As Drake Maye and the Carolina offense prepare to take on Shane Beamer’s Gamecocks on September 2nd at the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium, he’ll be paying special attention to a secondary that ended last year’s regular season on a high.
South Carolina lost two starters, Cam Smith and Darius Rush, to the NFL Draft last April. But they look like they’ll be ably replaced by veterans O’Donnell Fortune (who had a pick-six against Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl)...
... and Marcellas Dial, who finished the season with three interceptions and 15 passes-defensed.