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South Carolina was predicted to finish fifth in the SEC East in the media vote collected at SEC Media Days this week. Reigning national champion Georgia was picked to win the East, while reigning SEC champion Alabama was picked to win the SEC West and the overall SEC championship. The Gamecocks received three votes for SEC champion. Defensive lineman Zacch Pickens and cornerback Cam Smith were selected to the preseason All-SEC second team. Receiver Josh Vann and tight end Jaheim Bell made the third team. - The Post and Courier

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DT Zacch Pickens, South Carolina
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07/25/22 - Joshua Simon, rSr/2025, South Carolina, 6-4, 239 (DS#12 TE) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: JOSHUA SIMON, WKU,...Simon played in just the 2021 season opener for the Tops due to a season-ending injury. In just that single game, he caught three passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns. The season before, Simon hauled in 33 receptions for 370 yards and three scores. - WKU Football

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TE Joshua Simon, South Carolina
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07/25/22 - Raheim Sanders, rJr/2025, South Carolina, 6-0, 217 (DS#21 RB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD CANDIDATE: Raheim Sanders (So.), Arkansas,...In 2021, running back Raheim Sanders (6-2-221) earned SEC All-Freshman honors from the league's coaches after playing in all 13 games finishing with 578 rushing yards (5.2 ypc) and five touchdowns on the ground while also contributing 11 receptions for 109 yards and a score … Part of a Razorback rushing attack that saw four different Hogs gain over 500 yards for the first time since 1975 … Tallied 706 all-purpose yards on the year … Ranked second on the team in rushing yards … Registered one 100-yard rushing game (at Ole Miss), logging three runs of 20+ yards on the season … Had two games with multiple rushing touchdowns on the year … In his collegiate debut, ran the ball seven times for 44 yards against Rice (Sept. 4) - Arkansas Football

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RB Raheim Sanders, South Carolina
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07/23/22 - Gage Larvadain, Sr/2025, South Carolina, 5-08, 171 (DS#112 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): PR Gage Larvadain, Southeastern, So., Donaldsonville, La.,...Larvadain was 16th in FCS with a Southland-best 26.6 yards per kickoff return in 2021. The Donaldsonville, Louisiana native is expected to expand his role to include punt returning duties this fall. - Southeastern Louisiana Football

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WR Gage Larvadain, South Carolina
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07/23/22 - Dakereon Joyner, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 226 (DS#75 RB) + More +

There ought to be a Best Dressed Player award at SEC Media Days. South Carolina's Dakereon Joyner would have won for 2022 as soon as he walked into the College Football Hall of Fame from the adjacent Omni Hotel. Joyner credited his mother, Theteka for the fashion concept. "Peach suit, brown shoes, tan socks, gold accessories," Joyner said at his dazzling July 19 appearance. "Shout out to Men's Wearhouse." The former Fort Dorchester High School star quarterback, veteran wide receiver and bowl hero was soaking it in while hitting the circuit of 10 interview rooms at the SEC Media Days circus. What a nice reward for a redshirt senior's up-and-down, four-plus years of university service.

It was head coach Shane Beamer's nod to Joyner's team emphasis previously lauded by former South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp and Fort Dorchester head coach Steve Laprad. And others. The Tuesday timing was extra special, the 22-year-old Joyner said: South Carolina's SEC Media Days turn happened to fall on the 13th anniversary of his father Damond's death. South Carolina's most versatile player was looking forward, too. "The sky's the limit for us," Joyner said. "We have a chip on our shoulder. We're more prepared than we were last year. We're more excited than ever." - Post and Courier

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RB Dakereon Joyner, South Carolina
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07/23/22 - Gage Larvadain, Sr/2025, South Carolina, 5-08, 171 (DS#112 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): WR & KR Gage Larvadain, Southeastern, So., Donaldsonville, La.,...Larvadain, the 2021 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year, was a first team All-Southland kick returner and second team selection at wide receiver after his debut season in Hammond. He caught 37 passes for 521 yards and five touchdowns, while ranking 16th in FCS with a Southland-best 26.6 yards per kickoff return. - Southeastern Louisiana Football

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WR Gage Larvadain, South Carolina
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07/22/22 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 211 (DS#7 QB) + More +

South Carolina took the stage at SEC Media Days on Tuesday, but without perhaps its most recognizable player. Quarterback Spencer Rattler was not among the group of Gamecocks players selected to attend the annual event in Atlanta this week. USC head coach Shane Beamer explained the decision during a meeting with local reporters. "In my mind, it was three guys that epitomize what this program is about," Beamer said. "Three guys that are great leaders of our program. Jovaughn (Gwyn) is a returning captain. Zacch (Pickens) has played a lot of football. (Dakereon Joyner) has done what he's done. And Spencer will have enough opportunities to be in the limelight, for sure. "I reached out to Spencer, just to make sure he understood why I wasn't bringing him and he was great. He's like, 'You don't have to call me. Take those guys. they're deserving. There will enough opportunities as the year goes."

Rattler came to South Carolina in December after a three-year spell at Oklahoma that ebbed and flowed dramatically. The former five-star recruit was lauded as a potential Heisman Trophy candidate heading into last season before he was benched in favor of blue-chip freshman Caleb Williams. The Arizona native finished his time in Norman completing 361 of his 515 attempts (70.1%) for 4,595 yards passing and 40 touchdowns to just 12 interceptions. "He wasn't going to follow me if I was at a program that he didn't believe in, that he didn't think he could be successful, that he didn't feel like he could maximize his ability as a quarterback and as a football player on a football team," Beamer said Tuesday of whether his prior relationship with Rattler as an assistant at Oklahoma played a part in landing him in Columbia. "If he didn't feel like he could do that, he wouldn't have followed me to that to a school. He feels like he can do that at South Carolina and the fact that we had a connection - me and him and Austin Stogner - was obviously an added bonus and Spencer has been great since he got here." - Rock Hill Herald

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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07/22/22 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 211 (DS#7 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: Spencer Rattler, South Carolina,...After three largely successful seasons as quarterback for Oklahoma, Spencer Rattler's career went sideways. Last year, during Oklahoma's match-up against Texas, Rattler was benched for Caleb Williams in the second quarter. On November 5, 2021, Rattler's personal QB coach, Mike Giovando, announced that Rattler would be leaving Oklahoma University at the end of the season. On November 29, 2021, following the departure of head coach Lincoln Riley to USC, Rattler entered the NCAA transfer portal. On December 13, 2021, Rattler announced he would transfer to South Carolina with the jersey number 7. So he begins what is probably his final college year at South Carolina with career totals of 17 starts (15-2), 515 passes, 361 completions (70.1 pct) for 4,595 yards, 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. And on a lot of curious watch lists. - South Carolina Football and Rattler's Wikipedia page

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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07/21/22 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 211 (DS#7 QB) + More +

At this point a year ago, the Oklahoma quarterback was being touted as the probable No. 1 overall selection in the 2022 NFL Draft. By midseason, however, Rattler had been benched in favor of Caleb Williams. By season's end, Rattler had exited Norman to rejoin Beamer, a former Oklahoma assistant. "I don't know if there's pressure," Beamer said of expectations for Rattler in Columbia. "People forget, Spencer Rattler was the starting quarterback at Oklahoma. He had some pretty high amount of pressure replacing guys by the name of Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, and Jalen Hurts."

How'd he do? In 2020, Rattler completed 67.5 percent of his passes and threw for 28 touchdowns with seven interceptions. Last year, the Phoenix native completed 74.9 percent of his throws for 11 touchdowns and five picks. He has the physical gifts, he can put it all together. "Me and Spencer's lockers are right next to each other," said Joyner, who has also played quarterback for South Carolina. "He's a natural-born leader. A great guy. He doesn't get enough credit his leadership capabilities. He's a great guy that we all love." Said Beamer, "We've got to be great around Spencer." - Herald Leader

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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07/20/22 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 211 (DS#7 QB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON DAVEY O'BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD WATCH LIST: Spencer Rattler, South Carolina, Jr., 6-1, 210, Phoenix, Ariz.,...Rattler is a 6-1, 215-pound quarterback who enrolled at South Carolina for the spring semester. He played in 23 games over the past three seasons at Oklahoma under head coach Lincoln Riley, posting a 15-2 record as a starter. He completed 70.1 percent of his passes (361-for-515) for 4,595 yards with 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He threw for a career-high 387 yards against Kansas State in 2020 and tossed a career-high five touchdowns against Western Carolina in 2021. Rattler had three other games with four TD passes and threw at least one touchdown pass in 16 of his 17 career starts. - South Carolina Football

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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07/17/22 - Zacch Pickens, Sr/2023, South Carolina, 6-4, 298 (DS#9 DT) + More +

University of South Carolina Athletics, in a partnership with JM Associates and Executive Producer and president of Sport & Story Bo Mattingly, is producing an all-access five-part video series on Gamecock Football, entitled "Welcome Home: South Carolina Football." The series will air starting Wednesday, August 10, and continuing for five-straight Wednesdays at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The fifth and final episode will air on the Wednesday following the Gamecocks' season opener against Georgia State.

The series will give fans a behind-the-scenes access to Coach Shane Beamer, the program's assistant coaches, players, and staff, as they prepare for the 2022 season. "This show will give our fans a look at the hard work our team goes through to prepare for the season," said Beamer. "My hope is that as you watch our team play during the season, fans will have an appreciation of what goes into a season, a game and a practice." Camera crews will be embedded in team practices, meetings and behind the scenes activities inside the program. - South Carolina Football

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DT Zacch Pickens, South Carolina
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07/17/22 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 211 (DS#7 QB) + More +

Spencer Rattler brings a substantial amount of publicity to South Carolina's starting quarterback position this season, and the Gamecocks are hoping the talent that never left him throughout last season's benching at Oklahoma has come with him. It certainly seemed to show itself in the spring game, one glimpse at a time, as neither he nor the coaches needed to display everything in a glorified scrimmage. "We'll build this offense around what we do best, but Spencer is certainly a guy that one, has played a lot of football, and has a lot more experience than those other quarterbacks do, and two, he has a unique skillset," coach Shane Beamer said in the spring. "He has great arm talent but he's athletic enough that he can run around as well." Glowing words.

The same kind of illumination, if different terminology, that surrounded Luke Doty. And Ryan Hilinksi. And Brandon McIlwain. And Connor Mitch. Rattler brings skill, poise and presence to the pocket, but the Gamecocks are hoping that square one is stabilized before imagining what he can build on top of it. That means Rattler stays under center for the entire season, instead of handing his ticket to the caretaker of the USC QB Merry-Go-Round. Since 2015, the Gamecocks have had one stretch where they could rely on the same man at quarterback. - The Post and Courier

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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07/17/22 - *Cam Smith, Jr/2023, South Carolina, 6-1, 180 (DS#8 CB) + More +

2022 WALTER CAMP PRESEASON FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: DB Cam Smith (South Carolina),... Fourth-year defensive back who is a post-season honors candidate at cornerback after earning All-SEC honors a year ago… considered the second-best returning cornerback in college football for 2022. . . Has five career interceptions. . . In 2021 as a redshirt sophomore, named second team All-SEC by the Associated Press and fourth team All-SEC by Phil Steele…played in 11 games with seven starts… allowed multiple catches in just two of 11 games and only 15 catches on 32 targets the entire season - South Carolina Football

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CB *Cam Smith, South Carolina
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07/14/22 - Dakereon Joyner, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 226 (DS#75 RB) + More +

South Carolina has announced the contingent it will bring to SEC media days next week in Atlanta. Head coach Shane Beamer will be accompanied by receiver Dakereon Joyner, offensive lineman Jovaughn Gwyn and defensive lineman Zacch Pickens. The Gamecocks will begin their media rotations at 1 p.m. on July 19. Joyner finished last year as the hero of South Carolina's 38-21 romp of North Carolina in the Duke's Mayo Bowl.

The North Charleston product completed all nine of his passes for 160 yards and a touchdown, while adding another 64 yards rushing on 10 carries. "What I say to other people: Never give up on your dreams," Joyner said after his performance netted him bowl MVP honors. "If you've ever got something out there that you want to get, keep going. Never give up. Adversity is going to come, but it's how you overcome it." - Rock Hill Herald

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RB Dakereon Joyner, South Carolina
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06/27/22 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina, 6-0, 211 (DS#7 QB) + More +

Spencer Rattler wanted a fresh start when he decided to enter the NCAA's transfer portal after spending three seasons at Oklahoma. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound quarterback said he found that destination when he moved to South Carolina. "It's a great opportunity to get a fresh start with a great team," Rattler said while attending the Manning Passing Academy held at Nicholls State on Friday. "A lot of people don't realize how many weapons we have. I'm excited to get the ball into those guys hands and try to get them farther." Rattler played a major role in Oklahoma's success in recent seasons.

He played in 23 games over three seasons at Oklahoma, posting a 15-2 record in those starts. He completed 70.1% of his passes (361-for-515) for 4,595 yards with 40 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He also rushed 127 times for 260 yards. Rattler helped guide the Sooners to the 2020 Big 12 Championship in this redshirt freshman season. He was among the Heisman Trophy favorites heading into 2021 but was benched in the middle of the season. Rattler said it was tough to leave Oklahoma, but he believes it was the right move. "The biggest thing I learned from my time at Oklahoma was fighting through adversity," Rattler said. "Playing quarterback is always going to put you through adversity. We had a lot of success at Oklahoma. We won a lot of games and conference championships. I had a great time there, but it was time to move on and help out someone new." - Daily Oklahoman

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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