While the Gamecocks have a lot to replace offensively in players like Spencer Rattler, Xavier Legette, Antwane “Juice” Wells Jr., among others, defensively the team has the potential to have one of the best units in the SEC.
Veteran Nick Emmanwori is a third year starter for the Gamecocks at safety and one of the best returning starters in the conference. Emmanwori spoke with Gamecocks Central on the talent of the safety room this season.
“We’ve got a bunch of dogs in that safety room,” Emmanwori says. ” Coach Gray [has] been doing really good kind of cross training us, getting us playing nickel, playing at free safety, strong safety, being confident at all three positions. We’ve got a lot of competition, but it’s all love between us.”
When asked what the defense as a whole can look like next year, Emmanwori expects “histroical” things ahead.
“I think we get a lot of dudes drafted from this defense,” Emmanwori says. “You can probably see a historical defense from this team. We’ve got a lot of dudes up front: TJ Sanders, Boogi (Alex Huntley), Tonk (Tonka Hemingway), Deebo Williams, Bam Martin-Scott, me and DQ (Smith) in the backend, OD (O’Donnell Fortune), Jalon (Kilgore).”
The talented safety out of Irmo S.C. is so confident, he’d “put his name” on the defense being a great unit.
“This defense is going to be crazy, something to see,” Emmanwori says. “I’ll put my name on it. I’ll stamp that for sure.”
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Publish date : 2024-07-04 10:08:14
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