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2024 Gamecock Football Countdown
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#41 Alaina Coates
#40 PK Alex Herrera from Columbia, SC.
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* 2024 President’s Outstanding Student-Athlete Award
* 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2022 co-Harold White GPA Award – Special Teams
* 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Veteran kicker who figures to get the first opportunity to handle both the kickoffs and placements in his sixth year with the program… has appeared in eight career games, converting all four of his extra point attempts… has also kicked off a dozen times with a pair of touchbacks… was placed on scholarship in the spring of 2024… recognized with the President’s Outstanding Student-Athlete Award at the 2024 Garnet & Black Spring Game.
Alex Herrera
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* 2024 President’s Outstanding Student-Athlete Award
* 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2022 co-Harold White GPA Award – Special Teams
* 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Veteran kicker who figures to get the first opportunity to handle both the kickoffs and placements in his sixth year with the program… has appeared in eight career games, converting all four of his extra point attempts… has also kicked off a dozen times with a pair of touchbacks… was placed on scholarship in the spring of 2024… recognized with the President’s Outstanding Student-Athlete Award at the 2024 Garnet & Black Spring Game.
#40 LB Ronnie Porter from Columbia, SC.
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Walk-on linebacker who begins his fourth season in the program… has run-stopping ability and understands the defense… has been a productive special teams performer.
Ronnie Porter
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Walk-on linebacker who begins his fourth season in the program… has run-stopping ability and understands the defense… has been a productive special teams performer.
#40 Pete Hamilton, winner of the 1970 Daytona 500 and both Talledega races that year.
Fun side note: Alaina Coate's father was one of my squad leaders when I was a Platoon Sergeant. Her Uncle, Ben Coates, spent 10 years in the NFL.#41 Alaina Coates
Ben Coates - Wikipedia
#39 Punter Kai Kroger from Lake Forest, IL.
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* 2023-24 H. Boyd McWhorter Award Nominee
* 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2023 co-The President’s Outstanding Student-Athlete Award
* 2022 First-Team All-America (ESPN.com, The Athletic)
* 2022 Second-Team All-America (Walter Camp, AFCA)
* 2022 Fourth-Team All-America (Phil Steele)
* 2022 First-Team All-SEC (AP, Coaches, USA Today, Phil Steele)
* 2022 Second-Team All-SEC (ProFootballFocus)
* 2022 Jim Carlen Award – MVP Special Teams
* 2022 Nutrition Award
* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2020 SEC Coaches’ All-Freshman Team
* 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
One of the top punters in school history returns for his fifth season with the Gamecocks… has served as the starting punter since his arrival on campus in 2020… earned All-SEC and All-America honors in 2022… averaging 43.9 yards per punt, second in school history, on 218 career punts over 48 games… also considered one of the nation’s top holders… has completed 7-of-8 passes for 205 yards with three touchdowns, a 426.5 career quarterback rating… was South Carolina’s male nominee for the SEC’s H. Boyd McWhorter Award.
Kai Kroeger
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* 2023-24 H. Boyd McWhorter Award Nominee
* 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2023 co-The President’s Outstanding Student-Athlete Award
* 2022 First-Team All-America (ESPN.com, The Athletic)
* 2022 Second-Team All-America (Walter Camp, AFCA)
* 2022 Fourth-Team All-America (Phil Steele)
* 2022 First-Team All-SEC (AP, Coaches, USA Today, Phil Steele)
* 2022 Second-Team All-SEC (ProFootballFocus)
* 2022 Jim Carlen Award – MVP Special Teams
* 2022 Nutrition Award
* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2020 SEC Coaches’ All-Freshman Team
* 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
One of the top punters in school history returns for his fifth season with the Gamecocks… has served as the starting punter since his arrival on campus in 2020… earned All-SEC and All-America honors in 2022… averaging 43.9 yards per punt, second in school history, on 218 career punts over 48 games… also considered one of the nation’s top holders… has completed 7-of-8 passes for 205 yards with three touchdowns, a 426.5 career quarterback rating… was South Carolina’s male nominee for the SEC’s H. Boyd McWhorter Award.
#39 RB Larry Scott from Port Wentworth, GA.
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Walk-on running back who joined the squad after attending a tryout camp in February… smart and detailed… could help on special teams.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from South Effingham High School in Guyton, Ga. in 2021… earned second-team all-region honors in 2020 at running back… was also recognized as an All-Savannah team honorable mention and a Heisman Scholar Award winner.
Larry Scott
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Walk-on running back who joined the squad after attending a tryout camp in February… smart and detailed… could help on special teams.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from South Effingham High School in Guyton, Ga. in 2021… earned second-team all-region honors in 2020 at running back… was also recognized as an All-Savannah team honorable mention and a Heisman Scholar Award winner.
Big George
