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Gamecock Football Pro Day took place in the Jerri and Steve Spurrier Indoor Practice Facility, with all 32 NFL teams attending to to potentially scout players.<\/p>\n
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The Gamecocks trained to impress as NFL scouts traveled to the University of South Carolina’s indoor facility for Pro Day.<\/span><\/p>\n On Thursday,\u00a0all 32 NFL teams visited the indoor facility, next to Williams-Brice Stadium, and interacted with the players preparing to enter the draft. Thirteen seniors ran through various drills, showcasing their speed, agility and endurance, in hopes of catching a few scouting eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n The uncertainty of the day settled into the mind of tight end K.C. Crosby as he, like all of the players, have been training for months. Going from the season to training for the Pro Day is different, but Crosby was determined to make the scouts see his athleticism.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou get a little discouraged in the middle of the process, but I got good people around me that kept me going and was able to get to this day,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cI wanted to see how fast I could come out and run because I haven\u2019t been able to showcase that in a lot of games. So I came out and ran fast, just show how athletic I am and show the scouts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As one of the most electrifying players in college football, wide receiver Deebo Samuel finished his career with all-conference and All-American recognition. Samuel is also a talented return specialist on special teams.\u00a0\u00a0Gamecock head coach Will Muschamp is not surprised that scouts were impressed with his physical abilities as well as his interview abilities.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDeebo is Deebo. He hasn\u2019t changed a bit. It\u2019s been very impressive to hear a lot of the scouts and coaches here today talk about him and how he handled this process. How impressive he was in interviews,\u201d Muschamp said. \u201cAnd that really goes for all of our players. It\u2019s been great to hear a lot of positive comments today about how our guys have handled the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Michael Scarnecchia admitted he was planning to begin law school in the fall if he doesn’t get scouted, but with a four-year career that only included seven in-game appearances, the quarterback worked out hard during his individual drills, tossing throw after throw. Scarnecchia was confident in the timing and landing of his throws, but he believes he has more to offer outside his physical abilities. He hopes he can get an opportunity with one team at the next level.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI bring a real positive energy every single day. Everyone tells everyone that positive energy is contagious. And I\u2019m a hard worker,\u201d he said. \u201cI never miss meetings, I\u2019m always early, I\u2019m always doing extra work so I\u2019m gonna be that guy who\u2019s in there doing everything that I can to better the team and better myself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Scouts continuously huddled around as Bryson Allen-Williams, linebacker for the Gamecocks, ran his drills. After five seasons in a Gamecocks uniform, he recorded 176 career tackles in his 49 game\u00a0and is a true leader on and off the field. He treats football like \u201ca real deal job,\u201d and he knows the scouts love it.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is my job now, so you really have to invest yourself, invest your time, into your body, into the mental aspect of the game, because it\u2019s a long process,\u201d he said. \u201cThe scouts, they love the way I play, they love my effort, they know I\u2019m a tough player, they know I\u2019m physical.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Coach Muschamp was proud of his players\u00a0at the end of the Pro Day. With only one Gamecock drafted in the last three years, he\u2019s hopeful that more will be drafted by April.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSeeing guys in shape and competing, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re all about here is earning your opportunities,\u201d Muschamp said. \u201cAnd certainly today I saw some guys that were in shape and ready to go in and certainly represented us well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 1″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.20.1″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fenton_TG_Web.jpg”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 1″ _builder_version=”3.20.1″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||”]<\/p>\n Thirteen seniors, including defensive back Rashad Fenton (above), ran various drills during Pro Day while scouts closely monitored their performance.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 2″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.20.1″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Drill_TG_Web.jpg”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 2″ _builder_version=”3.20.1″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||”]<\/p>\n \u201cThis is my job now, so you really have to invest yourself, invest your time, into your body, into the mental aspect of the game, because it\u2019s a long process,\u201d said linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 3″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.20.1″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Weight_TG_Web.jpg”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 3″ _builder_version=”3.20.1″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||”]<\/p>\n \u201cSeeing guys in shape and competing, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re all about here is earning your opportunities. And certainly today saw some guys that were in shape and ready to go in certainly represented us well,\u201d said Gamecock Coach Will Muschamp<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 4″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.20.1″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ProdayGFX_TG_Web.jpg”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” prev_background_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gamecocks football players gather to impress scouts from 32 NFL teams on Pro Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":19359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[67,62,38,69,1],"tags":[96,519,443,666,667,190],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19329"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19369,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19329\/revisions\/19369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}