With South Carolina football’s 26-23 loss to the Texas A&M Aggies behind us, it’s time to grade the Gamecocks.

Quarterbacks

One might want to drop Jake Bentley farther just because of the bad start and the ghastly early interception. That’s fair to a degree. He also led his team back into the game and lost conservatively 100 yards of big plays when receivers with NFL dreams simply didn’t haul in balls they should’ve. The start matters, but those plays do as well. Grade: D+

Running backs

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The Aggies play a style that focuses on the run, and USC struggled to get consistent yards.