The National Football Foundation announced today that Clemson legend C.J. Spiller has been selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2021. Spiller earned the distinction in only his second year of eligibility.
First-place South Carolina (8-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) won its fifth in a row just days after postponing a game against Georgia because of a positive coronavirus test in the program.
Day, who has experience at both the collegiate and professional levels, comes to Carolina after spending the 2020 season as the head strength & conditioning coach at Marshall University, his second stint with the Thundering Herd.
The Tigers are 9-1 to start the season and were prepared to travel to Chapel Hill as a ranked team facing an unranked Tar Heels squad for the first time in history.
The matchup against Virginia Tech will represent South Carolina's first-ever appearance in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game and the Gamecocks will be the seventh different SEC program to play in the game.
At Smyrna High School, Darryl "Debo" Williams was named the DIAA defensive player of the year in 2019 and set a school record with 153 career tackles, 32 of those for loss to go with eight sacks.
Spring training could be delayed for Double-A and Class A players if major leaguers are not vaccinated for the novel coronavirus by the time big league practice is scheduled to start in mid-February.
AJ Lawson scored 19 of his career-high 30 points in the second half as South Carolina pulled away and beat Texas A&M 78-54 on Wednesday night in the Gamecocks' Southeastern Conference opener.
Toney saw action in four games in 2019 with one catch, then was redshirted at the end of the year. He made his way into five games in 2020 but did not register a catch all season.