Next season, South Carolina guard Sadarius Hutcherson likely will have to put his quick feet to use.
He’s on track to be a starting guard for the Gamecocks. That’ll mean bringing his considerable strength to bear on linemen directly in front of him, but it will also entail slipping down to the second level or pulling out in front on outside runs.
Will Muschamp has seen plenty of his footspeed in practice, and he got his first sense of it in an unusual spot.
Muschamp, then a new coach, and then-offensive line coach Shawn Elliott dropped in on Hutcherson’s Huntingdon, Tenn.