South Carolina's football team doesn't offer a ton of options for a traditional breakout player.
All four returning receivers have been starters, and the top four runners are back, as is the quarterback. No one has separated himself at tight end, and there isn't much clarity as to which new faces will be stepping in for the five defensive starters departing.
So when ESPN picked a breakout player for USC from the spring, it came from a non-traditional spot: offensive guard.
In a list picking a player from each team in the Way-Too-Early Top 25, the Gamecocks' was Sadarius Hutcherson, a 6-foot-4, 316-pound projected starter up front.