COLUMBIA — One day after being picked to finish last in the SEC East, the Gamecocks placed just one player on the preseason All-SEC teams as chosen by the media.
Kicker Elliott Fry, who was named to the third team, was the lone Gamecocks player chosen Friday by attendees at SEC Media Days. It continued a bleak media outlook on South Carolina, coming off a 3-9 season that featured the resignation of former coach Steve Spurrier and a 1-7 record in the SEC.
Fry, a senior, converted 20 of 28 field goal attempts last season, and ranked third among SEC kickers with an average of 1.