South Carolina quarterback commit Dakereon Joyner will be competing against Clemson linebacker commit Jake Venables in the Palmetto Bowl for the next several years. But right now the two are building a friendship as members of the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team.
Venables and Joyner did not have a relationship prior to this week. In fact, Joyner had to ask a teammate who Venables was the first day the teams arrived in Spartanburg. But they have been hanging out away from the field and impressing one another on the practice field at Dorman.
“That’s my boy,” Joyner said following Wednesday morning’s practice.