Early in August of 2017, one might have thought Jaylin Dickerson was destined to start at safety for South Carolina’s football team with the way the coaches spoke about him.
More than a year later, he’s hardly in the rotation at what might be the position struggling the most on the Gamecocks’ roster.
So what happened?
“He missed about 10 days of camp with a hamstring,” Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said. “And when a young player misses one day of camp, it’s an issue. When you miss eight or 10 days, it’s a major issue.