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The thing Will Muschamp needs to field his best secondary lineup

South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp has long said this: he’ll play the best five defensive backs he has and most likely move them to different spots to get them out there.

That said, as he looks forward to the 2019 football season, he has a preference for where a couple players will land and a requirement for how it will happen.

“Part of (playing) our best 11, is having Jaycee (Horn) and Israel (Mukuamu) outside,” Muschamp said on his call-in show. “They’re long, they’re competitive. They have good top-end speed. They can finish down the field.