COLUMBIA — When Pharoh Cooper looks at Lorenzo Nunez, he sees more than South Carolina’s true freshman starting quarterback.
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He also sees a little of himself.
“That’s pretty much exactly what I did in high school,” the Gamecocks’ All-SEC receiver said of his days as a dual-threat quarterback. “If I didn’t throw it, I’d tuck it and run.”
Whether it was Cooper in Havelock, N.C., or Nunez in metro Atlanta, both executed the position the same way — roll out, go through one or two progressions, and if no one was open, take off.