COLUMBIA — He was a kid who hung out on the couch, played video games and ate potato chips. His lone connection to football involved watching the Seattle Seahawks on television.
Zack Bailey, now a 6-6, 320-pound freshman offensive lineman at South Carolina, looks back and hardly recognizes his former self.
“Sometimes I think about it, and I question how I really got here,” said the Summerville High School graduate. “I look at the achievements that I’ve made, and I just hope to make more along the way.”
Of the four freshmen and one transfer who comprise USC’s newest class of offensive linemen, the most unlikely member might be Bailey, who had zero interest in football growing up in Seattle.