Freshman Report: Spring game edition
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South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp, offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon and quarterback coach Dan Werner wanted to use Saturday’s spring game as an evaluation period for young quarterbacks competing for that backup position.
While freshmen Dakereon Joyner and Ryan Hilinski got their work in, they weren’t the only freshmen Gamecocks that saw a lot of reps in front of 25,000 plus at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Freshman linebacker Derek Boykins saw significant time on both the garnet and black defenses. Had the quarterbacks been live, he likely would have registered a couple sacks. A stat that did count was a fourth down tackle of fellow freshman Kevin Harris, who tried to punch it in on the goal line. Boykins stuffed him and crept into the offensive backfilled to give Muschamp an emphatic high five. The physical linebacker was a first-year player Muschamp pointed out postgame. (CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE)
Good read from 247Sports
South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp, offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon and quarterback coach Dan Werner wanted to use Saturday’s spring game as an evaluation period for young quarterbacks competing for that backup position.
While freshmen Dakereon Joyner and Ryan Hilinski got their work in, they weren’t the only freshmen Gamecocks that saw a lot of reps in front of 25,000 plus at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Freshman linebacker Derek Boykins saw significant time on both the garnet and black defenses. Had the quarterbacks been live, he likely would have registered a couple sacks. A stat that did count was a fourth down tackle of fellow freshman Kevin Harris, who tried to punch it in on the goal line. Boykins stuffed him and crept into the offensive backfilled to give Muschamp an emphatic high five. The physical linebacker was a first-year player Muschamp pointed out postgame. (CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE)