keir Thomas...... KEER at Georgia (11/4) 12-1 W, 28-7 vs Auburn vs Oklahoma (Rose) Jay Urich...... YUR-ick Florida (11/11) 4-7 L, 38-22 vs Florida State Season Complete Jerad Washington...... JEHR-id Wofford (11/18) 10-3 L, 42-10 at North Dakota State Season Complete Jamyest Williams...... ja-MY-ist Clemson (11/25) 12-1 W, 38-3 vs Miami (Fla.) vs Alabama (Sugar) Ty’Son Williams...... ty-SAHN Opponents Overall Record 86-60 (.589) Malik Young...... muh-LEEK

12 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Carolina Notebook u South Carolina finished in 21st place in the Learfield Directors’ Cup u Gamecock radio analyst Tommy Suggs is one of the longest tenured ra- Standings in 2016-17, its highest finish since the 2002-03 campaign and the dio voices in . The former standout quarterback who led the third-highest finish in school history. Gamecocks to the 1969 ACC Championship, is in his 45th season as part of the Carolina radio crew. u Since the inception of the Palmetto Series, the Gamecocks have captured the title both u South Carolina is building a $50 million Football Operations Center. The years, defeating Clemson in 2015-16 by a state-of-the-art facility is located adjacent to the Jerri and Steve Spurrier In- 10-5 count, and taking the 2016-17 crown in door Football Facility, and will provide the coaches and student-athletes with an 8-7 decision. The Certified SC Grown Pal- the ability to train and compete at the highest level. It will feature: coaches’ metto Series is sponsored by the South Caro- offices, locker room, meeting rooms, weight room, training room, dining lina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) and room, players’ lounge and equipment room. is a year-long competition between the two u schools in which points are awarded for the winners of head-to-head meet- In the eight sports in which it competes that the NCAA keeps attendance ings in each sport. Points were also awarded for highest team GPA and for statistics, South Carolina finished in the Top 25 in seven sports (average at- a food drive during the fall aimed at tackling hunger in their communities. tendance), most of any school in the country, during 2016-17. u South Carolina is the only Division I athletics program this decade to have at least one Top-4 national finish (championships and/or polls) each in Top-25 Program football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball. Eleven Gamecock teams finished the 2016-17 season ranked in the Top u The women’s basketball program’s national title in 2017 was the seventh 25 for their play on the field while seven finished in the top 25 in average overall in the athletic department’s history. Four South Carolina programs attendance during the 2016-17 school year: now boast a National Championship, as the women join women’s outdoor Final NCAA Ranking Average Attendance Ranking track and field (2002), baseball (2010, 2011) and equestrian (2005, 2007, 2015) on the list of Gamecock teams to win a national title. #1 Women’s Basketball #1 Women’s Basketball #5 Women’s Soccer #3 Women’s Soccer u South Carolina’s double Final Four in 2017 in men’s and women’s bas- #5 Equestrian #5 Baseball ketball was only the 13th time in NCAA history and the third time in SEC #6 Men’s Basketball #8 Men’s Soccer history that this feat has been accomplished. #8 Beach Volleyball #11 Softball u Five South Carolina athletics teams have made the Elite 8 in NCAA #10 Women’s Golf #17 Football Championships during the last 12 months: men’s and women’s basketball, #15 Women’s Tennis #21 Men’s Basketball men’s and women’s golf and women’s soccer. #15 Men’s Swimming & Diving #21 Men’s Tennis u Sindarius Thornwell (men’s basketball), A’ja Wilson (women’s basketball), Savannah McCaskill (women’s soccer-offensive) and Kaleigh Kurtz (women’s #25 Softball soccer-defensive) earned SEC Player of the Year honors in their sports during #25 Women’s Indoor Track & Field the 2016-17 school year. McCaskill repeated her award in 2017, and was joined by Grace Fisk, the SEC’s women’s soccer Defensive Player of the Year. u South Carolina student-athletes have led the SEC in community service GAMECOCK ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT hours in each of the last four years. In 2016-17, Gamecock student-athletes Gamecock Athletics develops our student-athletes intellectually, athlet- performed 9,298 hours of community service. South Carolina men’s tennis ically, socially, and culturally to relentlessly compete for championships was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Carolina Region Commu- and high levels of achievement at the University and throughout life in nity Service Team of the Year and Maya Evans, a junior on the women’s track harmony with our University’s mission and vision. & field team, was named the SEC Brad Davis Community Service Leader of the Year. During her collegiate career, Evans accumulated over 700 hours of GAMECOCK ATHLETICS VISION STATEMENT community service. We serve as a source of pride and inspiration to our University, our state, our nation and the world by relentlessly competing for champi- u A total of 379 South Carolina student-athletes made the 2016-17 SEC onships with integrity, character, and passion. Academic Honor Rolls, first among league schools (90-Fall, 78-Winter, 118-Spring, 93-First Year). Carolina student-athletes posted a combined 3.23 GPA for the Spring 2017 semester, marking the 21st consecutive semes- GAMECOCK ATHLETICS CORE VALUES Integrity ter of more than a 3.0 GPA for Gamecock student-athletes. : We expect and consistently demonstrate the highest stan- dards of honesty, sportsmanship and character. u Fourteen of the 18 South Carolina athletics teams earned a 3.0 or bet- Respect: We hold each other mutually accountable for upholding our ter GPA this past spring. Women’s Swimming & Diving (3.705) earned its values. We honor all people while celebrating each individual’s culture, second highest GPA to date, which not only led all of the Gamecock pro- beliefs and ideas. grams this spring, but it also ranked second nationally. Equestrian (3.488), Positive Student-Athlete Experience: We provide an environment Women’s Soccer (3.567), Men’s Track & Field (3.265) and Volleyball (3.673) that supports each student-athlete’s well-being and success by encour- also earned its second-highest GPAs ever recorded. aging personal, academic, and athletic development while at USC and beyond. u South Carolina Football has three endowed scholarships. Recipients for Pursuit of Excellence: We passionately and relentlessly pursue the endowed scholarships are selected each year by the head coach. The 2017 achievement of excellence throughout every aspect of our lives. scholarships and recipients are: Stewardship: We are trustworthy stewards of the reputation of the l Endowed Football Scholarship – Bryson Allen-Williams University, our resources, our relationships, and the experiences of our l Tommy Suggs Endowed Quarterback Scholarship – Jake Bentley stakeholders and will demonstrate stewardship through service to our l Wraellen and Larry Winn Endowed Tight End Scholarship – Hayden Hurst community.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 13 Alphabetical Roster SOUTH CAROLINA No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School) 4 Bryson Allen-Williams LB 6-0 230 SR-3L Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove) 81 Hayden Hurst TE 6-5 250 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla. (The Bolles School) 85 Michael Almond K/P 6-3 229 SO-1L North Augusta, S.C. (Westminster) 50 Sadarius Hutcherson OL 6-4 316 FR-RS Huntingdon, Tenn. (Huntingdon) 45 Ben Asbury LS 5-10 210 JR-SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Holy Innocents’ Episcopal/ 28 Tavyn Jackson DB 5-10 174 FR-HS Tallahassee, Fla. (Rickards) Berry College) 41 Caleb Jenerette TE 6-2 200 FR-HS Aynor, S.C. (Aynor) 40 Jacob August TE 6-6 258 JR-2L Columbia, S.C. (Cardinal Newman/ 19 Brad Johnson DL 6-2 225 FR-HS Pendleton, S.C. (Pendleton) Fork Union) 61 Cameron Johnson OL 6-6 305 FR-RS Bennettsville, S.C. (Marlboro County) 78 Zack Bailey OL 6-6 311 JR-2L Summerville, S.C. (Summerville) 93 Ulric Jones DL 6-5 312 SR-1L Oxford, Ala. (Oxford/Butler C.C.) 23 Korey Banks DB 5-11 187 SO-1L Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek) 7 JaMarcus King DB 6-2 186 SR-1L Mobile, Ala. (Blount/Coffeyville C.C.) 19 Jake Bentley QB 6-3 220 SO-1L Opelika, Ala. (Opelika) 32 Caleb Kinlaw RB 5-11 202 JR-JC Goose Creek, S.C. (Goose Creek/ 91 Shameik Blackshear DL 6-4 260 SO-1L Bluffton, S.C. (Bluffton) Pearl River C.C.) 54 Davonne Bowen LB 6-1 218 FR-HS Simpsonville, S.C. (Woodmont) 99 Javon Kinlaw DL 6-6 326 SO-JC Charleston, S.C. (Goose Creek/Jones C.C.) 33 Zay Brown DB 5-11 194 FR-HS Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central) 70 Alan Knott OL 6-4 290 SR-3L Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek) 6 T.J. Brunson LB 6-1 230 SO-1L Columbia, S.C. (Richland Northeast) 3 Chris Lammons DB 5-10 190 SR-3L Lauderhill, Fla. (Plantation) 63 Blake Camper OL 6-8 310 JR-2L Virginia Beach, Va. (Frank W. Cox) 53 Mitch Langford LB 5-10 215 JR-TR Richburg, S.C. (Lewisville/Newberry) 73 Summie Carlay OL 6-5 281 FR-HS Laurens, S.C. (Laurens) 84 Kyle Markway TE 6-5 250 SO-1L St. Louis, Mo. (St. John Vianney) 31 Slade Carroll RB 5-10 205 FR-HS Lexington, S.C. (Lexington) 36 Sean McGonigal LB 6-2 205 FR-HS Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach) 75 Jordon Carty OL 6-7 299 FR-HS Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (South Broward) 22 Steven Montac DB 5-11 181 JR-1L Covington, Ga. (Newton/Coffeyville C.C.) 12 Kaleb Chalmers DB 5-10 181 SO-JC Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood/ 10 Skai Moore LB 6-2 218 SR-3L Cooper City, Fla. (University) Northwest Mississippi C.C.) 9 Keisean Nixon DB 5-10 192 JR-JC Compton, Calif. (Salesian/Az. Western) 17 Javon Charleston DB 6-0 189 SO-1L Gurnee, Ill. (Warren) 57 Jazuun Outlaw DE 6-3 215 FR-HS Dillon, S.C. (Dillon) 20 Joseph Charlton K/P 6-5 190 SO-SQ Columbia, S.C. (A.C. Flora) 69 D.J. Park OL 6-4 337 SR-3L Dillon, S.C. (Dillon) 62 Brandon Chiazza PK 5-11 165 FR-HS Malvern, Pa. (Malvern Prep) 55 Christian Pellage OL 6-6 296 SO-1L Brooksville, Fla. (Nature Coast Tech) 3 K.C. Crosby TE 6-1 242 JR-2L Bamberg, S.C. (Bamberg-Ehrhardt) 87 Kiel Pollard TE 6-0 240 SO-1L Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County) 74 Dennis Daley OL 6-6 330 JR-JC Columbia, S.C. (Ridge View/ 66 Will Putnam OL 6-5 299 FR-RS Harrisburg, N.C. (Hickory Ridge) Georgia Military) 39 Parker Rankin TE 6-1 233 FR-HS Camden, S.C. (Camden) 58 Cole Davis LB 6-1 215 FR-HS St. Johns, Fla. (Bartram Trail) 88 Will Register TE 6-4 245 FR-HS Chapin, S.C. (Chapin) 8 Randrecous Davis WR 5-10 186 FR-RS Atlanta, Ga. (Mays) 76 Jordan Rhodes OL 6-5 318 FR-HS Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside) 83 Chavis Dawkins WR 6-2 212 SO-1L Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes) 1 Deebo Samuel WR 6-0 215 JR-2L Inman, S.C. (Chapman) 59 Alex DeLoach LB 6-3 210 FR-HS Summerville, S.C. (Ashley Ridge) 95 Dante Sawyer DL 6-3 275 SR-2L Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett/ 34 Mon Denson RB 5-10 209 SO-SQ LaGrange, Ga. (LaGrange) East Mississippi C.C.) 79 Trey Derouen OL 6-3 305 SO-1L Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview) 12 Michael Scarnecchia QB 6-4 209 JR-SQ Fleming Island, Fla. (Fleming Island) 26 Jaylin Dickerson DB 6-1 188 FR-HS Southern Pines, N.C. (Pinecrest) 40 Jason Senn DB 5-8 182 SO-SQ Beaufort, S.C. (Beaufort) 85 Devin Dingle WR 5-10 167 SO-SQ Summerville, S.C. (Cane Bay) 39 Demetrius Smalls DB 5-9 174 SR-SQ Bluffton, S.C. (Bluffton) 15 Drew Dinsmore QB 6-5 210 FR-HS Suwanee, Ga. (Collins Hill) 24 D.J. Smith DB 5-11 198 SR-3L Marietta, Ga. (Walton) 4 Darius Douglas QB 5-11 185 FR-HS Moncks Corner, S.C. (Berkeley) 97 Kobe Smith DL 6-2 286 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer) 71 Eric Douglas OL 6-4 308 FR-HS Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek) 49 Matthew Smith LS 6-1 205 FR-HS Roswell, Ga. (Roswell) 5 Rico Dowdle RB 5-11 220 SO-1L Asheville, N.C. (A.C. Reynolds) 18 OrTre Smith WR 6-4 219 FR-HS Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Wando) 61 Javion Duncan DL 6-0 270 JR-SQ Simpsonville, S.C. (Woodmont/Citadel) 13 Shi Smith WR 5-10 179 FR-HS Union, S.C. (Union County) 45 Spencer Eason-Riddle LB 5-11 219 FR-RS Raleigh, N.C. (Leesville Road) 47 Austin Snow K/P 6-1 165 FR-HS Powdersville, S.C. (Powdersville) 89 Bryan Edwards WR 6-3 215 SO-1L Conway, S.C. (Conway) 30 Damani Staley LB 6-1 210 FR-HS Columbia, S.C. (Ridge View) 60 Chandler Farrell OL 6-2 292 FR-RS Summerville, S.C. (Summerville) 90 Taylor Stallworth DL 6-2 305 SR-3L Mobile, Ala. (Murphy) 35 Daniel Fennell DL 6-3 244 SO-1L Loganville, Ga. (Grayson) 72 Donell Stanley OL 6-4 317 JR-1L Floydale, S.C. (Latta) 16 Rashad Fenton DB 5-10 184 JR-2L Miami, Fla. (Miami Carol City) 15 Aaron Sterling DL 6-1 240 FR-HS Atlanta, Ga. (Tucker) 47 Jaylan Foster DB 5-11 190 SO-TR Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes/Gardner-Webb) 86 Chad Terrell WR 6-3 212 FR-HS Bogue Chitto, Miss. (North Paulding) 24 Garrett Frederick WR 5-11 177 FR-RS Plano, Texas (Plano) 5 Keir Thomas DL 6-2 262 SO-1L Miami, Fla. (Miami Central) 36 C.J. Freeman RB 5-11 210 FR-RS Greensboro, N.C. (Northern Guilford) 96 Aaron Thompson DL 6-3 297 FR-RS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard) 46 Harrison Freeman LS 6-4 224 FR-RS Raleigh, N.C. (Leesville Road) 11 Eldridge Thompson LB 6-1 215 JR-JC Houston, Texas (White Station/ 50 Griffin Gentry DL 6-1 262 FR-RS Birmingham, Ala. (Homewood) Coffeyville C.C.) 80 Shemar Glenn WR 6-1 170 SO-SQ Union, S.C. (Union/USC-Union) 25 A.J. Turner RB 5-10 184 SO-1L Clifton, Va. (Centreville) 6 Terry Googer WR 6-4 217 JR-2L Atlanta, Ga. (Woodward Academy) 10 Jay Urich QB 6-4 194 FR-HS Greenville, S.C. (Wren) 17 Danny Gordon QB 6-0 211 JR-SQ Worthington, Ohio (Worthington/ 9 Jerad Washington WR 5-8 171 SO-SQ Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast) Miami (Ohio) 94 M.J. Webb DL 6-3 290 FR-HS Rutledge, Ga. (Morgan County) 34 Scott Grant DB 5-10 192 JR-SQ Laurens, S.C. (Laurens) 43 Parker White K/P 6-4 195 FR-HS Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Wando) 67 Ryan Green OL 6-3 289 SO-SQ James Island, S.C. (James Island/ 29 Antoine Wilder LB 5-10 190 SO-1L Riverdale, Ga. (Hapeville Charter) Presbyterian) 21 Jamyest Williams DB 5-9 175 FR-HS Dacula, Ga. (Grayson) 44 Sherrod Greene LB 6-1 223 FR-HS Rocky Mount, N.C. (Rocky Mount) 27 Ty’Son Williams RB 6-0 215 SO-SQ Sumter, S.C. (Crestwood/N. Carolina) 16 Bailey Hart QB 6-2 179 FR-RS Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Wando) 8 D.J. Wonnum DL 6-4 251 SO-1L Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson) 51 Cory Helms OL 6-4 309 SR-1L Alpharetta, Ga. (Milton/Wake Forest) 42 Alexander Woznick PK 5-11 164 FR-RS Greenville, S.C. (Eastside) 82 Evan Hinson TE 6-4 240 FR-RS Deltona, Fla. (Deltona) 77 Malik Young OL 6-3 303 JR-1L Pelzer, S.C. (Woodmont)

14 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.-Exp Hometown (High/Last School) 1 Deebo Samuel WR 6-0 215 JR-2L Inman, S.C. (Chapman) 42 Alexander Woznick PK 5-11 164 FR-RS Greenville, S.C. (Eastside) 3 Chris Lammons DB 5-10 190 SR-3L Lauderhill, Fla. (Plantation) 43 Parker White K/P 6-4 195 FR-HS Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Wando) 3 K.C. Crosby TE 6-1 242 JR-2L Bamberg, S.C. (Bamberg-Ehrhardt) 44 Sherrod Greene LB 6-1 223 FR-HS Rocky Mount, N.C. (Rocky Mount) 4 Bryson Allen-Williams LB 6-0 230 SR-3L Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove) 45 Ben Asbury LS 5-10 210 JR-SQ Atlanta, Ga. (Holy Innocents’ Episcopal/ 4 Darius Douglas QB 5-11 185 FR-HS Moncks Corner, S.C. (Berkeley) Berry College) 5 Rico Dowdle RB 5-11 220 SO-1L Asheville, N.C. (A.C. Reynolds) 45 Spencer Eason-Riddle LB 5-11 219 FR-RS Raleigh, N.C. (Leesville Road) 5 Keir Thomas DL 6-2 262 SO-1L Miami, Fla. (Miami Central) 46 Harrison Freeman LS 6-4 224 FR-RS Raleigh, N.C. (Leesville Road) 6 Terry Googer WR 6-4 217 JR-2L Atlanta, Ga. (Woodward Academy) 47 Jaylan Foster DB 5-11 190 SO-TR Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes/Gardner-Webb) 6 T.J. Brunson LB 6-1 230 SO-1L Columbia, S.C. (Richland Northeast) 47 Austin Snow K/P 6-1 165 FR-HS Powdersville, S.C. (Powdersville) 7 JaMarcus King DB 6-2 186 SR-1L Mobile, Ala. (Blount/Coffeyville C.C.) 49 Matthew Smith LS 6-1 205 FR-HS Roswell, Ga. (Roswell) 8 D.J. Wonnum DL 6-4 251 SO-1L Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson) 50 Sadarius Hutcherson OL 6-4 316 FR-RS Huntingdon, Tenn. (Huntingdon) 8 Randrecous Davis WR 5-10 186 FR-RS Atlanta, Ga. (Mays) 50 Griffin Gentry DL 6-1 262 FR-RS Birmingham, Ala. (Homewood) 9 Keisean Nixon DB 5-10 192 JR-JC Compton, Calif. (Salesian/Az. Western) 51 Cory Helms OL 6-4 309 SR-1L Alpharetta, Ga. (Milton/Wake Forest) 9 Jerad Washington WR 5-8 171 SO-SQ Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast) 53 Mitch Langford LB 5-10 215 JR-TR Richburg, S.C. (Lewisville/Newberry) 10 Skai Moore LB 6-2 218 SR-3L Cooper City, Fla. (University) 54 Davonne Bowen LB 6-1 218 FR-HS Simpsonville, S.C. (Woodmont) 10 Jay Urich QB 6-4 194 FR-HS Greenville, S.C. (Wren) 55 Christian Pellage OL 6-6 296 SO-1L Brooksville, Fla. (Nature Coast Tech) 11 Eldridge Thompson LB 6-1 215 JR-JC Houston, Texas (White Station/ 57 Jazuun Outlaw DE 6-3 215 FR-HS Dillon, S.C. (Dillon) Coffeyville C.C.) 58 Cole Davis LB 6-1 215 FR-HS St. Johns, Fla. (Bartram Trail) 12 Michael Scarnecchia QB 6-4 209 JR-SQ Fleming Island, Fla. (Fleming Island) 59 Alex DeLoach LB 6-3 210 FR-HS Summerville, S.C. (Ashley Ridge) 12 Kaleb Chalmers DB 5-10 181 SO-JC Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood/ 60 Chandler Farrell OL 6-2 292 FR-RS Summerville, S.C. (Summerville) Northwest Mississippi C.C.) 61 Javion Duncan DL 6-0 270 JR-SQ Simpsonville, S.C. (Woodmont/Citadel) 13 Shi Smith WR 5-10 179 FR-HS Union, S.C. (Union County) 61 Cameron Johnson OL 6-6 305 FR-RS Bennettsville, S.C. (Marlboro County) 15 Aaron Sterling DL 6-1 240 FR-HS Atlanta, Ga. (Tucker) 62 Brandon Chiazza PK 5-11 165 FR-HS Malvern, Pa. (Malvern Prep) 15 Drew Dinsmore QB 6-5 210 FR-HS Suwanee, Ga. (Collins Hill) 63 Blake Camper OL 6-8 310 JR-2L Virginia Beach, Va. (Frank W. Cox) 16 Rashad Fenton DB 5-10 184 JR-2L Miami, Fla. (Miami Carol City) 66 Will Putnam OL 6-5 299 FR-RS Harrisburg, N.C. (Hickory Ridge) 16 Bailey Hart QB 6-2 179 FR-RS Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Wando) 67 Ryan Green OL 6-3 289 SO-SQ James Island, S.C. (James Island/ 17 Danny Gordon QB 6-0 211 JR-SQ Worthington, Ohio (Worthington/ Presbyterian) Miami (Ohio) 69 D.J. Park OL 6-4 337 SR-3L Dillon, S.C. (Dillon) 17 Javon Charleston DB 6-0 189 SO-1L Gurnee, Ill. (Warren) 70 Alan Knott OL 6-4 290 SR-3L Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek) 18 OrTre Smith WR 6-4 219 FR-HS Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Wando) 71 Eric Douglas OL 6-4 308 FR-HS Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek) 19 Jake Bentley QB 6-3 220 SO-1L Opelika, Ala. (Opelika) 72 Donell Stanley OL 6-4 317 JR-1L Floydale, S.C. (Latta) 19 Brad Johnson DL 6-2 225 FR-HS Pendleton, S.C. (Pendleton) 73 Summie Carlay OL 6-5 281 FR-HS Laurens, S.C. (Laurens) 20 Joseph Charlton K/P 6-5 190 SO-SQ Columbia, S.C. (A.C. Flora) 74 Dennis Daley OL 6-6 330 JR-JC Columbia, S.C. (Ridge View/ 21 Jamyest Williams DB 5-9 175 FR-HS Dacula, Ga. (Grayson) Georgia Military) 22 Steven Montac DB 5-11 181 JR-1L Covington, Ga. (Newton/Coffeyville C.C.) 75 Jordon Carty OL 6-7 299 FR-HS Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (South Broward) 23 Korey Banks DB 5-11 187 SO-1L Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek) 76 Jordan Rhodes OL 6-5 318 FR-HS Fairburn, Ga. (Creekside) 24 D.J. Smith DB 5-11 198 SR-3L Marietta, Ga. (Walton) 77 Malik Young OL 6-3 303 JR-1L Pelzer, S.C. (Woodmont) 24 Garrett Frederick WR 5-11 177 FR-RS Plano, Texas (Plano) 78 Zack Bailey OL 6-6 311 JR-2L Summerville, S.C. (Summerville) 25 A.J. Turner RB 5-10 184 SO-1L Clifton, Va. (Centreville) 79 Trey Derouen OL 6-3 305 SO-1L Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview) 26 Jaylin Dickerson DB 6-1 188 FR-HS Southern Pines, N.C. (Pinecrest) 80 Shemar Glenn WR 6-1 170 SO-SQ Union, S.C. (Union/USC-Union) 27 Ty’Son Williams RB 6-0 215 SO-SQ Sumter, S.C. (Crestwood/N. Carolina) 81 Hayden Hurst TE 6-5 250 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla. (The Bolles School) 28 Tavyn Jackson DB 5-10 174 FR-HS Tallahassee, Fla. (Rickards) 82 Evan Hinson TE 6-4 240 FR-RS Deltona, Fla. (Deltona) 29 Antoine Wilder LB 5-10 190 SO-1L Riverdale, Ga. (Hapeville Charter) 83 Chavis Dawkins WR 6-2 212 SO-1L Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes) 30 Damani Staley LB 6-1 210 FR-HS Columbia, S.C. (Ridge View) 84 Kyle Markway TE 6-5 250 SO-1L St. Louis, Mo. (St. John Vianney) 31 Slade Carroll RB 5-10 205 FR-HS Lexington, S.C. (Lexington) 85 Devin Dingle WR 5-10 167 SO-SQ Summerville, S.C. (Cane Bay) 32 Caleb Kinlaw RB 5-11 202 JR-JC Goose Creek, S.C. (Goose Creek/ 85 Michael Almond K/P 6-3 229 SO-1L North Augusta, S.C. (Westminster) Pearl River C.C.) 86 Chad Terrell WR 6-3 212 FR-HS Bogue Chitto, Miss. (North Paulding) 33 Zay Brown DB 5-11 194 FR-HS Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central) 87 Kiel Pollard TE 6-0 240 SO-1L Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County) 34 Scott Grant DB 5-10 192 JR-SQ Laurens, S.C. (Laurens) 88 Will Register TE 6-4 245 FR-HS Chapin, S.C. (Chapin) 34 Mon Denson RB 5-10 209 SO-SQ LaGrange, Ga. (LaGrange) 89 Bryan Edwards WR 6-3 215 SO-1L Conway, S.C. (Conway) 35 Daniel Fennell DL 6-3 244 SO-1L Loganville, Ga. (Grayson) 90 Taylor Stallworth DL 6-2 305 SR-3L Mobile, Ala. (Murphy) 36 C.J. Freeman RB 5-11 210 FR-RS Greensboro, N.C. (Northern Guilford) 91 Shameik Blackshear DL 6-4 260 SO-1L Bluffton, S.C. (Bluffton) 36 Sean McGonigal LB 6-2 205 FR-HS Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Myrtle Beach) 93 Ulric Jones DL 6-5 312 SR-1L Oxford, Ala. (Oxford/Butler C.C.) 39 Demetrius Smalls DB 5-9 174 SR-SQ Bluffton, S.C. (Bluffton) 94 M.J. Webb DL 6-3 290 FR-HS Rutledge, Ga. (Morgan County) 39 Parker Rankin TE 6-1 233 FR-HS Camden, S.C. (Camden) 95 Dante Sawyer DL 6-3 275 SR-2L Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett/ 40 Jacob August TE 6-6 258 JR-2L Columbia, S.C. (Cardinal Newman/ East Mississippi C.C.) Fork Union) 96 Aaron Thompson DL 6-3 297 FR-RS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard) 40 Jason Senn DB 5-8 182 SO-SQ Beaufort, S.C. (Beaufort) 97 Kobe Smith DL 6-2 286 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer) 41 Caleb Jenerette TE 6-2 200 FR-HS Aynor, S.C. (Aynor) 99 Javon Kinlaw DL 6-6 326 SO-JC Charleston, S.C. (Goose Creek/Jones C.C.)

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 15 Season Opening Depth Chart SOUTH CAROLINA Offense Defense WR 1 Deebo Samuel 6-0 215 JR-2L Inman, S.C. DE 95 Dante Sawyer 6-3 275 SR-2L Suwanee, Ga. 6 Terry Googer 6-4 217 JR-2L Atlanta, Ga. OR 5 Keir Thomas 6-2 262 SO-1L Miami, Fla. WR 89 Bryan Edwards 6-3 215 SO-1L Conway, S.C. DT 90 Taylor Stallworth 6-2 305 SR-3L Mobile, Ala. 18 OrTre Smith 6-4 219 FR-HS Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 97 Kobe Smith 6-2 286 SO-1L Lawrenceville, Ga. WR 13 Shi Smith 5-10 179 FR-HS Union, S.C. DT 93 Ulric Jones 6-5 312 SR-1L Oxford, Ala. 99 Javon Kinlaw 6-6 326 SO-JC Charleston, S.C. LT 77 Malik Young 6-3 303 JR-1L Pelzer, S.C. 74 Dennis Daley 6-6 330 JR-JC Columbia, S.C. DE 8 D.J. Wonnum 6-4 251 SO-1L Stone Mountain, Ga. 35 Daniel Fennell 6-3 244 SO-1L Loganville, Ga. LG 72 Donell Stanley 6-4 317 JR-1L Floydale, S.C. 50 Sadarius Hutcherson 6-4 316 FR-RS Huntingdon, Tenn. SLB 4 Bryson Allen-Williams 6-0 230 SR-3L Ellenwood, Ga. 29 Antoine Wilder 5-10 190 SO-1L Riverdale, Ga. OC 70 Alan Knott 6-4 290 SR-3L Tyrone, Ga. 60 Chandler Farrell 6-2 292 FR-RS Summerville, S.C. MLB 6 T.J. Brunson 6-1 230 SO-1L Columbia, S.C. 44 Sherrod Greene 6-1 223 FR-HS Rocky Mount, N.C. RG 51 Cory Helms 6-4 309 SR-1L Alpharetta, Ga. 63 Blake Camper 6-8 310 JR-2L Virginia Beach, Va. WLB 10 Skai Moore 6-2 218 SR-3L Cooper City, Fla. 11 Eldridge Thompson 6-1 215 JR-JC Houston, Texas RT 78 Zack Bailey 6-6 311 JR-2L Summerville, S.C. 69 D.J. Park 6-4 337 SR-3L Dillon, S.C. CB 7 JaMarcus King 6-2 186 SR-1L Mobile, Ala. 3 Chris Lammons 5-10 190 SR-3L Lauderhill, Fla. TE 81 Hayden Hurst 6-5 250 JR-2L Jacksonville, Fla. 87 Kiel Pollard 6-0 240 SO-1L Moultrie, Ga. S 24 D.J. Smith 5-11 198 SR-3L Marietta, Ga. 17 Javon Charleston 6-0 189 SO-1L Gurnee, Ill. TE 40 Jacob August 6-6 258 JR-2L Columbia, S.C. 3 K.C. Crosby 6-1 242 JR-2L Bamberg, S.C. S 3 Chris Lammons 5-10 190 SR-3L Lauderhill, Fla. 9 Keisean Nixon 5-10 192 JR-JC Compton, Calif. QB 19 Jake Bentley 6-3 220 SO-1L Opelika, Ala. 12 Michael Scarnecchia 6-4 209 JR-SQ Fleming Island, Fla. CB 16 Rashad Fenton 5-10 184 JR-2L Miami, Fla. 21 Jamyest Williams 5-9 175 Fr-HS Dacula, Ga. RB 5 Rico Dowdle 5-11 220 SO-1L Asheville, N.C. OR 25 A.J. Turner 5-10 184 SO-1L Clifton, Va. N 21 Jamyest Williams 5-9 175 Fr-HS Dacula, Ga. OR 27 Ty’Son Williams 6-0 215 SO-SQ Sumter, S.C. 3 Chris Lammons 5-10 190 SR-3L Lauderhill, Fla.

Specialists PK 42 Alexander Woznick 5-11 164 FR-RS Greenville, S.C. KOR 1 Deebo Samuel 6-0 215 JR-2L Inman, S.C. OR 43 Parker White 6-4 195 FR-HS Mt. Pleasant, S.C. 16 Rashad Fenton 5-10 184 JR-2L Miami, Fla. KO 43 Parker White 6-4 195 FR-HS Mt. Pleasant, S.C. PR 3 Chris Lammons 5-10 190 SR-3L Lauderhill, Fla. 16 Rashad Fenton 5-10 184 JR-2L Miami, Fla. P 20 Joseph Charlton 6-5 190 SO-SQ Columbia, S.C. 85 Michael Almond 6-3 229 SO-1L North Augusta, S.C. H 17 Danny Gordon 6-0 211 JR-SQ Worthington, Ohio 85 Michael Almond 6-3 229 SO-1L North Augusta, S.C. LS 45 Ben Asbury 5-10 210 JR-SQ Atlanta, Ga. 49 Matthew Smith 6-1 205 FR-HS Roswell, Ga.

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COACHING STAFF Head Coach Will Muschamp SOUTH CAROLINA Will MUSCHAMP Head Coach Second Year at South Carolina

Will Muschamp is wrapping up his As an assistant coach, the Rome, game (seventh), all Big 12 bests during THE MUSCHAMP FILE second season directing the Game- Ga., native has worked in two na- that span. In 2009, Texas played in the Full Name: William Larry Muschamp cocks’ football fortunes. Muschamp tional championship games (2003 and BCS National Championship game. Born: August 3, 1971 was introduced as the University of 2009), winning with LSU in 2003, and Under Muschamp’s tutelage, Brian Or- Hometown: Rome, Ga. South Carolina’s 34th head football coached in a pair of BCS bowl games akpo won the 2008 Rotary Lombardi, Wife: Carol coach on December 7, 2015. following the 2008 and 2012 seasons. Bronko Nagurski and Ted Hendricks Children: Jackson and Whit In his first season in Columbia, He has coached in and won three con- awards. In the 2009 and 2010 NFL College: Georgia (1994) Muschamp guided the Gamecocks to ference championship games, twice in Drafts, Muschamp had a combined Auburn (1996) a 6-7 mark and a spot in the Birming- the SEC and once in the Big 12. He eight players drafted, seven in the first ham Bowl. The Gamecocks doubled was a finalist for the 2007 Broyles four rounds, including first-rounders coaching experience their win total from the previous season Award, presented to the nation’s top as- Brian Orakpo and Earl Thomas. while increasing their SEC wins from sistant coach. In four of his nine seasons as an FBS 2016-17 South Carolina Head Coach one to three. The Gamecocks started as Prior to his arrival in Columbia, defensive coordinator, his teams have 2015 Auburn Defensive Coord. many true freshman (7) as any school Muschamp most recently served as allowed less than 100 rushing yards per 2011-14 Florida Head Coach 2008-10 Texas DC/Linebackers in the country, and were the only Divi- the defensive coordinator at Auburn game and twice led the nation in rush- 2006-07 Auburn DC/Defensive Backs sion I school to have true freshmen lead University in 2015, his third stint as ing defense. His 2003 LSU defense led 2005 Miami (NFL) AHC/Defense the team in both passing (Jake Bentley) an SEC defensive coordinator. He also the country by allowing 67 yards per 2001-04 LSU DC/Linebackers and rushing (Rico Dowdle). Seventy- held that title with Auburn from 2006- game on the ground, the best mark by 2000 Valdosta State DC/DBs six of the Gamecocks’ 113-man Bir- 07 and at LSU from 2002-04. In his six an SEC team in the 2000s, while Texas 1999 Eastern Kentucky Def. Backs mingham Bowl roster (67.3 percent) seasons as an SEC defensive coordina- gave up just 73.1 yards on the ground 1998 West Georgia Def. Backs were either freshmen or sophomores in tor, Muschamp’s units ranked among in 2009 to pace the nation. 1995-96 Auburn Graduate Assistant Muschamp’s first campaign. the nation’s Top-10 in total defense and A 1994 Georgia graduate, Mus- His second season brought more in scoring defense five times. champ moved immediately into coach- bowl experience success, as the team won eight-regular Muschamp’s first full-time coaching ing, working as a GA at Auburn from season games, the only Power 5 school experience in the SEC came at LSU. 1995-96, while earning his master’s 2016 Birmingham to have a multiple win total increase in He was the Tigers’ linebacker coach for degree. He served as a secondary coach 2013 Sugar each of the last two seasons, finished one season before being elevated to de- at West Georgia (1998) and Eastern 2012 Gator second in the SEC East and earned a fensive coordinator from 2002-04. His Kentucky (1999) before moving into 2010 BCS National Championship second-straight bowl appearance. 2003 defense helped the Tigers to the his first defensive coordinator position 2009 Fiesta Regarded as an outstanding de- national championship by leading the at Valdosta State for the 2000 season, 2007 Chick-fil-A 2007 Cotton fensive mind, Muschamp is a 23-year nation both in scoring defense (11.0 where he helped the Blazers to a 10-2 2005 Capital One coaching veteran, including 15 years ppg) and total defense (252.0 ypg), record and the Gulf South title. 2004 Sugar/National Championship in the Southeastern Conference. In six while finishing second nationally in Muschamp also logged a stint in the 2003 Cotton seasons as a head coach, all in the SEC, pass efficiency defense (89.8) and third NFL, working as the 2002 Sugar Muschamp owns a 42-32 record, a in rushing defense (67.0 ypg). Assistant Head Coach for Defense in 1996 Independence .568 winning percentage. His previous Prior to taking the reins at Florida, 2005 under . 1996 Outback head coaching experience came at the Muschamp served as the defensive During his playing career at Geor- 1993 Citrus where he posted a coordinator at Texas from 2008-10. gia, Muschamp earned his way from 1991 Independence 28-21 record from 2011-14. He led the Under his guidance, the Longhorn de- walk-on to scholarship player by the Gators to three bowl games in his four fense ranked No. 1 in the nation with spring of his redshirt freshman season seasons in Gainesville and was recog- 119 sacks and ranked in the Top-10 and eventually was named co-captain nized as the SEC Coach of the Year in nationally allowing 2.9 yards per rush- as a senior. A safety on the gridiron, 2012 after guiding Florida to an 11-2 ing attempt (third), 96.7 rushing yards he earned a spot on the SEC Academic record and a Top-10 finish. per game (fourth) and 297.4 yards per Honor Roll in 1993.

18 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Muschamp by the Numbers Muschamp Head Coach Year-by-Year NFL Drafted Players Coached by Muschamp Overall Conference Conference School Player Position Year Rd. Pick Team Year School Record Record Finish Bowl LSU Linebacker 2003 4 103 Cowboys LSU Norman Lejeune Defensive Back 2003 7 244 Eagles 2011 Florida 7-6 3-5 3rd in East Taxslayer Gator LSU Defensive End 2004 2 63 Patriots 2012 Florida 11-2 7-1 T1st in East Sugar LSU Defensive Tackle 2004 5 142 Falcons 2013 Florida 4-8 3-5 5th in East - LSU Marcus Spears Defensive End 2005 1 11 Cowboys 2014 Florida 6-5 4-4 3rd in East - LSU Cornerback 2005 2 43 Giants LSU Defensive Back 2005 4 104 Dolphins 2016 South Carolina 6-7 3-5 5th in East Birmingham LSU Claude Wroten Defensive Tackle 2006 3 68 Rams 2017 South Carolina 8-4 5-3 2nd in East LSU Kyle Williams Defensive Tackle 2006 5 134 Bills TOTALS 42-32 25-23 LSU Defensive End 2006 6 197 49ers Auburn Will Herring Linebacker 2007 5 161 Seahawks Muschamp vs. Opponents Auburn David Irons Cornerback 2007 6 194 Falcons Auburn Quentin Groves Defensive End 2008 2 52 Jaguars Alabama...... 0-2 Louisiana Tech...... 1-0 Auburn Patrick Lee Cornerback 2008 2 60 Packers Arkansas...... 2-0 Louisville...... 0-1 Auburn Pat Sims Defensive Tackle 2008 3 77 Bengals Auburn...... 0-1 Massachusetts...... 1-0 Auburn Jonathan Wilhite Cornerback 2008 4 129 Patriots Auburn Sen’Derrick Marks Defensive Tackle 2009 2 62 Titans Bowling Green...... 1-0 Miami (Fla.)...... 0-1 Auburn Jerraud Powers Cornerback 2009 3 92 Colts Clemson...... 0-2 Mississippi State...... 0-1 Auburn Walter McFadden Cornerback 2010 5 138 Raiders East Carolina...... 1-0 Missouri...... 3-2 Auburn Defensive Tackle 2011 1 13 Lions Eastern Kentucky...... 1-0 NC State...... 1-0 Auburn Zach Clayton Defensive Tackle 2011 7 212 Titans Texas Brian Orakpo Defensive End 2009 1 13 Redskins Eastern Michigan...... 1-0 Ohio State...... 1-0 Texas Roy Miller Defensive Tackle 2009 3 81 Buccaneers Florida Atlantic...... 1-0 South Carolina...... 1-3 Texas Henry Melton Defensive End 2009 4 105 Bears Florida...... 1-1 Tennessee...... 6-0 Texas Earl Thomas Safety 2010 1 14 Seahawks Florida State...... 1-3 Texas A&M...... 1-2 Texas Sergio Kindle Defensive End 2010 2 43 Ravens Texas Lamarr Houston Defensive End 2010 2 44 Raiders Furman...... 1-0 Toledo...... 1-0 Texas Roddrick Muckelroy Linebacker 2010 4 131 Bengals Georgia...... 1-5 UAB...... 1-0 Texas Aaron Williams Cornerback 2011 2 34 Bills Georgia Southern...... 0-1 USF...... 0-1 Texas Curtis Brown Cornerback 2011 3 95 Steelers Jacksonville State...... 1-0 Vanderbilt...... 5-1 Texas Sam Acho Defensive End 2011 4 103 Cardinals Texas Chykie Brown Cornerback 2011 5 164 Ravens Kentucky...... 4-2 Western Carolina...... 1-0 Florida Defensive Tackle 2012 4 114 Seahawks Louisiana...... 1-0 Wofford...... 1-0 Texas Keenan Robinson Linebacker 2012 4 119 Redskins LSU...... 1-3 TOTALS...... 42-32 Florida Running Back 2012 5 159 Steelers Texas Emmanuel Acho Linebacker 2012 6 204 Browns Muschamp vs. the SEC Texas Kheeston Randall Defensive Tackle 2012 7 215 Dolphins Alabama...... 0-2 Mississippi State...... 0-1 Texas Kenny Vaccaro Safety 2013 1 15 Saints Florida Defensive Tackle 2013 1 23 Vikings Arkansas...... 2-0 Missouri...... 3-2 Florida Safety 2013 1 32 Ravens Auburn...... 0-1 South Carolina...... 1-3 Florida Jonathan Bostic Linebacker 2013 2 50 Bears Florida...... 1-1 Tennessee...... 6-0 Florida Tight End 2013 3 85 Redskins Georgia...... 1-5 Texas A&M...... 1-2 Texas Alex Okafor Defensive End 2013 4 103 Cardinals Florida Linebacker 2013 4 104 Dolphins Kentucky...... 4-2 Vanderbilt...... 5-1 Florida Running Back 2013 5 164 Dolphins Louisiana State...... 1-3 TOTALS...... 25-23 Florida Kicker 2013 5 166 Dolphins Mississippi...... 0-0 Florida Josh Evans Safety 2013 6 169 Jaguars Florida Defensive Tackle 2014 1 29 Patriots Muschamp in Bowl Games (9-6) Florida Jaylen Watkins Cornerback 2014 4 101 Eagles Year Team Position Bowl Opponent Result Florida Linebacker 2014 5 169 Saints 1991 Georgia Safety Independence Arkansas W, 24-15 Florida John Halapio Offensive Guard 2014 6 179 Patriots Florida Jr. Linebacker 2015 1 3 Jaguars 1993 Geogia Safety Citrus Ohio State W, 21-14 Florida D.J. Humphries Offensive Tackle 2015 1 24 Cardinals 1996 Auburn Grad. Asst. Outback Penn State L, 14-43 Florida Chaz Green Offensive Tackle 2015 3 91 Cowboys 1996 Auburn Grad. Asst. Independence Army W, 32-29 Florida Matt Jones Running Back 2015 3 95 Redskins 2002 LSU Linebackers Sugar Illinois W, 47-34 Florida Max Garcia Center 2015 4 133 Broncos 2003 LSU Def. Coord. Cotton Texas L, 30-35 Florida Neiron Ball Linebacker 2015 5 161 Raiders 2004 LSU Def. Coord. Sugar/Nat’l Champ. Oklahoma W, 21-14 Florida Andre Dubose Wide Receiver 2015 7 221 Raiders 2005 LSU Def. Coord. Capital One Iowa L, 25-30 Florida Trent Brown Offensive Tackle 2015 7 244 49ers 2007 Auburn Def. Coord. Cotton Nebraska W, 17-14 Florida III Cornerback 2016 1 11 Buccaneers Florida Safety 2016 1 17 Falcons 2007 Auburn Def. Coord. Chick-fil-A Clemson W, 23-20 Florida Defensive End 2016 3 72 Bears 2009 Texas Def. Coord. Fiesta Ohio State W, 24-21 Florida Antonio Morrison Linebacker 2016 4 125 Colts 2010 Texas Def. Coord. National Championship Alabama L, 21-37 Florida Demarcus Robinson Wide Receiver 2016 4 126 Chiefs 2012 Florida Head Coach Gator Ohio State W, 24-17 Auburn Blake Countess Cornerback 2016 6 196 Eagles 2013 Florida Head Coach Sugar Louisville L, 23-33 Florida Kelvin Taylor Running Back 2016 6 211 49ers 2016 S. Carolina Head Coach Birmingham USF (ot) L, 39-46 Florida Alex McCalister Linebacker 2016 7 240 Eagles Florida Jarrad Davis Linebacker 2017 1 21 Lions Florida Quincy Wilson Cornerback 2017 2 46 Colts Did you know... Florida Cornerback 2017 2 53 Lions Will Muschamp has coached 79 players who have been drafted in the Florida Marcus Maye Safety 2017 2 39 Jets Florida Alex Anzalone Linebacker 2017 3 76 Saints NFL, including 13 first-round picks: Marcus Spears, Nick Fairley, Bri- Auburn Montravius Adams Defensive Tackle 2017 3 93 Packers an Orakpo, Earl Thomas, Kenny Vaccaro, Sharrif Floyd, Matt Elam, Auburn Carl Lawson Outside Linebacker 2017 4 116 Bengals Dominique Easley, Dante Fowler Jr., D.J. Humphries, Vernon Har- Florida David Sharpe Offensive Tackle 2017 4 129 Raiders Florida Caleb Brantley Defensive Tackle 2017 6 185 Browns greaves III, Keanu Neal and Jarrad Davis. He has also coached a pair Auburn Rudy Ford Safety 2017 6 208 Cardinals of players - Junior Seau and Jason Taylor - who have been inducted in Florida Joey Ivie Defensive Tackle 2017 7 228 Cowboys the NFL Hall of Fame. Auburn Joshua Holsey Defensive Back 2017 7 235 Redskins

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 19 Muschamp Year-by-Year SOUTH CAROLINA 2011 FLORIDA Record: 7-6, 3-5 SEC (3rd in East)

Rankings FLA -FLA Rushing- –FLA Passing– FLA Total Opp -Opp Rushing- –Opp. Passing– Opp. Total Date Opponent W/L Score Att TV TMP FLA Opp FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds 09/03 Florida Atlantic W 41-3 88,708 ESPNU 88 22 - 30 33 197 3 36-25-3 271 1 69 468 11 30 30 0 27-14-0 107 0 57 137 09/10 UAB W 39-0 87,473 FSN 88 18 - 28 55 300 4 20-13-0 212 0 75 512 11 23 71 0 29-15-0 141 0 52 212 09/17 Tennessee* W 33-23 90,744 CBS 87 16 - 17 40 134 1 23-14-0 213 2 63 347 23 21 –9 0 48-26-2 288 3 69 279 09/24 at Kentucky* W 48-10 65,134 ESPN 66 15 - 17 46 405 4 18-8-1 115 1 64 520 16 36 134 0 18-8-1 165 1 80 299 10/01 Alabama* L 10-38 90,888 CBS 72 12 3 9 29 15 0 23-14-1 207 1 52 222 21 43 226 4 25-12-0 140 0 68 366 10/08 at LSU* L 11-41 93,022 CBS 87 17 1 9 32 113 0 16-9-2 100 1 48 213 20 49 238 3 14-10-0 215 2 63 453 10/15 at Auburn* L 6-17 87,451 ESPN 77 - 24 14 30 66 0 29-15-1 128 0 59 194 13 43 155 1 16-7-0 123 1 59 278 10/29 vs Georgia* L 20-24 84,524 CBS 68 - 22 11 22 –19 0 34-12-0 245 1 56 226 23 49 185 1 34-15-1 169 2 83 354 11/05 Vanderbilt* W 26-21 90,144 SECN 59 - - 26 46 197 3 25-17-0 213 0 71 410 18 33 80 1 28-19-0 297 2 61 377 11/12 at South Carolina* L 12-17 80,250 CBS 60 - 15 17 34 142 1 23-13-0 119 0 57 261 16 52 215 2 13-7-1 84 0 65 299 11/19 Furman W 54-32 84,674 PPV 71 - - 19 31 124 1 28-16-0 329 4 59 453 20 45 233 2 27-15-2 213 2 72 446 11/26 Florida State L 7-21 90,798 ESPN2 68 - - 11 33 54 0 29-14-4 130 1 62 184 7 46 30 2 13-6-0 65 0 59 95 01/02 vs Ohio State W 24-17 61,312 ESPN2 59 - - 14 38 131 0 16-12-1 132 1 54 263 20 37 137 0 23-18-0 162 2 60 299 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl

2012 FLORIDA Record: 11-2, 7-1 SEC (T1st in East) Final AP Ranking: 9 Final Coaches Ranking: 10 Rankings FLA -FLA Rushing- –FLA Passing– FLA Total Opp -Opp Rushing- –Opp. Passing– Opp. Total Date Opponent W/L Score Att TV TMP FLA Opp FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds 09/01 Bowling Green W 27-14 84,704 ESPN 91 23 - 14 42 220 2 21-13-0 145 1 63 365 22 27 101 2 52-25-1 226 0 79 327 09/08 at Texas A&M* W 20-17 87,114 ESPN 83 24 - 21 48 142 2 17-14-0 165 0 65 307 21 38 134 2 31-24-0 200 0 69 334 09/15 at Tennessee* W 37-20 102,455 ESPN 83 18 23 20 43 336 2 20-14-0 219 2 63 555 19 28 83 1 44-22-2 257 2 72 340 09/22 Kentucky* W 38-0 87,102 SECN 82 14 - 22 45 200 3 27-18-1 203 1 72 403 12 32 159 0 27-8-3 60 0 59 219 10/06 LSU* W 14-6 90,824 CBS 86 10 4 22 58 176 2 21-8-0 61 0 70 237 8 25 42 0 25-11-1 158 0 50 200 10/13 at Vanderbilt* W 31-17 40,350 ESPNU 76 4 - 15 35 326 3 20-11-0 77 0 55 403 23 47 126 1 31-17-0 237 1 78 363 10/20 South Carolina* W 44-11 90,833 CBS 79 3 9 14 48 89 2 17-12-0 94 4 65 183 17 26 36 0 40-17-1 155 0 66 191 10/27 vs Georgia* L 9-17 84,644 CBS 72 3 12 15 40 75 0 29-16-2 191 0 69 266 14 35 123 1 24-12-3 150 1 59 273 11/03 Missouri* W 14-7 90,496 ESPN2 73 8 - 11 33 170 1 23-12-0 106 1 56 276 23 35 99 1 51-24-4 236 0 86 335 11/10 Louisiana W 27-20 86,482 SECN 72 7 - 22 58 176 2 12-8-0 61 0 70 237 8 25 42 0 25-11-1 158 0 50 200 11/17 Jacksonville State W 23-0 82,691 PPV 63 7 - 18 36 202 1 22-14-0 154 0 58 356 12 29 48 0 28-16-1 194 0 57 242 11/24 at Florida State W 37-26 83,429 ABC 66 6 10 21 47 244 3 25-16-0 150 1 72 394 20 25 112 2 36-19-3 188 1 61 300 01/02 vs Louisville L 23-33 54,178 ESPN Indoors 4 21 17 30 111 1 29-16-2 175 1 59 286 23 36 70 1 32-20-1 266 2 68 336 Sugar Bowl

2013 FLORIDA Record: 4-8, 3-5 SEC (5th in East) Rankings FLA -FLA Rushing- –FLA Passing– FLA Total Opp -Opp Rushing- –Opp. Passing– Opp. Total Date Opponent W/L Score Att TV TMP FLA Opp FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds 08/31 Toledo W 24-6 83,604 SECTV 87 10 - 22 48 262 2 22-17-0 153 1 70 415 12 38 17 1 38-17-1 155 0 54 205 09/07 at Miami (Fla.) L 16-21 76,968 ESPN 81 12 24 22 44 122 1 33-22-2 291 1 77 413 10 28 50 1 25-12-1 162 2 53 212 09/21 Tennessee* W 31-17 90,074 CBS 88 19 - 20 56 215 3 20-11-1 167 1 76 382 12 23 66 0 34-14-1 154 1 57 220 09/28 at Kentucky* W 24-7 62,076 ESPNU 78 20 - 22 45 246 2 18-15-1 156 1 63 402 12 21 48 1 26-17-1 125 0 47 173 10/05 Arkansas* W 30-10 90,043 ESPN2 84 18 - 17 41 115 0 22-16-0 240 3 63 355 17 29 111 1 43-17-1 164 0 72 275 10/12 at LSU* L 6-17 92,980 CBS 85 17 10 21 40 111 0 28-16-0 129 0 68 240 21 39 175 2 17-9-0 152 0 56 327 10/19 at Missouri* L 17-36 67,124 SECTV 45 22 14 11 31 59 1 29-15-1 92 0 60 151 24 37 205 2 36-18-1 295 1 73 500 11/02 vs Georgia* L 20-23 84,693 CBS 69 - - 18 41 145 2 29-13-0 174 0 70 319 21 35 156 1 26-16-0 258 1 61 414 11/09 Vanderbilt* L 17-34 88,004 FSN 73 - - 26 34 39 1 46-30-3 305 1 80 344 13 44 126 4 12-6-0 57 0 56 183 11/16 at South Carolina* L 14-19 83,853 ESPN2 65 - 11 15 41 200 2 14-10-1 107 0 55 307 15 35 164 0 28-14-0 213 1 63 377 11/23 Georgia Southern L 20-26 82,459 PPV 81 - - 15 37 157 0 25-14-0 122 2 62 279 16 54 429 4 3-0-0 0 0 57 429 11/30 Florida State L 7-37 90,454 ESPN 63 - 2 8 24 78 0 25-20-0 115 1 49 193 20 32 129 1 31-19-1 327 3 63 456 2014 FLORIDA Record: 6-5, 4-4 SEC (3rd in East)

Rankings FLA -FLA Rushing- –FLA Passing– FLA Total Opp -Opp Rushing- –Opp. Passing– Opp. Total Date Opponent W/L Score Att TV TMP FLA Opp FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds 08/30 Idaho No Contest - ESPNU ------09/06 Eastern Michigan W 65-0 81,049 SECN 77 - - 27 39 259 4 47-33-0 396 3 86 655 7 34 80 0 21-9-1 45 0 55 125 09/13 Kentucky* (OT) W 36-30 88,334 SECN 86 - - 28 50 337 1 44-25-1 295 3 94 532 23 33 81 0 45-24-3 369 3 78 450 09/20 at Alabama* L 21-42 101,821 CBS 85 - 3 11 27 107 1 28-9-2 93 1 55 200 28 52 223 1 35-24-1 449 5 87 672 10/04 at Tennessee* W 10-6 102,455 SECN 54 - - 16 48 156 1 27-13-3 76 0 75 232 12 29 28 0 39-26-2 205 0 68 233 10/11 LSU* L 27-30 88,014 SECN 80 - - 13 32 123 1 25-14-2 183 1 57 306 21 50 195 3 22-10-0 110 1 72 305 10/18 Missouri* L 13-42 89,117 ESPN2 79 - - 17 48 135 1 31-15-3 148 1 79 283 7 31 99 1 18-6-1 20 0 49 119 11/01 vs Georgia* W 38-20 83,004 CBS 58 - 9 19 60 418 5 6-3-0 27 0 66 445 21 32 141 2 41-26-0 319 1 73 460 11/08 at Vanderbilt* W 34-10 35,191 SECN 51 - - 19 50 214 4 22-13-0 215 0 72 429 17 24 83 0 45-21-2 225 1 69 308 11/15 South Carolina*(OT) L 20-23 85,088 SECN 68 - - 15 49 218 1 11-5-0 60 1 60 278 19 38 95 3 42-22-0 206 0 80 301 11/22 Eastern Kentucky W 52-3 83,399 SECN 69 - - 17 38 104 2 23-13-0 326 5 61 430 12 43 79 0 29-14-0 63 0 72 142 11/29 at Florida State L 19-24 82,485 ESPN 67 - 3 13 33 113 0 32-13-2 169 1 65 282 17 41 181 0 24-12-4 125 2 65 306

2016 SOUTH CAROLINA Record: 6-7, 3-5 SEC (T5th in East) Rankings SC -SC Rushing- –SC Passing– SC Total Opp -Opp Rushing- –Opp. Passing– Opp. Total Date Opponent W/L Score Att TV TMP SC Opp FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds FD Att Yds TD A-C-I Yds TD Plays Yds S 01 at Vanderbilt* W 13-10 30,304 ESPN 82 - - 14 32 121 1 30-16-0 62 0 62 308 14 42 169 1 23-8-0 73 0 65 242 S 10 at Mississippi St.* L 14-27 57,763 ESPN2 93 - - 18 31 34 0 39-20-1 209 2 70 243 24 45 290 0 30-20-1 195 3 75 485 S 17 EAST CAROLINA W 20-15 80,384 SECN 85 - - 13 25 117 2 28-16-0 195 0 53 312 34 33 119 0 58-44-2 400 1 91 519 S 24 at Kentucky* L 10-17 51,702 SECN 83 - - 16 35 91 1 30-15-0 177 0 65 268 23 50 216 2 19-11-1 135 0 69 351 O 01 TEXAS A&M* L 13-24 78,245 SECN 84 - 9 21 35 161 1 35-22-1 217 0 70 378 22 39 216 3 40-23-1 206 0 79 422 O 09 GEORGIA* L 14-28 77,221 SECN 75 - - 13 26 30 2 36-26-1 288 0 62 318 19 50 326 2 17-5-1 29 1 67 355 O 22 UMASS W 34-28 73,428 SECN 61 - - 21 44 194 3 26-17-0 247 2 70 395 23 37 142 1 42-20-2 247 3 79 389 O 29 TENNESSEE* W 24-21 78,696 ESPN2 71 - 18 19 49 158 1 21-15-0 167 2 70 325 16 37 136 1 27-12-2 161 1 64 297 N 05 MISSOURI* W 31-21 73,817 SECN 69 - - 22 49 174 2 28-22-0 254 2 77 428 24 36 163 2 40-23-2 302 1 76 465 N 12 at Florida* L 7-20 89,614 CBS 72 - 22 15 30 43 1 33-18-1 213 0 63 256 18 37 171 0 21-17-1 201 2 58 372 N 19 W. CAROLINA W 44-31 76,650 SECNA 70 - - 28 56 422 4 24-15-0 166 0 80 588 17 43 236 3 18-7-0 131 0 61 367 N 26 at Clemson L 7-56 81,542 ESPN 55 - 4 14 29 111 0 29-14-1 107 1 58 218 40 53 250 2 36-30-1 372 6 89 622 D 29 USF** (OT) L 39-46 31,229 ESPN 56 - 25 27 34 91 2 43-32-2 390 3 77 481 24 48 208 3 32-23-1 261 2 80 469 **Birmingham Bowl

20 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Muschamp Superlatives Most Points Scored Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed Most Yards Total Offense 1. 48 vs Arkansas...... 10/07/17 1. 78 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 1. 588 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 2. 44 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 2. 80 vs Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 2. 481 vs. USF (Birmingham)..... 12/29/16 3. 39 vs USF (Birmingham)...... 12/29/16 3. 89 vs NC State (Charlotte).... 09/02/17 3. 469 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 4. 35 vs NC State (Charlotte).... 09/02/17 4. 106 vs Arkansas...... 10/07/17 4. 438 vs Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 5. 34 vs UMass...... 10/22/16 5. 107 vs Vanderbilt...... 10/28/17 5. 428 vs Missouri...... 11/05/16 34 vs Vanderbilt...... 10/28/17 Most Passes Attempted Opponents Fewest Yards Total Offense Fewest Points Allowed 1. 43 vs USF (Birmingham)...... 12/29/16 1. 227 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 1. 9 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 2. 39 at Mississippi State...... 09/10/16 2. 242 at Vanderbilt...... 09/01/16 2. 10 at Vanderbilt...... 09/01/16 3. 37 vs Kentucky...... 09/16/17 3. 253 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 10 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 4. 36 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 4. 297 vs Tennessee...... 10/29/16 4. 13 at Missouri...... 09/09/17 36 at Georgia...... 11/04/17 5. 301 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 5. 15 vs East Carolina...... 09/17/16 Most Passes Completed Best Punting Average (Min. 3 Punts) Most First Downs 1. 32 vs USF (Birmingham)...... 12/29/16 1. 52.7 vs Clemson...... 11/25/17 1. 28 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 2. 26 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 2. 49.4 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 2. 27 vs USF (Birmingham)...... 12/29/16 3. 24 vs Kentucky...... 09/16/17 3. 49.1 at Mississippi State...... 09/10/16 3. 26 vs Vanderbilt...... 10/28/17 4. 22 vs Texas A&M...... 10/01/16 4. 48.0 vs Vanderbilt...... 10/28/17 4. 24 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 22 vs Missouri...... 11/05/16 5. 46.7 vs NC State (Charlotte).... 09/02/17 5. 23 vs. Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 22 vs Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 23 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 22 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 Most Time of Possession 1. 37:36 at Missouri...... 09/09/17 Fewest First Downs Allowed Opponents Fewest Pass Attempts 2. 36:10 vs Missouri...... 11/05/16 1. 12 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 1. 9 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 3. 36:09 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 2. 14 at Vanderbilt...... 09/01/16 2. 17 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 4. 35:54 vs Tennessee...... 10/29/16 14 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 3. 18 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 5. 35:41 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 4. 16 vs Tennessee...... 10/29/16 4. 19 at Kentucky...... 09/24/16 16 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 19 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 Longest Scoring Drive: By Yards 1. 98 vs Missouri...... 11/05/16 Opponents Fewest Passes Completed Most Rushing Attempts 98 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 1. 56 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 1. 5 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 3. 97 vs Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 2. 49 vs Tennessee...... 10/29/16 5 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 95 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 49 vs Missouri...... 11/05/16 3. 7 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 5. 90 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 4. 47 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 4. 8 at Vanderbilt...... 09/01/16 5. 44 vs UMass...... 10/22/16 5. 11 at Kentucky...... 09/24/16 Longest Scoring Drive: By Time 11 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 1. 9:12 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 Opp. Fewest Rushing Attempts 2. 7:10 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 1. 22 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 Most Passing Yards 3. 6:28 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 2. 23 vs Vanderbilt...... 10/28/17 1. 390 vs USF (Birmingham)...... 12/29/16 4. 6:06 at Missouri...... 09/09/17 3. 28 vs Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 2. 304 vs Kentucky...... 09/16/17 6:06 at Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 4. 32 vs Arkansas...... 10/07/17 3. 295 vs Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 5. 33 vs East Carolina...... 09/17/16 4. 288 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 Longest Scoring Drive: By Plays 5. 256 at Texas A&M...... 09/30/17 1. 16 vs Louisiana Tech...... 09/23/17 Most Rushing Yards 16 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 1. 422 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 Opponents Fewest Passing Yards 3. 14 vs NC State (Charlotte).... 09/02/17 2. 220 vs Florida...... 11/11/17 1. 29 vs Georgia...... 10/09/16 4. 13 at Mississippi State...... 09/10/16 3. 212 vs Vanderbilt...... 10/28/17 2. 72 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 13 at Georgia...... 11/04/17 4. 195 vs Wofford...... 11/18/17 3. 73 at Vanderbilt...... 09/01/16 5. 194 vs UMass...... 10/22/16 4. 131 vs Western Carolina...... 11/19/16 194 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17 5. 133 at Tennessee...... 10/14/17

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 21 Assistant Coaches SOUTH CAROLINA Bobby Coleman BENTLEY HUTZLER Running Backs Coach Special Teams Coordinator/ Linebackers Coach Second Year at South Carolina Second Year at South Carolina Bobby Bentley is wrapping up his second season at the University of South Coleman Hutzler is in his second season at South Carolina. Hutzler was Carolina. Bentley joined Will Muschamp’s coaching staff on December 8, added to head coach Will Muschamp’s first Gamecock coaching staff on De- 2015 when he was named running backs coach. cember 18, 2015. He coordinates the special teams efforts and coaches the In his first season in Columbia, Bentley developed a pair of freshmen run- linebackers. ning backs in Rico Dowdle and A.J. Turner into the squad’s top two rushers. In 2017 Hutzler was one of 56 nominees for the , which In fact, 78 percent of the rushing yards were by freshmen, with Dowdle and goes to the nation’s top assistant coach. Punter Joseph Charlton enters the Turner combining for over 1,200 yards. bowl game as the school’s single-season leader in punting average and ranks Bentley’s second season proved to be a case of running back by committee. 15th in the country with a 44.3-yard average. Deebo Samuel returned each The sophomore quartet of Rico Dowdle, A.J. Turner, Ty’Son Williams and of his two kickoffs for touchdowns in the season’s first two games. Mon Denson, all had strong moments. Under Hutzler’s tutelage, the South Carolina kickoff return team led the A South Carolina native, Bentley returned to the Palmetto State after two SEC and ranked eighth in the nation, averaging 25.8 yards per return in seasons as an offensive analyst at Auburn under Gus Malzahn. In 2014, the 2016. A trio of players, Deebo Samuel, A.J. Turner and Rashad Fenton, all Tigers posted an 8-5 record, including a loss to Wisconsin in the Outback returned a kick at least 50 yards, with Samuel taking one to the house from Bowl. During his time at Auburn, Bentley worked with a trio of running 100 yards away. Placekicker Elliott Fry became the school’s all-time leading backs, Cameron Artis-Payne, Corey Grant and Peyton Barber, all of whom scorer, while snapper Drew Williams was recognized as a fourth-team All- went on to play in the NFL. American. Prior to his stint at Auburn, Bentley was the head coach at James F. Byrnes Hutzler spent the 2015 season as the special teams coordinator and out- High School in Duncan, S.C. where he was one of the most successful high side linebackers coach at Boston College. During his year in Chestnut Hill, school coaches in the country. He served as an assistant for the Rebels from freshman Michael Walker ranked in the top 10 in the nation in kick return 1990-94 before being named head coach in 1995. He compiled a 119-54 average, while the Eagles were second in the nation in punt return defense, record at Byrnes in two stints (1995-2006 and 2013) and won four-consec- allowing just 1.66 yards per return. BC also blocked three punts on the year. utive state championships from 2002-05. The Rebels posted a 57-2 record Hutzler was also part of a staff that produced the nation’s stingiest defense, as during the title streak run. Following the team’s fourth state title, Bentley was the Eagles allowed just 254.3 yards per game and 24.1 percent of third down honored as the 2005 Nike National Coach of the Year. He also was named as conversions and were second in rushing defense at 82.8 yards per contest. the South Carolina Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2006. Previously, Hutzler logged two stints at Florida, first from 2010-11 as As- He was the Rebels’ head coach for one additional season (2013) when he sistant to Linebackers and Special Teams Coordinator, then again for the logged a 12-2 record and garnered a Region II-4A title. During his time at 2014 season, handling special teams and outside linebackers. Byrnes, Bentley had the opportunity to coach Marcus Lattimore, who went In 2014, Florida had the second-best punt return average in the SEC and on to an outstanding collegiate career at South Carolina before injuries de- the 17th-best unit in the nation. UF punter earned AP second- railed his career. team All-SEC honors after averaging 44.3 yards per punt, the nation’s 14th- Bentley was named head coach at his alma mater, Presbyterian College in best average. As the Gators outside linebackers coach, Hutzler coached Dante 2007, becoming the first NCAA Football Championship Subdivision head Fowler, Jr. to a first-team Coaches All-SEC selection. football coach in PC’s history. Between his stints in Gainesville, Hutzler was the special teams coordina- In his first year at PC, the Blue Hose ranked third nationally in both pass- tor and outside linebackers coach at New Mexico from 2012-13. He coached ing yards and total offense and finished in the top 15 in both scoring and punter Ben Skaer to first-team All-Mountain West accolades and returner passing efficiency while logging a 6-5 record. In two seasons at Presbyterian Carlos Wiggins to MWC Special Teams Player of the Year and a second- he posted a 10-13 mark. During his time at PC, the Blue Hose set school team All-America honors in 2013. Wiggins returned three kickoffs for touch- records in points scored in a season (404), yards in a season (5,290), passing downs, and the Lobos were first in the conference and 15th in the nation in yards in a game (648) and passing efficiency. Bentley also signed and coached kickoff returns. The Lobos improved from 112th nationally to 25th in net NFL Pro Bowl cornerback Justin Bethel. punting, and their punt-return defense improved to No. 19 from 106th. On January 5, 2009, Bentley resigned as head football coach of the Blue Hutzler began his coaching career at the University of San Diego, work- Hose. He accepted a new position with Spartanburg School District 5 as the ing as a defensive assistant in 2006. He moved to Palo Alto to become a district wide and public information officer. recruiting assistant at Stanford in 2007. He was an assistant to co-defensive A 1986 Byrnes alumnus, Bentley played football at Presbyterian before coordinators Ron Lynn and Andy Buh and to DJ Durkin at Stanford in 2008 graduating in 1990. and 2009. He and his wife, the former Paulette West, are the parents of five children: The Las Vegas, Nevada, native played football at Middlebury College in Chas, Shuler, Jake, Brooks and Emily. Shuler currently plays quarterback Vermont, earning his degree in psychology. A linebacker on the team from at Murray State, while Jake is a sophomore quarterback on the Gamecocks’ 2002-05, he was a team captain as a senior and left the program second in squad. Chas works in the South Carolina weight room as a strength and career tackles. He also was a three-year catcher on the baseball team. conditioning graduate assistant. Hutzler and his wife, Cobey, have a son, Micah, and a daughter, Leila. Cobey is a former director of volleyball operations at Stanford and was the Florida Class 3A Coach of the Year in 2011 while working at P.K. Yonge High. She played volleyball at UNLV and Michigan and is the daughter of long time University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball coach, Dave Shoji, who recently retired as the second all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division 1 history.

22 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Assistant Coaches Bryan Mike MCCLENDON PETERSON Offensive Coordinator/ Outside Linebackers Coach Wide Receivers Coach Second Year at South Carolina Second Year at South Carolina Bryan McClendon is in his second season with the Carolina football after Mike Peterson is in his second season in Columbia, serving as the outside joining the staff on December 23, 2015. McClendon has served as the co- linebackers coach. Peterson was named to the post on January 26, 2016. offensive coordinator and tutors the Gamecocks’ wide receiving corps. He Peterson was instrumental in the continued development of sophomore will be in charge of the offense and call the plays for the 2018 Outback Bowl. D.J. Wonnum, who was twice named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week In 2017, McClendon had a very young stable of receivers, with no seniors and ranked third in the SEC in tackles for loss with 13.0 while leading the on the roster. After an early season injury took standout Deebo Samuel out of team with 6.0 sacks. the mix, McClendon groomed sophomore Bryan Edwards (59 catches, 705 With Peterson’s mentoring, senior Darius English turned in his finest sea- yards) and true freshmen OrTre Smith and Shi Smith into a formidable unit. son for the Garnet & Black in 2016, garnering 9.0 sacks to move him into Under McClendon’s guidance, Samuel and Edwards, developed into one both the single-season and career (15.0) sacks top-10 lists in school history of the SEC’s finest receiving duos during the 2016 campaign. Samuel paced while earning second-team All-SEC accolades. the team with 59 receptions for 783 yards, while Edwards turned in the After retiring from a 14-year NFL playing career, Peterson returned to his second-best true freshman season in Gamecock history, behind only Alshon alma mater at the University of Florida in 2013 where he finished his degree Jeffery, logging 44 catches for 590 yards. while working as an undergraduate assistant coach on the Gators’ strength & McClendon was also recognized as one of the nation’s top 25 recruiters for conditioning staff. Upon his graduation, he was named to a full-time posi- the 2017 cycle by Rivals.com. tion as a strength & conditioning coordinator. McClendon came to Columbia following a stint at his alma mater, the “Mike’s another great example for our student-athletes at the University of . A former Bulldog wide receiver, McClendon held sev- South Carolina for what he’s accomplished,” said Coach Muschamp at the eral titles during the 2015 regular season, including wide receivers coach, time of his hiring. “He played at a high level and demonstrated great charac- assistant head coach and passing game coordinator. He was named interim ter and class throughout the time that we worked together at Florida. His vast head coach of the Bulldogs on Dec. 3, 2015, and served in that capacity NFL experience and knowledge of our schemes will complement our staff.” through Georgia’s appearance in the 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl, a 24-17 win over Peterson played linebacker on head coach Steve Spurrier’s Penn State. From 2009-2014, he was the Bulldogs’ running backs coach. Mc- from 1995-98. He was a member of the 1996 Gators team that finished 12-1 Clendon also served as recruiting coordinator in 2014-15. and won the college football national championship. As a senior in 1998, he While he was a member of the full-time coaching staff, Georgia teams won served as a team captain, earned first-team All-SEC and All-America honors 64 games and two SEC Eastern Division titles. McClendon was part of an of- and was selected as the Gators’ most valuable player by his teammates. He fensive staff that led Georgia to the 2014 SEC scoring offense title (41.3 ppg) was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a “Gator and three consecutive record-setting seasons: total yards in a season (6,547 Great” in 2011. in 2012, 6,294 in 2013, 5,964 in 2014); average yards per game (467.64 in Peterson was a second-round pick (36th pick overall) of the Indianapolis 2012, 484.2 in 2013, 458.8 in 2014); and most TDs in a season (72 in 2012, Colts in the 1999 NFL Draft and played professional for the Colts (1999- 58 in 2013, 70 in 2014). 2002), Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-08) and (2009-12). He He has coached some of the country’s top tailbacks including Todd Gurley earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2005. (2015 1st round draft choice of the St. Louis Rams), 2014 Freshman All- During his NFL career, Peterson logged 883 tackles in 196 games with American Nick Chubb, and 2011 SEC Freshman of the Year Isaiah Crowell. 21.5 sacks and 19 interceptions. McClendon was a four-year letterman with the Bulldogs (2002-05) and Born June 17, 1976 in Gainesville, Fla., Peterson is the older brother of his senior class won 44 games--most by any class in Georgia history. During former running back Adrian Peterson. his tenure, the Bulldogs won three Southeastern Conference Eastern Divi- Porter Michael Peterson and his wife, Chantal, have two sons, Mike Jr. and sion titles (2002, ‘03, ‘05), two SEC championships (2002, ‘05), and played Gavin. His father was a long-time coach in the Gainesville area. in four bowl games (2003 Nokia Sugar, ‘04 Capital One, ‘05 Outback, ‘06 Peterson and his wife established the Mike Peterson Foundation in 2004. Nokia Sugar), winning three of them. The foundation was constituted in an attempt to support and benefit under- McClendon’s career blossomed in 2005, when the Bulldogs won the SEC served youth and socio-economically challenged families in Peterson’s home- championship. The Atlanta, Ga., native caught 35 passes with six going for town of Alachua, Florida and his NFL cities of Jacksonville and Atlanta. touchdowns. He caught the game-winning TD pass in the closing minutes Since its inception, the Mike Peterson Foundation has already served over against Georgia Tech, and then blocked a punt in the SEC Championship 15,000 youth and families through several community events and programs, game, which led to the Bulldogs’ third TD in the 34-14 victory over LSU. most notably the Top Dog Readers Club literacy program at the Grove Park Following his Georgia career, McClendon signed a free agent contract Elementary School in Atlanta. with the NFL’s Chicago Bears. After one summer with the Bears, he returned to Georgia as a graduate assistant from 2007-08. Born December 28, 1983, McClendon graduated from Georgia in De- cember 2005, with a degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies. He is the son of former Georgia tailback Willie McClendon, 1978 SEC Player of the Year and running back for the Chicago Bears. McClendon was a prep standout at Mays High School where he was a PrepStar All-American and a SuperPrep All-Dixie team. He played in the Georgia-Florida high school all-star game following his senior season. Bryan is married to the former Amber Arnold of Atlanta, Ga. They have three children, Bryan, Brooke and Brayden McClendon.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 23 Assistant Coaches SOUTH CAROLINA Travaris Lance ROBINSON THOMPSON Defensive Coordinator/ Assistant Head Coach - Defense Defensive Backs Coach Defensive Line Coach Second Year at South Carolina Second Year at South Carolina Travaris Robinson was one of the first hires made by head coach Will Mus- Lance Thompson is in his second year in Columbia. Head football coach champ when he began assembling his first coaching staff at South Carolina. Will Muschamp named Thompson as the Gamecocks’ assistant head coach Now in his second season in Columbia, Robinson serves as the Gamecocks’ of defense and defensive line coach on December 31, 2015. defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. In his second year, Thompson helped groom Dante Sawyer into a second- Carolina led the SEC with 23 turnovers forced, while ranking 26th in the team All-SEC selection, while senior Taylor Stallworth had his finest season country in points allowed per game at 20.8 in 2017. The Gamecocks held 11 for the Garnet & Black. Additionally, junior college transfer Javon Kinlaw of their 12 opponents to fewer points than its season average. developed into a force to be reckoned with over the next two seasons. Carolina tied for 10th in the nation in turnovers forced with 27 during the Thompson is a proven winner. A member of national championship staffs 2016 campaign, including 15 interceptions. at Alabama, Georgia Tech and LSU, Thompson has been a member of four Regarded as one of the top recruiters in the country, T-Rob spent the pre- SEC championship coaching staffs, two ACC championship staffs and one vious five seasons coaching defensive backs under Muschamp, first at Florida Conference USA divisional winner. (2011-14), then at Auburn (2015). The former Tiger standout began his Additionally, he has either coached or recruited players who have partici- coaching career at Auburn under Muschamp, first as a staff assistant in 2006 pated in eight National Championship games, winning seven of those con- while finishing up his undergraduate degree, then as a GA in 2007. tests (Georgia Tech, LSU twice and Alabama four times). A Miami, Fla. native, Robinson spent one season each as a defensive backs “I’m excited to have Coach Thompson join our staff,” said Coach Mus- coach at Western Kentucky (2008), Southern Miss (2009) and Texas Tech champ at the time of Thompson’s hiring. “He did a great job calling the (2010) before reuniting with Muschamp on his staff at Florida. Auburn defense in their bowl win over Memphis. He has coached multiple In his first season at Florida in 2011, Robinson guided a UF secondary positions throughout his career and has a great understanding of our defen- that ranked seventh in the nation in pass defense (166.8), while the Gator sive system. He will be an outstanding addition to our staff.” defense ranked eighth nationally in total defense (299.5). Ranked as the No. 1 recruiter in the nation on the Ultimate ESPN 300 Robinson led a secondary that was one of the best in the nation in 2012, recruiting power rankings for 2014 when he was coaching at Alabama, and ranking No. 2 in pass efficiency defense (95.55) and allowing just seven named Rivals National Recruiter of the Year in 2008, also with the Crimson touchdown passes, the second-fewest in the nation. Florida had 20 intercep- Tide, Thompson was reunited with Muschamp on Gus Malzahn’s Auburn tions on the season, good for seventh nationally while safety Matt Elam was staff in 2015, where he coached the linebackers. Thompson and Muschamp a first-team All-America selection and first-round draft pick. also worked together as assistant coaches at LSU from 2002-2003. In 2013, Robinson’s secondary was seventh nationally in passing defense Thompson worked at Alabama three different times, from 1999-2000, and eighth in passing efficiency defense, while the defensive unit was eight 2007-08 and 2012-14. He helped Alabama’s 2013 defense to hold opponents in total defense. Under Robinson, Vernon Hargreaves III was a freshman to 13.9 points per game, the fifth-best mark in Division I college football. All-SEC and freshman All-America pick while being named the National His Alabama recruits included Julio Jones, A.J. McCarron, Mark Barron, Freshman Defensive Player of the Year by College Football News. D.J. Fluker and . In 2014 at Florida, Robinson again tutored Hargreaves III, who was a first- Thompson worked with Nick Saban at both Alabama and LSU. He was team All-SEC pick and named first-team All-America. Jalen Tabor received the assistant head coach in charge of recruiting and the tight ends coach freshman All-America and freshman All-SEC honors. The Gators defense when LSU won the 2003 national title. He also coached the defensive line finished the 2014 regular season ranked ninth nationally in total defense, at LSU. 14th in pass efficiency defense and 23rd in passing defense. Thompson also logged stints at Tennessee (2009-11), Georgia Tech (1988- At Texas Tech, he helped the Red Raiders to an 8-5 record and a TicketC- 98, 2001), and Central Florida, where he was defensive coordinator from ity Bowl victory over Northwestern. In his one season at Tech, Robinson had 2004-06. In 2005, UCF won the Conference USA Eastern Division title. At two defensive backs earn All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recognition and a Georgia Tech, he held various roles, including defensive line coach, defensive third that was named a freshman All-America honorable mention. ends coach, tight ends coach, recruiting coordinator and director of football His 2009 Southern Miss squad finished in the top four in Conference operations. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the Yel- USA in pass efficiency defense, interceptions and yards per pass attempt, and low Jackets in 1988. he coached First Team All-C-USA selection Eddie Hicks. Thompson has coached and/or recruited several players who have been Before embarking on his coaching career, Robinson played two seasons in selected highly in the NFL Draft, including such notables as Jones, Barron, the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Richardson, Fluker, Chance Warmack, Marco Coleman, Cornelius Griffin, Auburn posted a 30-19 record during his playing career, including a Top- Marquise Hill, Laron Landry, Tyson Jackson, Coutney Upshaw and Cole- 20 ranking in the final polls after his senior season. He was selected the MVP man Rudolph. of the Iron Bowl after recording 12 tackles and breaking up a pair of passes to Thompson is a 1987 graduate of The Citadel, where he was a four-year help the Tigers to a 13-9 victory over Alabama, as they would go on to defeat letterwinner as a defensive lineman, and earned his bachelor’s degree in edu- Penn State in the Capital One Bowl. He was a first-team AP All-SEC selec- cation and mathematics. tion after collecting 92 total tackles, second on the squad, with four inter- A native of Riverdale, Ga., he is married to the former Mary Ann Guzy. ceptions. He concluded his collegiate career with 166 tackles and five picks. Thompson has five children -- Allie, Christina and Lane Thompson, and Alli Robinson was born in Miami, Fla. and attended Coral Park High where and Taylor Guzy. he was a four-year letterman and earned all-state honors as a defensive back and wide receiver. He received his bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Auburn in 2007. He is married to the former Mandisa Skyers. Their family includes sons, Tyson Jerod and Travis Jerod, and daughter, Jordyn.

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Pat Washington, a 29-year collegiate coaching veteran, is in his second Offensive line coach Eric Wolford wraps up his first year on Will Mus- season at South Carolina serving as the tight ends coach. champ’s staff and his second stint in Columbia, as he previously served on Under Washington’s watch, Hayden Hurst went from a former walk-on to Steve Spurrier’s staff during the 2009 campaign. a first-team All-SEC tight end, ranking second on the squad in both recep- The Gamecocks have allowed 15 fewer sacks in 2017 than they did in ‘16. tions and yards receiving during the 2017 campaign. Wolford spent the previous two seasons in the NFL as the San Francisco In his first season in Columbia, Washington was responsible for the devel- 49ers assistant offensive line coach. opment of sophomore standouts Hurst and K.C. Crosby. Hurst set school Prior to his stint with the 49ers, Wolford logged 19 seasons as a coach at tight end records with 48 receptions and 616 receiving yards, while Crosby the collegiate level, including five (2010-14) as the head coach at Youngstown tied for the team lead with four TD receptions. State. After a 3-8 mark in his first season, the Penguins compiled a 28-18 Washington has 20 years of experience under his belt on five different SEC mark over his final four campaigns, were ranked in the top-10 three times, staffs, including an 11-year stint as wide receivers coach at Tennessee (1995- and broke 32 school records during his tenure. Highlights included a 2012 2005), which included an undefeated 1998 season and a national title. He win over Pitt - the first win over a BCS team in school history, and a 2011 came to South Carolina from Missouri, where he has served as the receiving win over top-ranked North Dakota State, while overseeing the squad’s high- coach from 2013-15. The Tigers captured the SEC Eastern Division title and est GPA on record for four-consecutive seasons. played in the SEC Championship game in both 2013 and 2014. Wolford served as South Carolina’s run game coordinator and offensive Senior receiver Bud Sasser was named first-team All-SEC in 2014, becom- line coach in 2009 after a two-year stint at Illinois where he held a similar ing Missouri’s first first-team all-conference wide receiver since 2009. post. Under Wolford’s tutelage, the Illini, which played in the 2008 Rose Mizzou’s wideouts enjoyed a banner year in 2013 and played a critical role Bowl game, led the Big Ten in rushing (2007) and passing (2008), while as the Tigers became one of the most improved offensive attacks in the na- topping the 5,000-yard mark in total offense for just the third and fourth tion. Leading the way was Dorial Green-Beckham, who earned second-team times in school history. Wolford was considered a Rivals Top-20 National All-SEC honors by the Associated Press after catching 59 passes for 883 yards Recruiter in 2008. and 12 touchdowns -- the latter of which tied for most in the SEC in 2013. Prior to his stint in Champaign, Wolford spent the previous three seasons Washington’s receivers solid downfield blocking also helped spring the Tiger (2004-06) at Arizona as the offensive line coach. During that time, UA led ground game for a 3,000-yard season as part of MU’s 12-2 campaign. the league in fewest sacks allowed in 2004 and was second in 2005. Wolford Washington has enjoyed success throughout his career, as he’s coached on was also an integral part of back-to-back top-25 recruiting classes. teams that have reached bowl games 19 times. Tennessee posted a 105-31 Wolford spent the 2003 season at North Texas, where his offensive line record during his tenure that featured 10 bowl appearances -- including three paved the way for tailback Patrick Cobbs. He rushed for a league-record Citrus Bowls, two Fiesta, Peach and Cotton Bowls, and one Orange Bowl. 1,690 yards, earning the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year Award. Cobbs The Volunteers also reached the SEC Championship Game four times with averaged 152 yards and 11.5 points per game, leading the NCAA. The offen- Washington on staff. A win in the 1998 SEC title game vaulted UT to the sive line blocked for a rushing average of 177.5 yards per game, which ranked 1999 Fiesta Bowl, where the Vols downed Florida State, 23-16, to cap an 35th nationally, allowed only 18 sacks during the season and posted an 88 undefeated season and a national championship. percent efficiency rating in the redzone. Wolford also helped lead UNT to its During his tenure at Tennessee, Washington developed several standout re- third-consecutive bid to the New Orleans Bowl. ceivers, including Peerless Price, Donte Stallworth, Joey Kent, Marcus Nash, Before joining North Texas, Wolford enjoyed three-year stints at both Robert Meachem and Cedrick Wilson, among others. Nash, Stallworth and Houston and South Florida. While at Houston, he coached a number of Meachem were first-round draft picks, and all six enjoyed NFL careers. positions, spanning offense, defense and special teams. In 2002, Houston Washington’s coaching career began at Auburn, where he served his alma enjoyed a dramatic turnaround, going from a winless season to five victories. mater as a GA from 1987-88. After the Tigers reached bowl games both The team also ended on a high note, defeating nationally-ranked Louisville years, Washington landed his first full-time position as the receivers coach in the finale. During that time, Wolford coached five all-conference players. at Louisiana-Lafayette (1989-91), and that was followed by a two-year stop Wolford had the unique experience of coaching in the first three seasons of at TCU (1992-93) as receivers coach. He spent one year at Baylor (1994) as the South Florida football program, helping to lead the Bulls to two winning running backs coach, and the Bears reached the 1994 Alamo Bowl during his seasons in three years. In year two of the building process, the offense put up time there, before he left to join Tennessee the following year. over 400 yards per game, including 191.5 rushing yards per contest. Running Following his time at UT, Washington coached receivers at Kansas State in back Dyral McMillan became the school’s first 1,000-yard rusher that year. 2006, helping the Wildcats to a berth in the Texas Bowl. He then returned Wolford began his coaching career at his alma mater, Kansas State, where to the SEC as the receivers coach at Mississippi State from 2007-08. The he served as a GA and worked with the offensive line under John Latina. He Bulldogs broke a six-year postseason drought, winning the 2007 AutoZone then spent two years as the offensive line and strength coach at Emporia State. Liberty Bowl. From 2009-11, Washington coached running backs at South- Wolford was a four-year starter at K-State under Bill Snyder, and his teams ern Mississippi, and his backfield played an integral role in Southern Miss’ laid the groundwork for the program’s emergence on the national stage. Dur- Conference USA Championship in 2011. He spent the 2012 season at Ken- ing his senior year, the Wildcats won the school’s first bowl game in the 1993 tucky as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. Copper Bowl. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1994 in social sciences with a A native of Mobile, Ala., Washington played quarterback at Auburn from focus on monetary policy and banking. Wolford signed a free agent contract 1982-85. He guided the Tigers to a combined 17-8 record in his final two with Buddy Ryan’s Arizona Cardinals. seasons years and to 1984 Liberty Bowl and 1986 Cotton Bowl appearances. Wolford and his wife, Dr. Melinda Wolford, have a son, Stone, and a Washington earned a management degree from Auburn in 1987. He and daughter, Marlee. Eric and Melinda started a non-profit organization, in- his wife, Claudette, are the parents of sons Tyson and Justin. spired by their son, called the No Stone Unturned Foundation.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 25 Assistant Coaches SOUTH CAROLINA Jeff DILLMAN Director - Strength & Conditioning Second Year at South Carolina Jeff Dillman wraps up his second year in Columbia guiding the strength and conditioning program for South Carolina Football. Dillman was named Director of Football Strength and Conditioning on December 14, 2015. Dillman joined the Gamecocks after spending one season as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Alabama. He was part of the staff that helped the Crimson Tide to the 2016 national championship. Prior to that, he worked on Head Coach Will Muschamp’s staff at the University of Florida for three years as the Director of Strength & Conditioning. Prior to his arrival in Gainesville, Dillman worked at the IMG Perfor- mance Institute in Bradenton. As the Head of Physical Conditioning at IMG Academies, Dillman oversaw the strength and conditioning programs for all youth, adult, collegiate and professional athletes who trained at the Academy, including NBA and NFL offseason workouts, NFL Combine training and the Madden Football Academy. Dillman’s professional career began as an assistant strength and condition- ing coach at UL-Monroe beginning in 2001, working with nine different teams over his tenure with the Warhawks. In 2003, he was hired as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at LSU and helped the Tigers to several notable achievements, including an SEC and BCS National Championship for the football team, Final Four appearances for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams and a Col- lege World Series trip for the baseball team. He also worked with men’s and women’s tennis and gymnastics. In 2006, Dillman took over the strength and conditioning program at his alma mater, Appalachian State. He helped the football program to two- straight Division I-AA national championships (2006-07) and the historic upset of No. 5-ranked Michigan in 2007. A native of Rockingham, N.C., Dillman was a football letterman at Elon College before he transferred to Appalachian State University, where he com- pleted his football eligibility. He earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2001. Dillman is a member of the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association and the Coaches Association. He and his wife, Jeanne, have two children, twins Cole and Olivia.

26 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Professional Staff

robbie liles MATT LINDSEY KRISTIN COGGIN Charles Jackson Jr. jessica Jackson joe lisle Director - Football Operations Director - Player Personnel Director - Football Nutrition Director - Player Development Director - On-Campus Recruiting Assistant AD/Video Operations

Kristin Sheetz PATRICK SHINE Larry waters clyde wrenn logan hall shaq wilson Director - External Communications Director - Performance Analytics Director - Football Equipment Director - High School Relations Asst. Dir. - FB Player Personnel Asst. Dir. - Recruiting - Defense

Andrew Belluomini ellis johnson kyle krantz demarco mcneil seth strickland Paul Mcgee Analyst - Offense Analyst - Defense Analyst - Defense Analyst - Defense Analyst - Offense Video Coordinator

john griffin josh lawson corey miller chas dodd nathan york Asst. Strength & Conditioning Asst. Strength & Conditioning Asst. Strength & Conditioning Asst. Strength & Conditioning G.A. - Strength & Conditioning G.A. - Strength & Conditioning

clint haggard daryl faulkner rachel sharpe kim fields carina hargreaves caroline rietkovich Head Football Athletic Trainer Assistant Football Athletic Trainer Assistant Football Athletic Trainer Assistant to Head Football Coach Coordinator - Defensive Operations Coordinator - Offensive Operations

Shuler hayes MONTELL ALLEN landon martin BENJI RUSSELL matt symmes cocky Asst. Dir. - Football Equipment G.A. - Football - Defense G.A. - Football - Offense G.A. - Football - Defense G.A. - Football - Offense Mascot

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Dr. Harris Pastides Dr. VAlinda Littlefield Ray Tanner charles waddell Kevin O’Connell jeff tallant University President Faculty Athletics Representative Athletics Director Deputy Athletics Director Chief Operating Officer Chief Financial Officer

Charles Bloom Jeff Crane Judy Van Horn steve eigenbrot Maria Hickman Chance Miller Executive Associate A.D./CCO Executive Associate A.D. Executive Associate A.D./SWA Sr. Associate A.D./Development Sr. Associate A.D./Academics Sr. Associate A.D./Compliance

Eric Nichols Chris Rogers Jeff Davis Lance Grantham John Kasik justin king Sr. Associate A.D./Marketing Sr. Associate A.D./Administration Assoc. A.D./Operations & Facilities Associate A.D./Ticket Operations Associate A.D./Sports Medicine Assoc. A.D./New & Creative Media

Shawn Burke clark cox blake edmunds Steve Fink Duane Grooms jeff whitehead Asst. A.D./Ops & Event Management Assistant A.D./Turf & Landscaping Asst. A.D./Marketing & Fan Exp. Asst. A.D./Communications & PR Assistant A.D./Facilties Services Assistant A.D./Compliance

jeffrey guy jeff holloway chris mazoue TENLEY MURPHY matt pollack JOHN WALSH Orthopaedic Surgery Team Physician Team Physician Team Physician Team Physician Team Physician

timothy malone Evan Cohen katie christensen jake ivory monica pope Patrick McFarland Director of Wellness Team Chiropractor Academic Advisor Academic Advisor Academic Advisor Executive Dir. - Gamecock Club

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THE GAMECOCKS The Gamecocks SOUTH CAROLINA

Bryson GAMECOCKS Ben GAMECOCKS ALLEN-WILLIAMS ASBURY 4 LB w 6-0 w 230 w SR. w 3L 45 LS w 5-10 w 210 w JR. w SQ Ellenwood, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. (Cedar Grove) (Holy Innocents/Berry)

2017: Started each of the first three games... logged 10 tackles, a pair of 2017: Redshirt junior who has served as the deep snapper in every game. sacks and an interception... tallied five tackles vs. NC State, including a sack, and recovered a third-quarter fumble to set up Carolina’s last score of the 2016: Served as a backup deep snapper... did not see any game action. game... intercepted a pass at Missouri... suffered a shoulder injury late in the 2015: Enrolled at South Carolina but did not participate in football. Kentucky game... underwent season-ending surgery on Sept. 27... slated to 2014: Played tight end at Berry College in Rome, Ga... appeared in three return in 2018 after using a medical redshirt year... shared Jim Carlen Special games as a true freshman...saw action versus Rhodes, Washington (Mo.) and Teams Player of the Spring honors with D.J. Smith... has appeared in 40 at Birmingham Southern... the Vikings posted a 2-8 campaign. games making 13 starts... has 17.5 tackles for loss among 135 stops. 2016: Played in every game, making seven starts... ranked second on the team with 75 tackles, including 46 solo stops, and was second with 8.5 tack- Jacob GAMECOCKS les for loss... had eight games with six or more tackles, including a career-high 12 stops in the regular-season finale at Clemson... logged a pair of intercep- AUGUST tions, picking off passes at Clemson and against USF in the season’s final two 40 w w w w games... earned the special teams’ Tenacity Award, as selected by the players TE 6-6 258 JR. 2L following the season... set a then-career high with seven tackles at Mississippi Columbia, S.C. State, including two tackles for loss... matched that with seven tackles, in- (Cardinal Newman/Fork Union) cluding a tackle for loss vs. East Carolina and with seven tackles against Texas A&M... set a new career-high with nine tackles (all solo) with a tackle for loss 2017: Junior tight end who played in all 12 games, making three starts... against Georgia... had a big day in the UMass win, matching career highs of logged career bests with six receptions and 68 receiving yards... matched his nine tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss while recording his first career solo sack... career high with two catches at Tennessee... also had catches against Louisi- finished with four tackles and a 13-yard sack in the Missouri win... made ana Tech, Arkansas, Wofford and Florida... placed on scholarship for the first three tackles with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery against Florida... time in the spring... has made seven starts in 30 career appearances over the earned the Jim Carlen Special Teams Player of the Spring accolades. past three seasons for the Garnet & Black. 2015: Saw action in every game with one start... credited with 23 tackles, 2016: Played in all 13 games, with a start at Mississippi State... had five including 14 solo stops... recorded a career-high six tackles including a half- receptions for 52 yards... caught one pass for 10 yards at MSU... caught two tackle for loss at Georgia... logged five tackles, including four solos, at LSU... passes in South Carolina’s win over East Carolina... had a career-long 29 yard saw his most extensive duty against Vanderbilt after T.J. Holloman was eject- reception at Kentucky... a member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. ed for targeting... logged three tackles and picked off his first pass against the 2015: Walk-on who worked his way into the tight end rotation early in the Commodores... had four stops, including a pair of tackles for loss, against season... appeared in five games, making three starts... had four catches for Florida... made his first start of the season against The Citadel and responded 38 yards and a touchdown... made his debut against Kentucky and caught with three tackles, including a tackle for loss, and a quarterback hurry... rec- one pass for seven yards... added a 10-yard reception at Georgia... earned a ognized with the Everyday Attitude award for the defense in the spring. start in a two-tight end formation against UCF and responded with a pair of 2014: True freshman who started the season at linebacker in a 3-4 scheme catches for 21 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown catch... also started at but moved to defensive end late in the campaign... played in 12 games, mak- LSU... did not play after the coaching change... named the Most Improved ing a pair of starts... logged 27 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss... earned Tight End at the 2015 spring game. the start in the season opener against Texas A&M... joined Al Harris Jr. as 2014: Enrolled at South Carolina in January... shared Freshman Offensive first true freshmen to start a season opener since Jadeveon Clowney in 2011... Player of the Spring honors with Connor Mitch... redshirted in his first year. recovered first career fumble at Vanderbilt... forced two quarterback hurries to go with three tackles versus Missouri... collected a season-high five tack- AUGUST’S STATISTICS les versus Tennessee... had his best game at Florida, collecting a half sack, 2.5 tackles for loss and a forced Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long fumble... started at defensive ALLEN-WILLIAMS’ HIGHS 2015 5/3 4 38 9.5 1 13 end and made three tackles Tackles...... 12, Clemson, 2016 2016 13/1 5 52 10.4 0 29 2017 12/3 6 68 11.3 0 19 Tackles for Loss... 2.5, twice: Florida, 2014 against South Alabama... named Total 30/7 15 158 10.5 1 29 to the 2014-15 First-Year SEC and UMass, 2016 Honor Roll. Sacks.... 1.0, 4 times: Last: Kentucky, 2017 INT...... 1, 4 times; Last: Missouri, 2017 AUGUST’S HIGHS Receptions...... 2, 3 times: UCF, 2015 East Carolina, 2016 & Tennessee 2017 ALLEN-WILLIAMS’ STATISTICS Yards Receiving...... 29, Kentucky, 2016 Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR Long Reception...... 29, Kentucky, 2016 2014 12/2 18 9 27 2.5-12 0.5-3 0 0 5 1 1 Receiving Touchdowns...... 1, UCF, 2015 2015 12/1 14 9 23 3.5-9 0.0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2016 13/7 46 29 75 8.5-38 2.0-20 2 1 1 1 1 2017 3/3 5 5 10 3.0-3 2.0-2 1 1 1 0 1 Total 40/13 83 52 135 17.5-62 4.5-25 4 2 8 2 3

30 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks 2016: Started each of the final seven games after not playing in the first six

Zack GAMECOCKS contests of the season... was 4-3 as a starter... was 125-for-190 for 1,420 yards and nine touchdowns and just four interceptions... his 65.8 percent BAILEY completion percentage ranks fourth in Carolina history for a single-season... 78 shared Steve Wadiak MVP honors with Deebo Samuel... made his debut OL w 6-6 w 311 w JR. w 2L as the starting quarterback against UMass... went 17-for-26 for 201 yards Summerville, S.C. and two touchdowns vs. the Minutemen... became the fifth Gamecock true (Summerville) freshman to start at quarterback in the SEC era... won his first career start against an SEC opponent as the Gamecocks upset Tennessee... completed 2017: Junior offensive lineman who was a preseason third-team All-SEC se- 15-of-20 passes against the Vols for 167 yards and two TDs... connected lection by the league’s coaches... moved from left guard to right tackle in K.C. Crosby for a 35-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter that proved to be the spring... started the first three games but was injured late in the contest the game-winner against UT... improved to 3-0 as a starter and earned SEC against Kentucky... returned from a four-game absence to start at right tackle Freshman of the Week accolades when he led the Gamecocks to a win over vs. Vanderbilt and remained in the starting lineup for the rest of the season... Missouri, going 22-for-28 for 254 yards and two touchdowns... became the has played in 33 games over the past three seasons, making 26 starts (15 at first Carolina true freshman quarterback to win his first three collegiate starts left guard, eight at right tackle and three at center). since Steve Taneyhill notched BENTLEY’S STATISTICS four-straight wins in 1992... 2016: Most consistent and highest performing offensive lineman... started went 18-for-33 for 213 yards in –PASSING– every game at left guard... served as team captain at Kentucky... made his his first road start at Florida... Year GP/GS C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Lg 10th-career start against Texas A&M and served as a team captain against the improved to 4-1 as a starter 2016 7/7 125-190-4 65.8 1,420 9 47 Aggies... served as a team captain against Florida... shared the offense’s Tenac- 2017 12/12 226-362-11 62.4 2,555 16 68 in the Western Carolina win, ity Award with Hayden Hurst, as selected by the players following the season. Total 19/19 351-552-15 63.6 3,975 25 68 completing 14-of-23 passes for –RUSHING– 2015: Gained valuable experience as a true freshman in which he earned 154 yards... carried the ball five Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long SEC All-Freshman accolades by the league’s coaches at offensive center... had times for 34 yards against WCU 2016 7/7 50 -15 -0.3 0 16 never played center prior to his arrival at South Carolina... played in all 12 and caught a pass on a trick play 2017 12/12 67 86 1.3 6 24 Total 19/19 117 71 0.6 6 24 games, making five starts, three at center and two at left guard... saw time on for 12 yards... set career highs -RECEIVING– special teams against North Carolina... moved into the backup role at center with 32 completions, 43 pass at- Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long after the ankle injury to Cody Waldrop and played on special teams against tempts and three touchdowns in 2016 7/7 1 12 12.0 0 12 Kentucky... pressed into regular service at Georgia after an ankle injury to the Birmingham Bowl against 2017 12/12 0 0 -- 0 -- Total 19/19 1 12 12.0 0 12 Alan Knott... made his first career start against UCF and graded out at 80 USF... set the school record percent... also made the start at center at Missouri and versus Vanderbilt... for bowl games and Birming- BENTLEY’S HIGHS moved to left guard where he made the start against The Citadel due to an ham Bowl records for passes Pass Attempts...... 43, USF, 2016 injury to Mike Matulis... also started at left guard against Clemson. completed (32), yards passing Pass Completions...... 32, USF, 2016 (390) and total offense (381) in Passing Yards...... 390, USF, 2016 the ovetime loss to the Bulls... Passing TDs...... 3, 3 times: USF, 2016 Jake GAMECOCKS passed on his senior year of high NC State, 2017 & Arkansas 2017 BENTLEY school to enroll at South Caro- Longest Pass...... 68, Kentucky, 2017 lina in the summer of 2016... Rushing Attempts... 10, twice: Tenn., 2016 19 named the South Carolina Male and USF, 2016 QB w 6-3 w 220 w SO. w 1L Rushing Yards...... 47, Vanderbilt, 2017 New Student-Athlete of the Opelika, Ala. Longest Rush...... 24, Louisiana Tech, 2017 Year... named to the 2016-17 Receptions...... 1, W. Carolina, 2016 (Opelika) First-Year SEC Honor Roll. Yards Receiving...... 12, W. Carolina, 2016 Long Reception...... 12, W. Carolina, 2016 2017: Sophomore signal-caller who took every meaningful snap this season... completed 226-of-362 passes (62.4 percent) for 2,555 yards with 16 touch- downs and 11 interceptions... ranks among the SEC leaders in completions per game (1st-18.8), completion percentage (3rd-62.4), passing yards (4th- T.J. GAMECOCKS 2,555), passing touchdowns (6th-16), passing yards per game (6th-212.9) and total offense (8th-220.1)... his 2017 totals rank seventh in school history BRUNSON in single-season passing yards and pass attempts, sixth in pass completions, 6 10th in completion percentage and 11th in passing touchdowns... tied for LB w 6-1 w 230 w SO. w 1L the team lead with six rushing touchdowns, all of which came in the final five Columbia, S.C. games... best game was a 24-for-36 performance for 304 yards against Ken- (Richland Northeast) tucky, with a pair of touchdowns... the 304 yards passing was a career-best against an SEC school... had 16-consecutive completions in that contest... 2017: True sophomore linebacker who started all 12 games... ranks second went 152 passes without an interception early in the season... threw three on the team with 75 tackles... logged 2.5 tackles for loss and a pair of quarter- touchdown passes against both NC State and Arkansas... rushed the ball six back hurries... leads the SEC and ranks fourth nationally with three fumbles times for a career-best 47 yards in the win over Vanderbilt... accounted for recovered... posted a game- and career-high 16 tackles in the season-opening three touchdowns against both the Commodores and Wofford... became the win over NC State... it was the most tackles in a game for a Gamecock since 14th quarterback in Carolina history to surpass 3,000 career passing yards in Antonio Allen logged 16 stops against ECU on Sept. 3, 2011, a game that the Tennessee game... named to the 2017 Watch Lists for the Maxwell Award was also played in Charlotte... also logged double-digits in tackles against (National Player of the Year) and Davey O’Brien Award (Top Quarterback Kentucky with a dozen... finished the Louisiana Tech win with eight tackles, in the Nation)... named the Joe Morrison Offensive Player in the Spring... including a tackle for loss... added seven stops against both Georgia and Ten- owns a 12-7 record as a starting quarterback... worked as a counselor at the nessee... scored his first career touchdown in the win over Arkansas, recover- prestigious Manning Passing Academy in June. ing a Razorback fumble and racing 73 yards to paydirt.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 31 The Gamecocks SOUTH CAROLINA 2016: True freshman who played in 11 games... used at linebacker and on special teams... logged a dozen tackles... made his collegiate debut in the Joseph GAMECOCKS win over Vanderbilt... made his first career tackle in the East Carolina win... singled out by Coach Muschamp for making a key block on A.J. Turner’s CHARLTON game-opening 80-yard kick return vs. ECU... made four tackles, all solo, and 20 was credited with a quarterback K/P w 6-5 w 190 w SO. w SQ hurry against Texas A&M... BRUNSON’S HIGHS Columbia, S.C. made two tackles against Geor- Tackles...... 16, NC State, 2017 (A.C. Flora) gia... tallied three tackles (two Tackles for Loss...... 1.5, NC State, 2017 solo) in the UMass win... did QB Hurries.1, 3 times: Texas A&M, 2016; 2017: Redshirt sophomore punter who earned the starting job this fall... en- not play against Missouri and Vanderbilt, 2017 and Wofford, 2017 ters the bowl game with a punt average of 44.3 yards, tied for the top single- Florida but returned against Fumbles Recovered...... 2,Arkansas, 2017 season mark in Gamecock history... ranks sixth in the SEC and 15th in FBS Western Carolina. with a 44.3-yard punt average... punted six times in his debut against NC BRUNSON’S STATISTICS State for an average of 46.7 yards, including a long of 64... booted a 73-yard punt against Mizzou, the longest by a Gamecock since Marty Simpson had a Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 79-yard effort in 1992... averaged 48.0 yards on three punts in the Vanderbilt 2016 11/0 8 4 12 0-0-0 0.0/0 0 0 1 0 0 win... averaged 52.7 yards on seven punts against Clemson with five over 50 2017 12/12 44 31 75 2.5-7 0.0/0 0 0 2 0 3 yards including a long of 64. Total 23/12 52 35 87 2.5-7 0.0/0 0 0 3 0 3 2016: Redshirt freshman who served as a backup to senior punter Sean Kel- ly... did not see any game action. CHARLTON’S HIGHS 2015: Javon GAMECOCKS Scholarship kicker who Punts...... 7, twice: Texas A&M, 2017 was redshirted as a true fresh- & Clemson, 2017 CHARLESTON man... missed some practice Punting Average...... 52.7, Clemson, 2017 time due to a back ailment. Longest Punt...... 73, Missouri, 2017 17 DB w 6-0 w 189 w SO. w 1L Gurnee, Ill. CHARLTON’S STATISTICS (Warren Township) Year GP No. Yards Avg. Long TB FC I20 2017 12 47 2,083 44.3 73 4 11 12 2017: Excellent special teams performer who also saw limited action at safe- ty... former wide receiver who was converted full-time to the secondary in the spring... former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship prior to the start K.C. GAMECOCKS of the season... listed fourth in the SEC with two fumble recoveries... tied for the team lead with five special teams tackles... recovered a fourth-quarter CROSBY fumble on punt coverage at Missouri to set up Carolina’s final score... re- 3 covered a Carolina fumble on a punt return vs. Louisiana Tech, keeping the TE w 6-1 w 242 w JR. w 2L Gamecocks alive en route to the late victory... saw the first defensive action Bamberg, S.C. of his career vs. Arkansas and was credited with a pass breakup... notched (Bamberg-Ehrhardt) a two-tackle day in the win over Vanderbilt... recovered a fumble in punt coverage and also saw secondary snaps in the win against Florida... recovered 2017: Played in six games, making one start... also a regular on special a Gamecock fumble on a punt return against Clemson. teams... returned three kickoffs vs. Kentucky for 13 yards... made his lone start of the season versus Arkansas and caught two passes for 11 yards... suf- 2016: Redshirt freshman who played in every game, primarily on special ferd a broken leg in that contest and missed the rest of the regular season... teams... recorded 10 tackles... moved from wide receiver to defensive back hopes to return for the Outback Bowl game versus Michigan... has played in midway through fall preseason camp... made his collegiate debut in the win 30 games with 10 starts over the past four seasons. against Vanderbilt... returned to the wide receiver position prior to the Texas A&M game... saw his first action of the season at receiver against the Aggies 2016: Redshirt sophomore who played in every game with nine starts... and made one catch for 12 yards... notched a pair of special teams tackles in logged 23 catches, fourth on the squad, for 217 yards... tied for the team lead the Tennessee win... made two special teams tackles for the second-straight with four touchdown receptions... made his first career catch in the win at week in the Missouri win, when he was named Special Teams Player of the Vanderbilt, a six-yard completion that picked up a first down on Carolina’s Game... caught four passes for 54 yards in the 2016 Garnet & Black Spring lone touchdown drive... caught three balls at Mississippi State for 14 yards game... a member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. and his first career TD... started at tight end for the first time in his career in the East Carolina win... caught a career-high four passes for 31 yards against 2015: Joined the squad as a walk-on in his first semester in Columbia... red- the Pirates... had a career day in a starting assignment against Texas A&M, shirted as a true freshman wide CHARLESTON’S HIGHS catching four passes for 51 yards... caught a 16-yard scoring strike against receiver... impressed the coaches UMass... caught one pass for a game-winning 35-yard touchdown versus enough with his athletic ability Tackles...... 2, three times: Tennessee, 2016 Tennessee... caught one pass for a six-yard TD against Missouri, which was to be added to the travel roster Missouri, 2016 & Vanderbilt 2017 Pass Breakups...... 1, Arkansas, 2017 his third-straight week of catching a single pass that went for a score. for a couple of games but did Fumbles Recovered...... 1, twice: 2015: not see any action. Missouri, 2017 & Florida, 2017 Backup tight end and H-back who was used extensively on special teams... played in the final 10 games after not seeing action in the first two CHARLESTON’S STATISTICS contests... returned a kickoff for six yards at LSU... garnered Outstanding Weight Room accolades for the offense at the 2015 spring game. Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2016 13/0 8 2 10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2014: Missed the bulk of the season after undergoing surgery on his right 2017 12/0 4 1 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0 0 2 foot... made a brief appearance in the Kentucky game... petitioned for a med- Total 25/0 12 3 15 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0 0 2 ical redshirt... named to the 2014-15 First-Year SEC Honor Roll.

32 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks CROSBY’S STATISTICS

Chavis GAMECOCKS Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long 2014 1/0 0 0 0.0 0 -- DAWKINS 2015 10/0 0 0 0.0 0 -- 2016 13/9 23 217 9.4 4 35 83 WR w 6-2 w 212 w SO. w 1L 2017 6/1 2 11 6.5 0 6 Total 30/10 25 228 9.1 4 35 Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes) CROSBY’S HIGHS 2017: Receptions..... 4, twice: East Carolina, 2016 Sophomore wide receiver who played in all 12 games primarily on and Texas A&M, 2016 special teams, but has also made a pair of starts... caught two passes for 18 Yards Receiving...... 51, Texas A&M, 2016 yards... had a nine-yard catch against both Florida and Wofford. Long Reception...... 35, Tennessee, 2016 2016: True freshman wide receiver... played in 11 games, with two starts... Receiving Touchdowns...... 1, 4 times: last vs. Missouri, 2016 logged eight catches for 69 yards... made his collegiate debut against East Carolina... caught his first career DAWKINS’ STATISTICS pass at Kentucky, going for 13 yards as part of a touchdown Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long Dennis GAMECOCKS 2016 11/2 8 69 8.6 0 34 drive... earned his first career 2017 12/0 2 18 9.0 0 9 DALEY start vs. Texas A&M and caught Total 23/2 10 87 8.7 0 34 74 five passes for 17 yards... reeled OL w 6-6 w 330 w JR. w JC in one catch for 34 yards in the DAWKINS’ HIGHS Columbia, S.C. Missouri win, the longest play Receptions...... 5, Texas A&M, 2016 (Ridge View/Georgia Military) of the game for Carolina... start- Yards Receiving...... 34, Missouri, 2016 ed at Clemson. Long Reception...... 34, Missouri, 2016 2017: Junior college transfer in his first season in the Garnet & Black... played in 11 games, making 10 starts... did not play in the season-opening win over NC State... made his Gamecock debut in the Missouri win, see- ing extensive time at left tackle in the second half... moved into the starting Mon GAMECOCKS lineup at left tackle against Kentucky and remained in that position for the rest of the season. DENSON 34 RB w 5-10 w 209 w SO. w SQ

Randrecous GAMECOCKS LaGrange, Ga. DAVIS (LaGrange)

8 WR w 5-10 w 186 w FR. w RS 2017: Third-year performer who was healthy and had an opportunity to Atlanta, Ga. showcase his abilities... played in all 12 games after not seeing any game ac- (Mays) tion in his first two years on campus... after not getting a carry in the first five games this season, finished the year with 40 rushes for 148 yards and a 2017: Second-year wide receiver who appeared in 10 games, making one pair of touchdowns... rushed eight times for 25 yards in the Arkansas win, start... caught three passes for 32 yards... missed much of preseason camp his first career carries... logged four carries for 25 yards in the Vanderbilt win, with a soft tissue injury and did not play in the season-opener against NC picking up a first down each time he touched the pigskin... turned in his best State... made his first catch of the season vs. Kentucky... caught two passes for performance against Florida, rushing a career-high 13 times for a career-high 23 yards and added one yard rushing in the Louisiana Tech win... made his 61 yards, with his first two touchdowns. first start of the season vs. Clem- DAVIS’ STATISTICS 2016: Did not see any game action as a reserve running back... a member of son and gained five yards on one the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. rushing attempt... missed most –RECEIVING– of the spring after undergoing Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long 2015: Redshirted as a true freshman... named to the 2015-16 First-Year SEC surgery for a sports hernia. 2016 2/1 3 45 15.0 0 26 Honor Roll. 2017 10/1 3 32 10.7 0 13 DENSON’S STATISTICS 2016: True freshman who Total 12/2 6 77 12.8 0 26 played in two games with one –RUSHING– –RUSHING– start... logged three catches for Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long 2017 12/0 40 148 3.7 2 24 45 yards... caught one pass in 2016 2/1 1 7 7.0 0 7 2017 10/1 2 6 3.0 0 5 –RECEIVING– the Mississippi State game, go- Total 12/2 3 13 4.3 0 7 Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long ing for 13 yards... made his first 2017 12/0 1 4 4.0 0 4 start in the East Carolina win... DAVIS’ HIGHS caught two passes for 32 yards Receptions..... 2, twice; East Carolina, 2016 DENSON’S HIGHS and carried the ball one time & Louisiana Tech, 2017 Carries...... 13, Florida, 2017 for seven yards against the Pi- Yards Receiving..... 32, East Carolina, 2016 Yards Rushing...... 61, Florida, 2017 rates... suffered a hamstring in- Long Reception..... 26, East Carolina, 2016 Long Rush...... 24, Florida, 2017 jury in practice and did not play Carries. 1, three times: East Carolina, 2016 Rushing Touchdowns...... 2, Florida, 2017 again... petitioned for a medical Louisiana Tech, 2017 & Clemson, 2017 Receptions...... 1, Wofford, 2017 redshirt. Yards Rushing...... 7, East Carolina, 2016 Receiving Yards...... 4, Wofford, 2017 Long Rush...... 7, East Carolina, 2016 Long Reception...... 4, Wofford, 2017

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 33 The Gamecocks SOUTH CAROLINA led Carolina with six catches for 63 yards in the Tennessee win... had seven

Rico GAMECOCKS receptions for 62 yards and a score at Georgia... matched a career high with eight catches for 90 yards and a touchdown in the Wofford win... logged six DOWDLE catches for 70 yards and a touchdown against Clemson... has started and 5 caught at least one pass in all 24 games in which he has appeared... after just RB w 5-11 w 220 w SO. w 1L two seasons, owns 103 career receptions, 16th on Carolina’s all-time list, for Asheville, N.C. 1,295 yards... named the Harold White GPA Award winner for the offense (A.C. Reynolds) at the Garnet & Black spring game. 2016: True freshman who enrolled in January and went through spring 2017: Ranks third on the team in rushing with 206 yards on 60 carries de- drills... started all 12 games in which he appeared... earned Athlon’s Fresh- spite playing in just seven games... was the Gamecocks’ starting running back man All-America second team honors and All-SEC Freshman first team acco- in the season-opener against NC State and started the first three contests... lades... turned in the second-best true freshman campaign for a wide receiver caught a 34-yard touchdown pass against the Wolfpack... broke his leg at in school history behind only Alshon Jeffery... finished third on the team Tennessee and has not played since... made four starts overall... owns three with 44 catches and with 590 receiving yards, and tied for first with four 100-yard rushing games, including a career-best 226-yard performance. touchdown receptions... ranked eighth among FBS freshmen with 590 re- 2016: Played in nine games, making seven starts... named to Athlon’s All- ceiving yards and with 49.2 receiving yards per game... became the sixth true SEC Freshman second team... led the team with 133 carries for 764 yards... freshman to start in the season opener for Carolina since 2009, joining Ste- his 764 rushing yards was ninth-best among FBS freshmen... second on the phon Gilmore (2009), Marcus Lattimore (2010), Jadeveon Clowney (2011), team with seven touchdowns... his six rushing touchdowns tied for 10th Bryson Allen-Williams (2014) and Al Harris Jr. (2014)... led all players in among FBS freshmen... had three 100-yard rushing games... had surgery for the Vandy win with eight receptions for 101 yards... his 100-yard receiving a sports hernia in the offseason and missed the first four games while recover- effort was the only one recorded by an FBS freshman in Week 1... caught six ing from the surgery... made his debut against Texas A&M and rushed nine of his receptions for 89 yards after halftime, including a 33-yarder... became times for 47 yards... made his first career start vs. Georgia... scored his first just the eighth Gamecock in history to accumulate over 100 receiving yards rushing touchdown, a 1-yard in a season opener... led the Gamecocks with five catches for 68 yards in the plunge, against the Bulldogs... DOWDLE’S STATISTICS East Carolina win... hauled in a 42-yard reception, a personal best, to set had 16 carries for 87 yards and –RUSHING– up South Carolina’s second touchdown drive of the game vs. the Pirates... one score in the UMass win... Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long missed the Texas A&M game with an injury suffered late in the Kentucky logged his first 100-yard day 2016 9/7 133 764 5.7 6 44 contest... returned to the lineup after a one-game injury absence and caught 2017 7/4 60 206 3.4 1 13 when he carried 27 times for Total 16/11 193 970 5.0 7 44 three passes for 35 yards against Georgia... caught three passes for 42 yards in 127 yards and a touchdown in –RECEIVING– the UMass win, including his first career touchdown, a 24-yard catch from the win over Tennessee... paced Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long Jake Bentley in 2nd quarter... reeled in four passes for 41 yards and a touch- the Gamecocks with 27 car- 2016 9/7 15 55 3.7 1 19 down in the Tennessee victory... ries for 149 yards and a TD in 2017 7/4 8 96 12.0 1 34 pulled in a 17-yard scoring toss EDWARDS’ STATISTICS Total 16/11 23 151 6.6 2 34 the Missouri win... also caught in the 2nd quarter against the –RECEIVING– three passes for 20 yards and a Vols, giving him a touchdown Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long DOWDLE’S HIGHS score... racked up a career-high for the second straight week... 2016 12/12 44 590 13.4 4 42 226 yards and two touchdowns Carries...... 27, twice: Tennessee, 2016 caught four passes for 47 yards 2017 12/12 59 705 11.9 4 41 Total 24/24 103 1,295 12.6 8 42 on 21 carries in the Western and Missouri, 2016 in the Missouri victory... led the Yards Rushing...... 226, W. Carolina, 2016 –RUSHING– Carolina win, averaging 10.8 Gamecocks with four catches Long Rush...... 40, Tennessee, 2016 Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long yards per carry... the 226 yards Rushing Touchdowns.2, W. Carolina, 2016 for 61 yards in the Western Car- 2016 12/12 0 0 - 0 0 rushing was the sixth-highest Receptions...... 3, 3x: Georgia, 2016, olina win, including a 40-yard 2017 12/12 4 19 4.8 0 11 Total 24/24 4 19 4.8 0 11 single-game total in school his- Missouri, 2016 & Clemson, 2016 reception... notched one recep- tory, the 11th 200-yard rushing Yards Receiving...... 51, NC State, 2017 tion against Clemson, a 33-yard game by a Carolina back and Long Reception...... 34, NC State, 2017 touchdown catch on a trick EDWARDS’ HIGHS the most yards rushing since Receiving TDs...... 1, twice: Missouri, 2016 play, with the pass coming from Receptions...... 8, twice: Vanderbilt, 2016 Marcus Lattimore logged 246 & NC State, 2017 fellow wideout Deebo Samuel... & Wofford, 2017 100-yard Rushing Games...... 3 times against Navy in 2011. caught six passes for 71 yards Yards Receiving.122, Louisiana Tech, 2017 Long Reception..... 42, East Carolina, 2016 and a score in the Birmingham Receiving Touchdowns...... 1, 8 times, 2016 Bowl vs. USF... a member of the 100-yard Receiving Games...... 2 times

Bryan GAMECOCKS SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. EDWARDS

89 WR w 6-3 w 215 w SO. w 1L Daniel GAMECOCKS Conway, S.C. FENNELL (Conway) 35 DL w 6-3 w 244 w SO. w 1L 2017: Led the team with 59 receptions, 705 receiving yards and four touch- Loganville, Ga. down catches... listed fourth in the SEC with 4.9 receptions per game and (Grayson) eighth in the league with 705 receiving yards... started every game, catching at least three passes in 10 of 12 contests... led the team in receptions in eight 2017: Played both defensive end and linebacker... appeared in all 12 games, of 12 games... caught six passes for a career-best 122 yards against Louisiana making 21 stops... logged 3.5 tackles for loss including 3.0 sacks... set a then- Tech... included was an acrobatic catch that set up the game-winning field career high with three tackles against Kentucky... matched that with three goal in the game’s final minute... it was his second-career 100-yard game... tackles against Louisiana Tech and added his first career sack... logged three

34 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks tackles in the Tennessee win, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a key sack FENTON’S STATISTICS late in the first half to force a Volunteer field goal... made his first career start Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR against Georgia at linebacker... credited with a key fourth quarter sack in the 2015 10/0 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 win over Florida... led the Gamecocks and set a career high with five tackles 2016 12/7 26 12 38 1.5-7 0.5-4 1 5 0 1 0 vs. Wofford... named the Harold White GPA Award winner for the defense 2017 12/11 42 6 48 1.0-1 0.0-0 1 8 0 0 1 at the Garnet & Black spring game. Total 34/18 70 18 88 2.5-8 1.5-7 2 13 0 1 1 –KICK RETURNS– 2016: Redshirt freshman who played in six games... made his Gamecock Year GP/GS No Yds Avg TD Long debut in the win over Vanderbilt... made his first career tackle on kickoff 2015 10/0 14 365 26.1 1 96 coverage versus East Carolina... 2016 12/7 2 72 36.0 0 50 FENNELL’S HIGHS 2017 12/11 10 209 20.9 0 31 a member of the SEC Fall Aca- Total 34/18 26 646 24.8 1 96 demic Honor Roll. Tackles...... 5, Wofford, 2017 –PUNT RETURNS– Tackles for Loss...... 1.5, Tennessee, 2017 2015: Redshirted as a true fresh- Year GP/GS No Yds Avg TD Long Sacks....1.0, 3 times: Louisiana Tech, 2017; 2015 10/0 0 0 - 0 0 man... named to the 2015-16 Tennessee, 2017 and Florida, 2017 2016 12/7 2 8 4.0 0 5 First-Year SEC Honor Roll. 2017 12/11 0 0 - 0 0 FENNELL’S STATISTICS Total 34/18 2 8 4.0 0 5 Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2016 6/0 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0

2017 12/1 15 6 21 3.5-19 3.0-18 0 0 0 0 0 Sherrod GAMECOCKS Total 18/1 16 6 22 3.5-19 3.0-18 0 0 0 0 0 GREENE 44 LB w 6-1 w 223 w FR. w HS Rashad GAMECOCKS FENTON Rocky Mount, N.C. (Rocky Mount) 16 DB w 5-10 w 184 w JR. w 2L 2017: True freshman linebacker who played in 10 of 12 games, making a Miami, Fla. pair of starts... collected 22 tackles including 18 solo stops... made his col- (Miami Carol City) legiate debut in the victory over NC State, tallying two tackles... logged three tackles against both Kentucky and Texas A&M... made his first start against 2017: Solid cover corner who has played in all 12 games, making 11 starts... Arkansas and was credited with a four stops... missed the Vanderbilt and ranks fifth on the team with 48 tackles, including 42 solo stops... has an in- Georgia games with an injury but returned to play against Florida... set a terception and a fumble recovery to go with eight pass breakups... registered career high with five tackles in a GREENE’S HIGHS six tackles and recovered a fumble in the win over NC State... set a career start against Clemson. high with seven tackles at Texas A&M and added a pass breakup... credited Tackles...... 5, Clemson, 2017 with four tackles and four pass breakups in the Vanderbilt win... matched his career high with seven tackles at Georgia... led the team with six tackles ver- GREENE’S STATISTICS sus Florida, including a tackle for loss... logged his second career interception Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR against Wofford... has appeared in 33 games over the past three seasons with 2017 10/2 18 4 22 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 18 career starts... enters the bowl game with a 24.8-yard kick return average for his career, tops in school history... owns one kickoff return for a TD. Cory GAMECOCKS 2016: Appeared in 12 games with seven starts... logged 38 tackles, with five pass breakups and an interception... had a tackle, a pair of pass breakups and HELMS a forced fumble in a starting assignment at Vandy... got the start and made 51 w w w w four solo stops at both Mississippi State and Kentucky... missed the Georgia OL 6-4 309 SR. 1L game with an injury... returned a pair of kicks for 72 yards, including a 50- Alpharetta, Ga. yard effort and broke up one pass in the UMass win... made four tackles and (Milton/Wake Forest) combined with Darius English for his first career half-sack vs. Tennessee... had five tackles, one TFL and an interception against Missouri... his pick 2017: Fifth-year senior... has played both guard (28 starts) and center (17 came on the Carolina 2-yard line and stopped a likely Mizzou score, keeping starts) during his career... started at right guard in nine games this season... the game tied at 21... logged a career-high six tackles at Clemson. missed three contests with a high ankle injury... did not play against Texas A&M, Arkansas or Tennessee... his 45 starts overall, which includes two sea- 2015: Saw action in 10 games... credited with two tackles... averaged 26.1 sons at Wake Forest, is the most on the squad... graduated in December... yards on 14 kick returns, rank- will play in the East-West Shrine Game on January 20 in St. Petersburg, Fla. ing fifth in the SEC... did not FENTON’S HIGHS play against North Carolina... Tackles...... 7, twice: Texas A&M, 2017 2016: Started all 13 games... made his Gamecock debut vs. Vanderbilt, start- took the first kickoff return of & Georgia, 2017 ing at center... shifted to right guard at Mississippi State and held that posi- his career 96 yards to paydirt Tackles for Loss.. 1.0, twice: Missouri, 2016 tion throughout the rest of the season... served as a team captain against Ken- at LSU... it was the first time & Florida, 2017 tucky, Georgia and Tennessee... shared the Strength & Conditioning Award he touched the ball in his col- Sacks...... 0.5, Tennessee, 2016 with Hayden Hurst... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. Interceptions...... 1, twice: Missouri, 2016 legiate career and was Carolina’s & Wofford, 2017 2015: Former Wake Forest offensive lineman who joined the first kick return for a score since Pass Breakups...... 4, Vanderbilt, 2017 Gamecocks in the fall... was not eligible due to NCAA transfer rules. 2002... did not make the trip to Kick Return Yards...... 118, LSU, 2015 Tennessee... returned three kick- Long Kick Return...... 96, LSU, 2015 2014: Started the first seven games at left guard, then moved back to center offs for 83 yards vs. The Citadel. Long Punt Return...... 5, Kentucky, 2016 for the final five contests for Wake Forest and head coach Dave Clawson.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 35 The Gamecocks SOUTH CAROLINA 2013: Earned Freshman All-America accolades for head coach Jim Grobe... the ball twice for nine yards at Clemson... hauled in six passes for 86 yards in played in all 12 games with 11 starts at center as a true freshman... started the Birmingham Bowl against USF, including his first career points... hauled every game except Senior Day vs. Duke, giving way to senior Whit Barnes... in a 25-yard touchdown reception for Carolina’s first score of the contest became the first Demon Deacon since defensive tackle Marvin Mitchell in and tallied a two-point conversion to tie the game late in regulation... shared 1987 to start his first collegiate game when he got the call against Presbyte- the Strength & Conditioning HURST’S STATISTICS rian in the season opener. Award with Cory Helms as se- lected by the coaches... shared -RECEIVING– Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long the Tenacity Award for the of- 2015 12/1 8 106 13.2 0 47

Hayden GAMECOCKS fense with Zack Bailey as select- 2016 13/13 48 616 12.8 1 47 ed by the players... nominated 2017 12/12 41 518 12.6 2 62 HURST for the Burlsworth Trophy... Total 37/26 97 1,240 12.8 3 62 named to the SEC Fall Aca- –PASSING– 81 TE w 6-5 w 250 w JR. w 2L Year GP/GS C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Lg demic Honor Roll... placed on 2015 12/1 0-0-0 -- 0 0 -- Jacksonville, Fla. scholarship in the spring. 2016 13/13 2-2-0 100.0 21 0 12 (The Bolles School) 2017 12/12 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 -- 2015: Former professional Total 37/26 2-3-0 66.7 21 0 12 baseball player who played in 2017: Junior who is one of the nation’s top tight ends... named first team –RUSHING– the Pittsburgh Pirates’ orga- Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long All-SEC by both the Associated Press and by the league’s 14 coaches... semi- nization before walking on to 2015 12/1 0 0 -- 0 -- finalist for both the Mackey Award, which recognizes the nation’s best tight the Carolina football team in 2016 13/13 2 9 4.5 0 7 end, and the Burlsworth Trophy, which recognizes the nation’s top walk- 2017 12/12 7 36 5.1 1 13 the summer of 2015... played on... named 2017 preseason first-team All-SEC by the league’s coaches and Total 37/26 9 45 5.0 1 13 in all 12 games, making one Athlon, and was a second-team selection by the media... named a midseason start... caught eight passes for first-team All-SEC pick by The Athletic... is the team’s second-leading receiver HURST’S HIGHS 106 yards... played at tight with 41 catches for 518 yards... ranks seventh nationally among tight ends in end and on special teams early Receptions...... 8, Mississippi State, 2016 receiving yards and 10th in receptions... has also rushed seven times for 36 Yards Receiving...... 93, Georgia, 2017 in the season... moved to wide yards... has two receiving touchdowns and one rushing TD... caught three Long Reception...... 62, Arkansas, 2017 receiver after the UCF game... passes for a team-high 69 yards and a score and also had a rushing TD at TD Receptions... 1, three times: USF, 2016 caught his first pass, a nine-yard Missouri... logged six receptions for 76 yards at Texas A&M... went over the Missouri, 2017 & Arkansas, 2017 reception, at LSU... hauled in 1,000-yard receiving mark against Arkansas when he caught two passes for Pass Completions...... 1, Texas A&M, 2016 a career-long 47-yard reception and Western Carolina, 2016 76 yards, including a career-long 62-yard reception... broke the school record at Texas A&M... made his first Passing Yards... 12, Western Carolina, 2016 for receptions by a tight end in the Vanderbilt win, surpassing Danny Smith’s career start and responded with Longest Pass.... 12, Western Carolina, 2016 78 catches from 1984-87... set a career-high with 93 receiving yards on seven a pair of catches for 12 yards Carries...... 2, Clemson, 2016 catches at Georgia, earning John Mackey National Tight End of the Week Yards Rushing...... 12, Arkansas, 2017 against Florida... had two catch- accolades... caught five passes for 59 yards against Florida, and also forced a Long Rush...... 13, Arkansas, 2017 es versus The Citadel... named fumble, keeping the Gators from a score... owns the school record for a tight Rushing Touchdowns..... 1, Missouri, 2017 to the 2015-16 First-Year SEC end and ranks 18th overall with 97 catches... ranks second among tight ends Honor Roll. for career receiving yards with 1,240, trailing only Danny Smith’s mark of 1,336... named the Dr. Harris Pastides Outstanding Student-Athlete Rep- resentative at the 2017 Garnet & Black spring game... a former professional baseball player who came to South Carolina as a walk-on... has announced Sadarius GAMECOCKS he will turn pro following the bowl game. HUTCHERSON 2016: Sophomore tight end... named one of four permanent team captains... 50 was the first sophomore in school history to be named a permanent team OL w 6-4 w 316 w FR. w RS captain... set Carolina’s single-season record for catches by a tight end with Huntingdon, Tenn. 48... the previous mark was 38, set by Doug Hamrick in 1970... was the first (Huntingdon) Carolina tight end to catch 30 passes since Weslye Saunders in 2009... also broke Danny Smith’s school record for receiving yards by a tight end (576 in 2017: Offensive lineman with a big upside... played in nine games making 1987) with 616... ranked among the nation’s top dozen tight ends in both three starts... did not play in the season’s first three games... made his col- receptions and yards receiving... had at least five receptions in five games legiate debut against Louisiana Tech, playing the majority of the game at and at least 80 receiving yards in four contests... logged a career-best eight left guard after Cory Helms left with an injury in the first quarter... served catches for 68 yards against Mississippi State... caught two passes for 43 yards as starting left guard against Texas A&M, Arkansas and Tennessee... also saw in the East Carolina win... came up with a season-high 36-yard reception to extensive action in the Vanderbilt win after Helms suffered another injury. set up South Carolina’s crucial field goal in the fourth quarter against the 2016: Redshirted as a true freshman offensive lineman... shared the Offen- Pirates... led all players with seven catches for 84 yards at Kentucky, including sive Scout team Award with Ty’Son Williams as selected by the coaching staff a 30-yard reception to set up Carolina’s touchdown... caught five passes for following the season... named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Honor Roll. a career-high 90 yards against Texas A&M... also threw one pass on a trick play against the Aggies, finding A.J. Turner for a nine-yard reception... led all players with six catches for 86 yards in the Georgia game... also served as the Gamecocks’ punt returner against Georgia, becoming the biggest punt returner in Division I football in recent memory... caught three passes for a team-high 63 yards at Florida, including a career-long 47-yarder, when he matched a Carolina single-season record for tight ends... caught one pass for 15 yards and completed one pass on a trick play, which went for 12 yards, in the Western Carolina victory... caught three passes for 26 yards and carried

36 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks GAMECOCKS Brad GAMECOCKS JaMarcus JOHNSON KING 19 DL w 6-2 w 225 w FR. w HS 7 DB w 6-2 w 186 w SR. w 1L Pendleton, S.C. Mobile, Ala. (Pendleton) (Blount/Coffeyville C.C.) 2017: True freshman who saw action in 10 games at the Buck position... 2017: Senior cornerback who is wrapping up his second season for the Gar- credited with five tackles including a sack and a pair of quarterback hur- net & Black... started all 12 games this season and 23 over the past two ries... did not play in the season’s first two games... made his collegiate debut campaigns... credited with 38 tackles including 32 solo stops... owns one against Kentucky... notched his JOHNSON’S HIGHS interception and a team-high 12 pass breakups... ranks fourth in the SEC first tackle against Arkansas... with 1.08 passes defended per game... matched a career high with seven tack- logged a 12-yard sack against Tackles...... 2, twice:, Wofford, 2017 les in the season-opening victory against NC State... made two tackles and a & Clemson, 2017 crucial interception against Louisiana Tech... credited with three tackles an a Wofford... registered two tackles Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, Wofford, 2017 against Wofford and Clemson. Sacks...... 1.0, Wofford, 2017 pair of pass breakups against Arkansas... matched his career high with seven tackles in the Vanderbilt win... collected two tackles and a career-best three JOHNSON’S STATISTICS pass breakups at Georgia... had his first career sack against Florida... suffered a broken arm in the spring game. Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2017 10/0 4 1 5 1.0-12 1.0-12 0 0 2 0 0 2016: First year at South Carolina... had 56 tackles, including 51 solo stops, with a team-leading nine pass breakups in 13 games including 11 starts... logged three interceptions, tying for eighth in the SEC... notched three tack-

Ulric GAMECOCKS les including one for loss in a victory over Vanderbilt in his debut... added five solo stops and another TFL at Mississippi State... made his first career JONES start versus East Carolina and set a then-career-high with six solo tackles 93 DL w 6-5 w 312 w SR. w 1L along with an interception in the end zone... made five tackles and forced a fumble against Kentucky... set a career-high with seven tackles and returned Oxford, Ala. one punt for two yards against Texas A&M... made three solo tackles, includ- (Oxford/Butler C.C.) ing one tackle for loss, against Georgia... made two tackles and was credited with three pass breakups in the UMass win... named SEC Defensive Player of 2017: Fifth-year senior who is one of the strongest players on the squad... the Week for his performance against Tennessee, when he tallied five tackles played in all 12 games making one start... credited with 26 tackles including and two interceptions, including a fourth-quarter pick to help Carolina seal a sack... started in the season opener against NC State and made three tackles the victory... served as a team to go with a pass breakup... chalked up three tackles and his first career sack KING’S HIGHS captain against Missouri and against Texas A&M... collected two tackles and two quarterback hurries in made two tackles along with Tackles... 7, three times: Texas A&M, 2016 the win over Arkansas... tallied three tackles each in the victories over Tennes- two pass breakups... made four NC State, 2017 & Vanderbilt, 2017 see and Vanderbilt... served as a team captain against Vanderbilt.. set a season Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, four times tackles and recovered a fumble high with seven tackles at Georgia... has made nine career starts... graduated Interceptions...... 2, Tennessee, 2016 against Forida... recorded six in May with a degree in interdisciplinary studies. Pass Breakups...... 3, twice: UMass, 2016 tackles against Clemson. & Georgia, 2017 2016: Played in every game, making eight starts... tallied 42 tackles and blocked a pair of field goal attempts... led the team with nine tackles against KING’S STATISTICS Mississippi State... made his first career start in the East Carolina win and Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR had two tackles to go with a pass breakup and a blocked field goal.... was back 2016 13/11 51 5 56 3.0-10 0.0-0 3 9 0 1 1 in the starting lineup at Kentucky and tallied five tackles... started and led the 2017 12/12 32 6 38 1.0-2 1.0-2 1 12 0 0 0 Gamecocks with six tackles in the Tennessee win... tallied three tackles and Total 25/23 83 11 94 4.0-12 1.0-2 4 21 0 1 1 blocked a field goal attempt at Clemson. 2015: Redshirted in his first season with the Garnet & Black... began his

Javon GAMECOCKS Gamecock career on the defen- JONES’ HIGHS sive line... was moved midway KINLAW through the year to the offensive Tackles...... 9, Miss. State, 2016 Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, Texas A&M, 2017 side of the ball where he worked 99 Sacks...... 1.0, Texas A&M, 2017 DL w 6-6 w 326 w SO. w JC at tight end. QB Hurries...... 2, Arkansas, 2017 Charleston, S.C. (Goose Creek/Jones J.C.) JONES’ STATISTICS Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2017: Sophomore defensive tackle in his first year at Carolina after spending 2016 13/8 13 29 42 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 2 0 0 0 a year at junior college... dropped roughly 40 pounds after his arrival in Co- 2017 12/1 14 12 26 1.0-8 1.0-8 0 1 2 0 0 lumbia... played in all 12 games making nine starts... credited with 18 tackles Total 25/9 27 41 68 1.5-9 1.0-8 0 3 2 0 0 including 2.0 tackles for loss... also broke up three passes, recovered a fumble and blocked a kick... made his presence felt in the win over Missouri with a tackle, two pass breakups and a blocked field goal... moved into the starting lineup against Louisiana Tech... logged three tackles including a tackle for loss against Arkansas... made three stops and had a fumble recovery against

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 37 The Gamecocks SOUTH CAROLINA Georgia.. credited with a career- J. KINLAW’S HIGHS 2016: Junior who started every game either at cornerback or at nickel... one best four tackles, including one of eight players to start every game... shared the Most Productive Player on Tackles...... 4, twice: Florida, 2017 for loss, in the Florida win.. also Defense Award with Darius English, as selected by the players following the & Wofford, 2017 had four stops against Wofford. Tackles for Loss.. 1.0, twice: Arkansas, 2017 season... logged 53 tackles... tied for eighth in the SEC with three inter- & Florida, 2017 ceptions... notched five tackles plus a tackle for loss at Mississippi State... Pass Breakups...... 2, Missouri, 2017 credited with a career-high eight tackles vs. East Carolina, including two for loss, his first career sack, an interception and a forced fumble... served as J. KINLAW’S STATISTICS team captain at Kentucky and made four tackles... made four tackles with Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR one interception against Texas A&M... involved in two turnovers, a fumble 2017 12/9 11 7 18 2.0-7 0.0-0 0 3 0 0 1 recovery and an interception, against UMass... recovered a fumble in the Missouri win... made six tackles at Florida and also returned three punts for 10 yards... made four tackles and broke up two passes in the Western

Alan GAMECOCKS Carolina win... tied for the team lead with seven tackles in the Birmingham Bowl against USF... also forced a fumble, broke up a pass and had three punt KNOTT returns for 48 yards, including a career-long 39-yard return... named to the 70 OL w 6-4 w 290 w SR. w 3L SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll for the second time in his career. 2015: Played in eight games, making four starts in a season that was ham- Tyrone, Ga. pered by injury... credited with 24 tackles, four pass breakups and an inter- (Sandy Creek) ception... earned the start in the season opener against North Carolina and recorded five tackles... missed the next three games with a knee injury... re- 2017: Fifth-year senior leader of the offensive line... was the only member turned against Missouri and recorded a tackle for loss among his two stops... of the offensive line to start in the same position (center) in all 12 games... saw more action at LSU and logged five stops... registered three tackles and has started 41 games for the Gamecocks during his career, most among the his first career interception against Vanderbilt... made his second start of the current players... was named the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his season at Texas A&M and notched a tackle and a pass breakup... notched performance against Vanderbilt... graduated in December. four tackles and a pass breakup in a start versus Florida... had three stops in- 2016: Redshirt junior offensive center who started 12 of the 13 games... did cluding a half tackle for loss against The Citadel... did not play in the season not play in the season opener at Vanderbilt... made his season debut when he finale against Clemson... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll... gar- started at center vs. Mississippi State... nominated for the Remington Award. nered the Harold White GPA award for the defense at the 2015 spring game. 2015: Offensive center who started each of the season’s first three games... 2014: Played in 10 games, making seven starts at cornerback as a true fresh- suffered a high ankle sprain at Georgia and was not able to play against UCF man... totaled 21 tackles, including 20 solo stops... earned first career play- or Missouri... returned to the starting lineup at LSU... played the second half ing time in the season opener against No. 21 Texas A&M, making one solo against Vanderbilt... returned to the starting lineup at Texas A&M and held stop... did not travel to Vanderbilt due to an ankle injury... made first career that position throughout the remainder of the season, making nine starts start against Furman, producing five solo tackles... started each of the season’s overall... named to Rimington Watch List... put together an excellent spring final seven games... collected a season-high six tackles and half tackle for loss where he was recognized by the coaches as the Most Improved Offensive at Auburn... collected four solo tackles against South Alabama... named to Lineman and also the Joe Morrison Offensive Player of the Spring. the 2014-15 First-Year SEC Honor Roll.

2014: Missed most of the preseason with a right knee injury... made first LAMMONS’ STATISTICS career start at center versus East Carolina... remained the starter at center for seven of the first eight games... played in all 13 contests, making eight starts, Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2014 10/7 20 1 21 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 including the Independence Bowl win over Miami. 2015 8/4 18 6 24 1.5-5 0.0-0 1 4 0 0 0 2013: Redshirted as a true freshman. 2016 13/13 36 17 53 4.0-20 1.0-10 3 6 0 2 2 2017 12/12 54 16 70 3.0-8 0.0-0 0 4 0 1 0 Total 43/36 128 40 168 9.0-34 1.0-10 4 14 0 3 2 -PUNT RETURNS– Chris GAMECOCKS Year GP/GS No Yds Avg TD Long 2016 13/13 9 71 7.0 0 39 LAMMONS 2017 12/12 16 138 8.6 0 26 3 DB w 5-10 w 190 w SR. w 3L Total 43/36 25 209 8.4 0 39 Lauderhill, Fla. LAMMONS’ HIGHS (Plantation) Tackles...... 10, Vanderbilt, 2017 Tackles for Loss.... 2.0, East Carolina, 2016 2017: Versatile performer who may have been the team’s best cover corner, Interceptions...... 1, 4x, last: UMass, 2016 but was asked to primarily play safety and nickel this season... started all 12 Sacks...... 1.0, East Carolina, 2016 games... ranks third on the team with 70 tackles... credited with four pass Punt Return Yards...... 49, Tennessee, 2017 breakups and one forced fumble... also the team’s punt returner, with 16 Long Punt Return...... 39, USF, 2016 returns for 138 yards, an 8.6 yard average, third in the SEC... chalked up eight tackles in the victory over NC State... made seven tackles against both Kentucky and Texas A&M... credited with four tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pass breakup in the win over Arkansas... was in cover- age on the final play of the game at Tennessee, preventing a potential game- winning touchdown... set career highs with 10 tackles and two pass breakups in the Vandy win... started at cornerback for the first time this season vs. Georgia, his 40th appearance as a Gamecock, and made seven tackles... cred- ited with five tackles vs. Clemson... graduated in December.

38 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks 2016: Redshirted while rehabbing from a surgically-repaired herniated disk

Steven GAMECOCKS in his neck. MONTAC 2015: Named one of six team captains... earned second-team All-SEC ac- colades by both the AP and coaches after leading the team with 111 tackles, 22 DB w 5-11 w 181 w JR. w 1L which ranked third in the SEC with 9.2 tackles per game... also led the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and with four pass interceptions, tying for fourth Covington, Ga. in the SEC... led the team and tied for fourth in the SEC with three forced (Newton/Coffeyville C.C.) fumbles... became the first Gamecock to reach the century mark in tackles since 2006, while his 111 tackles was the second-highest total recorded by 2017: Hard hitting versatile defensive back who was credited with 18 tackles a South Carolina player in the last 25 years... recorded double figures in in nine games... also credited with two pass interceptions, two pass breakups tackles six times, including a career-high 14 tackles at Texas A&M... keyed and a forced fumble... limited in the season-opener against NC State while the Gamecocks in their season-opening victory, picking off two passes in the recovering from a foot injury... re-aggravated the injury and missed the next end zone against North Carolina... also led the team with 11 tackles while three games... logged his first career interception in the victory over Vander- earning SEC Defensive Player of the Week accolades... made eight tackles bilt.. made his first start of the season versus Georgia and came up with six with a tackle for loss against Kentucky and returned his third interception tackles plus a forced fumble... also had a start against Florida... logged six of the season 14 yards to set up a touchdown... credited with a dozen stops tackles including a tackle for loss and an end zone interception against Clem- at Georgia and at Missouri... added nine tackles against UCF... had 11 stops son... has made eight career starts. including a strip sack with a fumble that he recovered against Vanderbilt... 2016: Walk-on JUCO defensive back who joined the team just after fall also had an interception and a pass break up against the Commodores... had camp got underway... despite his late arrival, made an early impact... played six stops with 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack at Tennessee... did not start and in 11 games, with six starts... notched 39 tackles... made his debut against saw only limited action against The Citadel after missing much of the week’s East Carolina, starting at safety... made six tackles, including five solo stops practice time due to a death in the family... came back with a game-high 13 against the Pirates... forced a fumble in the Missouri win... set a career-high tackles and forced a pair of fumbles against Clemson... recognized with the with nine tackles and added a pass breakup against Florida... tallied four tack- Big Plays award for the defense in the spring. les in the Western Carolina win... recorded seven tackles against Clemson... 2014: Second-year linebacker who led the team with 93 tackles, the most for had a strong performance in the MONTAC’S HIGHS a Gamecock since Jasper Brinkley’s 107 in 2006... ranked 10th in the SEC Birmingham Bowl against USF with 7.8 tackles per game... second on the squad with three interceptions... with six tackles including a half- Tackles...... 9, Florida, 2016 led the team in tackles eight times: seven stops against East Carolina, 10 vs. tackle for loss, a forced fumble, Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, Clemson, 2017 Interceptions...... 1, twice: Vanderbilt, 2017 Georgia, nine at Kentucky, eight at Auburn, a then-career-high 12 at Florida, a fumble recovery and a pass & Clemson, 2017 nine vs. South Alabama, 10 at Clemson and 11 against Miami... recovered an breakup. onside kick at Auburn, the Gamecocks’ first since 2007... did not play versus MONTAC’S STATISTICS Tennessee due to a sprained ankle... logged all three of his interceptions in Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR the last two regular games, picking off two against South Alabama and one 2016 11/6 23 16 39 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 3 0 2 1 at Clemson... named the Defensive MVP of the Independence Bowl after an 2017 9/2 13 5 18 1.0-8 0.0-0 2 2 0 1 0 11-tackle effort in the win over Miami (Fla.)... was a second-team midseason Total 20/8 36 21 57 1.5-9 0.0-0 2 5 0 3 1 All-SEC according to Phil Steele... selected by the coaches for the “Everyday Hustle” award for the defense during the spring. 2013: Earned a spot on the coaches’ Freshman All-SEC squad and was a Skai GAMECOCKS second-team Freshman All-American according to 247Sports... played in all MOORE 13 games, making four starts... led the team with 56 tackles... added a team- high four interceptions and recovered a fumble... recorded seven tackles, 10 LB w 6-2 w 218 w SR. w 3L including 1.5 tackles for loss and a half-sack, in the season opener against Cooper City, Fla. North Carolina... credited with six tackles at Georgia... led the team with six (University) tackles, including a tackle for loss, in the win at Arkansas... added another six stops at Tennessee... made his first start against Mississippi State and was 2017: Senior linebacker who earned first team All-SEC accolades by the credited with six tackles along with his first career interception... started each of the final four regular season league’s coaches and second-team honors by AP... named second team All- MOORE’S HIGHS America by College Sports Madness... poised to become just the 15th player games... tied for the team lead in Division I history to lead his team in tackles in four seasons... has tied Bo with six tackles against Florida, Tackles...... 15, Clemson, 2017 Davies (1969-71) for the school record for interceptions with 14... leads the including a tackle for loss... in- Tackles for Loss...... 2.0, Arkansas, 2017 tercepted a pass and recovered Sacks...... 1.0, five times team and is tied for 11th in the SEC with 88 tackles... ranks sixth in the SEC Interceptions...... 2, three times, last: with a team-leading three INTs... led the team in tackles in six of 12 games... a fumble in the win over Clem- North Carolina, 2015 after sitting out the 2016 season, made a successful return against NC State, son... recorded five tackles and Pass Breakups...... 2, UCF, 2015 collecting eight tackles... had seven stops including a tackle for loss and an had a pair of INTs in the Capital Forced Fumbles...... 2, Clemson, 2015 INT against Kentucky... led the team with 12 tackles including eight solo One Bowl win over Wisconsin. Fumbles Recovered...... 1, three times stops in the Louisiana Tech win... recorded his first sack of the season and returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown against Arkansas... led MOORE’S STATISTICS Carolina with nine tackles and added a sack in the Tennessee win... paced the Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR team with 10 tackles against Georgia... logged his third interception of the 2013 13/4 30 26 56 3.5-7 0.5-3 4 0 0 0 1 season against Wofford... set a career high with 15 tackles against Clemson... 2014 12/9 52 41 93 2.5-13 1.0-9 3 0 1 0 1 has recorded 13 career games with double-figures in tackles... ranks seventh 2015 12/11 69 42 111 6.5-21 2.0-11 4 4 1 3 1 2016 DNP - Redshirt in school history in total tackles with 348... has earned his degree in interdis- 2017 12/12 59 29 88 8.0-24 2.0-2 3 1 4 0 0 ciplinary studies... accepted an invitation to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. Total 49/36 210 138 348 20.5-65 5.5-35 14 5 6 3 3

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Deebo GAMECOCKS –RECEIVING– Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long SAMUEL 2015 5/3 12 161 13.4 1 48 2016 10/10 59 783 13.3 1 47 1 WR w 6-0 w 215 w JR. w 2L 2017 3/3 15 250 16.7 3 68 Total 18/16 86 1194 13.9 5 68 Inman, S.C. –RUSHING– (Chapman) Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long 2015 5/3 0 0 - 0 0 2017: Was well on his way to an outstanding campaign when he left the 2016 10/10 15 98 6.5 6 23 Kentucky game in the third quarter with a broken leg... named to the Bi- 2017 3/3 2 30 15.0 1 25 letnikoff, Maxwell and Paul Hornung Award Watch Lists... despite playing Total 18/16 17 128 7.5 7 25 -KICK RETURNS– in just three games, is still tied for the team lead with six touchdowns... ac- Year GP/GS No Yds Avg TD Long counted for three receiving, two kick return and one rushing touchdown... 2015 5/3 1 24 24.0 0 23 averaged 158.0 yards of total offense per game... received two kickoffs and re- 2016 10/10 16 431 26.9 1 100 turned them both 97 yards for scores... logged 15 receptions for 250 yards, an 2017 3/3 2 194 97.0 2 97 average of 16.7 yards per catch, and rushed twice for 30 yards... caught five Total 18/16 19 649 34.2 3 100 passes for 83 yards and two TDs in the season opener against NC State... also returned the game’s opening kick 97 yards for a score, earning a spot on the

Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll and SEC Special Teams Player of the Week Dante GAMECOCKS recognition... scored a pair of touchdowns in the win over Missouri, racing to a 97-yard kick return for Carolina’s first points of the game and later taking it SAWYER in on a 25-yard rush... earned the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll and SEC 95 DL w 6-3 w 275 w SR. w 2L Special Teams Player of the Week accolades for the second-straight week... became the first Gamecock to score three career kick return touchdowns and Suwanee, Ga. the third to return two kicks for touchdowns in a season... caught five balls (North Gwinnett/E. Miss. C.C.) for 122 yards and a touchdown in the Kentucky game, including a 68-yard scoring strike on the first play from scrimmage... owns 86 career receptions 2017: Fifth-year defensive lineman who can play on the edge and in the for 1,194 yards... has scored 15 career touchdowns - seven on the ground, interior of the line... earned second-team All-SEC honors by the AP... played five receiving and three via kickoff return... has also thrown one TD pass. in 11 games making three starts... leads the nation with five forced fumbles, one shy of the school record of six, set by Bill Currier in 1976 and matched 2016: Sophomore who shared the Steve Wadiak MVP Award with Jake by Emanuel Weaver in 1981... logged 29 tackles, including 5.0 tackles for Bentley, was the Steve Spurrier Award winner as the Offense’s MVP and was loss and 3.0 sacks... has three pass breakups and three QB hurries... had selected as the Most Explosive Player on offense by his teammates... led the seven tackles, two forced fumbles, two QB hurries, 1.5 tackles for loss and squad with 59 catches for 783 yards despite playing in just 10 games... also a sack in the season-opener against NC State... credited with six tackles ver- rushed 15 times for 98 yards and six TDs, returned 16 kickoffs for a 26.9- sus Kentucky... forced a fumble that led to T.J. Brunson’s touchdown return yard average with one score, returned two punts for eight yards and threw a against Arkansas... made a key strip-sack late against Tennessee... graded by 33-yard touchdown pass... ranked third in the SEC in receptions per game Pro Football Focus as the top interior defensive lineman in the SEC through (5.9), fourth in receiving yards per game (78.3), third in kickoff return aver- seven weeks... broke up a pair of passes in the Vanderbilt win... made six age and second in all-purpose yardage per game (132.0)... caught two passes tackles at Georgia... forced a fumble vs. Wofford... has played in 35 games for 36 yards at Vandy and scored on an eight-yard run for Carolina’s lone making seven starts... graduated in December. TD... battled hamstring issues throughout the Mississippi State game... did not play against East Carolina, Kentucky or Texas A&M due to the balky 2016: Appeared in all 13 games... logged 25 tackles, including 4.0 for loss... hamstring... had four catches for 90 yards against Georgia... tallied eight recovered a fumble against East Carolina, setting up Carolina’s first score... catches for 106 yards vs. UMass... collected eight catches for 83 yards in logged 2.0 TFLs and a sack at Kentucky... set a career-high with six tackles the Tennessee win... set then-career highs with nine catches for 125 yards against Western Carolina... credited with five tackles including a tackle for and had a rushing TD against Missouri... scored three times against Western loss, in the bowl game vs. USF... sat out the spring while rehabbing from Carolina, two rushing and one on a 100-yard kick return... threw a 33-yard off-season shoulder surgery... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. TD pass and returned six kicks for 124 yards against Clemson... had his best 2015: Played in 11 games, making four starts... logged 17 tackles including game against USF when he tied the school record with 14 receptions and set 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery... provided one of the biggest plays in a win Birmingham Bowl records with 14 receptions and 190 receiving yards... also over North Carolina with a sack late in the contest... had a nine-yard sack scored a rushing touchdown in that contest... garnered the Joe Morrison Of- in his first career start against UCF, his first of three-straight starts... had fensive Player of the Spring honors. three tackles including a half- SAWYER’S HIGHS 2015: Played in five games, making three starts while battling injuries... sack at Missouri... set a then- Tackles...... 7, NC State, 2017 fourth on the team with 12 receptions for 161 yards and a touchdown... career-high with five tackles and TFLs...... 2.0, twice: Kentucky, 2016 started but suffered a hamstring injury in the season opener against North had a pass breakup in a start at & Arkansas, 2017 Carolina... made his first catch for 10 yards against Kentucky... started and Tennessee... did not play against Sacks...... 1.0, Five times caught two passes for 20 yards against Georgia... continued to have issues The Citadel due to an injury... Pass Breakups...... 2, Vanderbilt, 2017 with the hamstring and sat out the next seven contests... returned to action recovered a fumble vs. Clemson. Forced Fumbles...... 2, NC State, 2017 against The Citadel... moved back into the starting lineup for the season SAWYER’S STATISTICS finale against Clemson and responded with a then-career-best performance, logging five catches for 104 yards and a his first career TD, a seven-yard Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2015 11/4 9 8 17 2.5-18 2.5-18 0 1 1 0 1 catch... also had a career-long 48-yard reception in that contest... recognized 2016 13/0 17 8 25 4.0-15 1.0-7 0 2 4 0 1 with the Big Plays award for the offense in the spring. 2017 11/3 19 10 29 5.0-41 3.0-38 0 3 3 5 0 Total 35/7 45 26 71 11.5-74 6.5-63 0 6 8 5 2 2014: Redshirted as a true freshman... worked with the scout team.

40 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks

D.J. GAMECOCKS Kobe GAMECOCKS SMITH SMITH 24 DB w 5-11 w 198 w SR. w 3L 97 DL w 6-2 w 286 w SO. w 1L Marietta, Ga. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Walton) (Archer) 2017: Senior safety who logged 46 tackles in 11 games, all starts... credited 2017: True sophomore defensive tackle who played in all 12 games... cred- with four pass breakups and 1.5 tackles for loss... made seven tackles and ited with 1.5 tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry... made two stops, in- three pass breakups in the victory over NC State... came up with the crucial cluding one for loss, at Texas A&M... also credited for two tackles in the defensive play of the game against the Wolfpack, deflecting a pass in the Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Clemson contests. end zone on NC State’s final play... chalked up six tackles versus Kentucky... 2016: True freshman who graduated from high school after the fall semester made a season-high eight tackles at Texas A&M... injured early in the Geor- and enrolled at Carolina in January... went through spring but was limited gia game but returned for the second half and made six tackles... the injury following shoulder surgery... defensive tackle who played in 11 games... cred- sidelined him for the Florida contest... has logged 159 career tackles with ited with four tackles... made his Gamecock debut in the Vanderbilt win... one interception and a pair of fumble recoveries... has appeared in 48 games, posted his first collegiate tackle at Mississippi State... made one tackle in the making 23 starts. Missouri win, playing his most K. SMITH’S HIGHS 2016: Played in every game, making 10 starts... led the team with 80 tackles, significant action of the season including 62 solo stops, the third-highest total of solo tackles in the SEC... against the Tigers... logged the Tackles...... 2.0, Five times had 3.0 tackles for loss... set a new career high in tackles in each of the first first two-tackle performance of Tackles for loss...... 1.0, Texas A&M, 2017 three games and did it on six separate occasions this season... came up with his career at Clemson. QB Hurries...... 1, Florida, 2017 five tackles including a tackle for loss at Vanderbilt... credited with a then- career-best six tackles, all solo, at Mississippi State... exceeded that mark in K. SMITH’S STATISTICS the East Carolina win with a then-career-high eight tackles and a fumble re- Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR covery... his fumble recovery came at a crucial time, as he scooped up a Pirate 2016 11/0 2 2 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 12/0 5 7 12 1.5-2 0.0-0 0 0 1 0 0 fourth-quarter fumble in the end zone... made four tackles, 1.0 tackles for Total 23/0 7 9 16 1.5-2 0.0-0 0 0 1 0 0 loss and his first career interception at Kentucky... led the Gamecocks and set another career-high with nine tackles, including a TFL, in the Texas A&M game... set a new career high yet again and led Carolina with 12 tackles (10 OrTre GAMECOCKS solo) in the UMass win... picked up three tackles and recovered a fumble in the Western Carolina win... set a career-best and led all players with 13 SMITH tackles, including 10 solo efforts, at Clemson... logged seven stops in the Birmingham Bowl vs. USF. 18 WR w 6-4 w 219 w FR. w HS 2015: Saw action in all 12 games, primarily on special teams, but began to Mount Pleasant, S.C. split more time with Jordan Diggs at strong safety as the season progressed... (Wando) credited with 22 tackles on the season, including 18 solo stops... had a career- 2017: True freshman receiver who appeared in all 12 games making nine high four tackles at Missouri... matched that with four stops, including a starts... big-bodied receiver who ranks third on the team with 30 catches... tackle for loss and a pass break up at LSU... had four solo stops at Texas averaged 10.9 yards per catch with three touchdowns... caught at least three A&M... made his first start of the season at Tennessee and responded with a passes in each of the last eight games... caught his first career pass against pair of tackles... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. Kentucky, a nine-yard touchdown... made his first career start vs. Louisiana 2014: True freshman defensive back... saw action in 12 games, making one Tech and caught two passes for 36 yards, including a 28-yard scoring strike start... played both cornerback and safety... credited with 11 tackles and in the fourth quarter... hauled in three passes for 28 yards at Texas A&M, one pass breakup... missed the first couple of weeks of fall camp after hav- including a touchdown reception for the third-consecutive game... posted ing his wisdom teeth removed and did not play in the season opener... saw identical lines of three catches for 40 yards in the Arkansas and Tennessee first action of the season against East Carolina... credited with two tackles at wins... led Carolina with five catches for 60 yards in the win over Florida. Vanderbilt... made first start of D.J. SMITH’S HIGHS career at free safety at Kentucky, O. SMITH’S STATISTICS Tackles...... 13, Clemson, 2016 collecting a season-best three Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, Five times 2017 12/9 30 326 10.9 3 28 tackles along with his first career Interceptions...... 1, Kentucky, 2016 pass breakup. Pass Breakups...... 3, NC State, 2017 O. SMITH’S HIGHS D.J. SMITH’S STATISTICS Receptions...... 5, Florida, 2017 Yards Receiving...... 60, Florida, 2017 Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR Long Reception.. 28, Louisiana Tech, 2017 2014 12/1 8 3 11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Touchdown Receptions...... 1, three times 2015 12/1 18 4 22 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2016 13/10 62 18 80 3.0-7 0.0-0 1 0 0 0 2 2017 11/11 33 13 46 1.5-3 0.0-0 0 4 0 0 0 Total 48/23 121 38 159 5.5-13 0.0-0 1 6 0 0 2

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Shi GAMECOCKS Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR SMITH 2014 8/0 4 4 8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 9/5 5 3 8 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 1 0 0 0 13 w w w w 2016 13/13 19 22 41 3.0-13 1.0-9 0 3 2 0 0 WR 5-10 179 FR. HS 2017 12/12 14 15 29 2.5-6 0.0-0 0 2 9 0 0 Union, S.C. Total 42/30 42 44 86 6.5-20 1.0-9 0 6 11 0 0 (Union County) STALLWORTH’S HIGHS 2017: True freshman receiver who played in 11 contests, making seven Tackles...... 7, NC State, 2017 starts... hauled in 26 passes for 350 yards, a 13.5-yard average, with two Sacks...... 0.5, twice: scores... also returned a pair of kicks for 43 yards... made his first career start Vanderbilt, 2016 and East Carolina, 2016 Tackles for Loss..... 1.5 East Carolina, 2016 at Missouri and caught four passes for 22 yards... hauled in three catches Pass Breakups...... 2, Missouri, 2016 for a career-best 86 yards and S. SMITH’S STATISTICS Quarterback Hurries...... 5, Florida, 2017 his first collegiate touchdown at Texas A&M... led the Game- Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long 2017 11/7 26 350 13.5 2 45 cocks with five receptions for 76 Donell GAMECOCKS yards in the win over Vanderbilt, S. SMITH’S HIGHS including a 36-yard touchdown STANLEY Receptions...... 5, Vanderbilt, 2017 grab... logged three catches for Yards Receiving...... 86, Texas A&M, 2017 72 OL w 6-4 w 317 w JR. w 1L 30 yards in the Wofford win be- Long Reception...... 45, Texas A&M, 2017 fore leaving win an injury which Touchdown Receptions...... 1, twice Floydale, S.C. forced him to miss the Clemson Texas A&M, 2017 & Vanderbilt, 2017 (Latta) game. 2017: Junior who started all 12 games along the offensive line... made nine starts at left guard and three starts at right guard... graded by Pro Football Taylor GAMECOCKS Focus as the second-most effective guard in the nation during Week 4, as the STALLWORTH Gamecocks defeated Louisiana Tech. 90 2016: Sophomore season was derailed by an early injury... earned the start- DL w 6-2 w 305 w SR. w 3L ing right guard position for the season opener at Vanderbilt... suffered a high Mobile, Ala. ankle sprain in the first series of the game, causing him to miss the remainder (Murphy) of the season... applied for a medical redshirt that would get him a sixth year of eligibility. 2017: Senior who has turned in an excellent final campaign... a leader and 2015: Played in all 12 games as a redshirt freshman, primarily on special calming influence along the defensive front... started all 12 games and has teams... also saw a limited number of reps at offensive guard... named to the made 30 career starts... credited with 29 tackles including 2.5 tackles for SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll... took a vast number of reps in the spring as loss... also had a pair of pass breakups and a team-leading nine quarterback the numbers were thin on the offensive line... earned one of four Everyday hurries... set a career high with eight tackles in the season-opening win over Effort awards presented in the spring at the Garnet & Black game. NC State... made one tackle, one pass breakup and a career-best five quarter- back hurries in the win over Florida. 2014: Redshirted as a true freshman... did not practice for much of the fall while rehabbing from surgery on his left wrist... named to the 2014-15 First- 2016: Junior defensive tackle who started all 13 games... shared the Unselfish Year SEC Honor Roll. Teammate Award for the defense as selected by the players with Marquavius Lewis... had 41 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack... set a then-career high with four tackles in the Vandy win... joined with Darius English to Aaron GAMECOCKS come up with a huge sack on Vanderbilt’s last drive of the game... established STERLING a career-high with six tackles at Mississippi State... also had a QB hurry at MSU... made two tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and was credited with half a 15 DL w 6-1 w 240 w FR. w HS sack in the East Carolina win... made four tackles and broke up a pass at Kentucky... posted five tackles (two solo) against Texas A&M... made three Atlanta, Ga. tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in both the Florida and Clemson games... also (Tucker) had three stops in the Birmingham Bowl versus USF. 2017: True freshman defensive end... played in all 12 games making 22 stops 2015: Played in nine contests, making five starts... credited with eight tack- with 3.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks... also credited with two quarter- les... started each of the first three games... had a key fourth-down stop in the back hurries... had his first three-tackle day at Texas A&M game... set his season-opening win over North Carolina... logged two tackles against UCF... career high with four tackles at credited with two tackles, including his first career tackle for loss and a pass Georgia... logged his first career STERLING’S HIGHS breakup in a start against Vanderbilt... also started at Texas A&M, where he sack in the victory over Flori- Tackles...... 4, Georgia, 2017 suffered a chest injury, causing him to miss a pair of games. da... tallied three tackles and a Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, Florida, 2017 sack in the Clemson game. Sacks...... 1.0, twice: 2014: Saw action in eight games... collected eight tackles... six of his eight Florida, 2017 & Clemson, 2017 stops came in the final three games of the season as he garnered more play- ing time... made first career appearance against Georgia... had his best day STERLING’S STATISTICS against South Alabama with three total tackles... matched that with three Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR tackles in the Duck Commander Independence Bowl win over Miami. 2017 12/0 11 11 22 3.0-18 2.0-16 0 0 2 0 0

42 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks GAMECOCKS Keir GAMECOCKS A.J. THOMAS TURNER 5 DL w 6-2 w 262 w SO. w 1L 25 RB w 5-10 w 184 w SO. w 1L Miami, Fla. Clifton, Va. (Miami Central) (Centreville) 2017: True sophomore defensive lineman who played in all 12 games mak- 2017: Redshirt sophomore running back who began the campaign as the ing 10 starts... primarily used at defensive end, but also could slide into the third-team back and finished the regular season as the Gamecocks’ top rush- interior of the line... credited with 37 tackles including 4.5 tackles for loss er... logged 517 yards on 92 carries, an average of 5.6 yards per game, with and a pair of sacks... had three quarterback hurries and forced one fumble... three touchdowns... also caught 18 passes for 117 yards and returned 11 turned in a big game in the season-opener against NC State, with five tackles, kicks for a 17.1-yard average... paced the team with 822 all-purpose yards, an 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack... notched five tackles vs. Kentucky... tallied a avearge of 68.5 per game... also credited with a team-high five tackles on spe- sack on the final drive of the Tennessee win, forcing a fumble and costing the cial teams... had just 20 carries for 60 yards (3.0 yards per carry) through the Vols crucial seconds as Carolina held on for the win... set a career high with first six games before rushing 72 times for 457 yards (6.3 yards per carry) over seven tackles and added 1.5 tackles for loss at Georgia. the final six contests after Rico Dowdle was injured... made his biggest con- tribution on special teams in the season-opener against NC State, with three 2016: Graduated from high school mid-year and enrolled at Carolina in kick returns for 44 yards and one tackle on punt coverage... rushed 14 times January... played in all 13 games with two starts... credited with 24 tackles, for 86 yards and the only touchdown of the game in the win over Tennessee... 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks... made three tackles in his collegiate debut, surpassed that with a 15-carry, 121-yard, one-touchdown performance over a victory over Vanderbilt... had two tackles and made his first career sack in against Vanderbilt... set career highs in the win over Florida when he gained the East Carolina win... made his first career start against Texas A&M and 136 yards on 22 carries and added 36 yards on three receptions... also made a had a strong effort with five tackles (three solo)... made his second straight key play after a Carolina interception against the Gators, recovering a Florida start at defensive tackle against Georgia and was in on one tackle... made two fumble in the end zone... became the 43rd player in Carolina history to reach tackles, including one stop for loss, added a quarterback hurry and a fumble 1,000 career rushing yards in the Wofford win, when he led the team with forced in the UMass win... made two tackles in the Missouri victory, includ- 69 yards on the ground... left the Clemson game early in the first half with a ing a crucial sack in the fourth THOMAS’ HIGHS high ankle sprain... owns three 100-yard rushing games in his career. quarter... tallied three tackles at Florida... made two tackles, Tackles...... 7, Georgia, 2017 2016: Redshirt freshman running back has played in 12 games with four including one tackle for loss, in Tackles for Loss...... 2.0, NC State, 2017 starts.... named to Athlon’s All-SEC Freshman second team as a kick re- the Western Carolina win. Sacks...... 1.0, Four times turner... ranked second on the team with 116 carries for 497 yards... led the team with 13 carries for 70 yards at Vanderbilt... had 16 carries for 32 THOMAS’ STATISTICS yards and caught two passes for 25 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR at Mississippi State for his first career TD... burst 80 yards on the opening 2016 13/2 15 9 24 4.0-15 2.0-7 0 0 1 1 0 kick to set up South Carolina’s first touchdown against East Carolina... was 2017 12/9 17 20 37 4.5-11 2.0-3 0 0 3 1 0 back in the starting lineup at Kentucky, when he carried the ball 12 times for Total 25/11 32 29 61 8.5-26 4.0-10 0 0 4 2 0 42 yards and a score... had his best rushing game against Texas TURNER’S STATISTICS A&M with 10 carries for 116 –RUSHING– yards and a TD while also catch- Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long Eldridge GAMECOCKS ing four passes for 22 yards... 2016 12/4 116 497 4.3 3 75 broke loose on the A&M game’s 2017 12/6 92 517 5.6 3 30 THOMPSON Total 24/10 208 1,014 4.9 6 75 first play from scrimmage, rac- 11 –RECEIVING– LB w 6-1 w 215 w JR. w JC ing 75 yards to paydirt just 17 Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long Houston, Texas seconds into the game, the fast- 2016 12/4 21 143 6.8 1 18 2017 12/6 18 117 6.5 0 15 (White Station/Coffeyville C.C.) est score for Carolina since Nov. 20, 2010, when Marcus Latti- Total 24/10 39 260 6.7 1 18 -KICK RETURNS– 2017: Former junior college linebacker who was in his first season with the more had a 17-yard touchdown Year GP/GS No Yds Avg TD Long Gamecocks... played in all 12 games making 10 tackles including eight solo run 13 seconds in against Troy... 2016 12/4 13 321 24.7 0 80 stops... recorded two-tackle days in wins over Arkansas and Wofford... saw carried the ball 11 times for 30 2017 12/6 11 188 17.1 0 28 significant action against Florida and made one tackle... ended the regular yards, caught four passes for 17 Total 24/10 24 509 21.2 0 80 season with two tackles against THOMPSON’S HIGHS yards and returned three kicks Clemson. for 69 yards against Georgia... TURNER’S HIGHS Tackles...... 2, Three times left the Missouri game with Carries...... 22, Florida, 2017 an injury and missed the Flor- THOMPSON’S STATISTICS Yards Rushing...... 136, Florida, 2017 ida game... returned to carry Long Rush...... 75, Texas A&M, 2016 Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR the ball 17 times for 97 yards Rushing TDs...... 1, Six times 2017 12/0 8 2 10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 against Western Carolina... had 100-yard Rushing Games...... Three times 10 carries for 49 yards and a Receptions...... 4, Three times touchdown in the Birmingham Yards Receiving...... 36, Florida, 2017 Long Reception...... 18, twice: Bowl versus USF. Vanderbilt, 2016 and Miss. St., 2016 2015: Redshirted as a true Touchdown Receptions...1, Miss. St., 2016 freshman. Long Kick Return.... 80, E. Carolina, 2016

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 43 The Gamecocks SOUTH CAROLINA WILDER’S STATISTICS Parker GAMECOCKS Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2016 12/3 13 2 15 2.0-9 0.0-0 1 0 0 1 0 WHITE 2017 8/1 7 0 7 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0 0 0 43 K/P w 6-4 w 195 w FR. w HS Total 20/4 20 2 22 3.0-16 1.0-7 1 0 0 1 0 Mount Pleasant, S.C.

(Wando) Jamyest GAMECOCKS 2017: Redshirt freshman kicker who was added to the roster as a walk-on in WILLIAMS January... took over as the full-time starter on placements in game 4 against 21 Louisiana Tech and led the Gamecocks in scoring with 60 points... also han- DB w 5-9 w 175 w FR. w HS dled the kickoff duties... connected on 12-of-22 field goal attempts overall, Dacula, Ga. but was 9-for-10 inside 40 yards... converted all 24 extra point attempts... (Grayson) logged 42 touchbacks among his 59 kickoffs (71 percent)... missed his first four field goal attempts before connecting from 31-yards out with just four 2017: True freshman defensive back who earned a spot on the SEC All- seconds remaining in the contest to lift the Gamecocks to a 17-16 win over Freshman team, as selected by the league’s coaches... played in 11 contests, Louisiana Tech... had his best day as a Gamecock in the win at Tennessee, primarily at nickel, totaling 38 tackles, including 32 solo stops... ranks 12th connecting on field goals of 47, 21 and 36 yards in a 15-9 victory... went among FBS freshmen with two interceptions... recorded two tackles in his 2-for-3 in the win over Vanderbilt, with makes of 44 and 39... connected on collegiate debut, a win over NC State... was a game-changer in the Missouri nine of his last 12 field goal attempts on the season, with the three misses win, with six tackles and his first career interception in his first career start... coming from beyond 45 yards. his pick against the Tigers set up Carolina’s go-ahead touchdown one play lat- er... tallied four tackles against Kentucky and posted his first career fumble re- 2016: Was enrolled at South Carolina but did not participate in football. covery... added another four-tackle performance in the victory over Louisiana WHITE’S HIGHS Tech... led the Gamecocks and set a career high with 10 tackles, including –PLACEKICKING– 2.0 tackles for loss, against Texas A&M... had three tackles, including 1.0 for Year GP FG-A Pct Long PAT-A Pts. loss, against Georgia... made five J. WILLIAMS’ HIGHS 2017 12 12-22 54.5 47 24-24 60 tackles, including one for loss –FIELD GOALS– against Florida, and sealed the Tackles...... 10, Texas A&M, 2017 Year M-A Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Blk game with an interception on Tackles for Loss...... 2.0, Texas A&M, 2017 2017 12-22 54.5 0-0 5-5 4-5 3-10 0-2 47 0 the Gators’ final drive... missed Interceptions...... 1, twice: Missouri, 2017 & Florida, 2017 the Wofford game due to injury. Pass Breakups...... 1, Missouri, 2017

Antoine GAMECOCKS J. WILLIAMS’ STATISTICS WILDER Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2017 11/6 32 6 38 4.0-6 0.0-0 2 1 1 0 1 29 LB w 5-10 w 190 w SO. w 1L Riverdale, Ga.

(Hapeville Charter) Ty’Son GAMECOCKS 2017: Redshirt sophomore who has played linebacker, safety and nickel WILLIAMS during his career... logged seven tackles, all solo stops, in eight contests... played in the season opener against NC State, then was sidelined for the next 27 RB w 6-0 w 215 w SO. w SQ three contests with an injury... came up with two tackles in the victory over Tennessee, including his first career sack... made his first start of the season Sumter, S.C. against Wofford and logged three tackles before suffering an elbow injury (Crestwood/North Carolina) that caused him to miss the Clemson game... has four career starts. 2017: Redshirt sophomore running back who tied for the team lead during 2016: Redshirt freshman defensive back who played in 12 games, making the regular season with 92 carries, while ranking second on the squad with three starts... logged 15 tackles, one forced fumble and one interception... 460 rushing yards... also caught 11 passes for 36 yards... had both a rushing made his debut in the win over Vanderbilt... earned his first career start and and a receiving touchdown... made his Gamecock debut in the win over NC had his best performance in the East Carolina win, posting five tackles (four State, catching one pass for five yards... saw extensive action in the Missouri solo) and a forced fumble... jarred the ball loose at a crucial time, creating win, with a team-high 78 rushing yards on 14 carries... exploded for 95 yards a fourth-quarter turnover near the goal line... started at the nickel position on 13 carries plus two catches for 14 yards in his first career start against against Texas A&M and made two tackles... made his first career interception Louisiana Tech... raced to a 35-yard touchdown run against the Bulldogs, against Georgia, with the pick coming inside of the Carolina 10-yard line... giving Carolina a fourth-quarter lead... picked up a team-best 73 yards on 14 also logged a tackle for loss in that contest... did not play against Missouri carries against Texas A&M... caught a three-yard touchdown pass and added but was back on the field against Florida... notched three tackles, including a eight carries for 35 yards in the Arkansas win... rushed the ball 11 times for tackle for loss, at Clemson... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. 47 yards in the win at Tennessee... did not play against Florida... logged 58 2015: Redshirted in his first sea- yards on eight carries against Wofford... led the Gamecocks with 53 rushing WILDER’S HIGHS son with the Garnet & Black... yards on 13 carries vs. Clemson. missed some practice time with Tackles...... 5, East Carolina, 2016 2016: Took a redshirt season per NCAA transfer rules... impressed the coach- a right knee sprain... named to Tackles for Loss...... 1.0, Three times es with his work ethic and ability despite not being eligible to play... shared the 2015-16 First-Year SEC Sacks...... 1.0, Tennessee, 2017 the coaches’ Offensive Scout Team Award with Sadarius Hutcherson. Honor Roll. Interceptions...... 1, Georgia, 2016

44 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL The Gamecocks 2015: Rushed 19 times for 57 T. WILLIAMS’ STATISTICS WONNUM’S HIGHS yards and caught one pass as a true freshman at North Caroli- –RUSHING– Tackles...... 9, Georgia, 2017 Year GP/GS Att Yds Avg TD Long na... appeared in six games with Tackles for Loss...... 3.0, NC State, 2017 2015 6/0 19 57 3.0 0 8 Sacks...... 2.0, Tennessee, 2017 highs of 10 carries for 31 yards 2016 DNP - Redshirt QB Hurries...... 2, Texas A&M, 2016 in the win over Duke... logged 2017 11/2 92 460 4.9 1 35 Pass Breakups...... 2, twice: Arkansas, 2017 Total 17/2 111 517 4.7 1 35 four carries for 19 yards vs. NC & Clemson, 2017 A&T. –RECEIVING– Year GP/GS Rec Yds Avg TD Long 2015 6/0 1 0 0.0 0 0 2016 DNP - Redshirt 2017 11/2 11 36 3.3 1 13 Malik GAMECOCKS Total 17/2 12 36 3.0 1 13 YOUNG T. WILLIAMS’ HIGHS 77 Carries...... 14, twice: Missouri, 2017 OL w 6-3 w 303 w JR. w 1L & Texas A&M, 2017 Pelzer, S.C. Yards Rushing.....95, Louisiana Tech, 2017 Long Rush...... 35, Louisiana Tech, 2017 (Woodmont) Rushing TDs...... 1, Louisiana Tech, 2017 2017: Fourth-year junior offensive lineman... started four of the first five Receptions...... 2, Three times Yards Receiving...14, Louisiana Tech, 2017 games... moved to left tackle in the spring and started the first two games of Long Reception...... 13, Clemson, 2017 the season at that position... was the starter in games 4 and 5 against Louisi- TD Receptions...... 1, Arkansas, 2017 ana Tech and Texas A&M at the right tackle spot... left the A&M game with a first-quarter injury and did not see any additional game action... owns 13 career starts.

D.J. GAMECOCKS 2016: Redshirt sophomore offensive lineman... played in every game, with WONNUM nine starts, all at right tackle... made his first career start against Texas A&M 8 and did not leave the starting lineup for the remainder of the year. DL w 6-4 w 251 w SO. w 1L 2015: Offensive lineman who saw limited duty in three contests... played on Stone Mountain, Ga. special teams against Kentucky, Georgia and UCF... also took some snaps on (Stephenson) offense late in the game against the Bulldogs... was receiving more quality reps in the spring due to the number of injuries among the front line before 2017: True sophomore Buck who turned in an outstanding season... started suffering a left ankle sprain. all 12 games... collected 52 tackles, while leading the team with 13.0 tackles 2014: Redshirted as a true freshman. for loss and 6.0 sacks... ranked third in the SEC in tackles for loss and 13th in sacks... twice was named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week... earned his first career start in the NC State victory and responded with an eight-tackle performance which included 3.0 tackles for loss and a sack... tallied three tackles and a sack in the Missouri win... made seven tackles against Kentucky along with 1.5 tackles for loss... collected four tackles, a tackle for loss, two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry in the win over Arkansas, earning his first SEC weekly honor... earned SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors for the second-straight game after recording six tackles and two sacks in the win over Tennessee... blocked a PAT in the win over Vanderbilt... set a career high with nine tackles against Georgia, which included 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack... recorded a sack on Florida’s final drive of the game to help seal a victory... tallied three tackles, including 2.0 for loss, vs. Wofford... posted four tackles and two pass breakups against Clemson. 2016: True freshman defensive lineman who played in every game... named to Athlon’s All-SEC Freshman second team... logged 32 tackles, tops among all Gamecock freshmen... also had 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a pair of quarterback hurries... came up with three tackles at Mississippi State... had his best game in the East Carolina win, with four solo tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack... made three stops at Kentucky... notched two tackles and was credited with two quarterback hurries against Texas A&M... recorded two tackles and combined for a sack in the Missouri win... made two tackles, including 1.0 TFL, at Florida... logged three tackles and returned a kick for one yard in the triumph over Western Carolina... matched a career-high with four tackles at Clemson... named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Honor Roll. WONNUM’S STATISTICS Year GP/GS UT AT TT TFL QBS INT PBU QBH FF FR 2016 13/0 16 16 32 3.5-14 1.5-12 0 0 2 0 0 2017 12/12 29 23 52 13.0-50 6.0-37 0 5 2 0 0 Total 25/12 45 39 84 16.5-64 7.5-49 0 5 4 0 0

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Michael GAMECOCKS Kaleb GAMECOCKS ALMOND CHALMERS 85 K/P w 6-3 w 229 w SO. w 1L 12 DB w 5-10 w 181 w SO. w JC North Augusta, S.C. Greenwood, S.C. (Westminster) (Greenwood/NW Mississippi) 2017: Walk-on kicker who is in his third season with the Gamecocks... serves 2017: Junior college transfer who started his career at Clemson... joined the as the backup punter... could also handle the kickoff chores... saw action in squad in January... saw action in two contests, getting into both the Arkansas the Texas A&M game, kicking off one time for 45 yards. and Florida games. 2016: Served as a reserve most of the season... was pressed into duty for the 2016: Spent the 2016 season at Northwest Mississippi Community College first time in his career in the Birmingham Bowl when regular Sean Kelly was in Senatobia, Miss... helped the Rangers to a 9-3 season and a No. 6 final not available due to injury... punted twice for a 44.0-yard average with a long ranking in the NJCAA... coached by Benjy Parker... earned a spot on the All- of 48 yards. MACJC first team as a cornerback... recorded 30 tackles with one sack, one interception and 13 pass breakups. 2015: Redshirted as a true freshman. 2015: Spent his true freshman season at Clemson where he was redshirted after being an early enrollee.

Shameik GAMECOCKS BLACKSHEAR Javion GAMECOCKS 91 DE w 6-4 w 260 w SO. w 1L DUNCAN Bluffton, S.C. 61 DL w 6-0 w 270 w JR. w SQ (Bluffton) Simpsonville, S.C. 2017: Third-year defensive end... saw action in seven games overall, includ- (Woodmont/The Citadel) ing six of the final seven regular season contests... credited with six tackles including four solo stops... had three solo stops in the season finale against 2017: Junior walk-on defensive lineman who adds depth to the unit... began Clemson. his career at The Citadel... made his Gamecock debut in the win over Wof- ford. 2016: Second-year defensive end who played in nine games... made one tackle for loss against Mississippi State and had one tackle against Clemson... 2016: Transfer who was added to the Gamecocks’ roster just prior to the start did not participate in spring drills while recovering from injuries sustained in of spring drills... .. shared the Defensive Scout Team Award as selected by the an off-season incident. coaches with Jajuan Blankenship. 2015: Limited to two games while battling back from a knee injury suffered 2015: Enrolled at Carolina in the fall but did not participate in football. in his senior year of high school... saw action against UCF and Missouri... 2014: Was a member of The Citadel football team... worked along the of- credited with one solo tackle and one assisted tackle, both coming against the fensive line... did not see any game action as a true freshman. Tigers... petitioned and received a medical redshirt.

Chandler GAMECOCKS

Blake GAMECOCKS FARRELL CAMPER 60 OL w 6-2 w 292 w FR. w RS 63 OL w 6-8 w 310 w JR. w 2L Summerville, S.C. Virginia Beach, Va. (Summerville) (Frank W. Cox) 2017: Walk-on offensive lineman who has impressed the coaching staff... 2017: Played in every game on special teams... saw his first action of the sea- performs with a blue-collar work ethic... gives the Gamecocks quality depth son on the offensive line in the win over Arkansas... made his lone start of the at the center position... saw late-game action in two contests, appearing season at right tackle in the victory over Tennessee... has played in 30 games against Arkansas and Wofford. during his three-year career, making three starts. 2016: Walk-on offensive lineman... traveled with the squad as a backup of- 2016: True sophomore who played in six games with one start... did not start fensive center throughout the season... did not see any game action. in the season opener at Vanderbilt but saw significant action on the offensive line at right tackle after an injury to Donell Stanley... started at Mississippi State but was sidelined with a high left ankle injury, which kept him out until the UMass contest... returned from a four-game injury absence and saw significant action at right tackle against the Minutemen. 2015: Saw action in all 12 games as a true freshman... earned his first career start against The Citadel when he got the nod at right tackle due to an injury to Mason Zandi.

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Terry GAMECOCKS basketball team in January and did not participate in spring football drills, as the cagers advanced to the Final Four... saw action in eight contests on GOOGER the hardwood... scored nine points with five rebounds in limited action for a squad that advanced to the Final Four for the first time in school history. 6 WR w 6-4 w 217 w JR. w 2L Atlanta, Ga.

(Woodward Academy) Caleb GAMECOCKS 2017: Fourth-year player who is the most veteran of the wide receiver corps... KINLAW played each of the first five games of the season, primarily on special teams... 32 w w w w was carted off the field after suffering an concussion at Texas A&M... was RB 5-11 202 JR. JC transported to a local hospital and later returned to the stadium and flew Goose Creek, S.C. home with the team... did not appear in another contest... has caught a dozen (Goose Creek/Pearl River C.C.) passes for 140 yards in his career that includes five starts. 2017: Transfer who was eligible for the first time at South Carolina... ap- 2016: Redshirt sophomore who played in 11 games with three starts... had peared in 11 games, primarily on special teams... saw action at running back seven catches for 66 yards... caught his first pass of the season for 11 yards late in the game against Wofford... carried four times for 47 yards, including at Mississippi State.... started and caught a 10-yard pass at Kentucky... set a a 27-yard burst against the Terriers... joined the Gamecock football squad in career-high with three catches, going for 25 yards, in a starting assignment January as a walk-on... began his career at Wisconsin... underwent multiple vs. Texas A&M... made the start at wide receiver and caught one pass for 13 surgeries during his time as a Badger. yards in the UMass win... did not appear against Missouri or Florida. 2016: Transferred from Wisconsin to Pearl River Community College in 2015: Played in 11 games... caught five passes for 74 yards... had a solid de- Poplarville, Miss. in the summer of 2016… rushed 34 times for 150 yards but as a Gamecock, catching a pair of passes for 39 yards against North Caro- and a touchdown in six games for the Wildcats while being hampered by a lina... made his first career start at Georgia... caught a 13-yard pass against series of nagging injuries. Vanderbilt... gained his second start at Texas A&M... had a 14-yard reception at Tennessee... earned a spot on the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll... gar- 2015: Played in one game as a redshirt freshman for the Badgers, carrying nered Most Improved accolades in the spring. seven times for 30 yards and caught a touchdown pass in a win over Miami (Ohio)… also spent practice time at cornerback. 2014: Redshirted... named to the 2014-15 First-Year SEC Honor Roll. 2014: Originally signed with Wisconsin and head coach Gary Anderson out of high school in 2014… redshirted in his first year in Madison.

Danny GAMECOCKS

GORDON Kyle GAMECOCKS 17 QB w 6-0 w 211 w JR. w SQ MARKWAY Worthington, Ohio 84 TE w 6-5 w 250 w SO. w 1L (Worthington/Miami (Ohio)) St. Louis, Mo. 2017: Played in every game as Carolina’s holder on field goal and extra point (St. John Vianney) attempts... walk-on reserve quartetrback who adds depth. 2017: Redshirt sophomore tight end who saw action in each of the first two 2016: Was eligible for the first time at South Carolina after sitting out a year contests on special teams... suffered a rib injury in the Missouri game that per NCAA transfer rules... served as a reserve quarterback on the scout team. sidelined him for the remainder of the regular season, although he did dress 2015: Joined the squad when the roster expanded in August... was not eligi- against Clemson... should be available for the bowl game versus Michigan... ble due to NCAA transfer rules... spent the fall working with the scout team. has made one career start. 2014: Attended Miami (Ohio) University, where he was a walk-on member 2016: Redshirted in his second season at Carolina while battling a foot injury of the football squad. all year... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll following the season. 2015: True freshman who appeared in all 12 games with one start... a regular on special teams who also saw action at tight end... logged three receptions Evan GAMECOCKS for 57 yards... caught his first pass in his home state of Missouri... had a HINSON season-long 27-yard completion at Texas A&M... also caught a pass against Florida... made his first start against The Citadel... named to the 2015-16 82 TE w 6-4 w 240 w FR. w RS First-Year SEC Honor Roll. Deltona, Fla. (Deltona)

2017: Redshirt freshman tight end who saw action in every game on special teams... also saw offensive snaps in the win over Wofford... two-sport athlete who also participates with Frank Martin’s men’s basketball team... was on the hoops squad after the football regular season concluded until bowl camp commenced.

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Keisean GAMECOCKS Michael GAMECOCKS NIXON SCARNECCHIA 9 DB w 5-10 w 192 w JR. w JC 12 QB w 6-4 w 209 w JR. w SQ Compton, Calif. Fleming Island, Fla. (Salesian/Arizona Western) (Fleming Island) 2017: Junior college transfer who is in his first season with the Gamecocks... 2017: Fourth-year junior who serves as the No. 2 quaterback behind Jake played in 11 games, primarily on special teams... credited with four tackles... Bentley... saw action late in Carolina’s victories over Arkansas and Wofford. showed a nose for the football as he was in on three turnovers... logged his 2016: Missed the entire season after undergoing labrum surgery in the sum- first stats at Texas A&M, making one tackle and recovering an Aggie fum- mer on his left (non-throwing) shoulder... suffered the injury working out at ble... notched two tackles against Arkansas and recorded his first interception his home in May... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. as a Gamecock, racing 45 yards for the game-sealing touchdown.. tallied one tackle and collected his second interception of the season against Clemson. 2015: Backup quarterback who saw action in one contest... got in late in the LSU contest... completed his only pass for nine yards... also ran once for no yards... a member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll... considered the

D.J. GAMECOCKS Most Improved Freshman on the offensive side of the ball in the spring by PARK the Gamecock coaching staff. 2014: Redshirted... named to the 2014-15 First-Year SEC Honor Roll. 69 OL w 6-4 w 337 w SR. w 3L Dillon, S.C. Damani GAMECOCKS (Dillon) STALEY 2017: Big-bodied, senior offensive lineman... saw action in all 12 games, 30 primarily on special teams... saw action at right tackle vs. Texas A&M after an LB w 6-1 w 210 w FR. w HS injury to Malik Young... made his only start of the season against Arkansas... Columbia, S.C. has appeared in 43 games over his five-year career with four starts... gradu- (Ridge View) ated in May with a degree in criminal justice. 2016: Redshirt junior offensive lineman... played in every game, with three 2017: True freshman linebacker who saw action in five games on special starts... earned his first career start at right tackle vs. Vanderbilt... moved to teams... local product from Columbia’s Ridge View High School... father, right guard in the Vandy win after an injury to Donell Stanley... shifted back Duce, played for the Gamecocks and in the NFL. to right tackle against Mississippi State. 2015: Played in 10 of 12 games... most of his action came on special teams... earned one of four Everyday Effort awards presented in the spring at the Chad GAMECOCKS Garnet & Black game. TERRELL 2014: Redshirt freshman offensive lineman... saw action in eight games, pri- 86 w w w w marily on special teams... played in just one of the first five contests, then saw WR 6-3 212 FR. HS more consistent action as the season progressed. Bogue Chitto, Miss. 2013: Offensive lineman who enrolled at Carolina in January 2013... worked (North Paulding) primarily at right tackle during the spring due to numbers, but moved inside 2017: True freshman wide receiver who played in nine contests... caught in the fall... redshirted. three passes for 20 yards... had one reception each against Kentucky, Louisi- ana Tech and Tennessee... missed two games with injury.

Kiel GAMECOCKS

Alexander GAMECOCKS POLLARD WOZNICK 87 TE w 6-0 w 240 w SO. w 1L 42 PK w 5-11 w 164 w FR. w RS Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County) Greenville, S.C. (Eastside) 2017: Sophomore tight end who has been a special teams performer and also 2017: Began the season as the Gamecocks’ starting placekicker... tallied 13 saw limited time at tight end... played in all 12 games.. caught his first pass points on 1-of-3 field goals and 10-of-11 extra point attempts... connected of the year, a four-year completion, against Tennessee. on all five of his PATs in the season-opener against NC State... his first career 2016: Played in 12 games... caught one pass for 18 yards... saw his first action made field goal came from 32-yards out at Missouri... had one kickoff, a against Mississippi State... made a key block on A.J. Turner’s game-opening 65-yarder against Arkansas, in which he was credited with the tackle... recog- 80-yard kick return vs. East Carolina... logged his first catch against Georgia, nized as the Harold White GPA Award winner for special teams at the 2017 an 18-yard reception... named to the 2016-17 First-Year SEC Honor Roll. Garnet & Black spring game. 2016: Redshirted as a true freshman placekicker.

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2017 IN REVIEW 2017 Statistics SOUTH CAROLINA SC OPP RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G SCORING 289 250 A.J. Turner 12 92 530 13 517 5.6 3 30 43.1 Points Per Game 24.1 20.8 Ty’Son Williams 11 92 477 17 460 5.0 1 35 41.8 Points Off Turnovers 86 13 Rico Dowdle 7 60 219 13 206 3.4 1 13 29.4 FIRST DOWNS 218 248 Mon Denson 12 40 154 6 148 3.7 2 24 12.3 Rushing 90 99 Jake Bentley 12 67 246 160 86 1.3 6 24 7.2 Caleb Kinlaw 11 4 47 0 47 11.8 0 27 4.3 Passing 115 128 Hayden Hurst 12 7 37 1 36 5.1 1 13 3.0 Penalty 13 21 Deebo Samuel 3 2 30 0 30 15.0 1 25 10.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 1527 1760 Bryan Edwards 12 4 19 0 19 4.8 0 11 1.6 Yards gained rushing 1765 2050 Randrecous Davis 10 2 6 0 6 3.0 0 5 0.6 Yards lost rushing 238 290 TEAM 8 9 0 28 -28 -3.1 0 0 -3.5 Rushing Attempts 379 451 Total...... 12 379 1765 238 1527 4.0 15 35 127.2 Average Per Rush 4.0 3.9 Opponents...... 12 451 2050 290 1760 3.9 14 54 146.7 Average Per Game 127.2 146.7 TDs Rushing 15 14 PASSING G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G PASSING YARDAGE 2555 2735 Jake Bentley 12 130.23 226-362-11 62.4 2555 16 68 212.9 Comp-Att-Int 226-365-11 238-395-12 TEAM 8 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Pass 7.0 6.9 Hayden Hurst 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Catch 11.3 11.5 Total...... 12 129.16 226-365-11 61.9 2555 16 68 212.9 Opponents...... 12 124.04 238-395-12 60.3 2735 14 63 227.9 Average Per Game 212.9 227.9 TDs Passing 16 14 RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE 4082 4495 Bryan Edwards 12 59 705 11.9 4 41 58.8 Total Plays 744 846 Hayden Hurst 12 41 518 12.6 2 62 43.2 Average Per Play 5.5 5.3 OrTre Smith 12 30 326 10.9 3 28 27.2 Average Per Game 340.2 374.6 Shi Smith 11 26 350 13.5 2 45 31.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 29-668 19-397 A.J. Turner 12 18 117 6.5 0 15 9.8 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-138 11-71 Deebo Samuel 3 15 250 16.7 3 68 83.3 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-138 11-123 Ty’Son Williams 11 11 36 3.3 1 13 3.3 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.0 20.9 Rico Dowdle 7 8 96 12.0 1 34 13.7 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.1 6.5 Jacob August 12 6 68 11.3 0 19 5.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 11.5 11.2 Randrecous Davis 10 3 32 10.7 0 13 3.2 FUMBLES-LOST 8-3 19-11 Chad Terrell 9 3 20 6.7 0 9 2.2 PENALTIES-Yards 55-426 65-486 Chavis Dawkins 12 2 18 9.0 0 9 1.5 K.C. Crosby 6 2 11 5.5 0 6 1.8 Average Per Game 35.5 40.5 Mon Denson 12 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.3 PUNTS-Yards 47-2083 52-2287 Kiel Pollard 12 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.3 Average Per Punt 44.3 44.0 Total...... 12 226 2555 11.3 16 68 212.9 Net punt average 41.1 39.0 Opponents...... 12 238 2735 11.5 14 63 227.9 KICKOFFS-Yards 61-3905 57-3436 Average Per Kick 64.0 60.3 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Net kick average 40.3 37.2 Chris Lammons 16 138 8.6 0 26 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:57 31:03 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 63/157 74/174 Total...... 17 138 8.1 0 26 3rd-Down Pct 40% 43% Opponents...... 11 71 6.5 0 29 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/14 8/15 4th-Down Pct 43% 53% INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long SACKS BY-Yards 24-167 26-161 Skai Moore 3 52 17.3 1 34 MISC YARDS 13 0 Keisean Nixon 2 67 33.5 1 45 Steven Montac 2 10 5.0 0 10 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 36 29 Jamyest Williams 2 1 0.5 0 1 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 13-25 17-20 JaMarcus King 1 0 0.0 0 0 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 Rashad Fenton 1 8 8.0 0 8 RED-ZONE SCORES (27-32) 84% (36-43) 84% Bryson Allen-Williams 1 0 0.0 0 0 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (18-32) 56% (24-43) 56% Total...... 12 138 11.5 2 45 PAT-ATTEMPTS (34-36) 94% (25-27) 93% Opponents...... 11 123 11.2 1 46 ATTENDANCE 550099 342303 Games/Avg Per Game 7/78586 4/85576 Neutral Site Games 1/50367

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total South Carolina 51 86 78 74 289 Opponents 60 80 51 59 250

50 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Statistics KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+ Blkd A.J. Turner 11 188 17.1 0 28 Joseph Charlton 47 2083 44.3 73 4 11 12 16 0 Rashad Fenton 10 209 20.9 0 31 Total...... 47 2083 44.3 73 4 11 12 16 0 K.C. Crosby 3 13 4.3 0 6 Opponents...... 52 2287 44.0 72 6 14 20 13 0 Deebo Samuel 2 194 97.0 2 97 Shi Smith 2 43 21.5 0 25 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Rico Dowdle 1 21 21.0 0 21 Parker White 59 3795 64.3 42 0 Total...... 29 668 23.0 2 97 Michael Almond 1 45 45.0 0 0 Opponents...... 19 397 20.9 0 42 Alexander Woznick 1 65 65.0 0 0 Total...... 61 3905 64.0 42 0 397 40.3 24 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents...... 57 3436 60.3 26 1 668 37.2 27 T.J. Brunson 1 73 73.0 1 73 A.J. Turner 1 24 24.0 0 24 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Total...... 2 97 48.5 1 73 Jake Bentley 12 429 86 2555 2641 220.1 Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 A.J. Turner 12 92 517 0 517 43.1 Ty’Son Williams 11 92 460 0 460 41.8 |------PATs ------| Rico Dowdle 7 60 206 0 206 29.4 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Mon Denson 12 40 148 0 148 12.3 Parker White 0 12-22 24-24 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60 Caleb Kinlaw 11 4 47 0 47 4.3 Jake Bentley 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Hayden Hurst 12 8 36 0 36 3.0 Deebo Samuel 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Deebo Samuel 3 2 30 0 30 10.0 Bryan Edwards 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Bryan Edwards 12 4 19 0 19 1.6 A.J. Turner 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Randrecous Davis 10 2 6 0 6 0.6 OrTre Smith 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 TEAM 8 11 -28 0 -28 -3.5 Hayden Hurst 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Total...... 12 744 1527 2555 4082 340.2 Alexander Woznick 0 1-3 10-11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 13 Opponents...... 12 846 1760 2735 4495 374.6 Ty’Son Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Mon Denson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Rico Dowdle 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 A.J. Turner 12 517 117 0 188 0 822 68.5 Shi Smith 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Bryan Edwards 12 19 705 0 0 0 724 60.3 Keisean Nixon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hayden Hurst 12 36 518 0 0 0 554 46.2 T.J. Brunson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Ty’Son Williams 11 460 36 0 0 0 496 45.1 Skai Moore 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Deebo Samuel 3 30 250 0 194 0 474 158.0 TEAM 0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Shi Smith 11 0 350 0 43 0 393 35.7 Total...... 36 13-25 34-36 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 289 OrTre Smith 12 0 326 0 0 0 326 27.2 Opponents...... 29 17-20 25-27 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 250 Rico Dowdle 7 206 96 0 21 0 323 46.1 Rashad Fenton 12 0 0 0 209 8 217 18.1 FIELD GOALS M-A Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg Blk Mon Denson 12 148 4 0 0 0 152 12.7 Alexander Woznick 1-3 33.3 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 32 0 Chris Lammons 12 0 0 138 0 0 138 11.5 Parker White 12-22 54.5 0-0 5-5 4-5 3-10 0-2 47 0 Jake Bentley 12 86 0 0 0 0 86 7.2 Jacob August 12 0 68 0 0 0 68 5.7 FG SEQUENCE South Carolina Opponents Keisean Nixon 11 0 0 0 0 67 67 6.1 NC State - 29 Skai Moore 12 0 0 0 0 52 52 4.3 Missouri 33,(32) (43),25,(22) Caleb Kinlaw 11 47 0 0 0 0 47 4.3 Kentucky 52,54,42 (27),(44),(21) Randrecous Davis 10 6 32 0 0 0 38 3.8 Louisiana Tech 34,46,(31) (33),43,(52),(25) K.C. Crosby 6 0 11 0 13 0 24 4.0 Texas A&M 46,(29) (46) Chad Terrell 9 0 20 0 0 0 20 2.2 Arkansas 49,(33),49,(29) (48) Chavis Dawkins 12 0 18 0 0 0 18 1.5 Tennessee (47),(21),(36) (29),(33),(24) Steven Montac 9 0 0 0 0 10 10 1.1 Vanderbilt (44),47,(39) - Kiel Pollard 12 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.3 Georgia 46,(25) (20) Jamyest Williams 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 Florida 47 (29),(37) TEAM 8 -28 0 0 0 0 -28 -3.5 Wofford (27) (32) Total...... 12 1527 2555 138 668 138 5026 418.8 Clemson (40) - Opponents...... 12 1760 2735 71 397 123 5086 423.8 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 51 2017 Defensive Statistics SOUTH CAROLINA |------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |--Fumbles--| Blkd No. PLAYER GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 10 Skai Moore 12 59 29 88 8.0-24 2.0-12 3-52 1 4 . . . . 6 T.J. Brunson 12 44 31 75 2.5-7 . . . 2 3-73 . . . 3 Chris Lammons 12 54 16 70 3.0-8 . . 4 . . 1 . . 8 D.J. Wonnum 12 29 23 52 13.0-50 6.0-37 . 5 2 . . 1 . 16 Rashad Fenton 12 42 6 48 1.0-1 . 1-8 8 . 1-0 . . . 24 D.J. Smith 11 33 13 46 1.5-3 . . 4 . . . . . 7 JaMarcus King 12 32 6 38 1.0-2 1.0-2 1-0 12 . . . . . 21 Jamyest Williams 11 32 6 38 4.0-6 . 2-1 1 1 1-0 . . . 5 Keir Thomas 12 17 20 37 4.5-11 2.0-3 . . 3 . 1 . . 95 Dante Sawyer 11 19 10 29 5.0-41 3.0-38 . 3 3 . 5 . . 90 Taylor Stallworth 12 14 15 29 2.5-6 . . 2 9 . . . . 93 Ulric Jones 12 14 12 26 1.0-8 1.0-8 . 1 2 . . . . 15 Aaron Sterling 12 11 11 22 3.0-18 2.0-16 . . 2 . . . . 44 Sherrod Greene 10 18 4 22 ...... 35 Daniel Fennell 12 15 6 21 3.5-19 3.0-18 ...... 99 Javon Kinlaw 12 11 7 18 2.0-7 . . 3 . 1-0 . 1 . 22 Steven Montac 9 13 5 18 1.0-8 . 2-10 2 . . 1 . . 97 Kobe Smith 12 5 7 12 1.5-2 . . . 1 . . . . 11 Eldridge Thompson 12 8 2 10 ...... 4 Bryson Allen-Williams 3 5 5 10 3.0-15 2.0-14 1-0 1 1 1-0 . . . 29 Antoine Wilder 8 7 . 7 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... 91 Shameik Blackshear 7 4 2 6 ...... 19 Brad Johnson 10 4 1 5 1.0-12 1.0-12 . . 2 . . . . 25 A.J. Turner 12 4 1 5 . . . . . 1-24 . . . 17 Javon Charleston 12 4 1 5 . . . 1 . 2-0 . . . 9 Keisean Nixon 11 4 . 4 . . 2-67 . . 1-0 . . . 81 Hayden Hurst 12 1 1 2 ...... 1 . . 19 Jake Bentley 12 1 1 2 ...... 13 Shi Smith 11 2 . 2 ...... 34 Mon Denson 12 1 1 2 ...... 40 Jacob August 12 1 . 1 ...... 42 Alexander Woznick 4 1 . 1 ...... 43 Parker White 12 1 . 1 ...... 89 Bryan Edwards 12 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 12 511 242 753 63-255 24-167 12-138 48 32 11-97 9 2 . Opponents...... 12 480 222 702 62-236 26-161 11-123 45 21 3-0 5 . .

52 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Defensive Statistics TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT NCSU MIZ UK LT A&M ARK UT VU UGA UF WOF CU Skai Moore 59-29 88 2-6 5-2 6-1 8-4 4-2 2-0 5-4 4-2 5-5 1-0 5-0 12-3 T.J. Brunson 44-31 75 7-9 5-1 4-8 7-1 3-1 2-1 3-4 3-0 3-4 1-1 2-0 4-1 Chris Lammons 54-16 70 4-4 5-1 5-2 5-0 4-3 4-0 3-0 8-2 5-2 3-1 4-0 4-1 D.J. Wonnum 29-23 52 3-5 2-1 5-2 0-3 2-1 4-0 6-0 0-1 2-7 1-0 2-1 2-2 Rashad Fenton 42-6 48 5-1 2-0 - 4-0 7-0 4-0 3-0 4-0 4-3 5-1 0-1 4-0 D.J. Smith 33-13 46 6-1 3-1 3-3 2-1 6-2 1-0 2-2 2-0 4-2 DNP 1-1 3-0 Jamyest Williams 32-6 38 2-0 5-1 3-1 2-2 9-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 5-0 DNP 1-0 JaMarcus King 32-6 38 6-1 3-1 2-1 1-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 6-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 Keir Thomas 17-20 37 2-3 1-1 1-4 0-1 1-0 1-3 1-0 2-1 2-5 1-0 3-1 2-1 Taylor Stallworth 14-15 29 1-7 2-1 0-3 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 - Dante Sawyer 19-10 29 3-4 2-1 4-2 DNP 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-3 - 1-0 1-0 Ulric Jones 14-12 26 1-2 - 0-1 2-0 3-0 2-0 1-2 2-1 2-5 - - 1-1 Aaron Sterling 11-11 22 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-1 3-0 - 0-1 1-1 1-3 1-0 0-1 2-1 Sherrod Greene 18-4 22 1-1 1-0 3-0 - 3-0 3-1 1-0 DNP DNP - 2-1 4-1 Daniel Fennell 15-6 21 1-1 1-1 3-0 2-1 1-0 - 1-2 - 0-1 1-0 5-0 - Javon Kinlaw 11-7 18 - 0-1 1-0 - - 1-2 - 0-2 2-1 4-0 3-1 - Steven Montac 13-5 18 - DNP DNP DNP - 2-0 - 1-0 2-4 0-1 2-0 6-0 Kobe Smith 5-7 12 1-0 - 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 - - - 2-0 Eldridge Thompson 8-2 10 1-0 - - - 1-0 2-0 - - 0-1 0-1 2-0 2-0 Bryson Allen-Williams 5-5 10 2-3 2-1 1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Antoine Wilder 7-0 7 - DNP DNP DNP - 1-0 2-0 1-0 - - 3-0 DNP Shameik Blackshear 4-2 6 DNP DNP DNP - DNP - 0-1 - DNP 1-0 0-1 3-0 A.J. Turner 4-1 5 0-1 - - - - - 1-0 1-0 - - 2-0 - Brad Johnson 4-1 5 DNP DNP - - - 1-0 - - - - 2-0 1-1 Javon Charleston 4-1 5 - - - - 1-0 - - 2-0 0-1 - - 1-0 Keisean Nixon 4-0 4 DNP - - - 1-0 2-0 - - - - - 1-0 Jake Bentley 1-1 2 - - - 1-0 - - - - - 0-1 - - Shi Smith 2-0 2 - - 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 - - DNP Hayden Hurst 1-1 2 0-1 ------1-0 - - Mon Denson 1-1 2 - - - - - 1-0 0-1 - - - - - Parker White 1-0 1 - - - 1-0 ------Alexander Woznick 1-0 1 - - - DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jacob August 1-0 1 ------1-0 - - Bryan Edwards 1-0 1 ------1-0 - - -

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 53 2017 Statistics/Starters SOUTH CAROLINA 1st Rushing Passing Total Offense Punts Fumbles Penalties KO Ret. Punt Ret. Int. Ret. 3rd Time of Team Score Downs No-Yds-TD C-A-I-Yds-TD Play-Yds-TD No-Avg No-Lost No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds No-Yds Dns Poss NC State 28 29 35-89-2 45-64-0-415-2 99-504-4 4-.49.0 2-2 8-65 5-286 3-40 1-0 9-20 36:41 SC 35 12 21-31-1 17-29-1-215-3 50-246-4 6-46.7 0-0 6-45 6-388 3-26 0-0 5-12 23:19 SC 31 20 40-172-2 18-28-0-187-1 68-359-3 5-42.2 0-0 4-29 2-120 0-0 2-1 8-15 37:36 Missouri 13 21 37-178-0 14-32-2-245-1 69-423-1 4-43.8 1-1 4-24 2-47 1-4 0-0 5-14 22:24 Kentucky 23 20 47-184-2 16-26-1-169-0 73-353-2 4-44.5 1-1 4-10 1-16 0-0 2-4 9-16 36:49 SC 13 14 20-54-0 24-37-2-304-2 57-358-2 3-40.7 0-0 7-45 6-53 2-14 1-17 3-12 23:11 La. Tech 16 17 28-80-0 23-33-1-281-1 61-361-1 2-43.5 0-0 3-18 2-50 0-0 1-19 6-13 30:52 SC 17 23 32-143-1 22-35-1-295-1 67-438-2 2-40.5 3-1 1-15 2-27 1-10 1-0 8-14 29:08 SC 17 14 23-26-0 17-30-0-256-2 56-279-2 7-44.3 1-1 2-10 3-72 1-3 0-0 2-13 25:53 Texas A&M 24 20 49-237-3 19-27-0-159-0 76-396-3 8-40.5 2-1 5-47 2-10 1-(-1) 0-0 7-16 34:07 Arkansas 22 19 32-106-1 20-37-2-224-2 69-330-3 5-35.0 2-2 4-25 2-51 0-0 0-0 6-14 30:25 SC 48 19 36-159-0 16-31-0-199-3 67-358-3 2-49.5 1-0 3-25 1-28 1-5 2-79 4-13 29:35 SC 15 19 40-194-1 15-24-0-129-0 64-323-1 4-40.0 0-0 8-59 1-24 4-49 0-0 5-13 32:42 Tennessee 9 16 39-120-0 11-19-0-133-0 58-253-0 6-52.3 2-0 7-40 1-21 1-10 0-0 3-13 27:18 Vanderbilt 27 27 23-107-0 27-49-1-333-4 72-440-4 4-34.5 2-0 10-100 2-52 3-21 0-0 8-15 29:24 SC 34 26 37-212-3 19-29-0-174-1 66-386-4 3-48.0 0-0 7-50 1-23 0-0 1-10 7-14 30:36 SC 10 14 17-43-0 21-36-2-227-1 53-270-1 3-40.0 0-0 2-15 1-13 0-0 0-0 4-12 21:38 Georgia 24 26 53-242-1 16-22-0-196-2 75-438-3 3-46.7 1-1 5-55 0-0 1-(-3) 2-17 8-13 38:22 Florida 20 12 22-78-2 17-39-1-223-0 61-301-2 8-43.2 3-2 10-56 0-0 1-0 3-71 2-15 24:19 SC 28 24 47-220-4 19-29-3-249-0 76-469-4 4-37.8 1-1 3-26 1-21 4-34 1-0 5-13 35:41 Wofford 10 14 41-155-1 5-9-2-72-0 50-227-1 1-41.0 2-1 3-21 3-44 0-0 0-0 4-9 26:28 SC 31 23 38-195-3 22-28-0-194-1 66-389-4 1-35.0 0-0 3-31 2-43 0-0 2-9 6-11 33:32 Clemson 34 27 45-184-2 25-38-2-285-2 83-469-4 3-44.3 1-0 2-25 2-67 0-0 2-12 7-16 35:26 SC 10 10 25-81-0 16-29-2-126-1 54-207-1 7-52.7 1-0 9-76 5-103 1-(-3) 2-22 6-15 24:34

2017 South Carolina Game-by-Game Starters South Carolina Offense POS. NCSU MIZZOU UK LA TECH TAMU ARK TENN VANDY UGA FLORIDA WOFF CLEMSON WR Samuel Samuel Samuel O. Smith O. Smith O. Smith O. Smith O. Smith O. Smith O. Smith O. Smith O. Smith WR Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards WR August (TE) S. Smith S. Smith August (TE) S. Smith Crosby (TE) August (TE) S. Smith S. Smith S. Smith S. Smith R. Davis TE Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst Hurst LT Young Young Daley Daley Daley Daley Daley Daley Daley Daley Daley Daley LG Stanley Stanley Stanley Stanley Hutcherson Hutcherson Hutcherson Stanley Stanley Stanley Stanley Stanley OC Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott Knott RG Helms Helms Helms Helms Stanley Stanley Stanley Helms Helms Helms Helms Helms RT Bailey Bailey Bailey Young Young Park Camper Bailey Bailey Bailey Bailey Bailey QB Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley Bentley TB Dowdle Dowdle Dowdle T. Williams T. Williams Turner Dowdle Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner South Carolina Defense POS. NCSU MIZZOU UK LA TECH TAMU ARK TENN VANDY UGA FLORIDA WOFF CLEMSON DE Sawyer Sawyer Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas DT Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth Stallworth DT Jones - Sawyer J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw J. Kinlaw DE Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum Wonnum LB Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson Brunson LB Allen-Williams Allen-Williams Allen-Williams - - Greene - - Fennell - Wilder Greene LB Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore Moore CB King King King King King King King King King King King King S D.J. Smith D.J. Smith D.J. Smith D.J. Smith D.J. Smith D.J. Smith D.J. Smith D.J. Smith D.J. Smith Montac D.J. Smith D.J. Smith S Lammons Lammons Lammons Lammons Lammons Lammons Lammons Lammons Montac Lammons Lammons Lammons CB Fenton Fenton Fenton Fenton Fenton Fenton Fenton Fenton Lammons Fenton Fenton Fenton NIK - J. Williams - J. Williams J. Williams - J. Williams J. Williams - J. Williams - -

54 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Individual Statistics Individual Rushing (Att-Yds/TD) PLAYER TOT NCSU MIZZOU UK LA TECH TAMU ARK TENN VANDY UGA FLORIDA WOFF CLEMSON A.J. Turner 92-517/3 1-2/0 5-16/0 5-12/0 3-10/0 1-0/0 5-20/0 14-86/1 15-121/1 8-35/0 22-136/0 11-69/1 2-10/0 Ty’Son Williams 92-460/1 - 14-78/0 - 13-95/1 14-73/0 8-35/0 11-47/0 8-13/0 3-8/0 DNP 8-58/0 13-53/0 Rico Dowdle 60-206/1 12-27/1 14-48/0 8-23/0 9-32/0 2-(-4)/0 11-61/0 4-19/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Mon Denson 40-148/2 - - - - - 8-25/0 4-14/0 4-25/0 3-9/0 13-61/2 5-8/0 3-6/0 Jake Bentley 67-86/6 5-1/0 4-5/0 7-19/0 5-16/0 9-(-46)/0 1--5/0 6-24/0 6-47/2 3-(-9)/0 8-14/2 8-11/2 5-9/0 Caleb Kinlaw 4-47/0 DNP ------4-47/0 - Hayden Hurst 7-36/1 - 1-2/1 - - - 2-12/0 1-4/0 1-6/0 - 1-11/0 1-1/0 - Deebo Samuel 2-30/1 1-5/0 1-25/1 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Bryan Edwards 4-19/0 - - - - - 1-11/0 - 1-5/0 - 1-2/0 1-1/0 - Randrecous Davis 2-6/0 DNP - - 1-1/0 - - - - DNP - - 1-5/0 TEAM 9-(-28)/0 2-(-4)/0 1-(-2)/0 - 1-(-11)/0 DNP DNP - 2-(-5)/0 DNP 2-(-4)/0 DNP 1-(-2)/0

Individual Passing (Cmp-Att-Int-Yds-TD)

BENTLEY HURST N.C. State 17-29-1-215-3 - Missouri 18-28-0-187-1 - Kentucky 24-36-2-304-2 - Louisiana Tech 22-34-1-295-1 - Texas A&M 17-30-0-256-2 - Arkansas 16-31-0-199-3 - Tennessee 15-24-0-194-0 - Vanderbilt 19-29-0-174-1 - Georgia 21-35-2-227-1 0-1-0-0-0 Florida 19-29-3-249-0 - Wofford 22-28-0-194-1 - Clemson 16-29-2-126-1 -

Individual Receiving (Rec-Yds/TD)

PLAYER TOT NCSU MIZZOU UK LA TECH TAMU ARK TENN VANDY UGA FLORIDA WOFF CLEMSON Bryan Edwards 59-705/4 5-55/0 5-35/0 5-57/0 6-122/0 4-68/0 2-20/1 6-63/0 2-15/0 7-62/1 3-48/0 8-90/1 6-70/1 Hayden Hurst 41-518/2 1--2/0 3-69/1 4-39/0 3-39/0 6-76/0 2-76/1 - 4-31/0 7-93/0 5-59/0 3-10/0 3-28/0 Shi Smith 26-350/2 3-23/0 4-22/0 1-25/0 1-14/0 3-86/1 2-16/0 1-4/0 5-76/1 2-28/0 1-26/0 3-30/0 DNP OrTre Smith 30-326/3 - - 1-9/1 2-36/1 3-28/1 3-40/0 3-40/0 3-35/0 3-36/0 5-60/0 4-30/0 3-12/0 Deebo Samuel 15-250/3 5-83/2 5-45/0 5-122/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP A.J. Turner 18-117/0 - - 1-6/0 3-23/0 - 2-14/0 1-0/0 4-24/0 1-5/0 3-36/0 1-6/0 2-3/0 Rico Dowdle 8-96/1 2-51/1 1-16/0 3-25/0 1-4/0 - 1-0/0 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jacob August 6-68/0 - - - 1-14/0 - 1-19/0 2-9/0 - - 1-11/0 1-15/0 - Ty’Son Williams 11-36/1 1-5/0 - 2-7/0 2-14/0 1--2/0 1-3/1 - 1--7/0 1-3/0 DNP - 2-13/0 Randrecous Davis 3-32/0 DNP - 1-9/0 2-23/0 - - - - DNP - - - Chad Terrell 3-20/0 - - 1-5/0 1-6/0 - - 1-9/0 DNP DNP - - DNP Chavis Dawkins 2-18/0 ------1-9/0 1-9/0 - K.C. Crosby 2-11/0 - - - - - 2-11/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Mon Denson 1-4/0 ------1-4/0 - Kiel Pollard 1-4/0 ------1-4/0 - - - - -

Game-by-Game Leaders Opponent Rushing Passing Receiving (No.) Receiving (Yds.) Tackles N.C. State Dowdle 12-27/1 Bentley 17-29-1-215-3 Samuel 5-83-2/Edwards 5-55-0 Samuel 5-83-2 Brunson 7-9-16 Missouri T. Williams 14-79/0 Bentley 18-28-0-187-1 Samuel 5-45-0/Edwards 5-35-0 Samuel 5-45-0 Moore 5-2-7 Kentucky Dowdle 8-23/0 Bentley 24-36-2-304-2 Samuel 5-122-1/Edwards 5-57-0 Samuel 5-122-1 Brunson 4-8-12 Lousiana Tech T. Williams 13-95/1 Bentley 22-34-1-295-1 Edwards 6-122-0 Edwards 6-122-0 Moore 8-4-12 Texas A&M T. Williams 14-77/0 Bentley 17-30-0-256-2 Hurst 6-76-0 S. Smith 3-86-1 J. Williams 9-1-10 Arkansas Dowdle 11-61/0 Bentley 16-31-0-199-3 O. Smith 3-40-0 Hurst 2-76-1 Five tied with 4 Tennessee Turner 14-86/1 Bentley 15-24-0-129-0 Edwards 6-63-0 Edwards 6-63-0 Moore 5-4-9 Vanderbilt Turner 15-121/1 Bentley 19-29-0-174-1 S. Smith 5-76-1 S. Smith 5-76-1 Lammons 8-2-10 Georgia Turner 8-35/0 Bentley 21-35-2-227-1 Hurst 7-93-0/Edwards 7-62-1 Hurst 7-93-0 Moore 5-5-10 Florida Turner 22-136/0 Bentley 19-29-3-249-0 O. Smith 5-60-0/Hurst 5-59-0 O. Smith 5-60-0 Fenton 5-1-6 Wofford Turner 11-69/1 Bentley 22-28-0-194-1 Edwards 8-90-1 Edwards 8-90-1 Fennell/Moore 5-0-5 Clemson T. Williams 13-53/0 Bentley 16-29-2-126-1 Edwards 6-70-1 Edwards 6-70-1 Moore 12-3-15

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 55 2017 Scoring Drives SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina Opponents N.C. State Qtr Plays Yards TOP Result N.C. State Qtr Plays Yards TOP Result Dowdle 34-yard pass from Bentley 1 14 75 5:51 TD Finley 6-yard run 1 14 75 5:51 TD Samuel 6-yard pass from Bentley 2 8 40 3:18 TD Hines 2-yard run 1 9 75 3:07 TD Samuel 39-yard pass from Bentley 3 3 51 1:25 TD Meyers 4-yard pass from Finley 2 10 79 1:38 TD Dowdle 7-yard run 3 2 13 1:16 TD Samuels 1-yard pass from Finley 4 9 46 3:33 TD

Missouri Missouri Samuel 25-yard run 2 1 25 0:09 TD McCann 43-yard field goal 1 14 54 3:51 FG Hurst 39-yard pass from Bentley 3 9 80 4:26 TD Reese 61-yard pass from Lock 1 1 61 0:11 TD Woznick 32-yard field goal 3 11 58 6:06 FG McCann 22-yard field goal 3 9 73 2:04 FG Hurst 2-yard run 4 7 44 2:50 TD Kentucky Kentucky Snell 5-yard run 1 13 75 6:33 TD Samuel 68-yard pass from Bentley 1 1 68 0:13 TD Snell 1-yard run 2 11 67 5:32 TD O. Smith 9-yard pass from Bentley 4 7 77 2:33 TD MacGinnis 27-yard field goal 3 12 42 5:29 FG MacGinnis 44-yard field goal 4 6 49 3:23 FG Louisiana Tech MacGinnis 21-yard field goal 4 9 77 4:19 FG O. Smith 28-yard pass from Bentley 4 16 97 6:06 TD T. Williams 35-yard run 4 2 74 0:40 TD Louisiana Tech White 31-yard field goal 4 6 65 0:47 FG Barnes 33-yard field goal 1 14 64 7:15 FG Barnes 52-yard field goal 2 4 7 1:43 FG Texas A&M Veal 3-yard pass from Smith 3 12 75 6:06 TD S. Smith 45-yard pass from Bentley 2 5 75 2:00 TD Barnes 25-yard field goal 4 10 84 3:57 FG White 29-yard field goal 2 6 39 2:30 FG O. Smith 13-yard pass from Bentley 3 6 80 2:17 TD Texas A&M Williams 1-yard run 2 10 55 4:33 TD Arkansas LaCamera 46-yard field goal 3 12 55 5:01 FG White 33-yard field goal 1 4 0 1:27 FG Ford 7-yard run 4 7 55 2:26 TD Hurst 62-yard pass from Bentley 2 2 65 0:45 TD Ford 17-yard run 4 5 46 2:12 TD Edwards 18-yard pass from Bentley 2 8 69 1:54 TD White 29-yard field goal 3 9 50 3:49 FG Arkansas T. Williams 3-yard pass from Bentley 4 11 60 5:37 TD Limpert 48-yard field goal 1 8 45 3:15 FG Jones 5-yard pass from Allen 2 12 75 5:49 TD Tennessee Williams 4-yard run 4 10 75 4:11 TD White 47-yard field goal 2 6 30 3:06 FG Nance 34-yard pass from Kelley 4 5 58 1:53 TD Turner 20-yard run 3 12 95 6:28 TD White 21-yard field goal 4 16 72 9:10 FG Tennessee White 36-yard field goal 4 8 28 3:12 FG Cimaglia 29-yard field goal 1 7 46 3:33 FG Cimaglia 33-yard field goal 1 14 80 6:32 FG Vanderbilt Cimaglia 24-yard field goal 2 11 51 4:41 FG Bentley 19-yard run 1 4 75 1:41 TD Turner 1-yard run 1 10 64 3:38 TD Vanderbilt S. Smith 36-yard pass from Bentley 2 5 75 1:57 TD Blasingame 9-yard pass from Shurmur 1 6 75 2:54 TD White 44-yard field goal 2 6 8 2:15 FG Duncan 8-yard pass from Shurmur 2 6 54 1:45 TD Bentley 11-yard run 3 8 72 5:01 TD Lipscomb 47-yard pass from Shurmur 3 3 70 1:28 TD White 39-yard field goal 4 10 43 4:23 FG Duncan 4-yard pass from Shurmur 4 14 77 4:52 TD

Georgia Georgia Edwards 12-yard pass from Bentley 2 10 75 3:14 TD Michel 8-yard run 1 11 69 5:30 TD White 25-yard field goal 3 13 68 5:52 FG Wims 10-yard pass from Frohm 2 10 75 4:40 TD Hardman 20-yard pass from Frohm 3 10 75 5:32 TD Florida Blankenship 20-yard field goal 4 15 65 7:32 FG Bentley 4-yard run 1 7 74 2:51 TD Denson 24-yard run 1 6 75 2:06 TD Florida Denson 12-yard run 2 8 75 4:07 TD Pineiro 29-yard field goal 2 5 26 1:42 FG Bentley 7-yard run 3 6 53 2:31 TD Pineiro 37-yard field goal 2 7 46 1:58 FG Perine 18-yard run 2 7 75 2:22 TD Wofford Thompson 1-yard run 4 4 70 1:13 TD Bentley 1-yard run 2 12 50 7:10 TD Edwards 23-yard pass from Bentley 2 9 72 3:35 TD Wofford Bentley 1-yard run 3 7 70 3:02 TD Carter 32-yard field goal 1 14 79 7:22 FG White 27-yard field goal 4 9 36 4:13 FG Morgan 1-yard run 3 10 75 5:37 TD Turner 2-yard run 4 6 38 2:59 TD Clemson Clemson Feaster 1-yard run 2 9 80 2:46 TD White 40-yard field goal 4 4 -1 0:52 FG Renfrow 4-yard pass from Bryant 2 10 79 4:51 TD Edwards 38-yard pass from Bentley 4 9 80 4:11 TD Renfrow 61-yard pass from Bryant 3 1 61 0:21 TD Etienne 5-yard run 3 13 69 6:09 TD

56 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Explosive Plays Running Plays (15+ Yards) Passing Plays (20+ Yards) No. Yds Rusher Opponent Qtr Play Result Drive Result No. Yds Connection Opponent Qtr Play Result Drive Result 1. 25 Samuel Missouri 2 TD TD 1. 34 Bentley-Dowdle N.C. State 1 TD TD 2. 32 T. Williams Missouri 4 First Down TD 2. 26 Bentley-Edwards N.C. State 2 First Down TD 3. 35 T. Williams Louisiana Tech 4 TD TD 3. 39 Bentley-Samuel N.C. State 3 TD TD 4. 24 Bentley Louisiana Tech 4 First Down FG 4. 39 Bentley-Hurst Missouri 3 TD TD 5. 34 T. Williams Texas A&M 3 First Down TD 5. 22 Bentley-Hurst Missouri 3 First Down FG 6. 18 T. Williams Arkansas 3 First Down TD 6. 68 Bentley-Samuel Kentucky 1 TD TD 7. 19 T. Williams Tennessee 2 First Down FG 7. 22 Bentley-Samuel Kentucky 2 First Down Punt 8. 20 Turner Tennessee 3 TD TD 8. 25 Bentley-S. Smith Kentucky 4 First Down TD 9. 19 Bentley Vanderbilt 1 TD TD 9. 39 Bentley-Edwards Kentucky 4 First Down TD 10. 24 Turner Vanderbilt 1 First Down TD 10. 23 Bentley-Edwards Louisiana Tech 3 First Down Fumble 11. 20 Turner Vanderbilt 3 First Down Miss FG 11. 28 Bentley-O. Smith Louisiana Tech 4 First Down TD 12. 27 Turner Vanderbilt 3 First Down TD 12. 39 Bentley-Edwards Louisiana Tech 4 First Down TD 13. 15 Turner Georgia 3 First Down FG 13. 41 Bentley-Edwards Louisiana Tech 4 First Down FG 14. 27 Turner Florida 1 First Down TD 14. 27 Bentley-Hurst Texas A&M 2 First Down TD 15. 17 Turner Florida 1 First Down TD 15. 45 Bentley-S. Smith Texas A&M 2 TD TD 16. 24 Denson Florida 1 TD TD 16. 25 Bentley-Hurst Texas A&M 2 First Down FG 17. 17 Bentley Florida 3 First Down TD 17. 25 Bentley-Edwards Texas A&M 2 First Down Fumble 18. 25 Turner Florida 3 First Down TD 18. 21 Bentley-Edwards Texas A&M 2 First Down Fumble 19. 30 Turner Wofford 3 First Down TD 19. 29 Bentley-S. Smith Texas A&M 3 First Down TD 20. 20 T. Williams Wofford 3 First Down FG 20. 62 Bentley-Hurst Arkansas 2 TD TD 21. 27 C. Kinlaw Wofford 4 First Down Final 21. 23 Bentley-O. Smith Arkansas 2 First Down Miss FG 22. 21 Bentley-S. Smith Vanderbilt 1 First Down TD 23. 36 Bentley-S. Smith Vanderbilt 2 TD TD 24. 20 Bentley-Hurst Georgia 1 First Down TD 25. 35 Bentley-Hurst Georgia 2 First Down Punt 26. 22 Bentley-S. Smith Georgia 3 First Down FG 27. 23 Bentley-Hurst Georgia 4 First Down Downs 28. 23 Bentley-Hurst Florida 1 First Down TD 29. 26 Bentley-S. Smith Florida 1 First Down TD 30. 23 Bentley-O. Smith Florida 1 First Down TD 31. 29 Bentley-Edwards Florida 3 First Down INT 32. 23 Bentley-Edwards Wofford 1 First Down Punt 33. 23 Bentley-Edwards Wofford 2 TD TD 34. 38 Bentley-Edwards Clemson 4 TD TD

Kick Returns (30+ yards) INT/Fumble Returns (20+ yards) Yds Returner Opponent Qtr Drive Result Yds Returner Opponent Qtr Play Drive Result 97 Samuel N.C. State 1 TD 34 Moore Arkansas 3 INT TD 97 Samuel Missouri 2 TD 73 Brunson Arkansas 3 Fumble TD 31 Fenton Texas A&M 4 Punt 45 Nixon Arkansas 4 INT TD 24 Turner Florida 1 Fumble Punt 22 Nixon Clemson 4 INT FG

Punt Returns (20+ yards) Special Teams/Defensive Scores Yds Returner Opponent Qtr Drive Result Yds Player Opponent Qtr Play 26 Lammons N.C. State 3 TD 97 Samuel N.C. State 1 KOR 21 Lammons Tennessee 4 FG 97 Samuel Missouri 2 KOR 22 Lammons Florida 3 TD 34 Moore Arkansas 3 INT 73 Brunson Arkansas 3 Fumble 45 Nixon Arkansas 4 INT

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 57 2017 Game Highs SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Team Game Highs Opponent Team Game Highs Rushes 47 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Rushes 53 at Georgia (Nov 04, 2017) Yards Rushing 220 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Rushing 242 at Georgia (Nov 04, 2017) Yards Per Rush 5.7 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) Yards Per Rush 4.8 at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) TD Rushes 4 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) TD Rushes 3 at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Pass attempts 37 vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Pass attempts 64 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Pass completions 24 vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Pass completions 45 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Passing 304 vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Passing 415 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Per Pass 8.6 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Per Pass 8.9 at Georgia (Nov 04, 2017) TD Passes 3 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) TD Passes 4 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) vs Arkansas (Oct 07, 2017) Total Plays 99 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Total Plays 76 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Total Offense 504 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Total Offense 469 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Per Play 6.1 at Missouri (Sep 09, 2017) Yards Per Play 6.5 vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 23, 2017) Points 34 vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) Points 48 vs Arkansas (Oct 07, 2017) Sacks By 7 at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Sacks By 7 at Tennessee (Oct 14, 2017) First Downs 29 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) First Downs 26 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) Penalties 10 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) Penalties 9 vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Penalty Yards 76 vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) Penalty Yards 100 vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) Turnovers 4 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Turnovers 4 vs Arkansas (Oct 07, 2017) Interceptions By 2 4 times Interceptions By 3 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Punts 7 at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Punts 8 at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Punting Avg 52.7 vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) Punting Avg 53.8 at Missouri (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt 73 at Missouri (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt 72 at Tennessee (Oct 14, 2017) Punts inside 20 2 vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) Punts inside 20 4 vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 26 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Punt Return 29 vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Carolina Individual Game Highs Opponent Individual Game Highs Rushes 22 A.J. Turner vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Rushes 32 Benny Snell, vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Rushing 136 A.J. Turner vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Yards Rushing 102 Benny Snell, vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) TD Rushes 2 Jake Bentley vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) Nick Chubb, at Georgia (Nov 04, 2017) Jake Bentley vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) TD Rushes 2 Benny Snell, vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Mon Denson vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Keith Ford, at Texas A&M (Set 30, 2017) Jake Bentley vs Wofford (Nov 18, 2017) Long Rush 54 Stephen Johnson, vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Long Rush 35 Ty’Son Williams vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 23, 2017) Pass attempts 64 Ryan Finley, vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Pass attempts 36 Jake Bentley vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Pass completions 45 Ryan Finley, vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Pass completions 24 Jake Bentley vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Passing 415 Ryan Finley, vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Yards Passing 304 Jake Bentley vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) TD Passes 4 Kyle Shurmur, vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) TD Passes 3 Jake Bentley vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Pass 63 , vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Jake Bentley vs Arkansas (Oct 07, 2017) Receptions 15 Jaylen Samuels, vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Pass 68 Jake Bentley vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Receiving 128 Kalija Lipscomb, vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) Receptions 8 Bryan Edwards vs Wofford (Nov 18, 2017) TD Receptions 2 C.J. Duncan, vs Vanderbilt (Oct 28, 2017) Yards Receiving 122 Deebo Samuel vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) , vs. Clemson (Nov. 25, 2017) Bryan Edwards vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 23, 2017) Long Reception 63 Moral Stephens, vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) TD Receptions 2 Deebo Samuel vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Field Goals 3 Austin MacGinnis, vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Long Reception 68 Deebo Samuel vs Kentucky (Sep 16, 2017) Jonathan Barnes, vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 23, 2017) Field Goals 3 Parker White at Tennessee (Oct 14, 2017) Brent Cimaglia, at Tennessee (Oct 14, 2017) Long Field Goal 47 Parker White at Tennessee (Oct 14, 2017) Long Field Goal 52 Jonathan Barnes, vs Louisiana Tech (Sep 23, 2017) Punts 7 Joseph Charlton at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Punts 8 Shane Tripucka, at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Joseph Charlton vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) Johnny Townsend, vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Punting Avg 52.7 Joseph Charlton vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) Punting Avg 53.8 Corey Fatony, at Missouri (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt 73 Joseph Charlton at Missouri (Sep 09, 2017) Long Punt 72 Trevor Daniel, at Tennessee (Oct 14, 2017) Punts inside 20 2 Joseph Charlton vs Clemson (Nov 25, 2017) Punts inside 20 4 Johnny Townsend, vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Long Punt Return 26 Chris Lammons vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Punt Return 29 , vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 97 Deebo Samuel vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 42 De’Vion Warren, vs Arkansas (Oct 07, 2017) Deebo Samuel at Missouri (Sep 09, 2017) Tackles 12 De’Jon Harris, vs Arkansas (Oct 07, 2017) Tackles 16 T.J. Brunson vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) David Reese, vs Florida (Nov 11, 2017) Sacks 2.0 D.J. Wonnum at Tennessee (Oct 14, 2017) Sacks 2.0 Otaro Alaka, at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Tackles For Loss 3.0 D.J. Wonnum vs NC State (Sep 02, 2017) Landis Durham, at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Interceptions 1 12 times Tackles For Loss 5.0 Otaro Alaka, at Texas A&M (Sep 30, 2017) Interceptions 1 11 players tied

58 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Last TIme It Happened HAD A PLAYER PASS FOR 350+ YDS: HAD A PLAYER CATCH 3+ TDs: HAD LESS THAN 50 YDS RUSHING: The Last Time 390, Jake Bentley, vs USF (12/29/16) 3, Alshon Jeffery vs. Kentucky (10/10/09) 43, vs. Georgia (11/4/17) South Carolina... HAD A PLAYER PASS FOR 400+ YDS: HAD A PLAYER CATCH 4+ TDs: HAD 300+ YARDS RUSHING: 402, Dylan Thompson, at Auburn 5, Sidney Rice vs. Fla. Atlantic (9/23/06) 422, vs. Western Caroilna (11/19/16) SHUT OUT AN OPPONENT: (10/25/14) 34-0, vs NC State (8/28/08) HAD A PLAYER CATCH 5+ TDs: HAD 600+ TOTAL NET YARDS: HAD A PLAYER PASS FOR 450+ YDS: 5, Sidney Rice vs. Fla. Atlantic (9/23/06) 625, vs. Tennessee (11/1/14) WAS SHUT OUT: 473, Steve Taneyhill vs. Mississippi State 18-0, vs. Georgia (9/9/06) (10/14/95) HAD A PLAYER ACCOUNT FOR 4+ TDs: HAD A 50+ YARD RUN: 4, 233, Pharoh Cooper, vs. Tennessee 75, A.J. Turner vs. Texas A&M (10/1/16) SCORED ON A SAFETY: HAD A PLAYER COMP. 30+ PASSES: (11/1/14) vs UCF (9/26/15) 32, Jake Bentley vs USF (12/29/16) HAD A 50+ YARD RECEPTION: HAD A PLAYER KICK 4 FGs: 62, Jake Bentley to Hayden Hurst, vs. ALLOWED A SAFETY: HAD A PLAYER ATT. 40+ PASSES: 4, Elliott Fry vs. Vanderbilt (10/17/15) Arkansas (10/7/17) at Mississippi State (10/15/11) 43, Jake Bentley vs USF (12/29/16) HAD A PLAYER KICK 5+ FGs: FORCED 4+ TURNOVERS: HAD A PLAYER ATT. 50+ PASSES: 5, Spencer Lanning at Georgia (9/12/09) The Last an 4, vs. Arkansas (10/7/17) 50, Dylan Thompson, at Auburn (10/25/14) HAD A PLAYER WITH 2 INTs: Opponent Had... FORCED 5+ TURNOVERS: 2, T.J. Holloman vs. UCF (9/26/15) TEAM... 5, vs. Vanderbilt (10/17/15) HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 150+ YDS: LESS THAN 50 YARDS RUSHING: 226, Rico Dowdle vs. Western Carolina HAD A PLAYER WITH 3 INTs: 26, vs UCF (9/26/15) FORCED 6+ TURNOVERS: (11/19/16) 3, Patrick Hinton vs. NC State (10/29/88) 200+ YARDS RUSHING: 6, vs. Clemson (11/30/13) 242, vs. Georgia (11/4/17) HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 200+ YDS: BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL ATT.: 300+ YARDS RUSHING: RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TD: 226, Rico Dowdle vs. Western Carolina Javon Kinlaw at Missouri (9/9/17) 326, vs. Georgia (10/9/16) Deebo Samuel, 97 yards vs. (11/19/16) LESS THAN 100 YARDS PASSING: Missouri (9/9/17) RETURNED A BLOCKED FIELD 72, vs. Wofford (11/18/17) HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 250+ YDS: GOAL ATTEMPT FOR A TD: 400+ YARDS PASSING: ALLOWED KICK RET. FOR A TD: 278, Brandon Bennett vs. East Tennessee Captain Munnerlyn at Kentucky, 81 415, vs. North Carolina State (9/2/17) Detrez Newsome, 93 yards vs. Western State (10/5/91) yards, (10/11/08) LESS THAN 200 TOTAL NET YARDS: Carolina (11/19/16) 183, at Florida (10/20/12) HAD TWO PLAYERS RUSH FOR BLOCKED A PAT: 500+ TOTAL NET YARDS: ALLOWED 2 KICK RET. FOR TDs: 100+ YARDS: D.J. Wonnum vs. Vanderbilt (10/28/17) 504, vs. North Carolina State (9/2/17) Darrius Sims at Vanderbilt, 91 and 100 Mike Davis (111) and David Williams 600+ TOTAL NET YARDS: yards (9/20/14) (110) vs. Furman (10/18/14) RETURNED AN EXTRA POINT FOR 622, at Clemson (11/26/16) A DEFENSIVE PAT: RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TD: HAD A PLAYER WITH 150+ YARDS Victor Hampton at Florida (10/20/12) INDIVIDUAL... Ace Sanders, 63 yards vs. Michigan RECEIVING: 350+ YARDS PASSING: (1/1/13) 190, Deebo Samuel, vs USF (12/29/16) BLOCKED A PUNT: 415, Ryan Finley, N.C. State (9/2/17) Carlton Heard at Florida (11/15/14) 400+ YARDS PASSING: ALLOWED A PUNT RET. FOR A TD: HAD A PLAYER WITH 200+ YARDS 415, Ryan Finley, N.C. State (9/2/17) Lito Sheppard, Florida, 57 yards RECEIVING: RETURNED A BLOCKED PUNT 150+ YARDS RUSHING: (11/11/00) 233, Pharoh Cooper, vs. Tennessee FOR A TD: 195, Nick Fitzgerald, Miss. State (9/10/16) (11/1/14) Derek Watson vs Florida, 2 yds, (11/11/00) 200+ YARDS RUSHING: RETURNED AN INT FOR A TD: 246, Mark Ingram, at Alabama (10/17/09) Keisean Nixon, Arkansas, 45 yards HAD TWO PLAYERS WITH 100 BLOCKED A PUNT AND FIELD 250+ YARDS RUSHING: (10/7/17) YARDS RECEIVING: GOAL IN THE SAME GAME: 321, Darren McFadden, Arkansas Pharoh Cooper (191) and Jerell Adams at Florida (11/15/14) (11/3/07) ALLOWED AN INT FOR A TD: (105), vs Citadel (11/21/15) 300+ YARDS RUSHING: Tajee Fullwood, 47 yards, USF (12/29/16) HAD A PUNT BLOCKED: 321, Darren McFadden, Arkansas HAD TWO PLAYERS WITH 10+ at Kentucky (9/29/12) (11/3/07) RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TD: RECEPTIONS: 200+ YARDS RECEIVING: T.J. Brunson, 73 yards, Arkansas Bruce Ellington (10) and Mike Davis HAD A FIELD GOAL BLOCKED: 217, Darvin Adams, Auburn (12/4/10) (10/7/17) (10), at Missouri (10/26/13) vs. Michigan (1/1/13) 50+ YARD RUN: 54, Stephen Johnson, Kentucky (9/16/17) ALLOWED FUMBLE RET. FOR A TD: HAD A PLAYER WITH 500+ YARDS HAD A PAT BLOCKED: 50+ YARD RECEPTION: Jason LeDoux, LSU, 15 yards (10/18/03) TOTAL OFFENSE: vs. Kentucky (10/8/11) 61, Bryant to Renfrow, Clemson (11/25/17) 512, Steve Taneyhill vs. Mississippi State MADE 4+ FIELD GOALS: HAD A DEFENSIVE PLAYER SCORE (10/14/95) ALLOWED PAT TO BE RETURNED 4, Aleem Sunanon, S. Alabama (11/22/14) TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME: FOR 2 POINTS: RUSHED FOR 4+ TOUCHDOWNS: Melvin Ingram at Georgia, 68-yard fake HAD A PLAYER RUSH AND PASS Denzil Ware, vs. Kentucky (9/12/15) 4, Chad Jasmin, Clemson (11/21/03) punt & 5-yard fumble recovery (9/10/11) FOR 100 YARDS EACH: PASSED FOR 4+ TOUCHDOWNS: Lorenzo Nuñez, vs. UCF, 123 rush, 184 MISSED A PAT: 6, DeShaun Watson, Clemson (11/26/16) SCORED THREE DEFENSIVE pass (09/26/15) vs. Kentucky (9/16/17) TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME: TWO PLAYERS WITH... vs. Arkansas (10/7/17) HAD A PLAYER SCORE 4+ TDs: FAILED A PAT ATTEMPT: 100+ YARDS RUSHING: 5, Sidney Rice vs. FAU (9/23/06) vs. Tennessee (10/14/17) vs Georgia, (133) and Nick HAD A PLAYER RUSH, PASS AND Chubb (121), (10/9/16) RECEIVE A TD IN A GAME: Pharoh HAD A PLAYER PASS FOR 4 TDs: MADE A 2-PT CONVERSION: Cooper, vs. Tennessee (11/1/14) 5, Dylan Thompson, at Auburn (10/25/14) Jake Bentley pass to Hayden Hurst, USF 100+ YARDS RECEIVING: (12/29/16) UCF, Mike Walker (105) & RAN A FAKE PUNT FOR A TD: HAD A PLAYER PASS FOR 5 TDs: Brandon Marshall (102), (9/1/05) Melvin Ingram, 68 yards at Georgia 5, Dylan Thompson, at Auburn (10/25/14) ATTEMPTED A 2-PT CONVERSION: (9/10/11) vs USF (12/29/16) HAD A PLAYER RUSH FOR 3 TDs: HAD A PLAYER PASS FOR 300+ YDS: 3, Mike Davis at Kentucky (10/4/14) RECOVERED OWN ONSIDE KICK: 304, Jake Bentley, vs Kentucky (9/16/17) at Auburn (10/25/14)

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 59 SEC Team Statistics SOUTH CAROLINA SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg 1. Missouri 12 61 58 0 0 16 0 472 39.3 1. Alabama 12 16 13 0 0 9 1 138 11.5 2. Alabama 12 60 59 1 0 16 0 469 39.1 2. Georgia 13 19 19 0 0 13 0 172 13.2 3. Georgia 13 58 56 1 0 16 0 454 34.9 3. Auburn 13 27 25 1 0 12 0 225 17.3 4. Auburn 13 55 54 0 0 21 0 447 34.4 4. LSU 12 25 23 1 0 16 1 225 18.8 5. Ole Miss 12 48 43 2 0 19 1 394 32.8 5. Mississippi State 12 31 30 0 1 9 0 245 20.4 6. Mississippi State 12 49 46 1 0 13 2 385 32.1 6. South Carolina 12 29 25 0 0 17 0 250 20.8 7. Texas A&M 12 46 44 0 0 17 1 373 31.1 7. Florida 11 36 36 0 0 16 0 300 27.3 8. Arkansas 12 46 41 2 0 8 0 345 28.8 8. Kentucky 12 43 40 0 0 15 0 343 28.6 9. LSU 12 42 38 1 0 15 0 337 28.1 9. Texas A&M 12 44 41 3 0 11 0 344 28.7 10. Kentucky 12 35 34 1 0 21 0 309 25.8 10. Tennessee 12 45 38 1 0 13 0 349 29.1 11. Vanderbilt 12 41 40 0 0 3 0 295 24.6 11. Vanderbilt 12 48 47 0 0 13 1 376 31.3 12. South Carolina 12 36 34 0 0 13 0 289 24.1 12. Missouri 12 46 44 1 0 19 1 381 31.8 13. Florida 11 28 24 0 0 17 0 243 22.1 13. Ole Miss 12 51 47 1 0 20 0 415 34.6 14. Tennessee 12 28 28 0 0 14 0 238 19.8 14. Arkansas 12 56 53 0 0 15 0 434 36.2

RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G RUSHING DEFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G 1. Alabama 12 531 3184 6.0 36 265.3 1. Alabama 12 409 1129 2.8 8 94.1 2. Georgia 13 591 3426 5.8 36 263.5 2. Georgia 13 422 1464 3.5 6 112.6 3. Mississippi State 12 579 2995 5.2 26 249.6 3. LSU 12 399 1517 3.8 16 126.4 4. Auburn 13 598 2966 5.0 32 228.2 4. Mississippi State 12 409 1524 3.7 17 127.0 5. LSU 12 521 2529 4.9 25 210.8 5. Auburn 13 493 1749 3.5 10 134.5 6. Missouri 12 452 2395 5.3 15 199.6 6. South Carolina 12 451 1760 3.9 14 146.7 7. Kentucky 12 466 2037 4.4 24 169.8 7. Florida 11 400 1693 4.2 16 153.9 8. Arkansas 12 462 2021 4.4 24 168.4 8. Kentucky 12 410 1946 4.7 21 162.2 9. Texas A&M 12 475 1908 4.0 24 159.0 9. Missouri 12 479 1962 4.1 26 163.5 10. Florida 11 400 1720 4.3 15 156.4 10. Texas A&M 12 482 1975 4.1 17 164.6 11. Ole Miss 12 370 1607 4.3 19 133.9 11. Arkansas 12 469 2353 5.0 28 196.1 12. South Carolina 12 379 1527 4.0 15 127.2 12. Vanderbilt 12 479 2382 5.0 30 198.5 13. Tennessee 12 413 1409 3.4 14 117.4 13. Ole Miss 12 550 2949 5.4 29 245.8 14. Vanderbilt 12 348 1286 3.7 14 107.2 14. Tennessee 12 555 3015 5.4 29 251.2

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G 1. Ole Miss 12 434 281 13 64.7 3941 9.1 28 328.4 1. Georgia 13 369 203 10 55.0 2058 5.6 13 158.3 2. Missouri 12 396 229 13 57.8 3743 9.5 43 311.9 2. Tennessee 12 279 154 5 55.2 1940 7.0 15 161.7 3. Vanderbilt 12 403 232 10 57.6 2923 7.3 27 243.6 3. Alabama 12 357 195 15 54.6 1964 5.5 7 163.7 4. Texas A&M 12 386 211 11 54.7 2767 7.2 18 230.6 4. Mississippi State 12 282 146 9 51.8 2100 7.4 11 175.0 5. Auburn 13 339 227 4 67.0 2936 8.7 20 225.8 5. Auburn 13 393 216 6 55.0 2311 5.9 14 177.8 6. South Carolina 12 365 226 11 61.9 2555 7.0 16 212.9 6. LSU 12 350 185 11 52.9 2223 6.4 9 185.2 7. Arkansas 12 340 192 9 56.5 2465 7.2 18 205.4 7. Vanderbilt 12 328 191 7 58.2 2335 7.1 16 194.6 8. LSU 12 267 160 4 59.9 2416 9.0 15 201.3 8. Florida 11 270 148 14 54.8 2149 8.0 16 195.4 9. Alabama 12 276 171 2 62.0 2401 8.7 23 200.1 9. Ole Miss 12 345 199 8 57.7 2570 7.4 18 214.2 10. Kentucky 12 291 175 5 60.1 2173 7.5 10 181.1 10. Texas A&M 12 364 215 10 59.1 2689 7.4 24 224.1 11. Florida 11 312 174 10 55.8 1975 6.3 10 179.5 11. South Carolina 12 395 238 12 60.3 2735 6.9 14 227.9 12. Tennessee 12 319 180 10 56.4 2084 6.5 11 173.7 12. Arkansas 12 346 205 8 59.2 2906 8.4 23 242.2 13. Mississippi State 12 333 180 13 54.1 2043 6.1 17 170.2 13. Missouri 12 412 246 12 59.7 3141 7.6 18 261.8 14. Georgia 13 244 150 7 61.5 2211 9.1 21 170.1 14. Kentucky 12 406 265 11 65.3 3162 7.8 21 263.5

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G 1. Missouri 12 2395 3743 848 6138 7.2 58 511.5 1. Alabama 12 1129 1964 766 3093 4.0 15 257.8 2. Alabama 12 3184 2401 807 5585 6.9 59 465.4 2. Georgia 13 1464 2058 791 3522 4.5 19 270.9 3. Ole Miss 12 1607 3941 804 5548 6.9 47 462.3 3. Mississippi State 12 1524 2100 691 3624 5.2 28 302.0 4. Auburn 13 2966 2936 937 5902 6.3 52 454.0 4. LSU 12 1517 2223 749 3740 5.0 25 311.7 5. Georgia 13 3426 2211 835 5637 6.8 57 433.6 5. Auburn 13 1749 2311 886 4060 4.6 24 312.3 6. Mississippi State 12 2995 2043 912 5038 5.5 43 419.8 6. Florida 11 1693 2149 670 3842 5.7 32 349.3 7. LSU 12 2529 2416 788 4945 6.3 40 412.1 7. South Carolina 12 1760 2735 846 4495 5.3 28 374.6 8. Texas A&M 12 1908 2767 861 4675 5.4 42 389.6 8. Texas A&M 12 1975 2689 846 4664 5.5 41 388.7 9. Arkansas 12 2021 2465 802 4486 5.6 42 373.8 9. Vanderbilt 12 2382 2335 807 4717 5.8 46 393.1 10. Kentucky 12 2037 2173 757 4210 5.6 34 350.8 10. Tennessee 12 3015 1940 834 4955 5.9 44 412.9 11. Vanderbilt 12 1286 2923 751 4209 5.6 41 350.8 11. Missouri 12 1962 3141 891 5103 5.7 44 425.2 12. South Carolina 12 1527 2555 744 4082 5.5 31 340.2 12. Kentucky 12 1946 3162 816 5108 6.3 42 425.7 13. Florida 11 1720 1975 712 3695 5.2 25 335.9 13. Arkansas 12 2353 2906 815 5259 6.5 51 438.2 14. Tennessee 12 1409 2084 732 3493 4.8 25 291.1 14. Ole Miss 12 2949 2570 895 5519 6.2 47 459.9

PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effic PASS DEF EFF. G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Effic 1. Missouri 12 396 229 57.8 13 3743 43 166.5 1. Alabama 12 357 195 15 54.6 1964 7 98.9 2. Alabama 12 276 171 62.0 2 2401 23 161.1 2. Georgia 13 369 203 10 55.0 2058 13 108.1 3. Georgia 13 244 150 61.5 7 2211 21 160.3 3. LSU 12 350 185 11 52.9 2223 9 108.4 4. Auburn 13 339 227 67.0 4 2936 20 156.8 4. Auburn 13 393 216 6 55.0 2311 14 113.1 5. Ole Miss 12 434 281 64.7 13 3941 28 156.3 5. Mississippi State 12 282 146 9 51.8 2100 11 120.8 6. LSU 12 267 160 59.9 4 2416 15 151.5 6. South Carolina 12 395 238 12 60.3 2735 14 124.0 7. Vanderbilt 12 403 232 57.6 10 2923 27 135.6 7. Tennessee 12 279 154 5 55.2 1940 15 127.8 8. Kentucky 12 291 175 60.1 5 2173 10 130.8 8. Vanderbilt 12 328 191 7 58.2 2335 16 129.9 9. Arkansas 12 340 192 56.5 9 2465 18 129.5 9. Florida 11 270 148 14 54.8 2149 16 130.9 10. South Carolina 12 365 226 61.9 11 2555 16 129.2 10. Missouri 12 412 246 12 59.7 3141 18 132.3 11. Texas A&M 12 386 211 54.7 11 2767 18 124.6 11. Ole Miss 12 345 199 8 57.7 2570 18 132.8 12. Tennessee 12 319 180 56.4 10 2084 11 116.4 12. Texas A&M 12 364 215 10 59.1 2689 24 137.4 13. Mississippi State 12 333 180 54.1 13 2043 17 114.6 13. Kentucky 12 406 265 11 65.3 3162 21 142.3 14. Florida 11 312 174 55.8 10 1975 10 113.1 14. Arkansas 12 346 205 8 59.2 2906 23 147.1

60 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL SEC Team Statistics KICKOFFS G No. Yds Avg Retn TB NetAvg KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Mississippi State 12 70 4466 63.8 470 43 41.7 1. Ole Miss 12 38 939 1 24.7 2. Arkansas 12 66 4008 60.7 735 21 41.6 2. Georgia 13 21 517 0 24.6 3. Alabama 12 89 5614 63.1 868 42 41.5 3. Alabama 12 15 348 0 23.2 4. LSU 12 68 4324 63.6 739 31 41.3 4. South Carolina 12 29 668 2 23.0 5. Georgia 13 84 5387 64.1 480 60 40.6 5. Texas A&M 12 34 761 1 22.4 6. Vanderbilt 12 56 3557 63.5 350 38 40.3 6. Vanderbilt 12 30 659 0 22.0 7. South Carolina 12 61 3905 64.0 397 42 40.3 7. Auburn 13 21 453 0 21.6 8. Tennessee 12 51 3268 64.1 392 33 40.2 8. Missouri 12 37 798 0 21.6 9. Missouri 12 89 5510 61.9 815 45 40.1 9. Kentucky 12 43 926 0 21.5 10. Ole Miss 12 76 4653 61.2 1038 25 39.3 10. Florida 11 26 553 0 21.3 11. Florida 11 51 3218 63.1 239 39 39.3 11. Arkansas 12 45 957 1 21.3 12. Kentucky 12 66 3941 59.7 643 29 39.0 12. Tennessee 12 32 680 1 21.2 13. Texas A&M 12 71 4385 61.8 844 31 39.0 13. LSU 12 18 364 0 20.2 14. Auburn 13 88 5562 63.2 590 63 38.6 14. Mississippi State 12 23 463 0 20.1

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P PR Avg TB Net/P PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Texas A&M 12 76 3505 46.1 87 1.1 6 43.4 1. Texas A&M 12 11 205 1 18.6 2. Tennessee 12 71 3323 46.8 220 3.1 5 42.3 2. Kentucky 12 6 104 0 17.3 3. Georgia 13 49 2180 44.5 59 1.2 3 42.1 3. Missouri 12 14 232 2 16.6 4. Missouri 12 50 2226 44.5 63 1.3 4 41.7 4. Arkansas 12 4 51 0 12.8 5. South Carolina 12 47 2083 44.3 71 1.5 4 41.1 5. LSU 12 16 187 2 11.7 6. Florida 11 65 3068 47.2 306 4.7 5 41.0 6. Mississippi State 12 21 220 2 10.5 7. Alabama 12 43 1822 42.4 5 0.1 3 40.9 7. Auburn 13 20 189 1 9.4 8. Kentucky 12 60 2548 42.5 82 1.4 3 40.1 8. Georgia 13 25 228 0 9.1 9. Mississippi State 12 51 2137 41.9 34 0.7 4 39.7 9. South Carolina 12 17 138 0 8.1 10. LSU 12 54 2189 40.5 69 1.3 1 38.9 10. Tennessee 12 14 112 0 8.0 11. Ole Miss 12 57 2325 40.8 109 1.9 1 38.5 11. Alabama 12 30 233 0 7.8 12. Arkansas 12 59 2277 38.6 40 0.7 3 36.9 12. Vanderbilt 12 16 121 0 7.6 13. Vanderbilt 12 66 2624 39.8 161 2.4 4 36.1 13. Ole Miss 12 7 47 0 6.7 14. Auburn 13 52 2054 39.5 159 3.1 3 35.3 14. Florida 11 13 66 0 5.1

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total OPP. FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 1. Missouri 12 128 140 19 287 1. Mississippi State 12 73 63 19 155 2. Auburn 13 153 109 22 284 2. Alabama 12 62 95 22 179 3. Mississippi State 12 164 95 17 276 3. Georgia 13 87 84 19 190 4. Alabama 12 155 106 14 275 4. Florida 11 82 92 18 192 5. Georgia 13 157 89 17 263 5. LSU 12 73 102 19 194 6. Ole Miss 12 86 151 18 255 6. Auburn 13 91 100 22 213 7. LSU 12 126 97 16 239 7. Texas A&M 12 98 109 18 225 8. Arkansas 12 110 108 20 238 8. South Carolina 12 99 128 21 248 9. Texas A&M 12 90 115 23 228 9. Missouri 12 104 126 20 250 10. Kentucky 12 102 100 23 225 Vanderbilt 12 125 99 26 250 11. Vanderbilt 12 67 138 16 221 11. Arkansas 12 128 115 14 257 12. South Carolina 12 90 115 13 218 12. Tennessee 12 154 92 16 262 13. Tennessee 12 77 95 25 197 13. Kentucky 12 111 140 18 269 14. Florida 11 83 92 10 185 14. Ole Miss 12 133 121 24 278

3RD-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct OPP 3RD-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct 1. Georgia 13 78 165 47.3 1. Mississippi State 12 48 155 31.0 2. Missouri 12 75 159 47.2 2. Auburn 13 67 208 32.2 3. Mississippi State 12 84 182 46.2 3. Alabama 12 58 176 33.0 4. Auburn 13 86 191 45.0 4. Florida 11 46 139 33.1 5. Arkansas 12 69 165 41.8 5. Georgia 13 61 184 33.2 6. Vanderbilt 12 70 168 41.7 6. Texas A&M 12 58 172 33.7 7. Alabama 12 61 147 41.5 7. LSU 12 57 165 34.5 8. Kentucky 12 65 158 41.1 8. Vanderbilt 12 62 166 37.3 9. South Carolina 12 63 157 40.1 9. Kentucky 12 69 168 41.1 10. LSU 12 62 155 40.0 10. Ole Miss 12 78 188 41.5 11. Ole Miss 12 59 155 38.1 11. South Carolina 12 74 174 42.5 12. Texas A&M 12 72 190 37.9 12. Missouri 12 86 194 44.3 13. Florida 11 51 157 32.5 13. Tennessee 12 75 166 45.2 14. Tennessee 12 50 163 30.7 14. Arkansas 12 77 162 47.5

4TH-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct OPP 4TH-DOWN CONV. G Conv Att Pct 1. Alabama 12 13 16 81.2 1. Mississippi State 12 3 13 23.1 2. Florida 11 12 18 66.7 2. Georgia 13 4 16 25.0 3. Georgia 13 7 12 58.3 3. Alabama 12 6 17 35.3 4. Kentucky 12 5 9 55.6 4. Tennessee 12 4 10 40.0 5. Texas A&M 12 7 13 53.8 LSU 12 8 20 40.0 6. Mississippi State 12 12 23 52.2 6. Auburn 13 14 30 46.7 7. Arkansas 12 9 18 50.0 7. Vanderbilt 12 9 17 52.9 8. Vanderbilt 12 9 20 45.0 Missouri 12 9 17 52.9 9. LSU 12 4 9 44.4 9. South Carolina 12 8 15 53.3 10. South Carolina 12 6 14 42.9 10. Texas A&M 12 6 10 60.0 Auburn 13 6 14 42.9 11. Ole Miss 12 12 19 63.2 12. Ole Miss 12 4 10 40.0 12. Arkansas 12 10 15 66.7 13. Tennessee 12 3 10 30.0 13. Kentucky 12 17 24 70.8 14. Missouri 12 3 11 27.3 14. Florida 11 5 7 71.4

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 61 SEC Team Statistics SOUTH CAROLINA RED ZONE OFFENSE G RedZone Pct. TD R/P FG-A Fumb/Int/Dns/Other RED ZONE DEFENSE G RedZone Pct. TD R/P FG-A Fumb/Int/Dns/Other 1. Florida 11 30-31 96.8 21 13/8 9-9 0/0/1/0 1. Alabama 12 21-28 75.0 14 8/6 7-8 1/3/0/2 2. Georgia 13 48-50 96.0 35 23/12 13-13 1/0/1/0 2. Georgia 13 22-28 78.6 13 6/7 9-11 1/0/2/1 3. Ole Miss 12 41-43 95.3 24 12/12 17-18 0/0/1/0 3. Mississippi State 12 19-24 79.2 14 12/2 5-6 1/1/2/0 4. Kentucky 12 36-39 92.3 24 19/5 12-13 1/0/0/1 4. LSU 12 29-35 82.9 18 15/3 11-12 1/1/1/2 5. Missouri 12 46-51 90.2 34 13/21 12-14 0/1/1/1 Florida 11 29-35 82.9 21 9/12 8-10 0/3/0/1 6. Alabama 12 52-59 88.1 42 29/13 10-11 0/1/1/4 6. South Carolina 12 36-43 83.7 24 14/10 12-14 1/1/2/1 7. Auburn 13 49-56 87.5 36 27/9 13-15 4/0/1/0 7. Auburn 13 26-31 83.9 17 7/10 9-9 0/0/5/0 Arkansas 12 35-40 87.5 30 21/9 5-7 0/1/0/2 8. Vanderbilt 12 35-40 87.5 28 23/5 7-7 0/0/4/1 9. Texas A&M 12 42-49 85.7 30 20/10 12-13 0/3/2/1 9. Ole Miss 12 51-57 89.5 37 24/13 14-17 1/1/0/1 10. Mississippi State 12 45-53 84.9 34 21/13 11-12 1/1/3/2 10. Texas A&M 12 43-48 89.6 34 15/19 9-10 1/1/0/2 11. South Carolina 12 27-32 84.4 18 12/6 9-11 1/1/1/0 11. Tennessee 12 45-50 90.0 35 27/8 10-12 0/1/0/2 12. Vanderbilt 12 31-37 83.8 30 11/19 1-3 1/1/1/1 12. Kentucky 12 39-43 90.7 26 15/11 13-14 1/0/1/1 13. Tennessee 12 28-35 80.0 19 12/7 9-10 0/3/1/2 Missouri 12 39-43 90.7 28 17/11 11-12 0/1/2/0 14. LSU 12 40-51 78.4 31 23/8 9-15 1/0/1/3 14. Arkansas 12 48-52 92.3 34 21/13 14-15 1/1/1/0

PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G OPP. PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G 1. South Carolina 12 55 426 35.5 1. Kentucky 12 84 717 59.8 2. Auburn 13 55 476 36.6 2. Ole Miss 12 68 643 53.6 3. Tennessee 12 67 497 41.4 3. Tennessee 12 79 636 53.0 4. Arkansas 12 58 505 42.1 4. Mississippi State 12 59 584 48.7 5. Texas A&M 12 60 513 42.8 5. Missouri 12 70 566 47.2 6. Alabama 12 62 518 43.2 6. Auburn 13 76 605 46.5 7. Kentucky 12 66 561 46.8 7. Vanderbilt 12 86 557 46.4 8. Vanderbilt 12 69 601 50.1 8. Florida 11 64 501 45.5 9. Mississippi State 12 69 610 50.8 9. Arkansas 12 65 542 45.2 10. LSU 12 70 631 52.6 10. Texas A&M 12 66 538 44.8 11. Georgia 13 83 731 56.2 11. Georgia 13 71 549 42.2 12. Missouri 12 87 688 57.3 12. South Carolina 12 65 486 40.5 13. Florida 11 88 646 58.7 13. LSU 12 60 450 37.5 14. Ole Miss 12 91 749 62.4 14. Alabama 12 51 361 30.1

SACKS BY G Sacks Yards SACKS AGAINST G Sacks Yards 1. Texas A&M 12 40 239 1. Mississippi State 12 11 68 2. Auburn 13 36 230 2. Missouri 12 12 84 3. LSU 12 35 189 3. Georgia 13 16 99 4. Missouri 12 31 176 4. Vanderbilt 12 19 120 Alabama 12 31 207 5. Alabama 12 22 120 6. Mississippi State 12 30 183 6. South Carolina 12 25 159 7. Ole Miss 12 29 192 7. Texas A&M 12 27 165 8. Kentucky 12 28 204 8. LSU 12 28 158 9. Georgia 13 27 190 9. Kentucky 12 29 184 Vanderbilt 12 27 181 10. Auburn 13 30 176 11. South Carolina 12 24 167 11. Ole Miss 12 32 242 12. Florida 11 23 128 12. Tennessee 12 35 242 13. Tennessee 12 22 125 Arkansas 12 35 197 14. Arkansas 12 19 128 14. Florida 11 37 242

FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct 1. Florida 11 17 18 .944 1. Alabama 12 59 59 1.000 2. Georgia 13 16 18 .889 Georgia 13 56 56 1.000 3. Missouri 12 16 19 .842 Auburn 13 54 54 1.000 4. Mississippi State 12 13 16 .812 Kentucky 12 34 34 1.000 5. Texas A&M 12 17 21 .810 Tennessee 12 28 28 1.000 6. Ole Miss 12 19 24 .792 6. Texas A&M 12 44 45 .978 7. Kentucky 12 21 27 .778 7. Arkansas 12 41 42 .976 8. Auburn 13 21 28 .750 8. Vanderbilt 12 40 41 .976 9. Alabama 12 16 22 .727 9. Mississippi State 12 46 48 .958 Arkansas 12 8 11 .727 10. Ole Miss 12 43 45 .956 11. Tennessee 12 14 21 .667 11. Missouri 12 58 61 .951 12. LSU 12 15 24 .625 12. South Carolina 12 34 36 .944 13. South Carolina 12 13 25 .520 13. LSU 12 38 41 .927 14. Vanderbilt 12 3 7 .429 14. Florida 11 24 26 .923

–Gained– –Lost– TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time Avg/G TURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G 1. Mississippi State 12 404:21 33:41 1. Alabama 12 5 15 20 6 2 8 +12 1.00 2. Georgia 13 421:03 32:23 2. South Carolina 12 11 12 23 3 11 14 +9 0.75 3. LSU 12 385:58 32:09 3. LSU 12 5 11 16 4 4 8 +8 0.67 4. Arkansas 12 376:57 31:24 4. Kentucky 12 7 11 18 8 5 13 +5 0.42 5. Auburn 13 404:48 31:08 5. Georgia 13 8 10 18 6 7 13 +5 0.38 6. Florida 11 341:35 31:03 6. Texas A&M 12 10 10 20 5 11 16 +4 0.33 7. Kentucky 12 370:13 30:51 7. Auburn 13 12 6 18 13 4 17 +1 0.08 8. Alabama 12 358:05 29:50 8. Arkansas 12 9 8 17 9 9 18 -1 -0.08 9. Vanderbilt 12 352:26 29:22 9. Mississippi State 12 8 9 17 6 13 19 -2 -0.17 10. Texas A&M 12 349:36 29:08 10. Tennessee 12 10 5 15 8 10 18 -3 -0.25 11. South Carolina 12 347:25 28:57 11. Florida 11 3 14 17 10 10 20 -3 -0.27 12. Tennessee 12 338:46 28:13 12. Missouri 12 5 12 17 8 13 21 -4 -0.33 13. Ole Miss 12 302:35 25:12 13. Vanderbilt 12 2 7 9 4 10 14 -5 -0.42 14. Missouri 12 300:32 25:02 Ole Miss 12 5 8 13 5 13 18 -5 -0.42

62 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL SEC Individual Statistics RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G PASSING EFFIC. Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Effic. 1. AU JR 11 263 1320 5.0 17 60 120.0 1. UA FR 8 53 35 1 66.0 470 8 186.6 2. Benny Snell UK SO 12 256 1318 5.1 18 71 109.8 2. Drew Lock MO JR 12 385 224 12 58.2 3695 43 169.4 3. Derrius Guice LS JR 11 216 1153 5.3 11 59 104.8 3. UG FR 13 230 145 5 63.0 2173 21 168.2 4. Nick Chubb UG SR 13 191 1175 6.2 13 55 90.4 4. Jordan Ta’amu UM JR 8 173 115 4 66.5 1682 11 164.5 5. Aeris Williams MS JR 12 224 1019 4.5 5 59 84.9 5. UA SO 12 222 135 1 60.8 1940 15 155.6 6. UM SR 12 155 1011 6.5 9 64 84.2 6. Danny Etling LS SR 12 242 146 2 60.3 2234 14 155.3 7. Ish Witter MO SR 12 171 992 5.8 5 52 82.7 7. Jarrett Stidham AU SO 13 327 218 4 66.7 2827 17 154.0 8. Nick Fitzgerald MS JR 12 162 984 6.1 14 45 82.0 8. Shea Patterson UM SO 7 260 166 9 63.8 2259 17 151.5 9. Damarea Crockett MO SO 6 80 481 6.0 2 73 80.2 9. Nick Starkel AM FR 6 142 81 5 57.0 1294 10 149.8 10. Sony Michel UG SR 12 131 948 7.2 13 74 79.0 10. Kyle Shurmur VU JR 12 380 220 10 57.9 2823 26 137.6

PASSING AVG Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G PUNT RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg 1. Shea Patterson UM SO 7 260 166 9 63.8 2259 17 322.7 1. D.J. Chark LS SR 12 16 187 2 75 11.7 2. Drew Lock MO JR 12 385 224 12 58.2 3695 43 307.9 2. Mecole Hardman UG SO 13 20 216 0 30 10.8 3. Kyle Shurmur VU JR 12 380 220 10 57.9 2823 26 235.2 3. Chris Lammons SC SR 12 16 138 0 26 8.6 4. Jarrett Stidham AU SO 13 327 218 4 66.7 2827 17 217.5 4. Marquez Callaway UT SO 11 13 109 0 36 8.4 5. Nick Starkel AM FR 6 142 81 5 57.0 1294 10 215.7 5. Stephen Roberts AU SR 13 16 125 0 25 7.8 6. Jake Bentley SC SO 12 362 226 11 62.4 2555 16 212.9 6. Xavian Marks UA JR 8 11 82 0 26 7.5 7. Jordan Ta’amu UM JR 8 173 115 4 66.5 1682 11 210.2 7. Kalija Lipscomb VU SO 12 14 83 0 18 5.9 8. Danny Etling LS SR 12 242 146 2 60.3 2234 14 186.2 9. Austin Allen AR SR 8 187 105 5 56.1 1427 10 178.4 10. Stephen Johnson UK SR 12 280 170 4 60.7 2048 10 170.7

TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G KICK RETURNS Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Long Avg 1. Shea Patterson UM SO 7 -16 2259 307 2243 320.4 1. Mecole Hardman UG SO 13 15 410 0 47 27.3 2. Drew Lock MO JR 12 111 3695 427 3806 317.2 2. De’Vion Warren AR FR 12 29 765 1 100 26.4 3. Jarrett Stidham AU SO 13 178 2827 418 3005 231.2 3. Jaylon Jones UM SO 12 31 775 1 97 25.0 4. Jordan Ta’amu UM JR 8 165 1682 230 1847 230.9 4. Ty Chandler UT FR 12 17 416 1 91 24.5 5. Nick Fitzgerald MS JR 12 984 1782 448 2766 230.5 5. Jamauri Wakefield VU FR 11 22 524 0 45 23.8 6. Kyle Shurmur VU JR 12 -84 2823 414 2739 228.2 6. Lynn Bowden Jr. UK FR 12 35 807 0 93 23.1 7. Jalen Hurts UA SO 12 768 1940 359 2708 225.7 7. Christian Kirk AM JR 12 21 480 1 100 22.9 8. Jake Bentley SC SO 12 86 2555 429 2641 220.1 8. Adarius Lemons UF FR 9 14 315 0 37 22.5 9. Nick Starkel AM FR 6 -23 1294 152 1271 211.8 9. Noah Igbinoghene AU FR 13 18 397 0 70 22.1 10. Stephen Johnson UK SR 12 358 2048 377 2406 200.5 10. Larry Rountree MO FR 12 21 457 0 38 21.8

RECEPTIONS Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Rec/G PUNTING Team Cl G Punt Yds Long Avg 1. A.J. Brown UM SO 12 75 1252 11 77 16.7 6.25 1. Johnny Townsend UF SR 11 64 3043 70 47.5 2. Ryan Davis AU JR 13 76 768 5 75 10.1 5.85 2. Trevor Daniel UT SR 12 70 3323 72 47.5 3. J’Mon Moore MO SR 12 60 1017 10 71 17.0 5.00 3. Shane Tripucka AM JR 12 76 3505 64 46.1 4. Bryan Edwards SC SO 12 59 705 4 41 11.9 4.92 4. Corey Fatony MO JR 12 50 2226 70 44.5 5. Christian Kirk AM JR 12 58 730 7 81 12.6 4.83 5. Cameron Nizialek UG SR 13 49 2180 59 44.5 6. UA JR 12 55 896 3 78 16.3 4.58 6. Joseph Charlton SC SO 12 47 2083 73 44.3 7. C.J. Duncan VU SR 12 52 517 5 26 9.9 4.33 7. JK Scott UA SR 12 42 1822 64 43.4 8. Van Jefferson UM SO 10 42 456 1 40 10.9 4.20 8. Zach Von Rosenberg LS FR 10 33 1430 60 43.3 9. Trent Sherfield VU SR 12 50 729 5 38 14.6 4.17 9. Logan Cooke MS SR 12 48 2056 67 42.8 10. Garrett Johnson UK SR 12 46 500 2 64 10.9 3.83 10. Matt Panton UK SR 11 57 2432 71 42.7

RECEIVE YARDS Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG 2XP Pts Pts/G 1. A.J. Brown UM SO 12 75 1252 11 77 16.7 104.3 1. Kerryon Johnson AU JR 11 19 0 0 0 114 10.4 2. J’Mon Moore MO SR 12 60 1017 10 71 17.0 84.8 2. Benny Snell UK SO 12 18 0 0 2 110 9.2 3. Calvin Ridley UA JR 12 55 896 3 78 16.3 74.7 3. AU SR 13 0 54 21 0 117 9.0 4. Emanuel Hall MO JR 11 33 817 8 63 24.8 74.3 4. Andy Pappanastos UA SR 11 0 51 15 0 96 8.7 5. D.J. Chark LS SR 12 35 811 3 68 23.2 67.6 5. Tucker McCann MO SO 11 0 50 14 0 92 8.4 6. Christian Kirk AM JR 12 58 730 7 81 12.6 60.8 6. Austin MacGinnis UK SR 12 0 34 21 0 97 8.1 7. Trent Sherfield VU SR 12 50 729 5 38 14.6 60.8 7. Daniel LaCamera AM JR 12 0 44 17 0 95 7.9 8. Ryan Davis AU JR 13 76 768 5 75 10.1 59.1 8. Gary Wunderlich UM SR 11 0 34 17 0 85 7.7 9. Bryan Edwards SC SO 12 59 705 4 41 11.9 58.8 9. UG SO 13 0 55 15 0 100 7.7 10. DaMarkus Lodge UM JR 12 41 698 7 72 17.0 58.2 10. Nick Fitzgerald MS JR 12 14 0 0 0 84 7.0

ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G SCORING (TDs) Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G 1. Kerryon Johnson AU JR 11 1320 188 0 0 1508 137.1 1. Kerryon Johnson AU JR 11 19 17 2 0 0 114 10.4 2. Christian Kirk AM JR 12 27 730 175 480 1412 117.7 2. Benny Snell UK SO 12 18 18 0 0 1 110 9.2 3. Benny Snell UK SO 12 1318 72 0 -13 1377 114.8 3. Nick Fitzgerald MS JR 12 14 14 0 0 0 84 7.0 4. Derrius Guice LS JR 11 1153 100 0 0 1253 113.9 4. Sony Michel UG SR 12 13 13 0 0 0 78 6.5 5. A.J. Brown UM SO 12 0 1252 47 3 1302 108.5 5. Derrius Guice LS JR 11 11 11 0 0 0 66 6.0 6. Jordan Wilkins UM SR 12 1011 241 0 -1 1251 104.2 Nick Chubb UG SR 13 13 13 0 0 0 78 6.0 7. John Kelly UT JR 11 778 299 0 0 1077 97.9 7. Damien Harris UA JR 12 11 11 0 0 0 66 5.5 8. Aeris Williams MS JR 12 1019 142 0 0 1161 96.8 Ralph Webb VU SR 12 11 10 1 0 0 66 5.5 9. Darrel Williams LS SR 12 776 327 0 21 1124 93.7 Keith Ford AM SR 12 11 11 0 0 0 66 5.5 10. Trayveon Williams AM SO 11 733 180 0 109 1022 92.9 A.J. Brown UM SO 12 11 0 11 0 0 66 5.5

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 63 SEC Individual Statistics SOUTH CAROLINA SCORING (KICK) Team Cl G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G 1. Daniel Carlson AU SR 13 54-54 21-28 117 9.0 1. Montez Sweat MS JR 12 DL 8 3 57 9.5 0.79 2. Andy Pappanastos UA SR 11 51-51 15-19 96 8.7 2. Charles Wright VU JR 12 LB 8 2 65 9.0 0.75 3. Tucker McCann MO SO 11 50-52 14-16 92 8.4 3. Jeff Holland AU JR 13 LB 8 2 61 9.0 0.69 4. Austin MacGinnis UK SR 12 34-34 21-27 97 8.1 4. Landis Durham AM JR 12 DL 8 1 46 8.5 0.71 5. Daniel LaCamera AM JR 12 44-45 17-20 95 7.9 5. Marquis Haynes UM SR 12 DE 7 1 59 7.5 0.62 6. Gary Wunderlich UM SR 11 34-36 17-21 85 7.7 6. Marcell Frazier MO SR 12 DE 5 4 50 7.0 0.58 7. Rodrigo Blankenship UG SO 13 55-55 15-17 100 7.7 UK JR 12 LB 6 2 48 7.0 0.58 8. Eddy Pineiro UF JR 11 24-26 17-18 75 6.8 Breeland Speaks UM JR 12 DE 7 0 36 7.0 0.58 9. Jace Christmann MS FR 12 38-38 11-12 71 5.9 Terry Beckner MO JR 12 DT 6 2 30 7.0 0.58 10. Connor Culp LS FR 9 20-23 11-15 53 5.9 10. Denzil Ware UK JR 12 DL 6 1 47 6.5 0.54

FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G TACKLES/LOSS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G 1. Austin MacGinnis UK SR 12 21 27 77.8 1.75 1. Marcell Frazier MO SR 12 DE 10 7 68 13.5 1.12 2. Daniel Carlson AU SR 13 21 28 75.0 1.62 2. CeCe Jefferson UF JR 11 DL 10 7 38 13.5 1.23 3. Eddy Pineiro UF JR 11 17 18 94.4 1.55 3. D.J. Wonnum SC SO 12 DL 12 2 50 13.0 1.08 Gary Wunderlich UM SR 11 17 21 81.0 1.55 4. Montez Sweat MS JR 12 DL 10 5 63 12.5 1.04 5. Daniel LaCamera AM JR 12 17 20 85.0 1.42 Devin White LS SO 12 LB 8 9 41 12.5 1.04 6. Andy Pappanastos UA SR 11 15 19 78.9 1.36 6. Jeff Holland AU JR 13 LB 11 2 74 12.0 0.92 7. Tucker McCann MO SO 11 14 16 87.5 1.27 7. Otaro Alaka AM JR 12 LB 11 2 57 12.0 1.00 8. Connor Culp LS FR 9 11 15 73.3 1.22 8. Terez Hall MO JR 12 LB 8 7 23 11.5 0.96 9. Rodrigo Blankenship UG SO 13 15 17 88.2 1.15 9. D’Andre Walker UG JR 13 LB 11 1 55 11.5 0.88 10. Parker White SC FR 12 12 22 54.5 1.00 10. Marquis Haynes UM SR 12 DE 9 4 72 11.0 0.92

PAT KICKING PCT Team Cl G Made Att Pct. FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num Avg/G 1. Rodrigo Blankenship UG SO 13 55 55 100.0 1. Dante Sawyer SC SR 11 5 0.45 Daniel Carlson AU SR 13 54 54 100.0 2. Jeff Holland AU JR 13 4 0.31 Andy Pappanastos UA SR 11 51 51 100.0 3. Rashaan Gaulden UT JR 12 3 0.25 Jace Christmann MS FR 12 38 38 100.0 Nigel Warrior UT SO 12 3 0.25 Austin MacGinnis UK SR 12 34 34 100.0 MS JR 12 3 0.25 Aaron Medley UT SR 10 25 25 100.0 Landis Durham AM JR 12 3 0.25 Parker White SC FR 12 24 24 100.0 Santos Ramirez AR JR 12 3 0.25 Jack Gonsoulin LS SO 7 18 18 100.0 Debione Renfro AM FR 12 3 0.25 9. Daniel LaCamera AM JR 12 44 45 97.8 Marquis Haynes UM SR 12 3 0.25 10. Tommy Openshaw VU SR 12 39 40 97.5 10. Lorenzo Carter UG SR 13 3 0.23

FIELD GOAL PCT Team Cl G FG FGA Long Pct. FUMBLES RCVD Team Cl G Num Avg/G 1. Austin MacGinnis UK SR 12 21 27 53 77.8 1. T.J. Brunson SC SO 12 3 0.25 2. Daniel Carlson AU SR 13 21 28 54 75.0 Rashaan Gaulden UT JR 12 3 0.25 3. Lorenzo Carter UG SR 13 3 0.23 TACKLES Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack 4. Michael Divinity LS SO 10 2 0.20 1. Devin White LS SO 12 LB 33 94 127 10.6 3.5 Sherrils, Anthony MO SR 10 2 0.20 2. De’Jon Harris AR SO 12 LB 66 49 115 9.6 3.5 6. Briston Guidry AR FR 11 2 0.18 3. DeMarquis Gates UM SR 12 LB 70 44 114 9.5 2.0 7. Jeffery Simmons MS SO 12 2 0.17 4. David Reese UF SO 11 LB 46 56 102 9.3 1.5 Deshaw Capers-Smith AM JR 12 2 0.17 5. UG JR 13 LB 72 41 113 8.7 5.5 Courtney Love UK SR 12 2 0.17 6. Dre Greenlaw AR JR 12 LB 52 51 103 8.6 1.0 Javon Charleston SC SO 12 2 0.17 7. Tyrel Dodson AM SO 12 LB 48 49 97 8.1 5.5 8. Cale Garrett MO SO 12 LB 58 34 92 7.7 3.0 INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Long Int/G 9. Mike Edwards UK JR 12 DB 48 42 90 7.5 1.0 1. CJ Henderson UF FR 11 4 82 2 41 0.36 Daniel Bituli UT SO 12 LB 44 46 90 7.5 0.0 Duke Dawson UF SR 11 4 54 1 48 0.36 11. LaDarius Wiley VU JR 12 DB 58 30 88 7.3 0.0 3. Andraez Williams LS FR 12 4 28 0 28 0.33 Skai Moore SC SR 12 LB 59 29 88 7.3 2.0 Armani Watts AM SR 12 4 15 0 15 0.33 13. Armani Watts AM SR 12 DB 57 30 87 7.2 0.5 Mike Edwards UK JR 12 4 1 0 1 0.33 14. Nigel Warrior UT SO 12 DB 43 40 83 6.9 1.0 6. Mack Wilson UA SO 10 3 21 0 21 0.30 15. Jordan Jones UK JR 8 LB 28 27 55 6.9 2.0 7. C.J. Moore UM JR 11 3 63 0 48 0.27 16. Oren Burks VU SR 12 LB 45 37 82 6.8 1.0 8. Levi Wallace UA SR 12 3 66 1 35 0.25 Courtney Love UK SR 12 LB 31 51 82 6.8 1.0 Henre’ Toliver AR SR 12 3 66 0 35 0.25 18. Micah Abernathy UT JR 12 DB 47 34 81 6.8 0.0 Skai Moore SC SR 12 3 52 1 34 0.25 19. Quart’e Sapp UT SO 12 LB 39 39 78 6.5 0.0 20. Terez Hall MO JR 12 LB 46 30 76 6.3 1.0 PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total Avg/G 21. Darius West UK JR 12 DB 49 26 75 6.2 0.0 1. Andraez Williams LS FR 12 10 5 15 1.25 T.J. Brunson SC SO 12 LB 44 31 75 6.2 0.0 Levi Wallace UA SR 12 12 3 15 1.25 23. Anthony Sherrils MO SR 10 DB 46 16 62 6.2 0.5 3. Duke Dawson UF SR 11 9 4 13 1.18 24. Otaro Alaka AM JR 12 LB 32 40 72 6.0 5.5 4. JaMarcus King SC SR 12 12 1 13 1.08 25. Chris Lammons SC SR 12 DB 54 16 70 5.8 0.0 5. Kevin Toliver II LS JR 11 10 1 11 1.00 26. Deshaun Davis AU JR 13 LB 35 40 75 5.8 3.5 Tre Herndon VU SR 11 11 0 11 1.00 27. UA SR 10 LB 26 31 57 5.7 5.0 7. Carlton Davis AU JR 13 11 1 12 0.92 Emmanuel Smith VU SR 10 LB 29 28 57 5.7 1.5 8. Donte Jackson LS JR 12 10 1 11 0.92 Dez Harris MS SR 10 LB 18 39 57 5.7 2.0 Henre’ Toliver AR SR 12 8 3 11 0.92 30. Mark McLaurin MS JR 12 DB 28 40 68 5.7 1.5 10. Marco Wilson UF FR 11 10 0 10 0.91 Ronnie Harrison UA JR 12 DB 39 29 68 5.7 2.5 Donnie Alexander LS SR 9 LB 16 35 51 5.7 1.0

64 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Game Recaps GM South Carolina 35 South Carolina 14 7 14 0 35 1 NC State 28 NC State 14 7 0 7 28

September 2, 2017 Scoring Summary Bank of America Stadium 1st 14:47 SC Samuel 97-yard kickoff return (Woznick kick) 7-0 Charlotte, N.C. 1st 8:56 NCSU Finley 6-yard run (Wise kick) (14-75-5:51) 7-7 1st 3:53 SC Dowdle 34-yard pass from Bentley (Woznick kick) (11-80-4:58) 14-7 50,367 1st 0:46 NCSU Hines 2-yard run (Wise kick) (9-75-3:07) 14-14 2nd 10:02 SC Samuel 6-yard pass from Bentley (Woznick kick) (8-40-3:18) 21-14 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Behind a 2nd 0:09 NCSU Meyers 4-yard pass from Finley (Wise kick) (10-79-1:38) 21-21 resurgent defensive effort in the second 3rd 11:54 SC Samuel 39-yard pass from Bentley (Woznick kick) (3-51-1:25) 28-21 3rd 9:08 SC Dowdle 7-yard run (Woznick kick) (2-13-1:16) 35-21 half and three touchdowns from junior 4th 12:21 NCSU Samuels 1-yard pass from Finley (Wise kick) (9-46-3:33) 35-28 Deebo Samuel, South Carolina (1-0) claimed a 35-28 victory over NC State Team Statistics SC NCSU (0-1) in the Belk College Kickoff at First Downs 12 29 Bank of America Stadium. Rushing 4 7 The Gamecock defense came out on Passing 8 21 fire in the second half, shutting down Penalty 0 1 an NC State drive after five plays with Net Yards Rushing 31 89 a pair of quarterback hurries and a Rushing Attempts 21 35 sack by Keir Thomas. Chris Lammons Net Yards Passing 215 415 made it a short field, returning the Cmp.-Att.-Int. 17-29-1 45-64-0 punt 26 yards to near midfield. Three Total Offense Yards 246 504 plays later, quarterback Jake Bentley, Total Offense Plays 50 99 after escaping pressure, hit Deebo Samuel for a 39-yard score. Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 2-2 Defense set up the next Gamecock touchdown, as the Wolfpack fumbled Penalties: No.-Yards 6-45 8-65 the football on Dante Sawyer’s sack. Bryson Allen-Williams recovered it at Punts-Yards 6-280 4-196 the NC State 13. Two plays later, Rico Dowdle sprinted seven yards to hand Avg. Yards Per Punt 46.7 49.0 the Gamecocks a 35-21 lead. Punt Returns: No.-Yards 3-26 3-40 NC State took back momentum after the Gamecocks were stuffed deep Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-141 2-39 in their own territory and the Wolfpack took over at the SC 46 after the Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 1-0 punt. The Wolfpack methodically went 46 yards in nine plays, with Ryan Possession Time 23:19 36:41 Finley hitting Jaylen Samuels from one yard out to close within a score. An Third Down Conversions 5-12 9-20 interception by Wolfpack Johnathan Alston gave the ball back to NC State. Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 2-4 But the Gamecock defense stood strong, keeping NC State from gaining a Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 4-6 second first down. South Carolina punted the ball back to NC State, but the Sacks By: No.-Yards 4-26 2-18 Wolfpack turned over the ball on downs after D.J. Smith tackled Samuels PAT Kicks 5-5 4-4 just short of the first-down marker with 4:34 remaining. Field Goals 0-0 0-1 The Wolfpack got the ball back with three minutes to go and drove inside the Gamecock 10, but the Gamecocks batted passes away from NC State Individual Statistics receivers, the final one by D.J. Smith, to close out the victory. RUSHING: SC: Dowdle 12-27; Samuel 1-5; Turner 1-2; Bentley 5-1; Team The teams battled to a draw in the second half, scoring three touchdowns 2-(-4). NCSU: Hines 15-81; Gallaspy 13-27; Samuels 1-9; Louis 1-(-6); Fin- each in the contest. Samuel got the Gamecocks off to a blazing start, return- ley 5-(-22). ing the opening kickoff 97 yards for a score, his second career kickoff return for a touchdown. The Wolfpack answered with a 14-play, 75-yard drive that PASSING: SC: Bentley 17-29-1-215. NCSU: Finley 45-64-0-415. was capped by Finley’s six-yard keeper. South Carolina retook the lead on its next possession, as Bentley hit Dow- RECEIVING: SC: Samuel 5-83; Edwards 5-55; S. Smith 3-23; Dowdle dle out of the backfield for a 34-yard TD strike. Finley and the Wolfpack 2-51; Williams 1-5; Hurst 1-(-2). NCSU: Samuels 15-85; Harmon 10-114; knotted the contest again, as Finley went 4-for-5 for 56 yards in a nine-play Meyers 5-62; Louis 5-39; Hines 4-32; Riley 2-27; Gallaspy 2-13; Cook 1-29; drive. Nyheim Hines capped the drive with a two-yard scoring run. Emezie 1-14. After SC went three-and-out, Sawyer forced a fumble, and Rashad Fenton recovered it to set up the next Garnet and Black points. Bentley kept the PUNT RETURNS: SC: Lammons 3-26. NCSU: Hines 3-40. nascent drive going with a 13-yard scamper before hitting Bryan Edwards for a 26-yard strike to put the Gamecocks to first-and-goal. Bentley capped KICKOFF RETURNS: SC: Turner 3-44; Samuel 1-97. NCSU: Hines 2-39. the drive with a six-yard pass caught by Samuel to put South Carolina ahead again, 21-14. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: SC: None. NCSU: Alston 1-0. The Wolfpack missed a 29-yard field goal, giving the ball back to the Gamecocks with four minutes to go, but the NC State defense scuttled it around midfield, getting the ball back with 1:47 to play in the half. The Wolfpack marched to a tying score, with Finley hitting Jakobi Meyers with a four-yard scoring pass, tying the game at 21 at the half.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 65 2017 Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA GM South Carolina 31 South Carolina 0 14 10 7 31 2 Missouri 13 Missouri 3 7 3 0 13 September 9, 2017 Scoring Summary Memorial Stadium 1st 5:33 MU McCann 43-yard field goal (14-54-3:51) 0-3 2nd 13:07 MU Reese 61-yard pass from Lock (McCann kick) (1-61-0:11) 0-10 Columbia, Mo. 2nd 12:52 SC Samuel 97-yard kickoff return (Woznick kick) 7-10 55,023 2nd 12:37 SC Samuel 25-yard run (Woznick kick) (1-25-0:09) 14-10 3rd 8:41 SC Hurst 39-yard pass from Bentley (Woznick kick) (9-80-4:26) 21-10 COLUMBIA, MO. — Deebo Sam- 3rd 6:31 MU McCann 22-yard field goal (9-73-2:04) 21-13 3rd 0:18 SC Woznick 32-yard field goal (11-58-6:06) 24-13 uel ran for two touchdowns to help 4th 10:25 SC Hurst 2-yard run (Woznick kick) (7-44-2:50) 31-13 South Carolina cruise to a 31-13 vic- tory over Missouri on Saturday night Team Statistics SC MU in the SEC opener for both teams. First Downs 20 21 Missouri (1-1, 0-1) led 10-0 early Rushing 9 11 in the second quarter when tight end Passing 9 10 Jason Reese slipped past linebacker Penalty 2 0 T.J. Brunson, hauled in a Drew Lock Net Yards Rushing 172 178 pass and outran his pursuers. South Rushing Attempts 40 37 Carolina (2-0, 1-0) trailed for only 30 Net Yards Passing 187 245 seconds. Samuel returned the ensuing Cmp.-Att.-Int. 18-28-0 14-32-2 kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown - his Total Offense Yards 359 423 second TD return in two weeks. After Total Offense Plays 68 69 the Gamecocks’ Jamyest Williams in- Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-1 tercepted Lock, Samuel struck again, scoring on a 25-yard jet sweep. Samuel Penalties: No.-Yards 4-29 4-24 finished with five catches for 45 yards. Punts-Yards 5-212 4-215 Jake Bentley was 18 of 28 for 187 yards passing and threw a 39-yard Avg. Yards Per Punt 42.4 53.8 touchdown pass to Hayden Hurst to stretch South Carolina’s lead to 21-10 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-4 midway through the third quarter. Hurst added a 2-yard scoring run in the Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-120 2-47 fourth quarter. Interceptions: No.-Yards 2-1 0-0 Lock had 245 yards passing and a touchdown, but was intercepted twice. Possession Time 37:36 22:24 Third Down Conversions 8-15 5-14 GAME CHANGER Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-2 Missouri took a 10-0 lead with 13:07 remaining in the second quarter, Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 1-3 but Deebo Samuel quickly changed that, returning a 97-yard kickoff for a Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-6 1-8 touchdown for the second straight game. It was Samuel’s Gamecock best PAT Kicks 4-4 1-1 third career kickoff return for a touchdown. Samuel then took advantage of Field Goals 1-2 2-3 Jamyest Williams’first career interception, scoring on a 25-yard run on the drive’s first play, giving the Gamecocks the lead for good. Individual Statistics RUSHING: SC: T. Williams 14-78; Dowdle 14-48; Samuel 1-25; Turner KEY STAT 5-16; Bentley 4-5l Hurst 1-2; Team 1-(-2). MU: Ctockett 18-97; Witter 12- 3 -- For the second straight game, the Gamecocks won the turnover battle, 72; Rountree 4-12; Lock 3-(-3). turning a trio of Tiger miscues into 14 points. Jamyest Williams’ interception turned into a Deebo Samuelrushing touchdown. Then a fumble on a punt in PASSING: SC: Bentley 18-28-0-187. MU: Lock 14-32-2-245. the fourth quarter led to Hayden Hurst’s second touchdown of the contest. RECEIVING: SC: Samuel 5-45; Edwards 5-35; S. Smith 4-22; Hurst 3-69; NOTABLES Dowdle 1-16. MU: Mason 4-48; Hall 3-66; Moore 3-29; Reese 2-88; Witter - South Carolina is 2-0 on the young season for the first time since the 1-8; Crockett 1-6. 2012 campaign. - Hayden Hurst had a touchdown reception of 39 yards and a two-yard PUNT RETURNS: SC: None. MU: Johnson 1-4. rushing touchdown on the night. It was his second and third career touch- downs (two receiving, one rushing) after putting his first one on the board in KICKOFF RETURNS: SC: Samuel 1-97; Turner 1-23. MU: Mason 2-47. the 2016 Birmingham Bowl against USF. Hurst ended the game with three receptions for 69 yards. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: SC: J. Williams 1-1; Allen-Williams 1-0. - Bryson Allen-Williams recorded his third interception in the past four MU: None. games with his pick in the fourth quarter. Allen-Williams had interceptions at Clemson (Nov. 26, 2016) and against USF in the Birmingham Bowl (Dec. 29, 2016). - Samuel becomes the second player in South Carolina history to record a kickoff return for a touchdown in back-to-back games. King Dixon did the trick in games against Texas (Oct. 5, 1957) and Furman (Oct. 12, 1957). He has a school record three kickoff returns for touchdowns, all coming in the last five games.

66 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Game Recaps GM Kentucky 23 Kentucky 7 7 3 6 23 3 South Carolina 13 South Carolina 6 0 0 7 13 September 16, 2017 Scoring Summary Williams-Brice Stadium 1st 14:47 SC Samuel 68-yard pass from Bentley (1-68-0:13) (Woznick kick failed) 6-0 Columbia, S.C. 1st 1:05 UK Snell 5-yard run (MacGinnis kick) (13-75-6:33) 6-7 2nd 8:37 UK Snell 1-yard run (MacGinnis kick) (11-67-5:32) 6-14 82,493 3rd 5:25 UK MacGinnis 27-yard field goal (12-42-5:29) 6-17 4th 8:59 UK MacGinnis 44-yard field goal (6-49-3:23) 6-20 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Benny Snell 4th 6:26 SC O. Smith 9-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (7-77-2:33) 13-20 Jr. rushed for two touchdowns and 4th 2:07 UK MacGinnis 21-yard field goal (9-77-4:19) 13-23 Kentucky’s defense held off South Car- olina to win its fourth straight over the Team Statistics UK SC Gamecocks, 23-13, on Saturday night. First Downs 20 14 Snell, who’s status was in doubt ear- Rushing 7 3 lier in the week due to bruised ribs, Passing 11 11 rushed for scores of 5 and 1 yard in Penalty 2 0 leading the Wildcats (1-0 Southeast- Net Yards Rushing 184 54 ern Conference) to their first 3-0 start Rushing Attempts 47 20 since 2010. Two years ago, Kentucky Net Yards Passing 169 304 snapped a 22-game SEC road losing Cmp.-Att.-Int. 16-26-1 24-37-2 streak at South Carolina. Total Offense Yards 353 358 This time, the Wildcats left no Total Offense Plays 73 57 doubt about who was the better team Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 0-0 in this one. Penalties: No.-Yards 4-10 7-45 It did not start that way, though. Punts-Yards 4-178 3-122 South Carolina (2-1, 1-1) electrified a sold-out stadium with a 68-yard TD Avg. Yards Per Punt 44.5 40.7 catch by receiver Deebo Samuel on the opening play, then got an intercep- Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-14 tion and a fumble from the Wildcats’ first two drives. But Kentucky’s defense Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-16 6-53 did not allow the Gamecocks any more points after that. Interceptions: No.-Yards 2-4 1-17 Snell and offense took over with two long, first-half scoring drives for Possession Time 36:49 23:11 a 14-6 lead. Snell ended a 13-play series with his 5-yard touchdown. He Third Down Conversions 9-16 3-12 capped an 11-play sequence with his second touchdown. Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-3 Kentucky made the critical plays when it needed. Facing fourth-and-goal Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 1-2 from the Wildcats 1 in the fourth quarter, Gamecock tailback Rico Dowdle Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-6 1-12 was stopped cold by linebacker Jamar Watson and cornerback Derrick Baity. PAT Kicks 2-2 1-2 Then when the Gamecocks closed it to 20-13 on OrTre Smith’s 9-yard Field Goals 3-3 0-3 touchdown grab with 6:26 left, Kentucky quarterback Stephen Johnson scrambled on third down for a 54-yard run that led to Austin MacGinnis’ Individual Statistics third field goal with two minutes left that sealed the win. RUSHING: UK: Snell 32-102; S. Johnson 7-74; King 3-15; Bowden Jr. Snell finished with 102 yards on 32 carries. 3-10; Team 3-(-17). SC: Dowdle 8-23; Bentley 7-19; Turner 5-12. Samuel had five catches for 122 yards and his sixth touchdown of the sea- son. But he left the game in the fourth quarter with an injury. PASSING: UK: S. Johnson 16-25-1-169; Snell 0-1-0-0. SC: Bentley 24-36- 2-304; Team 0-1-0-0. GAME CHANGER South Carolina forced a pair of first-half turnovers, an interception from RECEIVING: UK: G. Johnson 4-41; Conrad 2-36; Richardson 2-29; Ross Skai Moore and a fumble recovery from Jamyest Williams. The Gamecocks 2-14; Walker 2-13; King 1-18; Bone 1-9; Rigg 1-6; Hart 1-3. SC: Samuel did not turn those Kentucky miscues into points as a Jake Bentley intercep- 5-122; Edwards 5-57; Hurst 4-39; Dowdle 3-25; T. Williams 2-7; S. Smith tion and a punt ended those USC drives. 1-25; O. Smith 1-9; Davis 1-9; Turner 1-6; Terrell 1-5.

KEY STAT PUNT RETURNS: UK: None. SC: Lammons 2-14. 68 -- Jake Bentley hit Deebo Samuel for a 68-yard touchdown on the first offensive play of the game. Samuel ended the game with five receptions KICKOFF RETURNS: UK: Bowden Jr. 1-16. SC: Dowdle 1-21; Turner for 122 yards but he suffered an injury that will have him out for extended 2-19; Crosby 3-13. period of time. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: UK: Baity 1-3; Edwards 1-1. SC: Moore NOTABLES 1-17. - Bentley completed 16 straight passes beginning in the 2nd quarter and extending into the 3rd period, a career high and four off of the school record set by Connor Shaw against Missouri on Sept. 22, 2012. - Bentley finished with 304 passing yards on the night, the second 300- yard effort of his career.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 67 2017 Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA GM South Carolina 17 Louisiana Tech 3 3 7 3 16 4 Louisiana Tech 16 South Carolina 0 0 0 17 17 September 23, 2017 Scoring Summary 1st 1:41 LAT Barnes 33-yard field goal (14-64-7:15) 0-3 Williams-Brice Stadium 2nd 5:23 LAT Barnes 52-yard field goal (4-7-1:43) 0-6 Columbia, S.C. 3rd 8:54 LAT Veal 3-yard pass from Smith (Barnes kick) (12-75-6:06) 0-13 4th 11:06 SC O. Smith 28-yard pass from Bentley (kick) (16-97-7:36) 7-13 71,821 4th 4:52 SC T. Williams 35-yard run (White kick) (2-74-0:40) 14-13 4th 0:55 LAT Barnes 25-yard field goal (10-84-3:57) 14-16 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nothing 4th 0:04 SC White 31-yard field goal (6-65-0:47) 17-16 had gone right in Parker White’s col- lege career. He missed two field goals Team Statistics LAT SC last week in a South Carolina loss and First Downs 17 23 two more as the Gamecocks looked on Rushing 4 11 their way to an embarrassing loss to Passing 12 12 Louisiana Tech. Penalty 1 0 Oh-for-four, booed on his home Net Yards Rushing 80 143 field and torn apart all last week on Rushing Attempts 28 32 Twitter, the freshman kicker finally Net Yards Passing 281 295 hit a kick true, the 31-yarder sailing Cmp.-Att.-Int. 23-33-1 22-35-1 through the uprights with seven sec- Total Offense Yards 361 438 onds left as the Gamecocks (3-1) beat Total Offense Plays 61 67 the Bulldogs 17-16 on Saturday. Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 4-1 White danced around the field wav- Penalties: No.-Yards 3-18 1-15 ing his arms at the student section after the first game-winning field goal in Punts-Yards 2-87 2-81 his life. And after the Bulldogs (2-2) failed to return the kickoff, he ran and Avg. Yards Per Punt 43.5 40.5 jumped into the student section. Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-10 The winning was an immediate balm for South Carolina. But there were Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-50 2-27 still problems. Sophomore quarterback Jake Bentley had several overthrows Interceptions: No.-Yards 1-19 1-0 and an ugly interception that required a tackle from him to prevent a touch- Possession Time 30:52 29:08 down the other way. There was a defense that put little pressure on Louisiana Third Down Conversions 6-13 8-14 Tech and allowed 6-of-13 conversions on third down - with the meat of the Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-1 Southeastern Conference schedule starting next week at Texas A&M. Red Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 1-2 The Gamecocks (3-1) trailed 13-0 before a wild fourth quarter that saw Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-12 1-2 South Carolina take a 14-13 lead and Louisiana Tech (2-2) answer with a 10- PAT Kicks 1-1 2-2 play, 84-yard drive that ended with what appeared to be the game winning Field Goals 3-4 1-3 25-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes with 55 seconds left. Bentley was 22-of-34 for 295 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Individual Statistics Ty’Son Williams ran 13 times for 95 yards after getting no carries for South RUSHING: LAT: Craft 14-48; Scott 8-17; Smith 5-12; McKnight 1-3. SC: Carolina in last week’s loss to Kentucky. T. Williams 13-95; Dowdle 9-32; Bentley 5-16; Turner 3-10; Davis 1-1, For Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz, it was another shot at a big win that Team 1-(-11). slipped away. The Bulldogs led Arkansas midway through the fourth quarter last year before losing 21-20 and lost to Kansas State 39-33 in triple overtime PASSING: LAT: Smith 23-33-1-281. SC: Bentley 22-34-1-295; Team 0-1- in 2015. 0-0.

GAME CHANGER RECEIVING: LAT: Veal 10-110; Bonnette 6-94; Watts 3-33; McKnight With Louisiana Tech driving for points towards the end of the third quar- 2-33; Scott 1-10; Craft 1-1. SC: Edwards 6-122; Hurst 3-29; Turner 3-23; ter, JaMarcus King intercepted J’Mar Smith on South Carolina’s three-yard O. Smith 2-36; Davis 2-23; T. Williams 2-14; S. Smith 1-14; August 1-14; line. That set up a 16-play, 97-yard drive that was capped by OrTre Smith’s Terrell 1-6; Dowdle 1-4. 28-yard touchdown pass from Bentley, cutting Louisiana Tech’s lead to 13-7. PUNT RETURNS: LAT: None. SC: Lammons 1-10. KEY STAT 41 -- On South Carolina’s final drive, Jake Bentley hit Bryan Edwards with KICKOFF RETURNS: LAT: Scott 2-50. SC: Turner 1-15; Fenton 1-12. a 41-yard pass down to the Louisiana Tech 14-yard line. That pass comple- tion set up Parker White’s game-winning 31-yard field goal with four seconds INTERCEPTION RETURNS: LAT: Roberson 1-19. SC: King 1-0. remaining, giving the Gamecocks the one-point win.

68 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Game Recaps GM Texas A&M 24 South Carolina 0 10 7 0 17 5 South Carolina 17 Texas A&M 0 7 3 14 24 September 30, 2017 Scoring Summary Kyle Field 2nd 14:45 A&M T. Williams 1-yard run (LaCamera kick) (10-55-4:33) 0-7 College Station, Texas 2nd 12:45 SC S. Smith 45-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (5-75-2:00) 7-7 2nd 9:12 SC White 29-yard field goal (6-39-2:30) 10-7 96,430 3rd 9:24 SC O. Smith 13-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (6-80-2:17) 17-7 3rd 0:59 A&M LaCamera 46-yard field goal (12-55-5:01) 17-10 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — 4th 12:27 A&M Ford 7-yard run (LaCamera kick) (7-55-2:26) 17-17 Keith Ford ran for 70 yards and two 4th 7:42 A&M Ford 17-yard run (LaCamera kick) (5-46-2:12) 17-24 touchdowns, including the go-ahead 17-yard score in the fourth quarter, to Team Statistics SC A&M lift Texas A&M to a 24-17 win over First Downs 14 20 South Carolina on Saturday night. Rushing 2 12 Freshman Kellen Mond threw for Passing 11 8 159 yards and ran for 95 to help the Penalty 1 0 Aggies (4-1, 2-0 Southeastern Confer- Net Yards Rushing 23 159 ence) rally for the victory. Rushing Attempts 26 49 Texas A&M trailed by a touchdown Net Yards Passing 256 159 entering the fourth quarter before Ford Cmp.-Att.-Int. 17-30-0 19-27-0 tied it up with a 7-yard run. Total Offense Yards 279 396 Otaro Alaka sacked Jake Bentley on Total Offense Plays 56 76 third down on South Carolina’s next Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 2-1 drive to force a punt. Penalties: No.-Yards 2-10 5-47 Ford put the Aggies on top on their ensuing possession when he dragged Punts-Yards 7-310 8-324 three defenders into the end zone for that 17-yard touchdown, which made Avg. Yards Per Punt 44.3 40.5 it 24-17. Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-3 1-(-1) Bentley was sacked twice on South Carolina’s next drive and the Aggies Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-72 2-10 got the ball back and they used run after run to get the clock down to less Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 than two minutes. Possession Time 25:53 34:07 Bentley threw for 256 yards and two touchdowns for South Carolina (3-2, Third Down Conversions 2-13 7-16 1-2), but he was sacked seven times behind a line that often didn’t give him Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 enough time to make plays. Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 3-3 Alaka led the way on defense for the Aggies, finishing with nine tackles, Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-8 7-56 including five for losses and two sacks. PAT Kicks 2-2 3-3 Bentley pushed South Carolina’s lead to 17-7 when he connected with Field Goals 1-2 1-1 OrTre Smith on a 13-yard touchdown pass with about nine minutes left in the third quarter. Individual Statistics The Aggies took a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run by Trayveon Wil- RUSHING: SC: T. Williams 14-73; Turner 1-0; Dowdle 2-(-4); Bentley 9-(- liams early in the second quarter. South Carolina tied it up when Bentley 46). A&M: Mond 16-95; Ford 12-70; Williams 16-56; Bussey 3-12; Paul wriggled out of a would-be sack and found Shi Smith wide open on a 45-yard 1-6. touchdown pass to tie it at 7-all with about 13 minutes left in the second quarter. PASSING: SC: Bentley 17-30-0-256. A&M: Mond 19-27-0-159. The Gamecocks took a 10-7 lead on a 29-yard field goal by Parker White with about nine minutes left in the first half. RECEIVING: SC: Hurst 6-76; Edwards 4-68; S. Smith 3-86; O. Smith They had a chance to add to their lead when they were driving inside the 3-28; T. Williams 1-(-2). A&M: Ratley 4-40; Kirk 4-13; Ausbon 3-43; Wil- 10-yard line late in the second quarter, but Bentley was sacked by Landis liams 3-22; Ford 2-19; Bussey 1-19; Buckley 1-11; Paul 1-1. Durham, who caused a fumble which the Aggies recovered to end the drive. PUNT RETURNS: SC: Lammons 1-3. A&M: Kirk 1-(-1). GAME CHANGER In the third quarter with South Carolina up, 17-7, the Carolina defense KICKOFF RETURNS: SC: Fenton 2-58; Turner 1-14. A&M: Kirk 1-10; held Texas A&M to a three-and-out and had the ball with 7:31 left. The Cline 1-0. Gamecocks went three-and-out on their next drive while Texas A&M an- swered with a field goal. Texas A&M scored touchdowns on its next two INTERCEPTION RETURNS: SC: None. A&M: None. possessions to take the lead it would not relinquish.

KEY STAT 151-7 – Texas A&M outgained South Carolina 151-7 in the fourth quar- ter, taking a 24-17 lead on a Keith Ford 17-yard touchdown run. South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley also was sacked four times in the game’s final quarter.

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Arkansas 3 7 0 12 22 GM South Carolina 48 6 Arkansas 22 South Carolina 3 14 17 14 48 October 7, 2017 Scoring Summary Williams-Brice Stadium 1st 9:46 SC White 33-yard field goal (4-0-1:27) 3-0 Columbia, S.C. 1st 6:31 ARK Limpert 48-yard field goal (8-45-3:15) 3-3 79,416 2nd 14:15 SC Hurst 62-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (2-65-0:45) 10-3 2nd 8:26 ARK Jones 5-yard pass from Allen (Limpert kick) (12-75-5:49) 10-10 2nd 0:04 SC Edwards 18-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (8-69-1:54) 17-10 COLUMBIA, S.C. — An unprec- 3rd 9:28 SC White 29-yard field goal (9-50-3:49) 20-10 edented night by South Carolina’s de- 3rd 8:33 SC Moore 34-yard interception return (White kick) 27-10 fense may have rescued the Gamecocks 3rd 4:23 SC Brunson 73-yard fumble recovery (White kick) 34-10 season and sent Arkansas back down a 4th 12:47 SC T. Williams 3-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (11-60-5:37) 41-10 4th 8:36 ARK Williams 4-yard run (Kelley pass failed) (10-75-4:11) 41-16 familiar, discouraging path. 4th 3:33 SC Nixon 45-yard interception return (Woznick kick) 48-16 The Gamecocks (4-2, 2-2 South- 4th 1:40 ARK Nance 34-yard pass fro Kelley (Kelley pass failed) (5-58-1:53) 48-22 eastern) scored three touchdowns on defense - returning two interceptions Team Statistics ARK SC and a fumble - in a 48-22 win over Ar- First Downs 19 19 kansas (2-3, 0-2) on Saturday. Rushing 7 9 After a 75-yard touchdown drive by Passing 11 9 the Razorbacks tied it at 10 early in the Penalty 1 1 second quarter, Arkansas gained just Net Yards Rushing 106 159 48 yards in their next 18 plays. Those Rushing Attempts 32 36 plays included an Austin Allen inter- Net Yards Passing 224 199 ception Skai Moore returned 34 yards for a TD and an Allen fumble that T.J. Cmp.-Att.-Int. 20-37-2 16-31-0 Brunson returned 74 yards for a score. Total Offense Yards 330 358 By the time the Razorbacks started moving the ball again, the Gamecocks Total Offense Plays 69 67 led 41-10 in the fourth quarter. Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-2 1-0 ‘’Everything disintegrated right in front of us,’’ said Arkansas coach Brett Penalties: No.-Yards 4-25 3-25 Bielema, who will need three wins over five SEC teams he is a combined 8-15 Punts-Yards 5-175 2-99 against with the Razorbacks Avg. Yards Per Punt 35.0 49.5 South Carolina has no record of ever scoring three defensive touchdowns Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-5 in the 125 years it has played football. Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp, Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-51 1-28 known for his defensive mind, couldn’t remember three touchdowns from his Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 2-79 favorite unit in his career. And Brunson - he had never been in the end zone Possession Time 30:25 29:35 in all his football life, either. Third Down Conversions 6-14 4-13 ‘’That was fun. I hope to get to do it again,’’ Brunson said. Fourth Down Conversions 0-0 1-2 And all that defense helped build the confidence of an offense that had Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 4-4 seen several shaky games but come through with two more wins than the Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-6 2-15 halfway point in 2016. Jake Bentley went 16 of 31 for 199 yards and three PAT Kicks 1-1 6-6 touchdowns, including a critical 18-yard pass to Bryan Edwards in the corner Field Goals 1-1 2-4 of the end zone with four seconds in the first half. Bentley spread the ball around to nine receivers as South Carolina beat a Individual Statistics team from the SEC West for the first time since 2013. RUSHING: ARK: Williams 7-32; Hayden 9-28; Kelley 2-23; Hammonds The Gamecocks gained 358 yards, scoring on five of eight possessions in 2-22; Jones 1-9; Nance 1-4; Stewart 1-1; Whaley 6-(-3), Allen 3-(-10). SC: the final three quarters. Bentley was sacked just once, a week after the offense Dowdle 11-61; T. Williams 8-35; Denson 8-25; Turner 5-20; Hurst 2-12; line allowed seven sacks in a loss to Texas A&M. Edwards 1-11; Bentley 1-(-5). ‘’It takes the pressure off of us,’’ Bentley said of the defense. ‘’Their confi- dence is through the roof.’’ PASSING: ARK: Allen 12-24-1-84; Kelley 8-13-1-140. SC: Bentley 16-31- 0-199-3. GAME CHANGER With the game tied at 10 in the final minute of the first half, Jake Bentley RECEIVING: ARK: Nance 8-116; Jones 3-37; Stewart 3-26;Cantrell 2-12; hit Bryan Edwards with an 18-yard touchdown pass, giving the Gamecocks a Patton 1-21; Williams 1-16; Martin 1-15; O’Grady 1-(-19). SC: O. Smith 17-10 lead with four seconds remaining. South Carolina took a lead it would 3-40; Hurst 2-76; Edwards 2-20; S. Smith 2-16; Turner 2-14; Crosby 2-11; never relinquish heading into the halftime locker room. August 1-19; T. Williams 1-3; Dowdle 1-0.

KEY STAT PUNT RETURNS: ARK: None. SC: Lammons 1-5. 3 -- The South Carolina defense recorded three touchdowns for the first time in modern history. Skai Moore and Keisean Nixon each returned an KICKOFF RETURNS: ARK: Warren 1-42; Jackson 1-9. SC: Turner 1-28. interception for a score while T.J. Brunson had a 73-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: ARK: None. SC: Nixon 1-45; Moore 1-34.

70 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Game Recaps GM South Carolina 15 South Carolina 0 3 6 6 15 7 Tennessee 9 Tennessee 6 3 0 0 9 October 14, 2017 Scoring Summary Neyland Stadium 1st 10:26 UT Cimaglia 29-yard field goal (7-46-3:33) 0-3 Knoxville, Tenn. 1st 1:36 UT Cimaglia 33-yard field goal (14-80-6:32) 0-6 2nd 10:31 SC White 47-yard field goal (6-30-3:05) 3-6 98,104 2nd 0:33 UT Cimaglia 24-yard field goal (11-51-4:41) 3-9 3rd 1:02 SC Turner 20-yard run (Team kick failed) (12-95-6:28) 9-9 KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Parker 4th 5:17 SC White 21-yard field goal (16-72-9:10) 12-9 White made all three of his field-goal 4th 1:13 SC White 36-yard field goal (8-28-3:12) 15-9 attempts, including a a tiebreaking Team Statistics SC UT 21-yarder with 5:17 remaining, and South Carolina produced a goal-line First Downs 19 16 stand Saturday in the closing seconds Rushing 11 6 of a 15-9 victory over Tennessee. Passing 8 6 After being completely shut down Penalty 0 4 the entire second half, Tennessee’s of- Net Yards Rushing 194 120 fense reached South Carolina’s 2-yard Rushing Attempts 40 39 line with nine seconds left before Jar- Net Yards Passing 129 133 rett Guarantano threw three straight Cmp.-Att.-Int. 15-24-0 11-19-0 incompletions to close the game. The Total Offense Yards 323 253 game ended on a pass intended for Total Offense Plays 64 58 Brandon Johnson in the right corner Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 2-0 of the end zone. Penalties: No.-Yards 8-59 7-40 Tennessee (3-3, 0-3 SEC) hasn’t scored a touchdown in its last 10 quarters Punts-Yards 4-160 6-314 and settled for field goals after having first-and-goal on two separate drives Avg. Yards Per Punt 40.0 52.3 in the first half. Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-49 1-10 White, who had been 4 of 11 on field-goal attempts before Saturday, made Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-24 1-21 his tiebreaking 21-yarder in the fourth quarter plus a 36-yarder with 1:13 Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 left. White also had a 47-yard field goal in the second quarter. Possession Time 32:42 27:18 The comeback continued Muschamp’s mastery of Tennessee. Third Down Conversions 5-13 3-13 Muschamp, who coached Florida from 2011-14, now owns a career record Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 0-0 of 6-0 against Tennessee and a 4-0 mark against Jones. Red Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-4 The Volunteers gave Guarantano his first career start but still couldn’t Sacks By: No.-Yards 7-46 1-6 awaken their dormant offense. Guarantano went 11 of 18 for 133 yards and PAT Kicks 0-1 0-0 was sacked seven times. He had 17 carries for minus-2 net yards. Field Goals 3-3 3-3 South Carolina (5-2, 3-2) scored on each of its last three drives. Individual Statistics The Gamecocks appeared ready to take the lead when A.J. Turner’s 20-yard RUSHING: SC: touchdown run around the right end tied the game at 9-all with 1:02 left Turner 14-86; T. Williams 11-47; Bentley 6-24; Dowdle UT: in the third quarter. But on the ensuing extra-point attempt, holder Danny 4-19; Denson 4-14; Hurst 1-4. Kelly 16-58; Chandler 4-45; Dormady Gordon mishandled a low snap. Gordon threw an incomplete pass that pre- 1-13; Palmer 1-6; Guarantano. 27-(-2). vented South Carolina from grabbing a 10-9 lead. PASSING: SC: UT: South Carolina pulled ahead for good on its next possession with a 16- Bentley 15-24-0-129. Guarantano 11-18-0-133; Smith play, 72-yard drive that lasted over nine minutes. 0-1-0-0. Tennessee grabbed a 9-3 halftime lead after Brent Cimaglia made field RECEIVING: SC: goals from 29, 33 and 24 yards out. Edwards 6-63; O. Smith 3-40; August 2-9; Terrell 1-9; S. Smith 1-4; Pollard 1-4; Turner 1-0. UT: Callaway 4-37; Johnson 3-54; Kelly GAME CHANGER 2-21; Chandler 1-11; Smith 1-10. Tennessee’s offense attacked the red zone four times in the game, but came PUNT RETURNS: SC: UT: away with only three first-half field goals. The South Carolina defense held Lammons 4-49. Callaway 1-10. the Volunteers to just 253 total yards, a season best for the Gamecocks de- KICKOFF RETURNS: SC: UT: fense. The game ended with Tennessee at the South Carolina 2-yard line but Fenton 1-24. Chandler 1-21. a pair of incomplete passes gave the Gamecocks their fifth win of the season. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: SC: None. UT: None. KEY STAT 86 — A.J. Turner entered the game with 60 yards rushing but more than doubled that in the win over the Volunteers. Turner ran 14 times for 86 yards and the touchdown that tied the game at nine in the third quarter. Turner’s rushing also helped chew the clock as South Carolina had the ball for 12:22 in the fourth quarter.

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GM South Carolina 34 Vanderbilt 7 6 7 7 27 8 Vanderbilt 27 South Carolina 14 10 7 3 34 October 28, 2017 Scoring Summary Williams-Brice Stadium 1st 12:06 VU Blasingame 9-yard pass from Shurmur (Openshaw kick) (6-75-2:54) 0-7 Columbia, S.C. 1st 10:25 SC Bentley 19-yard run (White kick) (4-75-1:41) 7-7 78,992 1st 1:01 SC Turner 1-yard run (White kick) (10-64-3:38) 14-7 2nd 7:25 VU Duncan 8-yard pass from Shurmur (kick blocked) (6-54-1:45) 14-13 2nd 5:28 SC S. Smith 36-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (5-75-1:57) 21-13 COLUMBIA, S.C. — On the ex- 2nd 2:51 SC White 44-yard field goal (6-8-2:15) 24-13 pected legs of A.J. Turner and the sur- 3rd 8:55 VU Lipscomb 47-yard pass from Shurmur (Openshaw kick) (3-70-1:28) 24-20 prising legs of quarterback Jake Bent- 3rd 3:54 SC Bentley 11-yard run (White kick) (8-72-5:01) 31-20 ley, South Carolina is finally back in 4th 9:42 SC White 39-yard field goal (10-43-4:23) 34-20 4th 4:50 VU Duncan 4-yard pass from Shurmur (Openshaw kick) (14-77-4:52) 34-27 an Southeastern Conference East Divi- sion race in November. Team Statistics VU SC Bentley, who came into the game First Downs 27 26 with 14 yards rushing all season, ran Rushing 8 14 six times for 47 yards and the first two Passing 15 8 TDs on the ground in his college ca- Penalty 4 4 reer to lead South Carolina (6-2, 4-2) Net Yards Rushing 107 212 to a 34-27 win over Vanderbilt on Sat- Rushing Attempts 23 37 urday. Turner ran 15 times for a career Net Yards Passing 333 174 best 121 yards. Cmp.-Att.-Int. 27-49-1 19-29-0 The Gamecocks still need help for Total Offense Yards 440 386 only a second division title since joining the SEC in 1992. Even if they beat Total Offense Plays 72 66 No. 3 Georgia on the road next weekend, they will still be a game behind the Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-0 0-0 Bulldogs but with the tiebreaker. Penalties: No.-Yards 10-100 7-50 A new weapon emerged Saturday. When Bentley takes off, it’s a deep- Punts-Yards 4-138 3-144 breath moment for the Gamecocks. Offensive lineman Zach Bailey used a Avg. Yards Per Punt 34.5 48.0 curse word to say what it scares out of him. Bentley said when he has just one Punt Returns: No.-Yards 3-21 0-0 defender in front of him, he tries to make what he called ‘’the slowest juke Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-52 1-23 move ever seen.’’ Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 1-10 But each of the sophomore’s runs was huge. Two went for touchdowns, Possession Time 29:24 30:36 one turned a second-and-15 into a third-and-2 and another went for 8 yards Third Down Conversions 8-15 7-14 on a second-and-9. Fourth Down Conversions 0-2 0-0 Bentley also completed 19 of his 29 passes for 174 yards. Red Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-3 Vanderbilt (3-5, 0-5) had two players ejected for targeting - defensive back Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-8 0-0 Zaire Jones and linebacker Charles Wright, the team’s sack leader, on a hit on PAT Kicks 3-4 4-4 Bentley just after he released the ball. Field Goals 0-0 2-3 Bentley said he is used to taking shots. ‘’Anytime a quarterback runs it’s like a little minnow with a pool of sharks,’’ he said. Individual Statistics Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said he wasn’t going to argue the specifics RUSHING: VU: Rivers 11-41; Webb 6-31; Sherfield 1-19; Lipscomb 1-11; of either targeting call, but he isn’t sure the rule is being interpreted correctly. Tennyson 1-11; Blasingame 2-7; Team 1-(-13). SC: Turner 15-121; Bentley He felt his players made hard tackles that did not target the head or a help- 6-47; Denson 4-25; T. Williams 8-13; Hurst 1-6; Edwards 1-5; Team 2-(-5). less player. The Commodores finished with 10 penalties for 100 yards. The final one PASSING: VU: Shurmur 27-49-1-333. SC: Bentley 19-29-0-174. might have been the most costly. A holding penalty by tight end Sam Dobbs stalled a potential game-tying drive and Kyle Shurmur overthrew Caleb Scott RECEIVING: VU: Duncan 8-80; Lipscomb 7-128; Sherfield 4-59; Scott on fourth-and-2 with just over a minute to go at the South Carolina 40. 4-32; Webb 1-13; Marcus 1-9; Blasingame 1-9; Pinkney 1-3. SC: S. Smith Shurmur threw for a season-best 333 yards and four touchdowns. 5-76; Hurst 4-31; Turner 4-24; O. Smith 3-35; Edwards 2-15; T. Williams 1-(-7). GAME CHANGER The Gamecocks were a perfect 3-for-3 in the red zone in today’s 34-27 PUNT RETURNS: VU: Lipscomb 3-18. SC: None. win over Vanderbilt. That included a pair of rushing touchdowns from Jake Bentley and a one-yard score by A.J. Turner to close out the first quarter. On KICKOFF RETURNS: VU: Wakefield 2-52. SC: Fenton 1-23. the season, South Carolina is 18-for-22 (81.8 percent) in the red zone this season. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: VU: None. SC: Montac 1-10. KEY STAT 212 -- The South Carolina offense had a season high 212 rushing yards in today’s win over Vanderbilt. The Gamecocks were led on the ground by A.J. Turner, who had a career high 121 yards. Jake Bentley added 47 yards and the first two rushing touchdowns of his career.

72 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Game Recaps GM #2/2 Georgia 24 South Carolina 0 7 3 0 10 9 South Carolina 10 Georgia 7 7 7 3 24 November 4, 2017 Scoring Summary Sanford Stadium 1st 2:21 UGA Michel 8-yard run (Blankenship kick) (11-69-5:30) 0-7 Athens, Ga. 2nd 13:58 SC Edwards 12-yaed pass from Bentley (White kick) (10-75-3:23) 7-7 2nd 9:27 UGA Wims 10-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick) (10-75-4:40) 7-14 92,746 3rd 9:28 UGA Hardman 20-yard pass from Fromm (Blankenship kick) (10-75-5:32) 7-21 3rd 3:36 SC White 25-yard field goal (13-68-5:52) 10-21 ATHENS, GA. — Jake Fromm 4th 6:36 UGA Blankenship 20-yard field goal (15-65-7:32) 10-24 proved he can throw - and block a lit- tle, too - as his two touchdown passes Team Statistics SC UGA led No. 2 Georgia to a 24-10 win over First Downs 14 26 South Carolina on Saturday. Rushing 1 13 Fromm was accurate and efficient, Passing 11 12 completing 16 of 22 passes for 196 Penalty 2 1 yards with scoring passes of 10 yards Net Yards Rushing 43 242 to Javon Wims and 20 yards to Mecole Rushing Attempts 17 53 Hardman. Net Yards Passing 227 196 Fromm also had the final block to Cmp.-Att.-Int. 21-36-2 16-22-0 clear the way for Sony Michel to score Total Offense Yards 270 438 on a direct-snap, 8-yard run in the first Total Offense Plays 53 75 quarter. Fumbles: No.-Lost 0-0 1-1 Georgia (9-0, 6-0 Southeastern Penalties: No.-Yards 2-15 5-55 Conference, No. 1 ) has won its first nine games for Punts-Yards 3-120 3-140 the first time since 1982. The Bulldogs needed a Mississippi win over Ken- Avg. Yards Per Punt 40.0 46.7 tucky on Saturday to clinch a spot in the SEC championship game. Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-(-3) South Carolina (6-3, 4-3) had its three-game winning streak snapped. The Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 1-13 0-0 Gamecocks also lost hopes for winning the SEC East. Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 2-17 Nick Chubb ran for 102 yards on 20 carries for Georgia. Michel added Possession Time 21:38 38:22 81 yards rushing. Third Down Conversions 4-12 8-13 Georgia, accustomed to lopsided SEC wins, faced a tougher challenge Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 1-1 from South Carolina. The Bulldogs led only 14-7 at halftime. Each team had Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 4-5 first-half touchdown catches determined by reviews. Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-7 2-11 Jake Bentley’s 12-yard pass to Bryan Edwards early in the second half was PAT Kicks 1-1 3-3 ruled incomplete before the officials’ review determined Edwards made the Field Goals 1-2 1-1 catch before going out of bounds. The touchdown tied the game at 7. On Georgia’s next drive, a review determined Wims had his left foot in Individual Statistics bounds on his touchdown catch. RUSHING: SC: Turner 8-35; Denson 3-9; T. Williams 3-8; Bentley 3-(- The Bulldogs opened the second half with a 75-yard touchdown drive 9). UGA: Chubb 20-102; Michel 16-81; Swift 5-22; Herrien 2-18; Fromm capped by Fromm’s touchdown pass to Hardman, who made a leaping catch 5-11; Payne 2-6; Ridley 1-5; Team 2-(-3). over Jamyest Williams. South Carolina’s Parker White kicked a 25-yard field goal late in the third PASSING: SC: Bentley 21-35-2-227; Hurst 0-1-0-0. UGA: Fromm 16-22- quarter. Georgia’s Rodrigo Blankenship kicked a 20-yarder in the fourth 0-196. quarter. Following Blankenship’s field goal, Georgia stopped South Carolina at its RECEIVING: SC: Hurst 7-93; Edwards 7-62; O. Smith 3-36; S. Smith 44 when cornerback Deandre Baker deflected Bentley’s fourth-down pass. 2-28; Turner 1-5; T. Williams 1-3. UGA: Wims 5-46; Godwin 3-53; Hard- Malkom Parrish’s interception ended the Gamecocks’ final possession. man 3-41; Nauta 1-17; Michel 1-16; Chubb 1-9; Blazevich 1-7; Ridley 1-7. Bentley completed 21 of 35 passes for 227 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. PUNT RETURNS: SC: None. UGA: Hardman 1-(-3).

GAME CHANGER KICKOFF RETURNS: SC: Fenton 1-13. UGA: None. South Carolina tied the game at seven on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Jake Bentley to Bryan Edwards, but Georgia answered on its next posses- INTERCEPTION RETURNS: SC: None. UGA: None. sion as a 10-play, 75-yard drive ended with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Jake Frohm to Javon Wims. Georgia never relinquished that lead, scoring 10 points in the second half in the 24-10 win.

KEY STAT 242 -- Georgia ran for 242 yards on 53 carries in the win over South Caro- lina. Nick Chubb went for 102 yards, while Sony Michel had 81 yards and a touchdown in the win over the Gamecocks. The running attack helped the Bulldogs go 8-for-13 on third down.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 73 2017 Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA GM South Carolina 28 Florida 0 13 0 7 20 10 Florida 20 South Carolina 14 7 7 0 28 November 11, 2017 Scoring Summary Williams-Brice Stadium 1st 11:30 SC Bentley 4-yard run (White kick) (7-74-2:51) 7-0 Columbia, S.C. 1st 2:08 SC Denson 24-yard run (White kick) (6-75-2:06) 14-0 79,727 2nd 14:02 UF Pineiro 29-yard field goal (5-26-1:42) 14-3 2nd 7:47 UF Pineiro 37-yard field goal (7-46-1:58) 14-6 2nd 3:40 SC Denson 12-yard run (White kick) (8-75-4:07) 21-6 COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a season 2nd 1:18 UF Perine 18-yard run (Pineiro kick) (7-75-2:22) 21-13 of one dominant team and a bunch 3rd 2:08 SC Bentley 7-yard run (White kick) (6-53-2:31) 28-13 of disappointments in the SEC East, 4th 3:43 UF Thompson 1-yard run (Pineiro kick) (4-70-1:13) 28-20 resilient South Carolina figured out another way to win, overcoming four Team Statistics UF SC turnovers to beat Florida 28-20 on First Downs 12 24 Saturday and reach heights the Game- Rushing 3 9 cocks have rarely achieved. Passing 8 13 South Carolina (7-3, 5-3 Southeast- Penalty 1 2 ern) can’t win what would have been Net Yards Rushing 78 220 only been its second SEC East title. Rushing Attempts 22 47 But the Gamecocks will finish with Net Yards Passing 223 249 only its eighth winning SEC record in Cmp.-Att.-Int. 17-39-1 19-29-3 26 seasons in the league. Total Offense Yards 301 469 Second year coach Will Muschamp Total Offense Plays 61 76 has his Gamecocks embracing what he calls a ‘’So What? Now what?’’ phi- Fumbles: No.-Lost 3-2 1-1 losophy, and his quarterback Jake Bentley personified it, shaking off three Penalties: No.-Yards 10-56 3-26 interceptions to throw for 249 yards and run for two touchdowns . Punts-Yards 8-346 4-151 ‘’At the end of the day, we won,’’ the sophomore said. ‘’It’s better to learn Avg. Yards Per Punt 43.2 37.8 from something with a W.’’ Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-0 4-34 A Florida team in disarray with a fired coach and no wins since September Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-21 couldn’t take advantage of the help. The Gators (3-6, 3-5) will finish with a Interceptions: No.-Yards 3-71 1-0 losing SEC record for only the third time since 1992. Possession Time 24:19 35:41 Interim coach said he was proud his team kept fighting Third Down Conversions 2-15 5-13 after a 35-point loss against Georgia led to the firing of Jim McElwain two Fourth Down Conversions 2-2 1-2 weeks ago, and Shannon’s debut was a 29-point loss to Missouri. But he Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-4 understands it still isn’t enough as Florida will miss a bowl game for only the Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-13 4-29 third time in 31 seasons. PAT Kicks 2-2 4-4 ‘’Is this up to the expectations of this program? No. We wanted to win. Field Goals 2-2 0-1 There are no moral victories,’’ Shannon said. A.J. Turner ran 22 times for 136 yards and Mon Denson rushed for the Individual Statistics first two touchdowns of his career as South Carolina had its best offensive RUSHING: UF: Thompson 3-35; Perine 6-24; Zaire 6-21; Franks 7-(-2). game of the season with 469 yards. SC: Turner 22-136; Denson 13-61; Bentley 8-14; Hurst 1-11; Edwards 1-2; In a common theme this season, the Gamecocks defense also came through. Team 2-(-4). The Gators converted as many fourth downs (2 for 2) as third downs (2 for 15). And the defense ended Florida’s last chance when defensive back Jamyest PASSING: UF: Franks 10-25-1-174; Zaire 7-14-0-49. SC: Bentley 19-29- Williams picked off a tipped pass near midfield with just over a minute to go. 3-249. ‘’Two years ago, we’re a 3-9 football team. The investment you’ve made to get to this point, I’m damn proud of you,’’ Muschamp told his team in the RECEIVING: UF: Powell 5-58; Toney 3-37; Massey 2-11; Stephens 1-63; locker room after the win. Hammond 1-37; Cleveland 1-11; Swain 1-7; Perine 1-2; Lewis 1-(-1); Thompson 1-(-2). SC: O. Smith 5-60; Hurst 5-59; Edwards 3-48; Turner GAME CHANGER 3-36; S. Smith 1-26; August 1-11; Dawkins 1-9. With South Carolina holding a 7-0 lead in the first quarter, Jake Bentley’s pass was intercepted by CJ Henderson at the Gamecock 25-yard line. Hen- PUNT RETURNS: UF: Powell 1-0. SC: Lammons 3-34; Team 1-0. derson returned it to the South Carolina 1-yard line, but the ball was poked away by Hayden Hurst and picked up by A.J. Turner to the Gamecock 24. KICKOFF RETURNS: UF: None. SC: Fenton 1-21. Although they didn’t score, the Gamecocks kept the lead and added to it on a Mon Denson 24-yard rush towards the end of the first quarter. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: UF: Gardner 1-46; Henderson 1-25; Jo- seph 1-0. SC: J. Williams 1-0. KEY STAT 242 – South Carolina produced a season-high 469 yards on 76 offensive plays in the win over Florida. A.J. Turner ran for a career-high 136 yards while Mon Denson added 61 yards and two touchdowns. Jake Bentley was 19-for-29 for 249 yards and a pair of rushing touchdowns.

74 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL 2017 Game Recaps GM South Carolina 31 Wofford 3 0 7 0 10 11 Wofford 10 South Carolina 0 14 7 10 31 November 18, 2017 Scoring Summary Williams-Brice Stadium 1st 3:43 WOF Carter 32-yard field goal (14-79-7:22) 0-3 Columbia, S.C. 2nd 7:37 SC Bentley 1-yard run (White kick) (12-50-7:10) 7-3 74,742 2nd 0:55 SC Edwards 23-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (9-72-3:35) 14-3 3rd 9:23 WOF Morgan 1-yard run (Carter kick) (10-75-5:37) 14-10 3rd 6:21 SC Bentley 1-yard run (White kick) (7-70-3:02) 21-10 COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Caro- 4th 13:43 SC White 27-yard field goal (9-36-4:13) 24-10 lina linebacker Skai Moore believes the 4th 9:54 SC Turner 2-yard run (White kick) (6-38-2:59) 31-10 Gamecocks have one mission in the week leading up to rival Clemson - Team Statistics WOF SC find that edge. First Downs 14 23 Moore, the fifth-year senior, had a Rushing 9 13 record-tying interception that turned Passing 2 9 things in the Gamecocks favor and Penalty 3 1 stuffed out another Wofford drive in Net Yards Rushing 155 195 the third quarter as South Carolina Rushing Attempts 41 38 reached eight wins for the first time in Net Yards Passing 72 194 four years with a 31-10 victory Satur- Cmp.-Att.-Int. 5-9-2 22-28-0 day. Total Offense Yards 227 389 Moore was a freshman in 2013, Total Offense Plays 50 66 the last time the Gamecocks won that Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-1 0-0 many - and last time they defeated state rival Clemson, their next opponent. Penalties: No.-Yards 3-21 3-31 South Carolina (8-3) certainly did that against Wofford, an FCS opponent Punts-Yards 1-41 1-35 who had not beaten the Gamecocks since 1917. After falling behind 3-0 and Avg. Yards Per Punt 41.0 35.0 seeing Wofford stop them short on fourth down, quarterback Jake Bentley Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 and the Gamecocks got going. Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-44 2-43 Bentley ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third to end any threat of Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 2-9 another stunner, like when Citadel, Wofford’s SoCon rival, beat them 23-22 Possession Time 26:28 33:32 two years ago. Third Down Conversions 4-9 6-11 Bentley finished off a 50-yard scoring drive with a 1-yard TD run. Bentley Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 2-3 hit Bryan Edwards with a pretty, 23-yard scoring pass on the next series and Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 4-4 the Gamecocks were on their way to their 17th straight victory over Wofford Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-11 1-12 (9-2). PAT Kicks 1-1 4-4 South Carolina had not won eight games in a season since 2013, the last Field Goals 1-1 1-1 of three consecutive 11-2 marks under former coach Steve Spurrier. To get even more, the Gamecocks will need to end Clemson’s three-game win streak Individual Statistics in the rivalry. Expect South Carolina to be big underdogs to the defending RUSHING: WOF: McAfee 9-49; Stoddard 11-33; Morgan 7-31; Newman national champions who won this game 56-7 a year ago and are poised for 6-24; Nelson 3-20; Pace 2-6; Chapman 1-3; Goodson 1-0; Team 1-(-11). another playoff run this season. SC: Turner 11-69; T. Williams 8-58; C. Kinlaw 4-47; Bentley 8-11; Denson Bentley, the sophomore quarterback, leads South Carolina with six rush- 5-8; Edwards 1-1; Hurst 1-1. ing touchdowns, all coming in the past four games. Bentley threw for 194 yards on 22 of 28 passing with no interceptions. PASSING: WOF: Goodson 3-6-1-28; Newman 2-3-1-44 SC: Bentley 22- South Carolina’s defense did its part, too. The Gamecocks held Wofford, 28-0-194. which came in averaging 260 yards rushing, to 155 yards on the ground. Moore’s pick was the 14th of his career, matching Bo Davies mark set 46 RECEIVING: WOF: McAfee 2-41; Taylor 1-17; Hill 1-9; Morgan 1-5. SC: years ago. Edwards 8-90; O. Smith 4-30; S. Smith 3-30; Hurst 3-10; August 1-15; Dawkins 1-9; Turner 1-6; Denson 1-4. GAME CHANGER Wofford held a 3-0 lead after the end of the first quarter and had pos- PUNT RETURNS: WOF: None. SC: None. session but on the first play of the second period, Skai Moore recorded his 14th career interception, tying a South Carolina career interception record KICKOFF RETURNS: WOF: Pace 2-30; McPherson 1-14. SC: S. Smith and setting up a Jake Bentley 1-yard run, giving the Gamecocks a lead they 2-43. would never relinquish. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: WOF: None. SC: Moore 1-1; Fenton 1-8. KEY STAT 1,004 — A.J. Turner ran for 69 yards on 11 carries in the win over Wof- ford but it was his final carry of the game that made him the 43rd player in South Carolina history to reach 1,000 yards rushing for his career. Turner also had a touchdown, a 2-yard scamper, to give the Gamecocks the final 21-point scoring margain.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 75 2017 Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA GM #4/3 Clemson 34 Clemson 7 13 14 0 34 12 South Carolina 10 South Carolina 0 0 0 10 10 November 25, 2017 Scoring Summary Williams-Brice Stadium 1st 6:50 CU Carter 12-yard interception return (Spence kick) 0-7 Columbia, S.C. 2nd 8:12 CU Feaster 1-yard run (Spence kick) (9-80-2:46) 0-14 82,908 2nd 1:59 CU Renfrow 4-yard pass from Bryant (kick failed) (10-79-4:51) 0-20 3rd 14:39 CU Renfrow 61-yard pass from Bryant (Spence kick) (1-61-0:21) 0-27 3rd 2:47 CU Etienne 5-yard run (Spence kick) (13-69-6:09) 0-34 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kelly Bryant 4th 13:21 SC White 40-yard field goal (4-(-1)-0:52) 3-34 threw two touchdowns to Hunter Ren- 4th 2:45 SC Edwards 38-yard pass from Bentley (White kick) (9-80-4:11) 10-34 frow and No. 4 Clemson kept on track for a third straight trip to the College Team Statistics CU SC Football Playoff with a 34-10 victory First Downs 27 10 over rival South Carolina on Saturday Rushing 12 4 night. Passing 12 6 The Tigers (11-1, No. 3 College Penalty 3 0 Football Playoff) won their fourth Net Yards Rushing 184 81 straight game in the Palmetto State’s Rushing Attempts 45 25 most cared-about sporting event, tying Net Yards Passing 285 126 their second-longest run of dominance Cmp.-Att.-Int. 25-38-2 16-29-2 in the series. Total Offense Yards 469 207 The win was the 100th in Clemson Total Offense Plays 83 54 coach Dabo Swinney’s career. And Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 1-0 combined with the CFP’s top teams - Alabama and Miami - losing this week- Penalties: No.-Yards 2-25 9-76 end, the Tigers solidified their position among the top four heading into the Punts-Yards 3-133 7-369 Atlantic Coast Conference title game next week. Avg. Yards Per Punt 44.3 52.7 The Tigers entered wary of a rejuvenated South Carolina (8-4, No. 24 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-(-3) CFP), which finished second in the Southeastern Conference East and had Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-67 5-103 its most victories in a season in four years. But Clemson’s defense bottled Interceptions: No.-Yards 2-12 2-22 up the Gamecocks and quarterback Jake Bentley for a second consecutive Possession Time 35:26 24:34 season. Third Down Conversions 7-16 6-15 Fittingly, cornerback Ryan Carter opened Clemson’s scoring with a 12- Fourth Down Conversions 2-3 0-0 yard pick-six on quarterback Jake Bentley’s bad throw near his goal line. Red Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 0-0 South Carolina managed just 99 yards in the first half and 207 for the Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-4 1-4 game, its lowest total this season. PAT Kicks 4-5 1-1 Renfrow, whose 2-yard TD catch with a second left gave Clemson a 35- Field Goals 0-0 1-1 31 win over Alabama in the national title game in January, scored on passes of 4 and 61 yards to put things out of reach. Renfrow had his third career Individual Statistics two-TD game, the other two coming in Clemson’s national championship RUSHING: CU: Etienne 9-41; Choice 7-39; Bryant 10-26; McCloud 2-22; appearances against Alabama the previous two years. Fuller 5-20; Feaster 6-18; Cooper 1-9; Rencher 3-8; Rodgers 1-4, Team 1-(- Bryant completed 23 of 34 passes for 272 yards, his most since throwing 3). SC: T. Williams 13-53; Turner 2-10; Bentley 5-9; Denson 3-6; Davis for 316 yards against Louisville on Sept. 16. 1-(-2). Bentley finished 16 of 29 for 126 yards, two interceptions and a 38-yard TD pass to Bryan Edwards late in the fourth quarter. Bentley passed for just PASSING: CU: Bryant 23-34-1-272; Johnson 2-4-1-13. SC: Bentley 16- 41 yards against the Tigers in a 56-7 loss in 2016. 29-2-126.

GAME CHANGER RECEIVING: CU: Renfrow 4-75; Higgins 3-84; Cain 3-23; McCloud Clemson scored its first touchdown on a 12-yard interception return from 3-16; Greenlee 2-19; Fuller 2-16; Rodgers 2-16; Feaster 2-12; Richard 2-(- Ryan Carter with 6:50 left in the first quarter. That occurred after the South 5); Etienne 1-23; Overton 1-6. SC: Edwards 6-70; Hurst 3-28; O. Smith Carolina defense held the Tigers’ offense on their first possession. Clemson 3-12; T. Williams 2-13; Turner 2-3. never trailed while putting up 469 yards of offense. PUNT RETURNS: CU: None. SC: Lammons 1-(-3). KEY STAT 35:26 — Clemson’s ground game combined with its defense held the ball KICKOFF RETURNS: CU: Etienne 2-67. SC: Fenton 3-58; Turner 2-45. for 35:26 on the night. Clemson converted on seven of its 16 third-down conversions and were 3-for-3 scored in the red zone. INTERCEPTION RETURNS: CU: Carter 1-12; Mullen 1-0. SC: Nixon 1-22; Montac 1-0.

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BOWL GAMES Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 2016 Birmingham Bowl USF 15 14 10 0 7 46 USF 46, South Carolina 39 South Carolina 0 14 10 15 0 39

December 29, 2016 Scoring Summary Legion Field 1st 10:25 USF Flowers 4-yard run (Wilcox pass from Kean (7-46-2:26) 0-8 1st 4:26 USF Flowers 4-yard run (Behr kick) (11-80-4:09) 0-15 Birmingham, Ala. 2nd 14:02 SC Hurst 25-yard pass from Bentley (Fry kick) (4-81-1:14) 7-15 31,229 2nd 10:40 USF Flowers 1-yard run (Behr kick) (10-77-4:26) 7-22 2nd 1:12 SC Samuel 3-yard pass from Bentley (Fry kick) (10-73-4:26) 14-22 BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — South 2nd 0:07 USF Johnson 37-yard pass from Flowers (Behr kick) (8-68-1:05) 14-29 3rd 11:55 SC Samuel 4-yard run (Fry kick) (8-65-3:05) 21-29 Carolina (6-7) stormed back from an 3rd 8:07 USF Behr 21-yard field goal (11-60-3:48) 21-32 18-point deficit to force overtime, but 3rd 7:06 USF Fullwood 47-yard interception return (Behr kick) 21-39 USF (11-2) came through in the end 3rd 0:22 SC Fry 43-yard field goal (4-2-1:32) 24-39 to claim a 46-39 victory in the 2016 4th 9:41 SC Edwards 9-yard pass from Bentley (Fry kick) (9-77-4:14) 31-39 Birmingham Bowl from Legion Field. 4th 1:11 SC Turner 1-yard run (Hurst pass from Bentley) (3-2-1:34) 39-39 OT USF Dillon 25-yard pass from Flowers (Behr kick) (1-25) 39-46 The Bulls wasted no time in taking the advantage in overtime, as quar- Team Statistics USF SC terback Quinton Flowers scrambled First Downs 24 27 before finding Elkanah Dillon in the Rushing 10 4 end zone for the decisive score. The Passing 13 20 Gamecocks benefited from a face mask Penalty 1 3 penalty to keep their OT possession Net Yards Rushing 208 91 alive, but Mike Love, on 4th-and-6, Rushing Attempts 48 34 produced a sack to end the chance and Net Yards Passing 261 390 the game in the Bulls’ favor. Cmp.-Att.-Int. 23-32-1 32-43-2 In the fourth quarter, South Carolina got a critical score with 9:41 to go. Total Offense Yards 469 481 On 4th-and-2 from the USF 9, A Bull defender tipped the Jake Bentley Total Offense Plays 80 77 pass, but freshman wide receiver Bryan Edwards, diving right behind the Fumbles: No.-Lost 3-1 4-3 tip, brought in the catch at the back of the end zone for a touchdown. That Penalties: No.-Yards 5-50 3-35 brought the Gamecocks within a score at 39-31. Punts-Yards 4-166 2-88 The Gamecocks drove inside the Bulls’ 10 with a chance to tie the game, Avg. Yards Per Punt 41.5 44.0 but cornerback Tajee Fullwood forced a fumble at the two, and Khalid Mc- Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-2 3-48 Gee recovered it to end that chance. Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-102 4-97 The Gamecock defense stepped up and held the Bulls to only a yard and Interceptions: No.-Yards 2-68 1-0 forced their third punt in four possessions. Chris Lammons returned the Possession Time 28:03 31:57 punt to the USF 2, setting up A.J. Turner’s one-yard score. Needing two to tie Third Down Conversions 7-17 4-13 the game, Bentley hit Hayden Hurst in the back of the end zone to convert Fourth Down Conversions 2-3 2-4 and tie things at 39-39. The Gamecock defense held again to force overtime. Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-8 In the first quarter, USF got a pair of four-yard runs from its starting quar- Sacks By: No.-Yards 5-35 0-0 terback Flowers, the first on a designed draw and the second on a scramble, PAT Kicks 5-5 4-4 to take the advantage. The Bulls converted a two-point conversion after the Field Goals 1-1 1-1 first score, making it 15-0 after the traditional PAT kick after the second run. The Gamecocks struck fast with a four-play, 81-yard drive that saw fresh- Individual Statistics man quarterback Bentley run for the first 10 yards before throwing the final RUSHING: USF: Flowers 21-105; Mack 13-50; Johnson 11-27; Adams 71 yards. A completion to sophomore wide receiver Deebo Samuel came 3-26. SC: Dowdle 12-50; Turner 10-49; Samuel 1-4; Team 1-(-3); Bentley before two receptions by Hurst, the final a 25-yard scoring catch. 10-(-9). A fourth-down conversion helped USF send the lead back to 15. Flowers hit D’Ernest Johnson, who rumbled 22 yards to keep the drive going. Three PASSING: USF: Flowers 23-32-1-261. SC: Bentley 32-43-2-390. plays later, Flowers completed a one-yard run for his third score of the game. On the Gamecocks’ final drive of the first half, Bentley went 5-for-6, in- RECEIVING: USF: Adams 7-67; Johnson 6-95; McCants 4-25; Dillon cluding capping it with a three-yard score to Samuel. But USF answered, as 2-35; Mack 2-12; Scantling 1-14; Wilcox 1-13. SC: Samuel 14-190; Hurst Flowers hit Johnson for a 37-yard TD pass to make it 29-14 at the end of 6-86; Edwards 6-71; Turner 3-23; Dowdle 1-8; Crosby 1-7; Banks 1-5. the first half. South Carolina scored on the first drive of the second half, with Samuel PUNT RETURNS: USF: Johnson 1-2. SC: Lammons 3-48. capping the drive with a four-yard run. Freshman running back Rico Dowdle had the biggest gain on the drive, running for 26 yards to get the ball into KICKOFF RETURNS: USF: Johnson 3-96; Fullwood 1-6. SC: Samuel Bull territory. 4-97. The Gamecock defense held the Bulls to a field goal after USF drove inside the Gamecock 5. But on the ensuing South Carolina possession, Fullwood INTERCEPTION RETURNS: USF: Fullwood 1-47; Abraham 1-21. SC: intercepted a pass and returned it 47 yards for a touchdown, putting the Allen-Williams 1-0. Bulls’ lead to 39-21. With 22 seconds left in the third, Gamecock senior Elliott Fry hit a 43- yard field goal to make it 39-24, starting the comeback bid by Carolina.

78 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 2014 Independence Bowl Miami (Fla.) 3 3 8 7 21 Carolina 24, Miami (Fla.) 21 South Carolina 0 17 0 7 24 December 27, 2014 SCORING SUMMARY Independence Stadium 1st 7:56 UM Badgley 27-yard field goal (11-65-5:06) 0-3 Shreveport, La. 2nd 13:27 UM Badgley 26-yard field goal (12-69-5:32) 0-6 2nd 7:50 SC P. Cooper 78-yard pass from Thompson (Fry kick) (2-78-0:20) 7-6 38,242 2nd 5:25 SC Davis 15-yard pass from Thompson (Fry kick) (6-53-1:33) 14-6 2nd 1:39 SC Fry 32-yard field goal (9-31-3:25) 17-6 SHREVEPORT, LA.— It would come 3rd 1:43 UM Edwards 3-yard run (Lewis pass from Kaaya) (10-93-5:23) 17-14 down to the very last minute of the game, 4th 4:13 SC Thompson 2-yard run (Fry kick) (3-29-1:11) 24-14 but the South Carolina Gamecocks (7-6) 4th 2:16 UM Dorsett 11-yard pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick) 24-21 secured their 11th-straight season with a re- cord of .500 or better thanks to a 24-21 win TEAM STATISTICS UM SC over Miami (6-7) in the Duck Commander First Downs 21 16 Independence Bowl. Rushing 10 5 A bend-but-don’t-break defense helped carry the Gamecocks through the early por- Passing 10 10 tion of the game while the offense was still Penalty 1 1 finding its footing. Despite a pair of Miami Net Yards Rushing 186 60 drives that went deep into Carolina terri- Rushing Attempts 40 30 tory, the Hurricanes could only muster a Net Yards Passing 236 284 pair of field goals after being stopped inside Cmp.-Att.-Int. 19-33-1 22-34-0 the ten yard line both times. Total Offense Yards 422 344 It took a big play halfway through the Total Offense Plays 73 64 second quarter to shake the offense from its slow start. On second down at its own 22, Dylan Thompson hit a wide-open Pharoh Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 2-0 Cooper on a post route down the middle for the 78-yard touchdown to move the Penalties: No.-Yards 5-40 5-51 Gamecocks ahead 7-6 with just under eight minutes to play in the first half. The yard- Punts-Yards 3-85 4-179 age in just that one play matched the offense’s total gains for the entire game up until Avg. Yards Per Punt 28.3 44.8 that point, and tied for the longest pass play in the bowl’s history. Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 1-(-3) The score broke the seal on the offense, which scored on the very next drive after the Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-31 2-51 defense forced a three-and-out from Miami. Starting near midfield, Thompson spear- Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 1-2 headed the scoring drive with a trio of difficult throws. After hooking up with Cooper Possession Time 31:10 28:50 for a 13-yard first down, he followed it up with a 35-yard strike to Damiere Byrd to get to the Hurricane five-yard line. Third Down Conversions 6-14 7-15 A penalty pushed the Gamecocks back to the 15-yard line before Thompson rolled Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 0-1 to his left and threw across his body to Mike Davis in the back of the end zone for a Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-4 14-6 lead. Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-24 2-9 On the very next drive, a pass from Miami’s Brad Kaaya was tipped up in the air and PAT Kicks 1-1 3-3 intercepted by Jonathan Walton. The turnover would set up a 32-yard field goal from Field Goals 2-3 1-3 Elliott Fry and cap the team’s scoring for the half, a 17-6 lead. After struggling to stop Miami’s nationally renowned rushing offense in the first INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS quarter, the Gamecocks defense learned quickly and held the opposition to just 44 yards in the second quarter after allowing 160 in just the first two drives of the game. Rushing: UM: Johnson 24-132; Edwards 6-25; Yearby 6-20; Coley 1-16; The third quarter was largely controlled by Miami, who drew within a field goal of Kaaya 3-(-7). SC: Davis 13-55; Byrd 2-19; Wilds 5-3; P. Cooper 3-2; tying the game after an 11-play, 93-yard drive for a touchdown and a two-point con- Thompson 7-(-19). version. The offensive momentum for Carolina would not carry over the break, as its first four drives of the second half would go for just 71 yards on 25 plays. Passing: UM: Kaaya 19-33-1-236. SC: Thompson 22-34-0-284. The Gamecocks continued to be stymied offensively early on in the fourth quarter, before another game-changing moment would provide the difference. Receiving: UM: Johnson 5-51; Dorsett 5-45; Coley 4-31; Lewis 2-56; Carolina would punt the ball with seven minutes left in the game, still ahead 17- Dobard 1-32; Berrios 1-14; Yearby 1-7. SC: P. Cooper 9-170; Byrd 3-51; 14. On the drive’s second play, Miami’s Duke Johnson rushed to the right and was swarmed immediately. Gerald Dixon would emerge from the pile with the ball, but Jones 3-14; Brent 3-21; Davis 2-19; Wilds 2-4; Adams 1-5. the game officials ruled that he was already down before the ball came out. After it was reviewed, however, it was decided that it was a fumble. Punt Returns: UM: None. SC: P. Cooper 1-(-3). On the ensuing possession, Thompson and Cooper would combine yet again for a big play, as the sophomore wide receiver went over the back of his defender on the Kickoff Returns: UM: Dorsett 2-31. SC: Carson 1-27; Wilds 1-24. under-thrown ball and hauled in the 25-yard strike to set up first-and-goal at the two yard line. On the very next play, Thompson would sell the read option fake and keep it Interception Returns: UM: None. SC: Walton 1-2. for the touchdown, strikingly similar to his game-winner against Florida. Miami drove 72 yards in under two minutes for a touchdown to make it 24-21. With 2:16 still to play and needing to run out the clock, the Gamecocks turned to Tackle Leaders: UM: Perryman 8; McCord 5; Bush 5. SC: Moore 11; Go- Davis to seal the win. He converted a third-and-one that would be the clincher, as it lightly 8; Marcus 7; McWilliams 6. forced the Hurricanes to use their final two timeouts. In his final game in the Garnet and Black, Thompson would finish with 284 yards through the air and a pair of touchdowns to go with his rushing score. Cooper would bring in nine catches for 170 yards and earned offensive MVP hon- ors for his efforts. Skai Moore earned defensive MVP honors.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 79 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 2014 Capital One Bowl Wisconsin 0 14 3 7 24 Carolina 34, Wisconsin 24 South Carolina 7 6 7 14 34

January 1, 2014 SCORING SUMMARY Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium 1st 0:41 SC Ellington 39-yard pass from Shaw (Fry kick) (1-39-0:11) 7-0 Orlando, Fla. 2nd 12:45 WIS Arneson 1-yard pass from Stave (Russell kick) (6-71-2:49) 7-7 2nd 6:48 SC Shaw 9-yard pass from Ellington (run failed) (12-86-5:57) 13-7 56,629 2nd 0:13 WIS Duckworth 3-yard pass from Stave (Russell kick) (16-75-6:35) 13-14 ORLANDO, FLA. — Behind five 3rd 11:19 WIS Russell 35-yard field goal (7-47-3:41) 13-17 touchdowns from quarterback Connor 3rd 3:29 SC Ellington 22-yard pass from Shaw (Fry kick) (9-75-4:55) 20-17 Shaw, No. 8/8 South Carolina (11-2) 4th 11:05 SC Adams 4-yard pass from Shaw (Fry kick) (6-74-3:09) 27-17 claimed a 34-24 victory over No. 19/19 4th 10:54 WIS Doe 91-yard kickoff return (Russell kick) 27-24 Wisconsin (9-4) in the 2014 Capital One 4th 6:27 SC Shaw 1-yard run (Fry kick) (9-88-5:06) 34-24 Bowl. The Capital One Bowl MVP, Shaw ac- TEAM STATISTICS WIS SC counted for 369 yards of offense, going 22- First Downs 21 20 for-25 in the air for 312 yards and 3 TDs Rushing 16 8 while also running for 48 yards on 16 car- Passing 4 12 ries and a score. Shaw also caught a TD pass Penalty 1 0 for 9 yards. Junior Bruce Ellington caught Net Yards Rushing 293 112 six passes for a career-best 139 yards and two touchdowns and threw for another, Rushing Attempts 43 34 while sophomore Shaq Roland pulled in six Net Yards Passing 117 321 passes for 112 yards, both career bests. Cmp.-Att.-Int. 16-26-3 23-26-0 The Gamecocks took the lead late in the Total Offense Yards 410 438 third quarter behind the senior quarterback in his final game. Shaw found Ellington Total Offense Plays 69 60 from 22 yards away to hand South Carolina a 20-17 advantage, but the duo had a Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 2-2 much more pivotal play to keep the drive going. On 4th and 7, Ellington tipped the Penalties: No.-Yards 2-15 4-23 Shaw pass to himself before pulling it down and going out of bounds for a 22-yard gain Punts-Yards 0-0 3-101 and conversion. Shaw’s arm accounted for all but three yards of the series, completing six of seven pass attempts on the drive. Avg. Yards Per Punt --- 33.7 South Carolina’s defense stepped up to start the fourth quarter to snuff out a Wis- Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 0-0 consin drive. With 1 yard to gain, the Gamecocks twice stopped , who Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 5-160 4-54 rushed for 143 yards in the contest, for no gain to turn the ball over on downs. The Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 3-4 Gamecocks proceeded to drive 74 yards in six plays to take a 10-point lead. Shaw twice Possession Time 29:26 30:34 found Roland on the drive, the second time a 49-yard catch that saw Roland’s concen- Third Down Conversions 6-14 4-9 tration as he brought in the catch among two defenders. It was tight end Jerell Adams Fourth Down Conversions 1-4 2-2 who scored from 3 yards out for the Gamecocks, pulling down Shaw’s third TD pass. Red Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 3-3 Wisconsin made it a one-score game again when Kenzel Doe found a seam and dashed 91 yards on the kickoff return, making it 27-24 in favor of the Gamecocks. Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-8 1-7 On the next possession, however, Shaw drove South Carolina 88 yards for another PAT Kicks 3-3 4-4 score, wrapping the drive with Shaw’s 1-yard sneak. Another big pass from Shaw to Field Goals 1-2 0-0 Roland, a 33-yard reception, helped keep the drive alive. The Badgers, behind backup quarterback Curt Phillips, tried to answer on the next INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS drive, but on 4th and 1 in the Gamecocks’ territory, the pass hit Jadeveon Clowney’s Rushing: WIS: Gordon 25-143; White 12-107; Clement 1-32; Watt 1-8; helmet and sophomore linebacker Kaiwan Lewis corralled it to end that drive. South Phillips 1-7; Stave 3-(-4). SC: Davis 9-49; Shaw 16-47; Wilds 3-16; P. Coo- Carolina gave the Badgers back the ball two plays later when Ethan Armstrong recov- per 2-9; Carson 1-0; Team 3-(-4). ered the Gamecocks’ fumble. After the fumble recovery, Wisconsin drove inside the 20, but Gamecock freshman linebacker Skai Moore came up with his second interception of the day in the end zone Passing: WIS: Stave 9-13-1-80; Phillips 7-12-2-37; Meyer 0-1-0-0. SC: to stop the Badger threat. After the Gamecocks punted the ball back to Wisconsin, Shaw 22-25-0-312; Ellington 1-1-0-9. the Badgers drove again deep into South Carolina territory, but Lewis picked up the fumble on the catch-and-pitch attempt. Receiving: WIS: Abbrederis 5-30; Pedersen 3-50; White 2-8; Duckworth South Carolina took the initial lead after a Wisconsin turnover toward the end of 2-7; Wozniak 1-7; Erickson 1-6; Doe 1-3; Arneson 1-1; Gordon 0-5. SC: the first quarter, when Moore picked off the pass from Badger starting quarterback Joel Ellington 6-140; Roland 6-112; Jones 3-25; Adams 3-17; Davis 2-10; Shaw Stave. On the next play, Shaw hit Ellington for a 39-yard score. Wisconsin answered 1-9; Wilds 1-8; Jeffery 1-0. when Sam Arneson brought in the 1-yard pass from Stave on the tight end out, level- ing the score at 7-7. The offensive duo of Shaw and Ellington handed South Carolina the lead again Punt Returns: WIS: None. SC: None. but in reverse from their normal. To cap the 12-play, 86-yard drive, Carolina called up a double-reverse, halfback pass, as Ellington took the second handoff before firing Kickoff Returns: WIS: Doe 4-142; Wozniak 1-18. SC: P. Cooper 3-43; a strike to Shaw from 9 yards out to hand the Gamecocks a 13-7 lead after the PAT Rhodes 1-11. attempt failed. Wisconsin claimed the halftime lead when Stave found Jeff Duckworth for a 3-yard Interception Returns: WIS: None. SC: Moore 2-4; Lewis 1-0. score and its PAT kick went through the uprights. The Badgers made it a 17-13 lead when Jack Russell hit a 35-yard field goal to end the Badgers’ first second-half drive. Shaw finished his Gamecock career in fourth on the career passing charts with 6,074 Tackle Leaders: WIS: Borland 10; Shelton 5. SC: Lewis 9; Legree 8; Hamp- yards, while he holds the South Carolina record with 27 wins as a starting quarterback. ton 6; Diggs 6. The 312 passing yards ranks as the most during a single game in his senior season.

80 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 2013 Outback Bowl South Carolina 14 7 0 12 33 Carolina 33, Michigan 28 Michigan 3 10 9 6 28

January 1, 2013 SCORING SUMMARY Raymond James Stadium 1st 13:26 SC Byrd 56-yard pass from C. Shaw (Yates kick) (3-67-1:34) 7-0 Tampa, Fla. 1st 7:28 UM Gibbons 39-yard field goal (8-51-3:14) 7-3 1st 3:29 SC Sanders 63-yard punt return (Yates kick) 14-3 54,527 2nd 12:41 UM Dileo 5-yard pass from Gardner (Gibbons kick) (11-75-5:48) 14-10 2nd 10:54 SC Sanders 4-yard pass from Thompson (Yates kick) (4-75-1:47) 21-10 TAMPA, FLA. -- Dylan 2nd 2:47 UM Gibbons 40-yard field goal (8-8-4:34) 21-13 Thompson’s 32-yard touch- 3rd 6:54 UM Wile 52-yard field goal (11-45-4:29) 21-16 3rd 0:02 UM Gallon 10-yard pass from Gardner (Gardner pass int) (9-65-4:28) down pass to Bruce Ellington 21-22 with 11 seconds remaining 4th 8:06 SC Sanders 31-yard pass from C. Shaw (Shaw pass failed) (1-31-0:09) 27-22 lifted South Carolina (11-2) 4th 3:29 UM Gallon 17-yard pass from Gardner (Smith rush failed) (10-64-4:37) to a 33-28 victory over Michi- 27-28 gan (8-5) to win the 2013 4th 0:11 SC Ellington 32-yard pass from Thompson (Thompson pass failed) (11-70-3:18) 33-28 Outback Bowl. Trailing 28-27 with 3:29 TEAM STATISTICS SC UM remaining, Carolina made one First Downs 17 24 final drive. Connor Shaw con- Rushing 4 12 verted a 4th & 3 with a 6-yard Passing 11 10 slant pass to Ace Sanders and Penalty 2 2 followed that up with com- Net Yards Rushing 85 186 pletions of 6, 8 and 6, all to Rushing Attempts 17 45 Sanders to earn two more first Net Yards Passing 341 214 downs. Shaw left the game Cmp.-Att.-Int. 25-36-0 18-37-1 as he was nicked up, bring- Total Offense Yards 426 355 ing Thompson in the game. Total Offense Plays 53 82 Thompson moved the Gamecocks down to the Michigan 32-yardline with Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 3-1 20 seconds left where he unleashed a perfect strike to Ellington near the goal Penalties: No.-Yards 5-44 4-55 line. The Gamecock wide receiver made his way into the end zone to give the Punts-Yards 3-123 3-144 Gamecocks the win. Avg. Yards Per Punt 41.0 48.0 Punt Returns: No.-Yards 3-66 1-12 The back and forth affair saw Shaw and Thompson deliver for Carolina. Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-145 3-63 Shaw finished 18-for-26 for 224 yards in the air and a pair of TDs and added Interceptions: No.-Yards 1-(-3) 0-0 96 yards rushing. Thompson was 7-for-10 for 117 yards and two scores. Possession Time 22:01 37:59 Sanders caught 9 passes for 92 yards with two touchdown receptions as well Third Down Conversions 3-10 8-19 as a 63-yard punt return for a touchdown en route to MVP honors. Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 3-4 The Gamecocks needed just three plays to find the end zone. Damiere Byrd Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 5-5 got behind the Wolverine secondary and Shaw connected with him for a 56- Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-22 3-18 yard scoring strike to give the Gamecocks a 7-0 lead. PAT Kicks 3-3 1-1 Michigan trimmed the lead to 7-3 with a 39-yard field goal. Field Goals 0-2 3-3 After the Carolina defense pushed the Wolverines back to their own 9-yard line with a sack by Aldrick Fordham, Michigan punted to Sanders, who weaved INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS his way 63 yards to the end zone, giving the Gamecocks a 14-3 advantage. Rushing: SC: C. Shaw 10-96; Miles 5-1; Thompson 2-(-12). UM: Robinson The Wolverines answered with an 11-play, 75-yard scoring drive capped by 23-100; Gardner 12-24; Dileo 1-7; Smith 6-6; Simmons 1-4; Hayes 2-0. a 5-yard pass from Devin Gardner to Drew Dileo. The Gamecocks regained their 11-point lead quickly with a four-play, 75- Passing: SC: C. Shaw 18-26-0-224; Thompson 7-10-0-117. UM: Gardner yard touchdown drive. Thompson found Nick Jones across the middle for a 18-36-1-214; Robinson 0-1-0-0. 70-yard pass to set Carolina up at the Michigan 4. From there Thompson rolled right and found Sanders open in the end zone to give the Gamecocks a Receiving: SC: Sanders 9-92; Miles 4-22; Jones 3-78; Byrd 2-63; Ellington 21-10 lead with 10:54 left in the half. 2-36; Carson 2-1; Cunningham 1-37; Anderson 1-7; Davis 1-5. UM: Gallon A 40-yard field goal by Gibbons closed the gap to 21-13 at the intermission. 9-145; Roundtree 3-27; Dileo 3-22; Smith 1-9; Robinson 1-7; Funchess 1-4. Michigan got a 52-yard field goal from Matt Wile, then went on a 10-play, 65-yard scoring drive capped by a 10-yard touchdown pass from Gardner to Punt Returns: SC: A. Sanders 3-66. UM: Dileo 1-12. Jeremy Gallon to take a 22-21 heading into the final stanza. After a very questionable first down was awarded to the Wolverines, Jade- Kickoff Returns: SC: Auguste 2-56; Ellington 2-51; Rhodes 1-22; Sanders veon Clowney made a big defensive play. Clowney forced and recovered a fum- 1-16. UM: Norfleet 1-32; Dileo 1-20; Gallon 1-11. ble by tailback Vincent Smith giving the Gamecocks the ball on the Michigan 31-yardline. South Carolina quickly struck then as Shaw completed a 31-yard Interception Returns: SC: Legree 1-(-3). UM: None. touchdown pass to Sanders as the Gamecocks reclaimed a 27-22 lead. Michigan answered on its ensuing drive to take a 28-27 lead. An 11-play 64- Tackle Leaders: SC: Swearinger 9; Wilson 9; Hampton 6; Taylor 5. UM: yard drive took up over four minutes on the clock and was capped by a 17-yard Gordon 6, Ryan 4, 5 players tied with 3. pass from Gardner to Gallon, his second touchdown reception of the game.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 81 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 2012 Capital One Bowl Nebraska 13 0 0 0 13 Carolina 30, Nebraska 13 South Carolina 9 7 0 14 30

January 2, 2012 SCORING SUMMARY Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium 1st 11:58 NU Bell 30-yard pass from Martinez (Maher kick blocked) Orlando, Fla. (3-46-0:56) 0-6 11:58 SC Gilmore PAT return 2-6 61,351 6:04 SC Shaw 1-yard run (Wooten kick) (11-55-5:46) 9-6 3:33 NU Ameer 1-yard run (Maher kick) (8-60-2:31) 9-13 ORLANDO, FLA. – No. 2nd 0:00 SC Jeffery 51-yard pass from Shaw (Wooten kick) (3-71-0:38) 16-13 10/9 South Carolina wrapped 4th 12:25 SC Miles 9-yard pass from Shaw (Wooten kick) (5-41-2:26) 23-13 3:05 SC Miles 3-yard run (Wooten kick) (13-71-6:20) 30-13 up one of the most success- ful seasons in school history TEAM STATISTICS NU SC with a 30-13 victory over No. First Downs 17 16 21/20 Nebraska in the Capital Rushing 8 7 One Bowl. Passing 7 8 With the win, Carolina fin- Penalty 2 1 ishes the season 11-2, becom- Net Yards Rushing 137 121 ing the first team in school Rushing Attempts 46 40 history to reach 11 wins. Net Yards Passing 116 230 Junior receiver Alshon Cmp.-Att.-Int. 10-16-1 11-17-0 Jeffery played a key role in Total Offense Yards 253 351 leading South Carolina to it’s Total Offense Plays 62 57 record-setting win and made Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-0 a little history of his own. Jef- Penalties: No.-Yards 10-58 6-66 fery finished the day with four Punts-Yards 5-197 5-197 receptions for 148 yards and Avg. Yards Per Punt 39.4 39.4 a touchdown on his way to Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-(-1) 2-19 earning bowl MVP honors. Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-58 2-73 Gamecock quarterback Connor Shaw had a stellar end to his sophomore Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 1-3 campaign, completing 11-of-17 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns. Possession Time 30:49 29:11 He added 42 yards and one touchdown on the ground. Junior running back Third Down Conversions 3-13 4-13 Kenny Miles finished with 67 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries and had Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 3-3 two receptions for 13 yards and a score. Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 3-4 The Gamecock defense delivered another solid performance, holding Ne- Sacks By: No.-Yards 4-31 6-41 braska to 253 yards of total offense with just 64 yards allowed in the second PAT Kicks 1-2 4-4 half. Carolina tied a season-high with six sacks on the day, including two from Field Goals 0-1 0-1 freshman Jadeveon Clowney and 1.5 from senior Melvin Ingram. Junior D.J. Swearinger and senior Antonio Allen led the way with seven tackles apiece. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS The Cornhuskers (9-4) struck first. On Nebraska’s third play from scrim- Rushing: NU: Burkhead 23-89; Martinez 16-37; Bell 1-14; Marlowe 1-6; mage, quarterback Taylor Martinez found Kenny Bell for a 30-yard touch- Abdullah 4-(-1); Reed 1-(-8). SC: Miles 15-67; C. Shaw 19-42; A. Sanders down strike. However, Travian Robertson blocked the extra point and Stephon 3-15; Byrd 1-3; Team 2-(-6). Gilmore returned it for two points to make it a 6-2 game. Bruce Ellington gave Carolina excellent field position on the ensuing posses- Passing: NU: Martinez 10-16-1-116. SC: C. Shaw 11-17-0-230. sion with a 45-yard kickoff return. A 24-yard run by Miles set up the Game- cocks deep in Nebraska territory. Shaw capped the drive on fourth and goal by Receiving: NU: Burkhead 5-35; Bell 3-53; Cotton 1-22; Legate 1-6. SC: A. punching it in from a yard out, giving Carolina a 9-6 advantage. Jeffery 4-148; A. Sanders 3-45; Miles 2-13; Anderson 1-21; Cunningham Nebraska answered with an eight-play, 60-yard scoring drive, aided by a 1-3. Carolina drive-extending penalty, to regain the lead. Ameer Abdullah finished off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Cornhuskers a 13-9 lead. Punt Returns: NU: Abdullah 1-(-1). SC: A. Sanders 2-13. Both teams missed golden opportunities to score in the second quarter. Ne- braska lost a fumble in the redzone, then Carolina came up empty after a 78- Kickoff Returns: NU: Abdullah 2-44; Whaley 1-14. SC: Ellington 2-73. yard pass to Jeffery set them up with a first-and-goal situation. Stephon Gilmore gave the Gamecocks one more chance to score before Interception Returns: NU: None. SC: Gilmore 1-3. halftime by intercepting a Martinez pass at the Gamecock 26. With seven seconds until intermission from the Carolina 49, Shaw rolled right and heaved Tackle Leaders: NU: David 11; Stafford 5; Meredith 5; Compton 5. SC: it downfield where Jeffery leaped over a defender, came down with the ball and Swearinger 7; Allen 7; Paulk 5; Gilmore 5; Taylor 5. dove into the end zone for a 16-13 lead heading into the locker room. The Gamecocks pushed their lead to 23-13 early in the fourth quarter with a five-play, 41-yard scoring drive. Shaw hooked up with Ace Sanders for a 23- yard pass play on third and 18 to move the ball to the Nebraska 11. Two plays later, Shaw found a wide-open Miles for a 9-yard touchdown pass. Miles added a 3-yard touchdown run with 3:05 left for the final score.

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December 31, 2010 SCORING SUMMARY Georgia Dome 1st 8:08 FSU Hopkins 29-yard field goal (9-18-4:03) 0-3 Atlanta, Ga. 2:42 FSU Hopkins 48-yard field goal (4-(-3)-1:37 0-6 2nd 1:02 FSU Thompson 27-yard run (Hopkins kick) (4-59-1:16) 0-13 72,217 0:00 SC Lanning 40-yard field goal (9-57-1:02) 3-13 3rd 10:38 FSU Hopkins 35-yard field goal (9-61-4:18) 3-16 ATLANTA, GA.—EJ 3:49 SC Garcia 3-yard pass from Sanders (Lanning kick) 10-92-3:34) Manuel threw a fourth-quar- 10-16 ter touchdown pass to stop a 0:09 FSU Hopkins 45-yard field goal (4-3-1:30) 10-19 South Carolina rally and lead 4th 11:56 SC Maddox 7-yard run (Lanning kick) (7-79-3:07) 17-19 Florida State to a 26-17 vic- 5:27 FSU Easterling 7-yard pass from Manuel (Hopkins kick) (13-63-6:22) 17-26 tory over the Gamecocks in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. TEAM STATISTICS SC FSU Manuel took over after se- First Downs 22 18 nior quarterback Christian Rushing 9 12 Ponder left early in the second Passing 11 5 quarter with a concussion. Penalty 2 1 The sophomore appears ready Net Yards Rushing 139 218 to assume the starting role Rushing Attempts 32 45 next season. Net Yards Passing 275 90 Manuel completed 11-of- Cmp.-Att.-Int. 21-36-3 12-21-1 15 passes for 84 yards and a Total Offense Yards 414 308 touchdown and had seven Total Offense Plays 68 66 carries for 46 yards. He was Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-2 3-0 7-for-7 passing on the fourth- Penalties: No.-Yards 5-58 6-50 quarter touchdown drive. Punts-Yards 2-87 3-153 Dustin Hopkins kicked four field goals for the No. 23 Seminoles (10-4), Avg. Yards Per Punt 43.5 51.0 who reached 10 victories for the first time since 2003. Hopkins tied his own Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-3 2-53 school record for a bowl, and the four field goals also matched the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 2-38 3-62 Bowl record. Interceptions: No.-Yards 1-8 3-4 No. 19 South Carolina (9-5), which was seeking its first 10-win season since Possession Time 26:32 33:28 1984, lost star running back Marcus Lattimore when he was hit hard on the Third Down Conversions 7-14 6-14 Gamecocks’ first drive. Coach Steve Spurrier’s team also committed five turn- Fourth Down Conversions 1-3 0-1 overs. Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 3-5 “We had (414) yards,” Spurrier said. “It wasn’t a terrible offensive perfor- Sacks By: No.-Yards 2-9 2-11 mance. It was just the turnovers that hurt us.” PAT Kicks 2-2 2-2 “Stephen struggled early and then he made some pretty decent throws in Field Goals 1-1 4-4 the second half,” Spurrier said. “It looked like we had a chance to get back in the game.” Individual Statistics Garcia recovered to lead two long touchdown drives that trimmed Florida Rushing: SC: Miles 10-70; Maddox 12-53; Garcia 8-14; Gilmore 1-3; Lat- State’s lead to 19-17 before Manuel answered with the seven-yard scoring pass timore 1-(-1). FSU: Thompson 25-147; Manuel 7-46; Pryor 2-10; Jones 4-7; to Taiwan Easterling. Thomas 1-6; Ponder 5-3; TEAM 1-(-1). “Man, I was so happy,” Manuel said. “We weren’t moving the ball like we wanted to. We weren’t getting touchdowns. We were getting field goals in- Passing: SC: Garcia 19-34-3-243; Sanders 1-1-0-3; Gilmore 1-1-0-29. FSU: stead.” Manuel 11-15-0-84; Ponder 1-5-0-6; Reed 0-1-1-0. Florida State cornerback Greg Reid, whose hits caused the fumbles by Latti- more and Jeffery, deflected a fourth-down pass by Garcia with 3:23 remaining Receiving: SC: Jeffery 9-130; Lattimore 3-48; Gurley 2-49; Maddox 2-16; to end the Gamecocks’ last hope. Moore 2-4; Sanders 1-16; Barnes 1-9; Garcia 1-3. FSU: Reed 2-25; Thomp- Garcia completed 19 of 34 passes for 243 yards and also scored on a nifty son 2-17; Haulstead 2-14; Easterling 2-10; Pryor 2-7; Smith 1-12; Little 1-5. play in the third. On a third-down play from the Florida State three, Garcia threw a screen pass to Ace Sanders, who threw back across the field to Garcia Punt Returns: SC: Sanders 2-3. FSU: Reid 2-53. alone in the right side of the end zone. The Seminoles answered with Hopkins’ fourth field goal, from 45 yards, to Kickoff Returns: SC: Sherman 2-38. FSU: Joyner 2-44; Reid 1-18. push the lead to nine. Hopkins also kicked four field goals in the Seminoles’ Gator Bowl win over West Virginia. Interception Returns: SC: Gilmore 1-8. FSU: Smith 1-4; Harris 1-0; Garcia responded by leading a 79-yard drive, capped by Brian Maddox’s sev- Rhodes 1-0. en-yard TD run. Garcia helped set up the score with a 29-yard pass to Jeffery. Reid’s hit on Lattimore knocked the freshman out of the game with an inju- Tackle Leaders: SC: Gilmore 8; Q. Smith 8; Holloman 8; Taylor 7; Auguste ry announced as a cut to his mouth. Spurrier said after the game that Lattimore 7. FSU: Jenkins 8; Moody 7; White 6; K. Smith 6; McLeod 6. also had “a little bit of a concussion” and was taken to a hospital for stitches.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 83 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 2010 Papajohns.com Bowl South Carolina 0 0 0 7 7 Connecticut 20, Carolina 7 Connecticut 10 3 0 7 20

January 2, 2010 SCORING SUMMARY Legion Field 1st 6:37 UC K. Moore 37-yard pass from Frazer (Teggart kick) (9-66-4:14) Birmingham, Alabama 0-7 3:35 UC Teggart 33-yard field goal (5-16-1:21) 0-10 45,254 2nd 8:56 UC Teggart 44-yard field goal (10-40-4:10) 0-13 4th 13:12 UC Dixon 10-yard run (Teggart kick) (9-35-3:53) 0-20 BIRMINGHAM, 3:24 SC Maddox 2-yard run (Lanning kick) (2-40-0:37) 7-20 ALA. —Andre Dixon rushed for 126 yards TEAM STATISTICS SC UC and a touchdown and First Downs 12 17 resilient Connecticut Rushing 6 10 (8-5) ended a trying sea- Passing 6 5 son with a 20-7 victory Penalty 0 2 over the South Carolina Net Yards Rushing 76 146 Gamecocks (7-6) in the Rushing Attempts 26 48 Papajohns.com Bowl on Net Yards Passing 129 107 Saturday. Cmp.-Att.-Int. 16-38-1 9-22-0 Dixon was the Most Total Offense Yards 205 253 Valuable Player and Total Offense Plays 64 70 joined teammate Jordan Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-1 1-1 Todman as 1,000-yard Penalties: No.-Yards 4-41 0-0 rushers, the first time Punts-Yards 7-296 6-223 two UConn backs have Avg. Yards Per Punt 42.3 37.2 surpassed that mark in Punt Returns: No.-Yards 2-4 6-43 the same season. Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 5-93 2-39 Carolina quarterback Interceptions: No.-Yards 0-0 1-0 Stephen Garcia complet- Possession Time 24:32 35:28 ed just 16 of 38 passes Third Down Conversions 3-15 9-19 for 129 yards while gaining 56 yards on 15 carries. He lost a fumble, was Fourth Down Conversions 2-5 0-0 intercepted once and didn’t get much help. An emotional Garcia called the Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 2-3 Gamecocks’ performance “very disappointing.” Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-8 3-25 He said they never got it going, “and it shows on the scoreboard.” PAT Kicks 1-1 2-2 UConn had a pristine performance, with zero penalties. Linebacker Law- Field Goals 0-0 2-2 rence Wilson called it “the most complete game we’ve played all year.” The Gamecocks avoided their first shutout in three seasons on Brian Mad- INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS dox’s 2-yard touchdown run with 3:24 left. Their only other possession end- Rushing: SC: Garcia 15-56; Miles 6-24; Sherman 2-3; Maddox 2-2; Flint ing in UConn territory resulted in a botched field goal attempt. 1-(-9). UC: Dixon 33-126; Todman 9-36; K. Moore 1-1; Team 3-(-4); Frazer The Gamecocks’ effort was marred by dropped passes, a missed intercep- 2-(-13). tion and costly penalties that kept a mostly garnet-and-black clad crowd sub- dued -- and steadily shrinking by the fourth quarter. Passing: SC: Garcia 16-38-1-129. UC: Frazer 9-21-0-107; Todman 0-1-0-0. Leading receiver Alshon Jeffery was held to three catches for 28 yards, all in the first half. Tailback Kenny Miles had just six carries for 24 yards. Receiving: SC: Miles 4-23; Jeffery 3-28; Gurley 3-14; Barnes 2-21; Saunders Dixon’s 10-yard touchdown with 13:12 left effectively put the game away. 2(-7); Moore 1-38; Brown 1-12. UC: Easley 4-40; K. Moore 2-40; I. Moore Jesse Simpson had set the Huskies up at the Gamecocks’ 29-yard line by 2-26; Todman 1-1. forcing Garcia to fumble, knocking it away from behind at the end of a run. A South Carolina team that pounded Clemson with 58 runs in a win to Punt Returns: SC: Gilmore 2-4. UC: McClain 6-43. finish the regular season finished with 26 rushes for 76 yards. UConn jumped ahead 13-0. Kashif Moore snagged the ball one-handed Kickoff Returns: SC: Sherman 5-93. UC: Todman 1-30; Molina 1-9. down the right sideline for a 37-yard touchdown catch from Zach Frazer in the first quarter. Dave Teggard then hit field goals of 33 and 44 yards. The Interception Returns: SC: None. UC: Vaughn 1-0. first kick was set up when Garcia was stopped on a sneak on fourth-and-1 from South Carolina’s 32. Tackle Leaders: SC: Norwood 10; Ajiboye 10; Wilson 7; Allen 6. UC: Lu- South Carolina didn’t even manage its initial first down until midway trus 9; Martin 6; Joseph 5. through the second quarter, and that took Garcia converting a third-and-16. South Carolina’s sloppy play continued into the second half. Running into the kicker and roughing the passer calls helped UConn keep its first drive alive for more than seven minutes, though it ended with a fumble. Then, cornerback Akeem Auguste dropped an easy interception with nothing between him and the end zone.

84 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 2009 Outback Bowl South Carolina 0 0 0 10 10 Iowa 31, Carolina 10 Iowa 14 7 10 0 31

January 1, 2009 SCORING SUMMARY Raymond James Stadium 1st 7:39 UI Stross 6-yard pass from Stanzi (Murray kick) (13-64-7:21) 0-7 Tampa, Florida 4:41 UI Greene 1-yard run (Murray kick) (5-18-1:58) 0-14 2nd 8:09 UI Greene 1-yard run (Murray kick) (9-80-4:59) 0-21 55,117 3rd 9:09 UI Murray 18-yard field goal (10-42-5:28) 0-24 0:04 UI Greene 11-yard run (Murray kick) (9-66-4:56) 0-31 TAMPA, FLA. – 4th 13:35 SC J. Cook 10-yard pass from Smelley (Succop kick) (6-68-1:29) Shonn Greene, the Big 7-31 Ten’s most valuable play- 2:02 SC Succop 48-yard field goal (10-54-2:37) 10-31 er, rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns TEAM STATISTICS SC UI Thursday, helping the First Downs 17 22 Hawkeyes trounce South Net Yards Rushing 43 181 Carolina 31-10 in the Rushing Attempts 14 47 Outback Bowl. Net Yards Passing 270 147 Greene ran for more Cmp.-Att.-Int. 26-50-3 13-19-2 than 100 yards in all Total Offense Yards 313 328 13 of Iowa’s games and Total Offense Plays 64 66 scored in all but one. Fumbles: No.-Lost 2-2 2-1 He finished with school Penalties: No.-Yards 10-100 6-50 single-season records of Punts-Yards 2-85 2-88 1,850 yards and 20 TDs. Avg. Yards Per Punt 42.5 44.0 Iowa (9-4) won for the Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-5 0-0 sixth time in seven games Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 6-125 3-44 since losing three straight Interceptions: No.-Yards 2-0 3-74 to fall to 3-3. South Possession Time 24:06 35:54 Carolina (7-6) lost three Third Down Conversions 5-11 8-12 straight down the stretch Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 0-0 while being outscored 118-30. Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 5-5 Greene scored on a pair of 1-yard runs to help Iowa build a 21-0 halftime Sacks By: No.-Yards 1-11 1-3 lead, then added an 11-yarder to make it 31-0 late in the third quarter. South Field Goals 1-2 1-2 Carolina scored on Chris Smelley’s 10-yard TD pass to Jared Cook and Ryan Succop’s 48-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS After struggling offensively in lopsided losses to Florida and Clemson, Rushing: SC: Garcia 5-25; Maddox 3-17; M. Davis 3-2; Baker 3-(-1). UI: Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier decided to start quarterback Stephen Gar- Greene 29-121; Hampton 12-54; Stanzi 4-6; Oberland 1-5; Brodell 1-(-5). cia, a highly regarded redshirt freshman from Tampa who was the centerpiece of his recruiting class in 2007. Passing: SC: Smelley 16-31-0-179; Garcia 9-18-3-79; McKinley 1-1-0-12. But Garcia turned the ball over four times in the first half and was replaced UI: Stanzi 13-19-2-147. by Smelley after going 9-for-18 for 79 yards and three interceptions. The 20-year-old’s homecoming turned sour in a hurry. His first pass was Receiving: SC: McKinley 6-86; J. Barnes 5-40; M. Davis 3-26; M. Brown intercepted and returned 29 yards set up an Iowa touchdown, then the dual- 3-23; J. Cook 2-23; Wallace 2-10; Baker 1-42; Kingrey 1-9; Maddox 1-6; threat quarterback fumbled on his first run to give the Gamecocks turnovers Saunders 1-6; DiMarco 1-(-1). UI: Myers 4-49; Moeaki 3-43; Brodell 3-27; on two of their first four offensive plays. Johnson-Koulianos 1-18; Stross 1-6; Morse 1-4. The next two South Carolina possessions ended with interceptions. After Bradley Fletcher picked off Garcia in the end zone, Iowa drove 80 yards to Punt Returns: SC: Culliver 1-5. UI: None. take a 21-0 lead on Greene’s second touchdown. was intercepted twice before halftime, but neither mistake re- Kickoff Returns: SC: Culliver 5-112; Freeman 1-13. UI: Hampton 1-31; ally hurt the Hawkeyes. Iowa was trying to turn’s Garcia’s third interception Johnson-Koulianos 1-13. into a quick TD when South Carolina’s Chris Culliver made a leaping pick in the end zone. Interception Returns: SC: Brinkley 1-0. UI: Sash 2-74; Fletcher 1-0. Smelley, who started nine games for South Carolina this season, replaced Garcia at the start of the second half. Moe Brown fumbled on the quarter- Tackle Leaders: SC: J. Brinkley 11; Norwood 9; Culliver 7; Munnerlyn 4; back’s first completion to set up an Iowa field goal, but the Gamecocks did Stewart 4. UI: Angerer 6; Sash 4; Kroul 4; Hunter 4; Fletcher 4; Tarpinian 4. have some success moving the ball the rest of the game. Stanzi was 13-for-19 for 148 yards, including a 6-yard TD throw to Trey Stross on the first drive of the game. Smelley finished 16-of-31 for 174 yards and no interceptions.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 85 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 2006 Liberty Bowl South Carolina 7 20 3 14 44 Carolina 44, Houston 36 Houston 7 21 0 8 36

December 29, 2006 SCORING SUMMARY Liberty Bowl Stadium 1st 12:59 UH Marshall 32-yard pass from Kolb (Bell kick) (6-80-2:01) 0-7 Memphis, Tennessee 2:09 SC C. Boyd 2-yard run (Succop kick) (9-51-3:45) 7-7 2nd 10:47 SC Pavlovic 1-yard pass from Mitchell (kick failed) (6-64-2:24) 56,103 13-7 6:12 UH Hafner 4-yard pass from Kolb (Bell kick) (12-80-4:35) 13-14 MEMPHIS, TENN. 2:53 SC Rice 19-yard pass from Mitchell (Succop kick) (1-19-0:13) – Steve Spurrier’s offense 20-14 was humming along in 2:09 UH Battle 42-yard run (Bell kick) (3-50-0:44); 2:09 20-21 the first half, but the 0:42 SC C. Boyd 9-yard run (Succop kick) (7-65-1:27) 27-21 South Carolina defense 0:11 UH Marshall 77-yard pass from Kolb (Bell kick) (1-77-0:31) 27-28 3rd 9:55 SC Succop 45-yard field goal (12-52-5:05) 30-28 was doing nothing to 4th 12:15 SC McKinley 43-yard pass from Mitchell (Succop kick) (6-78-2:22) stop Houston. 37-28 In the final 30 min- 7:39 SC McKinley 43-yard pass from Mitchell (Succop kick) (3-50-1:52) utes, Spurrier’s Game- 44-28 cocks got a little D to go 5:42 UH Battle 3-yard run (Alridge run) (6-55-1:57) 44-36 with their O. Defensive end Jordin TEAM STATISTICS SC UH Lindsey came up with First Downs 25 27 two turnovers for a de- Net Yards Rushing 189 135 fense that made the stops Rushing Attempts 41 33 that mattered most, and Net Yards Passing 323 392 South Carolina beat Cmp.-Att.-Int. 19-29-1 27-40-1 Houston 44-36 in the Total Offense Yards 512 527 Liberty Bowl on Friday Total Offense Plays 70 73 for its first bowl victory Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 2-1 under Spurrier. Penalties: No.-Yards 9-93 4-40 Blake Mitchell tied a Punts–Yards 2-90 3-127 bowl record by throwing four touchdown passes, Cory Boyd ran for two Punt Average 45.0 42.3 more TDs as the Gamecocks (8-5) finished Spurrier’s second season with Punt Returns: No.-Yards 1-11 1-11 their best record since going 9-3 in 2001. Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 4-67 3-86 Kevin Kolb, making his 50th start at quarterback for Houston (10-4) fin- Interceptions: No.-Yards 1-6 1-0 ished 26-of-39 for 386 yards and three touchdowns. Possession Time 33:19 26:41 Houston led 28-27 at the half - a Liberty Bowl record for points in a half Third Down Conversions 6-12 7-13 - but South Carolina held the Cougars to 63 yards in the third quarter when Fourth Down Conversions 1-2 2-4 the Gamecocks took control. They sacked Kolb three times, forced two turn- Sacks By: No.-Yards 3-18 3-12 overs and stopped the Cougars twice on fourth down in the fourth quarter. Field Goals 1-2 0-0 The Cougars and Gamecocks combined for 588 yards in the first half, much of it just before halftime. The second quarter took 61 minutes, and a INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS game that was tied at 7 went haywire. In the final three minutes of the half, Rushing: SC: C. Boyd 18-94; Davis 14-72; Mitchell 8-22; Whiteside 1-1. four TDs were scored in a span 12 plays - the last a 77-yard TD catch by UH: Battle 11-85; Alridge 10-55; Pope 3-27; Otis 1-0; Kolb 7-(-5); Team Houston’s Vincent Marshall with 11 seconds left. 1-(-27). The Cougars didn’t score in the second half until Jackie Battle ran in from 3 yards out with 5:42 left. The 2-point conversion cut South Carolina’s lead Passing: SC: Mitchell 19-29-1-323. UH: Kolb 26-39-1-386; Alridge 1-1- to 44-36. 0-6. Houston outgained South Carolina 527-512, but the Cougars managed only 200 in the second half. Receiving: SC: Rice 8-139; C. Boyd 4-45; McKinley 3-112; Stafford 2-19; With a pair of coaches known for their offensive ingenuity, this had a little Newton 1-7; Pavlovic 1-1. UH: Marshall 9-201; Avery 7-72; Ealy 3-48; Mc- of everything: four TDs in a span of 12 plays, a flea flicker for an intercep- Daniel 3-0; Harvey 2-33; Hafner 2-14; Alridge 1-24. tion, a punt on fourth-and-goal, a halfback pass and an option by Houston when backed up against its own goal line. Punt Returns: SC: McKinley 1-11. UH: Marshall 1-11. Ryan Succop kicked a 45-yard field goal into winds gusting up to 20 mph on the Gamecocks’ opening drive of the second half to put South Carolina Kickoff Returns: SC: Munnerlyn 2-53; Boyd 1-14; Shackleford 1-0. UH: ahead to stay at 30-28. Mitchell padded the lead with a pair of 43-yard TD Marshall 2-67; Alridge 1-19. passes to Kenny McKinley, the last with 7:39 to go for a 44-28 lead. Mitchell, the game’s Most Valuable Player, was 19-of-29 for 323 yards. Interception Returns: SC: J. Lindsey 1-6. UH: Gaston 1-0. Houston ruined its best scoring chance on the drive after Succop’s kick. In the shotgun on third-and-goal at the 8, a bad snap went wide right of Tackle Leaders: SC: J. Brinkley 11; Bennett 6; Four players tied with 5. UH: Kolb, who tried to chase down the ball and kicked it out of bounds for a pen- Gulley 12; Miller 9; Fontenette 8; Hunt 7; Pree 6. alty. That forced Houston to punt from midfield after having first-and-goal.

86 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 2005 Independence Bowl South Carolina 21 7 0 3 31 Missouri 38, Carolina 31 Missouri 0 14 7 17 38

December 30, 2005 SCORING SUMMARY Independence Stadium 1st 12:07 SC Rice 23-yard pass from Mitchell (Brown kick) (7-80- 2:53) 7-0 Shreveport, Louisiana 9:37 SC Davis 5-yard run (Brown kick) (4-20-2:20) 14-0 7:11 SC Askins 20-yard pass from Mitchell (Brown kick) (5-69-1:59) 41,332 21-0 2nd 6:49 MU King 99-yard interception return (Crossett kick) 21-7 SHREVEPORT, LA. 4:28 SC Davis 2-yard run (Brown kick) (7-64-2:21) 28-7 – South Carolina’s game 0:20 MU Coffman 5-yard pass from Smith (Crossett kick) (8-77-1:33) plan of keeping Brad 28-14 Smith in check worked 3rd 2:41 MU Smith 31-yard run (Crossett kick) (7-85-2:15) 28-21 great - for a half, anyway. 4th 14:22 MU Smith 4-yard run (Crossett kick) (8-39-2:12) 28-28 10:14 MU Crossett 50-yard field goal (8-7-2:44) 28-31 Then, the Missouri 4:16 SC Brown 30-yard field goal (13-57-5:58) 31-31 quarterback broke loose, 2:13 MU Smith 1-yard run (Crossett kick) (5-77-2:03) 31-38 rushing for three touch- downs - including a TEAM STATISTICS SC MU 1-yarder in the final min- First Downs 21 21 utes - and passing for an- Net Yards Rushing 142 203 other to rally the Tigers Rushing Attempts 32 40 for a 38-31 victory in the Net Yards Passing 266 301 Independence Bowl. Cmp.-Att.-Int. 20-38-3 23-43-1 Smith accounted for Total Offense Yards 408 504 431 yards of Missouri’s Total Offense Plays 70 83 504 yards as the Ti- Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 1-1 gers staged their biggest Penalties: No.-Yards 5-52 8-87 comeback of the year. Punts–Yards 6-240 5-229 Missouri (6-6) trailed Punt Average 40.0 45.8 21-0 after the first quar- Punt Returns: No.–Yards 3-29 1-0 ter as Steve Spurrier’s Kickoff Returns: No.–Yards 6-177 2-38 Gamecocks dominated the first half. South Carolina (7-5) outgained Mis- Interceptions: No.–Yards 1-0 3-103 souri 312 yards to 174 in the first half and held the football almost 11 min- Possession Time 31:19 28:41 utes longer (20:02-9:58) Third Down Conversions 5-13 6-19 Mizzou didn’t convert a third down until the final 58 seconds of the half. Fourth Down Conversions 1-1 4-5 Smith completed 21 of 37 passes for 282 yards, with one touchdown and Sacks By: No.–Yards 0-0 1-8 an interception. He passed for 200 or more yards for the 18th time. He also PAT Kicks 4-4 5-5 ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries. Field Goals 1-1 1-2 The Gamecocks needed less than 3 minutes to go 80 yards for their first score. Blake Mitchell’s 23-yard pass to Sidney Rice put Carolina up 7-0. Rice INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS finished with 12 receptions for 191 yards. Rushing: SC: Davis 18-125; Wallace 7-14; Heffner 2-8; Team 1-0; Mitchell Tony Temple fumbled on Missouri’s first play and South Carolina’s Ri- 3-(-1); Clark 1-(-4). MU: Smith 21-150; Temple 11-29; Kincade 2-12; Jack- cardo Hurley scooped up the ball. Four plays later Mike Davis, who ran for son 4-7; Daniel 2-5. 125 yards on 18 carries, scored on a 5-yard run for a 14-0 lead. The Gamecocks’ third scoring drive covered 69 yards in 1:59. This time Passing: SC: Mitchell 20-38-3-266. MU: Smith 21-37-1-282; Daniel 1-4- Mitchell, who completed 20 of 38 passes for 266 yards, hit Carson Askins 0-6; Ekwerekwu 2-1-0-13. with a 20-yard scoring pass to make it 21-0. Mitchell passed for two touch- downs, and was intercepted three times. Receiving: SC: Rice 12-191; Davis 3-11; Wallace 2-12; Askins 1-20; Clark Marcus King gave Missouri its first points, grabbing Mitchell’s pass at the 1-20; McKinley 1-12. MU: Coffman 8-99; Rucker 5-83; Franklin 3-56; goal line and returning it 99 yards to make it 21-7 in the second quarter. Ekwerekwu 3-29; Temple 2-16; Saunders 1-10; Jackson 1-8. After Davis’ 2-yard TD run gave the Gamecocks a 28-7 lead, Missouri staged its first long drive of the game. The Tigers went 77 yards and Smith hit Punt Returns: SC: McKinley 3-29. MU: Saunders 1-0. Chase Coffman with a 5-yard touchdown pass to make it 28-14 at halftime. Coffman finished with eight catches for 99 yards. Kickoff Returns: SC: Thomas 4-127; Joseph 2-50. MU: Temple 2-38. Smith pulled Mizzou to 28-21 with a 31-yard run with 2:41 left in the third. Interception Returns: SC: J. Lindsey 1-0. MU: King 1-99; Terrell 1-4; Ming Another apparent Missouri TD was nullified by a 15-yard penalty. Smith 1-0. finally got the score on a 4-yard run that tied the score at 28 early in the fourth quarter. Tackle Leaders: SC: Laury 12; Simpson 9; Joseph 5; T. Davis 5; Lambert 5. Crossett kicked a 50-yard field goal to put the Tigers up 31-28, but Josh MU: Bacon 11; Ming 8; Overstreet 7; Moore 6; Christopher 6. Brown countered with a 30 yarder that tied it at 31-all. Then, with 2:13 remaining, Smith sealed the Missouri win with a 1-yard TD run.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 87 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 2002 Outback Bowl South Carolina 0 14 14 3 31 Carolina 31, Ohio State 28 Ohio State 0 0 7 21 28

January 1, 2002 SCORING SUMMARY Raymond James Stadium 2nd 12:37 SC Pinnock 1-yard run (Weaver kick) (8-36-3:49) 7-0 Tampa, Florida 6:54 SC Scott 7-yard pass from Petty (Weaver kick) (9-63-4:07) 14-0 3rd 12:56 SC Gause 50-yard pass from Petty (kick failed) (6-78-2:04) 21-0 66,249 5:38 SC Pinnock 10-yard run (Watson pass) (12-93-5:41) 28-0 0:00 OSU Bellisari 2-yard run (Nugent kick) (12-77-5:38) 28-7 TAMPA, FLA — 4th 10:18 OSU Sanders 16-yard pass from Bellisari (Nugent kick) (7-59-1:54) With the score tied and 28-14 no time left, South Caro- 5:02 OSU Wells 1-yard run (Nugent kick) (3-23-0:39) 28-21 lina kicker Daniel Weav- 1:54 OSU Sanders 9-yard pass from Bellisari (Nugent kick) (7-89-2:02) er knew his 42-yard field 28-28 0:00 SC Weaver 42-yard field goal (4-4-0:23) 31-28 goal attempt wasn’t his best effort. So he put his TEAM STATISTICS SC OSU faith in the wind. First Downs 17 21 The kick barely cleared Net Yards Rushing 120 64 the crossbar, as No. 14 Rushing Attempts 36 35 South Carolina survived Net Yards Passing 227 324 with a 31-28 win over Cmp.-Att.-Int. 19-37-1 22-37-1 No. 22 Ohio State in the Total Offense Yards 347 388 Outback Bowl. Total Offense Plays 73 72 Steve Bellisari led Fumbles: No–Lost 0-0 0-0 Ohio State from a 28-0 Penalties: No.–Yards 8-43 6-40 deficit to tie the score. Punts: No.–Yards 6-286 5-233 But he was intercepted Punt Average 47.7 44.6 by Sheldon Brown, Possession Time 31:23 28:37 whose return to Ohio Sacks By: No.–Yards 3-24 3-21 State’s 29 with 23 sec- onds left set up Weaver’s INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS first game-winning kick. Rushing: SC: Brewer 5-61; Pinnock 12-49; Watson 11-27; Jenkins 1-2; Phil Petty, the game’s MVP, threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns, and Pinkins 1-0; Petty 6-(-19). OSU: Wells 19-37; Ross 1-13; Bellisari 11-10; Andrew Pinnock scored twice for South Carolina. But none of that mattered Krenzel 4-4. when Bellisari finally got the Buckeyes (7-5) going. He ran for a 2-yard score to close the third quarter, then hit Darrell Sand- Passing: SC: Petty 19-37-1-227. OSU: Bellisari 21-35-1-320; Krenzel 1-2- ers with a 16-yard TD pass with 10:18 to go that cut the lead in half. 0-4. Bellisari, who was 21-of-35 for 320 yards, then drove Ohio State to the South Carolina 18 but lost the snap. South Carolina linebacker Jeremiah Receiving: SC: Scott 7-83; Watson 4-37; Gause 3-72; Brewer 2-17; Pinnock Garrison recovered. 2-10; Thomas 1-8. OSU: Jenkins 8-152; Vance 5-61; Sanders 5-56; Gamble On the next play, Derek Watson fumbled right back to Ohio State’s Mike 2-32; Martin 1-19; Hartsock 1-4. Doss. Three plays later, Jonathan Wells’ 1-yard run made it 28-21. Ohio State got the ball back on its 11 with 3:56 to play. Bellisari went Tackle Leaders: SC: Gause 10; Moore 7; Offord 7; Brown 6; Nesmith 6. 6-of-6 for 86 yards, tying the game on Sanders’ 9-yard catch. Cie Grant gave the Buckeyes a chance for victory at the end, intercepting Petty with 1:12 left. A celebration penalty backed them up to their 18, but no one at Raymond James Stadium was doubting Bellisari. However, the long pass was picked off by Brown, whose twisting, cutback 37-yard return gave the Gamecocks hope. Much of the credit for South Carolina’s turnaround goes to Petty, an un- spectacular yet efficient senior who has started the past three years. Petty had throws of 9 yards to Watson and 13 to Brian Scott that set up South Carolina’s first score, a 1-yarder by the beefy, 250-pound Pinnock. On the Gamecocks’ next drive, Petty passed to Scott for 30 yards and Pinnock for 9, ending things with Scott’s 7-yard grab over freshman safety Dustin Fox to lead 14-0 at the half. Petty started the third quarter with a 50-yard TD throw to Andrea Gause. Pinnock’s 10-yard run made it 28-0 before the fun began. Ohio State started strongly, forcing three first-quarter punts, including a bowl record 70-yarder by Tyeler Dean. But after Bellisari hit Sanders on a 17-yard pass that was Ohio State’s lon- gest play at the time, defensive end George Gause stripped the ball to start the Gamecocks’ first touchdown drive.

88 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 2001 Outback Bowl South Carolina 0 3 7 14 24 Carolina 24, Ohio State 7 Ohio State 0 0 0 7 7

January 1, 2001 SCORING SUMMARY Raymond James Stadium 2nd 12:42 SC Corse 23-yard field goal (10-47-4:15) 3-0 Tampa, Florida 3rd 10:53 SC Brewer 7-yard run (Corse kick) (7-28-3:10) 10-0 3:51 OSU Gurr 0-yard fumble recovery (Stultz kick) (3-66-1:15) 10-7 65,229 4th 14:17 SC Brewer 28-yard pass from Petty (Corse kick) (4-43-0:54) 17-7 6:11 SC Brewer 2-yard run (Corse kick) (12-45-7:10) 24-7 TAMPA, FLA. — South Carolina capped TEAM STATISTICS SC OSU off its amazing turn- First Downs 18 16 around season with an Rushing 11 8 impressive 24-7 win over Passing 7 8 Ohio State in the 2001 Penalty 0 0 Outback Bowl. Net Yards Rushing 218 85 Claiming only the Rushing Attempts 51 33 second bowl victory in Net Yards Passing 175 173 the program’s history, Cmp.-Att.-Int. 9-19-1 16-28-1 the Gamecocks ended Total Offense Yards 393 258 the season 8-4 and Total Offense Plays 70 61 ranked No. 19 in the AP Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 3-1 rankings and No. 21 in Penalties: No.–Yards 7-50 9-65 the USA Today/ESPN Punts: No.–Yards 4-187 6-225 poll. Punt Average 46.8 37.5 Sophomore running Punt Returns: No.–Yards 2-18 3-43 back Ryan Brewer had Kickoff Returns: No.–Yards 2-33 5-100 a day to remember. The Interceptions: No.–Yards 2-0 1-0 Troy, Ohio, native, who Possession Time 33:33 26:27 chose Carolina over his Third Down Conversions 7-14 3-12 home-state university, Fourth Down Conversions 0-1 1-2 dismantled the Buckeyes both on the ground and in the air. Brewer carried Sacks By: No.–Yards 4-23 1-9 the ball 19 times, gaining 109 yards, and caught three passes for another 92 yards. The eventual game MVP was responsible for all of USC’s touchdowns, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS scoring on runs of seven and two yards and a 28-yard TD reception early in Rushing: SC: Brewer 19-109; Pinnock 11-33; Smith 7-33; Petty 7-23; Alex- the fourth quarter that put the game out of reach. ander 5-11; Scott 1-7; Spikes 1-2. OSU: Wells 14-52; Combs 8-25; Rambo Also contributing on the offense for USC was quarterback Phil Petty. The 1-7; Bellisari 10-1; Gurr 0-0. junior was 9-of-19 for 175 yards and a touchdown. Jermale Kelly and Brian Scott each caught three passes. Passing: SC: Petty 9-19-1-175; Brewer 0-0-0-0. OSU: Bellisari 14-25-1- Defensively, the Gamecocks were led by linebacker Kenny Harney who 157; Krenzel 2-3-1-16 had a total of eight tackles (six unassisted), with two of those going for a loss. True freshman Deandre’ Eiland contributed from his free safety position Receiving: SC: Brewer 3-92; Kelly 3-43; Scott 3-40. OSU: Sanders 5-47; with two interceptions and tackles with three of them adding up to 17 yards Rambo 2-65; Westbrooks 2-22; Combs 2-6; Wells 2-4; Provitt 1-17; Cheat- of lost yardage for the Buckeyes. wood 1-7; Bryant 1-5.

Punt Returns: SC: Brewer 2-18. OSU: Clements 3-43.

Kickoff Returns: SC: Alexander 2-33. OSU: Clements 3-67; Wells 2-33.

Interception Returns: SC: Eiland 2-0. OSU: Bullard 1-0.

Tackle Leaders: SC: Harney 8, Eiland 7; Wadley 6; Edwards 5; Offord 5. OSU: Clements 6; Nickey 6; Cooper 6; Pickett 6; Bullard 5; Mitchell 5; Doss 5; Collins 5.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 89 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 1995 Carquest Bowl South Carolina 7 10 7 0 24 Carolina 24, West Virginia 21 West Virginia 0 7 14 0 21

January 2, 1995 SCORING SUMMARY Joe Robbie Stadium 1st 12:34 SC Foster 2-yard pass from Taneyhill (Morton kick); (6-35-2:16) Miami, Florida 7-0 2nd 12:34 SC Morton 47-yard field goal (7-40-2:07) 10-0 50,833 9:50 WV Walker 24-yard run (Baumann kick) (5-67-2:44) 10-7 2:36 SC Taneyhill 4-yard run (Morton kick) (13-66-7:14) 17-7 MIAMI, FLA.— The 3rd 11:09 WV Purnell 6-yard pass from Johnston (Baumann kick) (4-45-2:08) Gamecocks defeated 17-14 West Virginia 24-21 in 2:40 SC Pritchett 1-yard run (Morton kick) (7-49-3:15) 24-14 the 1995 Carquest Bowl. 0:34 WV Purnell 7-yard pass from Johnston (Baumann kick) (7-70-1:56) South Carolina quar- 24-21 terback Steve Taney- hill threw for one TEAM STATISTICS SC WV touchdown, ran for an- First Downs 21 16 other and was named Rushing 11 7 the game’s MVP. Bran- Passing 8 9 don Bennett rushed for Penalty 2 0 100 yards and fullback Net Yards Rushing 148 150 Stanley Pritchett scored Rushing Attempts 41 32 the Gamecocks’ final TD Net Yards Passing 227 240 with a 1-yard power run. Cmp.-Att.-Int. 26-36-0 19-32-1 The win was the first Total Offense Yards 375 390 in nine bowl tries for Total Offense Plays 77 64 South Carolina (7-5) Fumbles: No.–Lost 6-2 3-2 and the fifth consecutive Punts: No.–Yards 4-141 2-108 postseason loss for the Punt Average 35.2 54.0 Mountaineers (7-6). Penalties: No.–Yards 6-38 7-55 Mountaineers tailback Punt Returns: No.–Yards 1-4 3-51 Jimmy Gray fumbled on their opening play and six plays later Taneyhill hit Kickoff Returns: No.–Yards 2-64 4-98 Boomer Foster for a 2-yard TD. Possession Time 35:26 24:34 Quarterback Chad Johnston was driving West Virginia for a go-ahead Third Down Conversions 9-17 3-10 score in the third quarter when the ball glanced off Lovett Purnell and was Fourth Down Conversion 1-2 1-4 caught by cornerback Ben Washington. His twisting, juking, 42-yard return Sacks By: No.–Yards 6-23 4-50 led to Pritchett’s score, and West Virginia couldn’t recover. PAT Kicks 3-3 3-3 Still, the Mountaineers trailed by three throughout the final period, twice Field Goals 1-2 0-0 giving the ball up on downs in the final six minutes. The Gamecocks had chances to extend the lead, but failed. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS They went on a 12-play drive that got to West Virginia’s 4, but Taneyhill Rushing: SC: Bennett 14-100; Pritchett 13-53; Bridges 2-13; Reddick 1-4; was sacked and a field goal try was blocked. Troop 1-1; Taneyhill 9-(-11); Robinson 1-(-12). WV: Walker 16-132; Barber Pritchett went on a 28-yard run with 1:14 left and was headed for a score, 6-14; Gary 3-5; Johnston 7-(-1). but fumbled the ball and West Virginia took over on its 3. Johnston, though, was sacked for the sixth time and Carolina’s lead was safe. Passing: SC: Taneyhill 26-36-0-227. WV: Johnston 19-32-1-240. Up 10-7, Taneyhill ended a 14-play drive just before halftime with his second touchdown run of the season. The junior ducked between two de- Receiving: SC: Nicklow 7-51; Pritchett 5-56; Bennett 4-16; Harris 2-20; fenders, faked a throw at the line of scrimmage and dived over the top for a Owens 2-19; Reddick 2-10; Robinson 1-44; Means 1-8; Foster 1-2; Cates 4-yard score. 1-1. WV: Abraham 7-107; Purnell 5-66; Vanterpool 4-62; Barber 2-5; Gary Reed Morton set a Carquest Bowl record with a 47-yard field goal, giving 1-0. the Gamecocks a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. West Virginia tripped itself up several times in the first half. Brooks Punt Returns: SC: Cates 1-4. WV: Logan 3-51. stopped Kantroy Barber for no gain on fourth-and-2 at the Gamecocks 23. After the Mountaineers recovered Monty Means’ fumble on South Carolina’s Kickoff Returns: SC: Bennett 2-64. WV: Vanterpool 3-72; Logan 1-26. next drive, Vanterpool lost the ball at the end of a 25-yard completion on the next play. Interception Returns: SC: Washington 1-42. WV: None. Another West Virginia sequence - this time an eight-play series - ended at South Carolina’s 29 when Brooks knocked away a fourth-down pass to Tackle Leaders: SC: Bell 6; Nealy 5; Washington 5; Smith 5; Sullivan 5. Robert Walker in the end zone. WV: Thomas 11; Washington 10; Emanuel 10. Robert Walker gained 132 yards, including 62 during West Virginia’s only scoring drive of the first half. He bounced through the left side for a 24-yard touchdown run to make it 10-7.

90 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 1988 Liberty Bowl Indiana 7 10 3 14 34 Indiana 34, Carolina 10 South Carolina 0 0 10 0 10

December 28, 1988 SCORING SUMMARY Liberty Bowl Stadium 1st 9:23 IU Thompson 7-yard run (Stoyanovich kick) 0-7 Memphis, Tennessee 2nd 5:54 IU Miller 10-yard pass from Schnell (Stoyanovich kick) 0-14 0:30 IU Stoyanovich 28-yard field goal 0-17 39,210 3rd 12:19 SC Tolbert 34-yard return of blocked punt (Mackie kick) 7-17 8:31 IU Stoyanovich 19-yard field goal 7-20 MEMPHIS, 3:36 SC Mackie 43-yard field goal 10-20 TENN.—Dave Schnell 4th 14:45 IU Turner 88-yard pass from Schnell (Stoyanovich kick) 10-27 passed for 378 yards and 8:31 IU Thompson 8-yard run (Stoyanovich kick) 10-34 two touchdowns, includ- ing an 88-yard game- TEAM STATISTICS IU SC breaking toss to Rob First Downs 23 12 Turner, leading Indiana Rushing 9 3 to a 34-10 Liberty Bowl Passing 14 9 victory over South Caro- Penalty 0 0 lina. Net Yards Rushing 185 23 The victory capped an Rushing Attempts 46 27 8-3-1 season for Indiana. Net Yards Passing 290 130 Carolina ended the year Cmp.-Att.-Int. 17-32-1 15-37-3 8-4. The Gamecocks Total Offense Yards 575 153 never have won a bowl Total Offense Plays 78 64 game, dropping to 0-8 Fumbles: No.–Lost 1-0 1-1 with the loss. Penalties: No.–Yards 6-40 2-15 Collin Mackie had Punts: No.–Yards 6-157 9-339 kicked a 43-yard field Punt Average 26.2 37.6 goal for South Carolina, Punt Returns: No.-Yards 4-12 1-44 making it 20-10. But Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 3-58 6-146 Schnell then put the Interceptions: No.-Yards 3-35 1-0 game away on the first play of the fourth quarter. Possession Time 33:04 26:56 He spotted Turner behind the secondary and Turner pulled in the pass Third Down Conversions 6-18 2-14 at the Gamecocks’ 40. He never was touched on the longest scoring pass in Sacks By: No.-Yards 6-46 0-0 Liberty Bowl history. PAT Kicks 4-4 1-1 Indiana established its dominance on its first play from scrimmage as Field Goals 2-4 1-1 Anthony Thompson ignited an eight-play, 88-yard scoring drive with a 48- yard run to the Gamecocks’ 40-yard line. Seven plays later, Thompson, who INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS gained 63 yards on five carries during the drive and 140 yards in the game, Rushing: IU: Thompson 26-140; Way 5-32; Boyd 4-12; Matejko 2-7; scored from the 7. Thornton 1-3; Miller 3-2; Schnell 5-(-11). SC: Green 11-41; Dingle 2-17; Cornerback Erick Coleman set up the Hoosiers’ next drive when he inter- Haynes 3-5; Bing 1-2; Williams 1-2; Ellis 9-(-44). cepted Todd Ellis at the Indiana 31 and brought the ball back to the Game- cocks’ 40. Passing: IU: Schnell 16-31-1-378; Thornton 1-1-0-12; SC: Ellis 15-37-3- Schnell, who completed 16 of 31 passes and was named the game’s most 130. valuable player, took Indiana to the 10-yard line in four plays before connect- ing with Cal Miller for the Hoosiers’ second touchdown. Receiving: IU: Turner 5-182; Buford 3-100; Jorden 2-33; Eddings 2-22; Miller, who was slashing across the middle of the defense, took Schnell’s Miller 2-16; Thompson 2-14; Marte 1-23. SC: Haynes 3-15; Brooks 2-35; pass at the 4 and sliced his way through two South Carolina defenders at the Parlor 2-22; Green 2-18; Platt 2-8; Rush 1-11; Watson 1-11; Bing 1-5; Mill- 1 for a 14-0 lead with 5:54 left in the half. er 1-5. The Hooisers turned another turnover into three points late in the half. Andre Hall halted a South Caroina drive at the Hoosiers’ 16 with an inter- Punt Returns: IU: Buford 4-12. SC: Walker 1-10; Platt 1-0; Tolbert 0-34. ception with 2:23 left in the half. Schnell and Tony Buford combined for a 46-yard pass play to the Game- Kickoff Returns: IU: Turner 2-39; Granderson 1-19. SC: Brooks 6-146. cocks’ 38 on first down. Thompson broke free along the left sideline on the next play, but stepped out of bounds at the 12. Interception Returns: IU: Coleman 1-29; Dewitz 1-6; Hall 1-0. SC: Rob- The South Carolina defense then stiffened, and Peter Stoyanovich kicked inson 1-0. a 28-yard field goal for a 17-0 lead at the half. South Carolina’s defense put the Gamecocks back in contention in the Tackle Leaders: IU: Huff 10; Sams 8; Ferry 7; Dumas 7, Schlereth 6. SC: third quarter. Antonio Walker blocked a punt by Mackey Smith and Mike Frazier 9; Taylor 9; Hinton 8; Windsor 7; Hendrix 7; McDonald 7. Tolbert picked it up and ran 34 yards for a score. Indiana drove 55 yards to the South Carolina 1 later in the quarter, but a mishandled snap by Schnell and an incomplete pass forced another field goal by Stoyanovich, from 19 yards, and a 20-7 lead.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 91 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 1987 Mazda Gator Bowl South Carolina 3 3 0 7 13 LSU 30, Carolina 13 LSU 14 6 7 3 30

December 31, 1987 SCORING SUMMARY Gator Bowl Stadium 1st 13:31 LSU Davis 39-yard pass from Hodson (Browndyke kick) 0-7 Jacksonville, Florida 9:59 LSU Davis 12-yard pass from Hodson (Browndyke kick) 0-14 3:04 SC Mackie 49-yard field goal 3-14 82,119 2nd 14:03 LSU Browndyke 29-yard field goal 3-17 7:59 SC Mackie 39-yard field goal 6-17 JACKSONVILLE, 0:01 LSU Browndyke 18-yard field goal 6-20 FLA.—South Carolina’s 3rd 12:34 LSU Davis 25-yard pass from Hodson (Browndyke kick) 6-27 blitzing defense back- 4th 14:47 SC Green 10-yard run (Mackie kick) 13-27 fired Thursday against 8:17 LSU Browndyke 23-yard field goal 13-30 seventh-ranked Louisi- ana State, which beat the TEAM STATISTICS SC LSU Gamecocks 30-13 in the First Downs 21 17 Gator Bowl. Rushing 9 6 LSU quarterback Passing 9 10 Tom Hodson eluded the Penalty 3 1 South Carolina rush and Net Yards Rushing 25 122 threw three touchdown Rushing Attempts 33 39 passes to wide receiver Net Yards Passing 304 224 Wendell Davis, who was Cmp.-Att.-Int. 28-47-4 20-32-0 able to get open against Total Offense Yards 329 346 the Gamecocks’ one-on- Total Offense Plays 80 71 one coverage. Hodson Fumbles: No.–Lost 2-1 5-3 completed 20 of 32 pass- Penalties: No.–Yards 6-49 10-107 es for 224 yards. Interceptions: No.–Yards 0-0 4-132 Davis, LSU’s all-time Punts: No.–Yards 2-81 3-113 leading receiver, caught Punt Average 40.5 37.6 nine passes for 132 yards. Punt Returns: No.–Yards 1-9 2-17 The touchdown receptions covered 39, 12 and 26 yards. Kickoff Returns: No.–Yards 4-71 4-105 David Browndyke booted field goals of 27, 18 and 23 yards to complete Possession Time 30:58 29:02 the LSU scoring. Third Down Conversions 6-19 6-18 Hodson’s first two scoring passes to Davis came in the first five minutes of Sacks By: No.–Yards 0-0 7-63 the game as the Tigers, who finished 10-1-1, jumped to an early 14-0 lead. PAT Kicks 1-1 3-3 Louisiana State opened a 27-6 lead before ninth-ranked Carolina, 8-4, Field Goals 2-2 3-3 scored its only touchdown on a 10-yard run by Harold Green at the start of the fourth quarter. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS South Carolina quarterback Todd Ellis, who broke a finger on his left hand Rushing: SC: Green 15-72; Bing 4-7; Bethea 1-9; Ellis 11-(-61); Sharpe 2-(- in the second quarter, threw four interceptions and was sacked seven times 2). LSU: Fuller 14-48; Martin 8-38; Harris 5-19; V. Jones 5-12; Valentine for losses totaling 62 yards. Ellis completed 28 of 47 passes for 304 yards. 2-3; Egloff 2-2; C. Jones 1-0. The Tigers took a 7-0 lead when Davis caught a sideline pass and eluded three tacklers on the 39-yard scoring play. That scoring drive was set up when Passing: SC: Ellis 28-47-4-304. LSU: Hodson 20-32-0-224. Clapp sacked Ellis for a 20-yard loss, forcing the Gamecocks to punt from their own 16. Receiving: SC: Green 7-45; Sharpe 6-53; Smith 4-79; Bethea 4-69. LSU: On South Carolina’s next offensive series, LSU’s Greg Jackson picked off Davis 9-132; Martin 3-43; Moss 2-22; Kinchen 2-10; Magee 2-9; V. Jones an Ellis pass and returned it 48 yards to set up Hodson’s second scoring pass. 2-8. Davis slipped behind South Carolina’s secondary to catch a perfectly thrown ball by Hodson into the corner of the end zone as the Tigers took a Punt Returns: SC: Sharpe 1-9. LSU: Young 1-11; Jackson 1-6. 14-0 lead with 9:59 left in the opening quarter. South Carolina took advantage of LSU’s first turnover, a fumble by Davis Kickoff Returns: SC: Sharpe 2-38; Jones 2-33. LSU: Martin 2-88; Bryant at his own 32, to set up a 44-yard field goal by Collin Mackie. 2-17. Browndyke sandwiched field goals of 27 and 18 yards around a 39-yard field goal by Mackie in the second period as LSU took a 20-6 halftime lead Interception Returns: SC: None. LSU: Jackson 2-91; Hazard 1-21; Pierson The Tigers took a 27-6 lead when Davis pulled in Hodson’s 26-yard scor- 1-20. ing pass to climax their opening drive of the second half. LSU’s defense not only forced five South Carolina turnovers, but limited Tackle Leaders: SC: Philpot 11; Edwards 10; Hart 10; Windsor 9; Robin- the Gamecocks’ to 25 yards net rushing. Jackson picked off two Ellis passes, son 8. LSU: Malbrough 10; Dunbar 8; Jackson 8; Hill 7. returning the interceptions for total of 92 yards. Although he wasn’t sacked, Hodson fumbled twice. Both fumbles were recovered by South Carolina noseguard Roy Hart. South Carolina has suffered four of its seven bowl losses in the Gator Bowl.

92 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 1984 Gator Bowl Oklahoma State 7 6 0 8 21 Oklahoma St. 21, Carolina 14 South Carolina 0 0 14 0 14

December 28, 1984 SCORING SUMMARY Gator Bowl Stadium 1st 8:16 OSU Thomas 1-yard run (Roach kick) (12-69-5:19) 0-7 Jacksonville, Florida 2nd 9:39 OSU Hilger 6-yard pass from Thomas (kick failed) (15-74-5:16) 0-13 3rd 7:36 SC Wade 24-yard pass from Q. Lewis (Hagler kick) (4-71-0:56) 82,138 7-13 2:44 USC Hillary 57-yard pass from Hold (Hagler kick) (2-77-0:40) JACKSONVILLE, 14-13 FLA.—Tight end Barry 4th 1:04 OSU Hanna 25-yard pass from Hilger (Harris pass from Hilger) Hanna, who had not (11-88-2:37) 14-21 scored all season, turned Rusty Hilger’s short pass TEAM STATISTICS OSU SC into a dramatic 25-yard First Downs 22 14 touchdown with 1:04 Rushing 10 8 left to play, lifting ninth- Passing 11 6 ranked Oklahoma State Penalty 1 0 (10-2) to a 21-14 Gator Net Yards Rushing 165 104 Bowl victory over No. 7 Rushing Attempts 43 42 South Carolina. Net Yards Passing 211 194 The bitter setback pre- Cmp.-Att.-Int. 25-42-1 8-21-1 vented South Carolina Total Offense Yards 376 298 from winning for the first Total Offense Plays 85 63 time in six bowl trips, al- Fumbles: No.–Lost 2-0 6-3 though the Gamecocks, Penalties: No.–Yards 3-21 5-38 also 10-2, are the first Punts: No.–Yards 5-177 7-292 team in the school’s his- Punt Average 35.4 41.7 tory to win more than Punt Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 2-3 eight games in a season. Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards 0-0 3-52 Hanna caught Hilger’s Interceptions: No.-Yards 1-34 1-0 pass at the Carolina 21, evaded a would-be tackler and was hit at the 8-yard- Possession Time 34:28 25:32 line, but dragged three defenders into the end zone. Third Down Conversions 9-18 7-17 The winning touchdown capped an 88-yard drive in 11 plays, with Hilger Sacks By: No.-Yards 0 3 completing six of eight passes for 75 yards, including a 13-yarder to Hanna PAT Kicks 1-2 2-2 on fourth-and-six from the South Carolina 49. Field Goals 0-2 0-0 Oklahoma State thoroughly dominated the first half and took a 13-0 lead on Thomas’ 1-yard run in the first period and his 6-yard pass to Hilger in INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS the second quarter. But the Cowboys had to come from behind after South Rushing: OSU: Thomas 32-155; Hilger 7-4, Crawford 2-2; Zachary 1-2; Carolina scored twice in the third period despite less than two minutes of Timmons 1-2. SC: Lewis 6-36; Hold 18-33; Dewey 13-20; Smith 2-12; possession time. Brown 3-3. The Gamecocks, whose offense was the nation’s ninth best during the regular season, were held to just 71 yards in the first two periods by State’s Passing: OSU: Hilger 24-41-1-205; Thomas 1-1-0-6. SC: Hold 7-20-1-170; 8th-ranked defense and were shut out for the first time in any half this year. Lewis 1-1-0-24. And even though they had the football for just 1:42 in the third quarter, they managed to take a 14-13 lead on halfback Quinton Lewis’ 24-yard pass Receiving: OSU: Hanna 8-92; Lewis 3-33; Wemer 3-24; Thomas 3-3; Harris to Chris Wade and a 57-yard bomb from quarterback to Ira Hill- 2-18; Zachary 2-16; Riley 2-9; Crawford 1-10; Hilger 1-6. SC: Hillary 2-75; ary. The first strike covered 71 yards in four plays and 56 seconds, while the Poole 1-45; Wade 1-24; Corley 1-14; Dendy 1-14; Bacon 1-12. latter was a two-play, 77-yard thrust that took only 40 seconds. The Gamecocks’ only other possession in the third period ended with a Punt Returns: OSU: None. SC: Dunlap 2-3. fumble on the first play, one of four South Carolina turnovers. Oklahoma State’s first-half touchdowns capped methodical, time-consum- Kickoff Returns: OSU: None. SC: Brown 2-45; White 1-7. ing drives of 69 and 74 yards. Thomas and Hilger produced all the yards as Oklahoma State took a 7-0 Interception Returns: OSU: D. Williams 1-34. SC: Gilliard 1-0. lead on its first possession. Thomas carried eight times for 40 yards, includ- ing an 18-yard burst to the 3, while Hilger completed all four pass attempts Tackle Leaders: OSU: Monger 14; O’Neal 12; Ham 12; Thompson 10; for 29 yards. Harding 10. SC: Seawright 15; Vogel 12; Hill 11, McIntee 7. Roach missed a 47-yard field goal attempt 1 1/2 minutes later, but the Cowboys made it 13-0 at 5:21 of the second period after linebacker Ricky Adams recovered a fumble by Hold at the OSU 26. The 15-play drive included a 20-yard back-hand shovel pass from Hilger to Thomas. On third-and-goal from the six, Hilger pitched right to Thomas, and the tailback lobbed the ball back to the left to Hilger, who scored easily.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 93 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 1980 Gator Bowl Pittsburgh 10 7 17 3 37 Pittsburgh 37, Carolina 9 South Carolina 0 3 0 6 9

December 29, 1980 SCORING SUMMARY Gator Bowl Stadium 1st 10:57 PITT Trocan 1-yard run (Trout kick) 0-7 Jacksonville, Florida 1:11 PITT Trout 35-yard field goal 0-10 2nd 7:05 SC Leopard 39-yard field goal 3-10 72,287 2:05 PITT Collier 3-yard pass from Marino (Trout kick) 3-17 3rd 8:00 PITT Trout 25-yard field goal 3-20 JACKSONVILLE, 4:34 PITT McMillan 3-yard run (Trout kick) 3-27 FLA.—South Carolina’s 0:39 PITT McMillan 42-yard pass from Trocan (Trout kick) 3-34 second trip to the pres- 4th 5:32 PITT Trout 29-yard field goal 3-37 tigious Gator Bowl was 3:26 SC Gillespie 14-yard pass from Beckham (kick failed) 9-37 not much better than the first trip — 34 years be- TEAM STATISTICS PITT SC fore. The Pitt Panthers, First Downs 22 17 gunning for a national Net Yards Rushing 165 116 championship, poured it Rushing Attempts 40 40 on the Gamecocks, 37-9. Net Yards Passing 233 168 The game matched Cmp.-Att.-Int. 17-35-3 11-27-3 two nationally-ranked Total Offense Yards 398 284 teams. Pitt came in with Total Offense Plays 75 67 the #4 national ranking Fumbles: No.–Lost 1-1 3-2 and South Carolina Penalties: No.–Yards 11-73 3-12 was ranked 17th. In Punts: No.–Yards 3-91 7-210 addition, two of the Punt Average 30.3 30.0 nation’s best athletes, Possession Time 32:33 27:27 South Carolina’s George Third Down Conversions 7-14 5-15 Rogers and Pitt’s Hugh Green, were showcased. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rogers, who rushed for Rushing: PITT: McMillan 13-59; Hawkins 9-50; Trocano 8-41; DiBartola 113 yards, had won the Heisman Trophy while Green, who recorded five 3-12; Thomas 2-5; Jones 1-3; Marino 1-2; Daniels 3-(-7). SC: Rogers 27- tackles, was honored as the nation’s finest lineman with the Outland Trophy. 113; Wright 4-23; Harper 4-7; Reeves 3-(-2); Beckham 2-(-11). An unusually cold evening with temperatures in the 40s and 15 mph winds greeted the teams and South Carolina didn’t react to the adverse conditions Passing: PITT: Trocano 10-21-2-155; Marino 7-13-0-78; Daniels 0-1-1-0. from the word go. Rogers broke open for a nice seven-yard gain on the first SC: Harper 7-16-1-116; Beckham 4-10-1-52; Reeves 0-1-1-0. play, but fumbled with the Panthers recovering on the South Carolina 29 yard line. Seven plays and four minutes later Pitt scored to take a 7-0 lead, a Receiving: PITT: Collier 5-57; Pryor 4-36; Collins 3-50; McMillan 2-46; lead they would not relinquish. Dombrowski 2-30; Hawkins 1-14. SC: Scott 7-109; Gillespie 2-32; Cornett South Carolina finally got on the scoreboard before the half on a 39-yard 1-14; Gettel 1-13. Eddie Leopard field goal. At the half Pittsburgh led 17-3 and led 34-3 by the end of the third quarter as turnovers and an inability to move the ball Tackle Leaders: SC: Baxley 16; Kater 14; Ellis 10; Allen 9. plagued the Gamecocks. Pat Bowen picked off a pass and returned it 31 yards to the 14-yard line with 3:34 left to play in the game. Quarterback Gordon Beckham then connected with Tim Gillespie for South Carolina’s lone touchdown.

94 2018 SOUTH CAROLINA OUTBACK BOWL MEDIA GUIDE GAMECOCK FOOTBALL Bowl Game Recaps 1979 Hall of Fame Bowl 1975 Tangerine Bowl Missouri 24, Carolina 14 Miami (Ohio) 20, Carolina 7 December 28, 1979 December 20, 1975 Legion Field Tangerine Bowl Birmingham, Ala. Orlando, Florida 62,785 20,247

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. —The South Carolina Gamecocks fell short in a ORLANDO, FLA.—Despite a brilliant indi- 24-14 loss to Missouri in the third annual Hall of Fame Bowl. vidual effort by Jeff Grantz, South Carolina lost South Carolina took the opening kickoff and behind the running of to Miami (Ohio), 20-7. Grantz passed for 228 George Rogers and the passing and catching of Garry Harper and Zion yards, hitting on 18-of-29 passes. McKinney, scored a 20-yard touchdown pass. South Carolina took the opening kickoff and Led by All-Big Eight quarterback Phil Bradley, the Tigers’ responded with marched down the field on a well directed attack a 22-yard field goal. by Grantz only to miss a 26-yard field goal. Percey Reeves was hit and fumbled on the ensuing kickoff with the Tigers A short punt set Miami up for its initial score, recovering on the 28. Bradley hit Newman with a scoring strike eight seconds coming on a five-yard run by Carpenter after a later and USC was never to lead again. 42-yard, seven-play drive. Carpenter scored on Missouri took over again and moved the ball 30 yards to go up 17-6 before another run just prior to the half to give Miami a halftime. The Gamecocks cut the deficit to 17-14, but MU answered for the 14-0 lead and they ran that to 17-0 early in the third quarter. final points. Grantz’s passing enabled Carolina to finally get on the scoreboard late in Bradley was named the game’s MVP while Rogers was tabbed as the Of- the third quarter. He passed for 60 yards during the 13-play, 73-yard drive. fensive Player of the Game after rushing for 133 yards on 25 carries. The score came on a three-yard Tom Amrein dive. Missouri 0 17 7 0 24 Miami (Ohio) 7 7 3 3 20 South Carolina 6 0 8 0 14 South Carolina 0 0 7 0 7

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY 1st SC McKinney 20-yard pass from Harper (run failed) 6-0 1st MU Carpenter 5-yard run (Johnson kick) 0-7 2nd MU Verrilli 22-yard field goal 6-3 2nd MU Carpenter 1-yard run (Johnson kick) 0-14 MU Newman 28-yard pass from Bradley (Verrilli kick) 6-10 3rd MU Johnson 47-yard field goal 0-17 MU Bradley 1-yard run (Verilli kick) 6-17 SC Amrein 3-yard run (Marino kick) 7-17 3rd SC Harper 11-yard run (McKinney pass from Harper) 14-17 4th MU Johnson 33-yard field goal 7-20 MU Ellis 12-yard run (Verrilli kick) 14-24 TEAM STATISTICS MU SC TEAM STATISTICS MU SC First Downs 19 17 First Downs 17 20 Net Yards Rushing 238 56 Rushing 12 13 Rushing Attempts 60 30 Passing 4 7 Net Yards Passing 137 228 Net Yards Rushing 209 142 Cmp.-Att.-Int. 10-13-1 18-29-1 Rushing Attempts 52 47 Total Offense Yards 375 284 Net Yards Passing 72 121 Fumbles: No.–Lost 0-0 1-0 Cmp.-Att.-Int. 7-11-0 13-20-1 Punts: No.–Yards 4-143 6-269 Total Offense Yards 281 263 Punt Average 35.8 44.8 Fumbles: No.–Lost 2-1 1-1 Punt Returns: No.–Yards 1-8 1-3 Punts: No.–Yards 6-266 6-210 Kickoff Returns: No.–Yards 2-66 5-89 Punt Average 44.3 35.0 Penalties: No.–Yards 5-35 3-24 Penalties: No.–Yards 5-50 2-16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: MU: Carpenter 29-120; Smith 17-64; Walker 10-44; Zwayer 3-8; Rushing: MU: Wilder 24-95; Ellis 12-81; Bradley 11-25; Hill 4-18; Meyer Green 1-2. SC: Williams 9-57; Long 11-19; Amrein 2-9; Grantz 7-(-12); 1-3. SC: Rogers 25-133; Clark 10-48; Dorsey 2-5; Reeves 1-4; Harper 9-(- Chastain 1-(-17). 48). Passing: MU: Smith 10-13-1-137. SC: Grantz 18-29-1-228. Passing: MU: Bradley 7-11-0-72. SC: Harper 13-19-1-121; Reeves 0-1-0-0. Receiving: MU: Walker 4-44; Joecken 3-68; Zwayer 1-14; Green 1-6; Receiving: MU: Blair 2-22; Gibler 2-21; Wilder 2-1; Newman 1-28. SC: Rhodes 1-5. SC: Logan 9-109; Stephens, 4-51; Thomas 1-25; Amrein 1-10; McKinney 5-87; Rogers 3-18; Clark 2-7; Scott 1-6; Smith 1-3. Long 1-13; Nemeth 1-12; Williams 1-3. Punt Returns: MU: Whitaker 1-1; Newman 1-(-3). SC: Smith 1-(-1). Punt Returns: MU: Feight 1-8. SC: Garrett 1-3. Kickoff Returns: MU: Richards 1-22; Fellows 1-19. SC: Smith 2-42; Powell Kickoff Returns: MU: Walker 2-66. SC: Halminski 4-77; Chastain 1-12. 1-27; Reeves 1-10.

GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 95 Bowl Game Recaps SOUTH CAROLINA 1969 Peach Bowl 1946 Gator Bowl West Virginia 14, Carolina 3 Wake Forest 26, Carolina 14 December 30, 1969 January 1, 1946 Grant Field Gator Bowl Stadium Atlanta, Georgia Jacksonville, Florida 48,452 7,362

ATLANTA, GA.—South Carolina’s first bowl JACKSONVILLE, FLA.—Despite a record-breaking 90-yard pass inter- game in 24 years was a defensive battle with West ception return for a touchdown, the South Carolina Gamecocks fell to old Virginia posting a 14-3 win in the Peach Bowl. nemesis Wake Forest, 26-14 in the inaugural Gator Bowl. West Virginia scored on its first possession of This was the first bowl outing for the Gamecocks and the first and last the game. The Mountaineers marched 66 yards season for coach Johnnie McMillan. He was filling in for coach in 10 plays capped by Gresham’s 10-yard run to who was completing his military obligation. Enright had a lot to do with the go up 7-0. Game-cocks receiving the bid as he was stationed in the Jacksonville area. Carolina threatened to score late in the first The game was a rematch of sorts since weeks before Carolina and Wake half. Tommy Suggs passed the team down the Forest had played to a 13-13 deadlock. But playing in 55 degree weather field and had a first-and-goal at the West Virginia before a near capacity crowd did not serve well. 10 before a fumble thwarted the drive. Wake Forest jumped off to an early 6-0 first-quarter lead on a three-yard run But a West Virginia fumble of a punt set up a by Nick Sacrinty. But the Gamecocks used the one-yard burst by Bobby Giles score just before the half and place kicker Bill DuPre booted through a 37- and a Dutch Brembs extra point to grab a 7-6 half time lead. yard kick to get on the board. Wake Forest regained the lead with a Dick Brinkley run and the kick was After a scoreless third quarter, Carolina mounted one serious drive that blocked to lead, 12-7. Brinkley scored another touchdown early in the fourth was stalled by a pass interception. West Virginia scored with 23 seconds left quarter and added a 25-yard Bob Smathers run to blow to a 26-7 lead. in the game, thanks to another pass interception. The only joy left for South Carolina in its first bowl appearance was the Williams rushed for 208 yards on 35 tries to account to lead WVU. record-setting return by Brembs. West Virginia 7 0 0 7 14 Wake Forest 6 0 6 14 26 South Carolina 0 3 0 0 3 South Carolina 0 7 0 7 14

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY 1st 9:24 WV Gresham 10-yard run (Braxton kick) (10-66-4:09) 0-7 1st WF Sacrinty 3-yard run (kick failed) 0-6 2nd 3:49 SC DuPre 37-yard field goal (10-21) 3-7 2nd SC Giles 1-yard run (Brembs kick) 7-6 4th 0:23 WV Braxton 1-yard run (Braxton kick) (11-61-3:47) 3-14 3rd WF Brinkley 3-yard run (kick blocked) 7-12 4th WF Brinkley 1-yard run (Sacrinty kick) 7-19 TEAM STATISTICS WV SC WF Smathers 25-yard run (Sacrinty kick) 7-26 First Downs 21 11 SC Brembs 90-yard interception return (Brembs kick) 14-26 Rushing 19 3 Passing 0 8 TEAM STATISTICS WF SC Net Yards Rushing 356 64 First Downs 24 7 Rushing Attempts 79 38 Net Yards Rushing 378 88 Net Yards Passing 3 126 Net Yards Passing 18 69 Cmp.-Att.-Int. 1-2-0 11-23-2 Cmp.-Att.-Int. 1-6-2 4-11-1 Total Offense Yards 359 190 Total Offense Yards 396 157 Fumbles: No.–Lost 6-3 1-1 Punt Average 27.0 37.0 Punts: No.–Yards 4-104 6-236 Penalties: No.–Yards 8-70 1-5 Punt Average 26.0 39.3 Penalties: No.–Yards 2-30 5-65 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing: WF: N. Sacrinty 27-188; Brinkley 97; B. Sacrinty 76; Smathers INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 41; Bullard 28; Gary 21; Grandy 6; Ognovich 2. SC: Brembs 44; Giles 11; Rushing: WV: Williams 35-208; Gresham 16-98; Braxton 20-60; Sherwood Harrison 10; Carr 10; Hanson 6; Maginn 4; Sideman 3. 8-(-10). SC: Muir 18-52; Holloman 7-18; Yoakum 2-10; Suggs 11-(-16). Passing: WV: Sherwood 1-2-0-3. SC: Suggs 9-17-1-98; Yoakum 2-6-1-28. Receiving: WV: Braxton 1-3. SC: Holloman 5-33; Hamrick 4-64; Muir 2-29. Punt Returns: WV: Pobolich 4-25; Jenkins 1-18. SC: None. Kickoff Returns:WV: Gresham 1-25; Ward 1-14. SC: Harris 3-67. Interception Returns: WV: Snively 2-0. SC: None.

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