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Clowney Earns Preseason All-SEC Honors

Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney was the lone Gamecock to garner an All-SEC first team spot from Phil Steele’s annual preseason honors Tuesday. USC tight end Rory Anderson, offensive guard A.J. Cann and defensive lineman Kelcy Quarles, all earned second-team distinction. All four players will be juniors on the Gamecock roster this fall.

Clemson Knows ACC Opponents Through 2024

The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced all schools’ football rotating crossover opponents through the year 2024. For the foreseeable future, all ACC schools will play an eight-game conference schedule composed of six games against division teams, a permanent crossover division game and a rotating crossover game.

Football World Mourns Loss Of Deacon Jones

Former South Carolina State and National Football League standout David “Deacon” Jones has died, according to newspaper and other media accounts. Jones, who starred at SC State in the late fifties, died of natural causes Monday at his Southern California home. He was 74.