ROCK HILL, SC - FEBRUARY 14: Jadeveon Clowney announces his college football commitment to the University of South Carolina Gamecocks during a press conference at South Pointe High School on February 14, 2011 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
South Carolina football got its best Valentine’s Day gift 10 years ago.
Exactly 10 years to the day, South Carolina football fans can look back on maybe the sweetest Valentine’s Day present in the program’s 113 seasons of existence. At the time, the Gamecocks were pursuing a defensive end who became the top rated prospect in the history of recruiting services.