From his first year under Nick Saban getting torched by FSU’s De’Cody Fagg, to being the victim of Tim Tebow’s legendary fourth quarter comeback in the following year’s SEC Championship, Marquis earned cornerback wisdom the hard way -- getting beat.
That’s why, in 2009, as No. 22 South Carolina hosted No. 2 Alabama, in a raucous night game in Columbia, Coach Steve Spurrier knew that the tall, athletic superstar Alshon Jeffery was a great matchup against the undersized Johnson. If only the Gamecocks could get in position to take advantage of the matchup and given his penchant for the them, everyone knew we’d see the post-corner, deep fades, and endzone fades en route to a big day for Alshon.