With national signing day nearly upon us, we're going back one year and taking a look at each SEC team's 2016 signing class.
Who were perceived as the most important players then, and did they actually pan out? Was the class as good or bad as we thought a year ago? And what should we expect from each overall class moving forward? We now turn our attention to the signees who became South Carolina Gamecocks a year ago:
Player who made the biggest instant impact: Picking between quarterback Jake Bentley, running back Rico Dowdle and wide receiver Bryan Edwards is difficult.