South Carolina junior running back A.J. Turner might have to be known as South Carolina junior defensive back for the rest of the season. Turner, who has started 11 games at running back in his career, practiced with the Gamecocks defense on Tuesday.
“AJ. Turner is going to rep at nickel back for us this week,” head coach Will Muschamp said. “On special teams, you see that instinctively he’s able to make plays and feel blocks. He has the ability to be a good man coverage guy so we are going to give him the opportunity to play on the defensive side of the ball this week.