It was a small comment from South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp, a passing thing mentioned while naming him the team’s offensive player of the week.
“I don’t think people realize how much we’re putting on him at the line of scrimmage and the run game,” Muschamp said.
Perhaps most don’t. In a world when fans quickly turn on the amorphous topic of “play-calling,” it stands to reason a player in the thick of it can have a role in seeing what’s in front of the offense, deducing the best course of action and directing things appropriately.