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2023 Gamecock football countdown thread

Redshirt JR walk-on DB Landon Grier #26 from Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Landon Grier

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* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in 2020… helped the Raiders to a Class 7A state championship with a perfect 15-0 record in 2019… the Raiders were named by GEICO as the national champions for the 2019 season… coached by Roger Harriott… the Raiders were the state runner-up in 2018 with a 13-2 ledger… collected 39 tackles with an interception as a senior.
 
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Redshirt SO RB Nathan Harris-Waynick #26 from Sumter, SC.

Nathan Harris-Waynick

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HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Sumter (S.C.) High School in December 2020… rushed for 1,168 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior… had 175 yards and a score against state champion Dutch Fork in the Class 5A Lower State championship… the Gamecocks finished the season 7-1… rushed for 1,050 yards and 24 touchdowns as a backup running back in 2019… finished his career with 3,237 rushing yards and 49 touchdowns… coached by Mark Barnes.
 
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Redshirt SO RB Nathan Harris-Waynick #26 from Sumter, SC.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Sumter (S.C.) High School in December 2020… rushed for 1,168 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior… had 175 yards and a score against state champion Dutch Fork in the Class 5A Lower State championship… the Gamecocks finished the season 7-1… rushed for 1,050 yards and 24 touchdowns as a backup running back in 2019… finished his career with 3,237 rushing yards and 49 touchdowns… coached by Mark Barnes.
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He actually looked really good in the Spring game. I was seating right behind his parents. They say he spent last year playing on the scouting team and gave our D fits acting like the other teams RB's.
I hope he gets a chance to shine this year. Kid turned down scholarships at a couple smaller schools to come be a walk-on Gamecock.
 
True FR DB Zahbari Sandy from Washington, DC, is listed as #25 on this year's team.

Zahbari Sandy

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HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from St. John’s College in Washington, D.C. in 2023… was the first public commit for the class of 2023 for the Gamecocks… helped the Cadets go 8-4 in his senior season including a win over DeMatha in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Capital Division championship game… coached by Gary Fasching… rated the fourth-best player in the District of Columbia, the 58th-best safety in the country and No. 624 overall according to 247Sports Composite… ranked as the fourth-best player in D.C., the 57th-best safety in the country and No. 602 overall by On3 Consensus… ESPN considered him the fifth-best player in D.C. and the 69th-best cornerback in the nation.
 
Redshirt JR DB O'Donnell Fortune from Sumter, SC, wore #25 for us in 2022.

O’Donnell Fortune

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* 2023 Spring Defense Most Improved Award

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in nine games including a start in the season finale against Notre Dame in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl… credited with 16 tackles including 13 solo stops… logged a pair of pass interceptions and forced one fumble… set a career high in tackles against Georgia with four… notched two tackles, his first career interception and first career forced fumble in the win at Vanderbilt… returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Notre Dame… the return tied for the second-longest in school history and for the longest since 1997.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Sumter (S.C.) High School mid-year and enrolled at South Carolina in January 2020… played both cornerback and safety… also handled punt and kickoff returns… logged 42 tackles with five tackles for loss and three interceptions as a senior… the Fighting Gamecocks posted a 10-1 record in 2019, falling in the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs… named first team all-state by the South Carolina coaches… selected to the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas… as a junior in 2018, he led Sumter with five interceptions along with 48 tackles, three tackles for loss and one fumble recovery… collected 84 career tackles with eight tackles for loss and eight interceptions… coached by Mark Barnes… also played basketball and competed on the track & field team in the sprints and jumps… Rivals considered him the 13th-best player in the Palmetto State… ranked as the 11th-best player in South Carolina, the 57th-best safety in the country and No. 747 overall in the 247Sports Composite.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CRIqD3ijFw

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The big man has changed numbers and is sporting the #3 this season.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3ltbe5THm8
 
Grad transfer RB Dante Miller from Rockingham, NC, wore the #25 for us last season.

Dante Miller

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* 2021 First-Team All-Ivy League (Phil Steele)

2022 (Graduate)
Graduate transfer from Columbia University… appeared in each of the first six games of the season… rushed six times for 38 yards, an average of 6.3 yards per carry… best game came against South Carolina State when he carried twice for 29 yards, including a long of 23… also had carries against Georgia State, Georgia and Charlotte… earned his Ivy League degree in May.

2021 (Senior)
Earned First Team All-Ivy League honors by Phil Steele… saw action in all 10 games with four starts at running back… ranked second in the Ivy League in both rushing yards (814) and rushing yards per game (81.4), third in rushing yards per carry (5.61), and fourth in all-purpose yardage per game (92.20)… scored four touchdowns… ranked 26th nationally in rushing yards per carry, 30th in rushing yards per game (81.4)… logged three 100-yard rushing games and three runs over 60 yards or more… had six runs of 40 yards or more and 12 rushes for over 20 yards (8 percent of his carries)… registered his first career 100-yard rushing game with 117 yards on 18 carries in season opener against Marist… rushed for 136 yards on 18 carries, including a 65-yard touchdown run at Central Connecticut State… posted career-bests with 187 yards rushing, including a long run of 75 yards versus Penn… the 187 yards ranked tied for the 11th-best single-game rushing performance in school history and his 11.7-yards per carry ranked as the eighth-best game mark in school history… accumulated 323 rushing yards, on 23 attempts for a 9.5 yards per carry average in back-to-back games at Central Connecticut State and Penn, ranking as the third-best total for rushing yards in consecutive games at Columbia… also played extensively on special teams, totaling three tackles.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkouJceqe0w
 
Reshirt SR RB Mario Anderson from Summerville, SC, is wearing the #24 for us this season.

Mario Anderson

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* 2022 First-Team Division II All-American (Associated Press)
* 2022 Second-Team Division II All-American (Conference Commissioners)
* 2022 First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference
* 2022 Harlon Hill Trophy Finalist
* 2022 Piedmont Division Offensive Player of the Year
* 2021 First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference

Transfer who joined the squad in January and went through spring drills where he was one of only three scholarship running backs on campus… expected to compete for a starting role in his first season in Columbia… spent the past four years at Division II Newberry College where he accumulated 3,301 yards rushing, third in school history, and 35 rushing touchdowns… earned first-team All-America honors and was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy in 2022… a two-time first-team all-conference performer… carried the ball 513 times averaging 6.4-yards per tote… rushed for over 100 yards in 16 of 29 games… has two years of eligibility remaining.

2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Named first-team All-America by the A.P., second-team All-America by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, and first-team All-South Atlantic Conference at Newberry… one of nine finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy… named the Piedmont Division Offensive Player of the Year after rushing for a school record 1,560 yards, the sixth-highest mark in conference history… carried 211 times (7.4 per rush) with 19 touchdowns (second in school history and sixth in the country) in 10 games… averaged 156.0 yards per game on the ground, third in the country… rushed for over 200 yards against Catawba (246) and Lenoir-Rhyne (243) and had nine games of 100 or more rushing yards… set an NCAA record for rushing yards in a quarter with 201 versus Lenoir-Rhyne… scored a rushing TD in every game played… the Wolves, under head coach Todd Knight, posted a 9-2 record and won the conference title.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfUJphlxoCo
 
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True FR DB Jalon Kilgore from Eatonton, GA, is listed as wearing #24 for us this season.

Jalon Kilgore

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HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Putnam County in Eatonton, Ga. in December, 2022… played on both sides of the ball for the War Eagles, working at wide receiver on offense and safety on defense… coached by Shaun Pope… named the Georgia Region 4-AA Athlete of the Year as a junior in 2021… caught 34 passes for 921 yards and 11 TDs… credited with 88 tackles, eight pass breakups and four forced fumbles… also competed in track & field and on the basketball hardwood… set personal bests of 11.62 in the 100, 51.71 in the 400 and 23-7 in the long jump… was the Georgia 2A long jump state champ as a sophomore… ranked as the 27th-best prospect in Georgia, the 26th-best safety in the country and No. 284 overall according to 247Sports Composite… rated the 25th-best player in the Peach State, the 20th-best safety in the country and No. 271 overall by On3 Composite… ESPN ranked him as the 48th-best player in the state and the No. 43 safety in the nation…
 
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