Only player listed as "athlete" on our roster this year.
Seems to be a jack of all trades, master of none situation.
Seems to be a jack of all trades, master of none situation.
Luke Doty - ATH
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Unpopular take...he's getting free education for minimal contribution to the team.
He went there to do all he could. I'm sure he has done that, at least to the extent he has been allowed.
Yeah, he was definitely overhyped as a recruit, much like Dak. Both are super nice guys and teammates and all that, but I'd rather have great players.
Time will tell. Based on literally a handful of passes, he’s got a much better arm than either Dak or Doty.
I would say he's getting an education based in exchange for his contributions to the team. Now, there may not be much in the way of statistical, on-field contributions, but I bet that his locker room, practice field, sideline, academic and all around contributions to the program are huge.
We knock the players that leave and the players that stay 5 years and want to be know as Gamecocks for the rest of their lives, tough crowd, 
He caught 13 passes 123 yards and scored a TD and ran for a TD, maybe those numbers increase in 2024?
Technically Simon is our leading returning receiver with 29 catches at the TE spot, but after all the departures, isn't Doty at 13 catches vs Harbor 12 catches our leading returning WR? Or since he is a "ATH", you can't say that?
He caught 13 passes 123 yards and scored a TD and ran for a TD, maybe those numbers increase in 2024?
Technically Simon is our leading returning receiver with 29 catches at the TE spot, but after all the departures, isn't Doty at 13 catches vs Harbor 12 catches our leading returning WR? Or since he is a "ATH", you can't say that?
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Doty is a great interviewee now, better than 99% of coaches. He's sharp - headed for a great future in whatever he does, I would posit.
Started and will finish his career as a Gamecocks, that is a dying breed, I hope he has a good season and reaches his goals. If he is playing in front of better players then I get why some fans would be negative, but with the turnover in that room, hard to tell, who can do what.
Saw this on Yahoo, came out yesterday, funny timing given this thread
Madison Hricik
Tue, March 26, 2024 at 6:00 AM EDT·3 min read
In a world where college athletes can essentially come and go as they please, Luke Doty is becoming an anomaly. He’s stayed at South Carolina for the last four years with no desire to enter the transfer portal.
Why? He likes the school, with and without football.
“My parents told me whenever I was being recruited, and it’s something I still think about nowadays, ‘if you took football out of it, would you still want to be at the university? Would you still want to go to school here would you still want to, you know, have a life here?’” Doty explained. “And the answer for me, South Carolina was always yes. It still is right now and it always will be.”
Of course playing football for the Gamecocks has been an added bonus. In the early days of spring football, months out from Doty’s final season, the Gamecock is a welcoming face for the new South Carolina offensive transfers.
It’s also giving Doty another layer to his preexisting leadership role.
“When he saw I was transferring, Luke was the first person who texted me,” said Robby Ashford, who left Auburn to come to South Carolina. “He was like, ‘man, so excited to have you.’”
For someone new to South Carolina, like Miami (Ohio) transfer Gage Larvadian, Doty’s presence can help ease the transition process for the new wide receiver as he learns the offense. It also helps Ashford, who views Doty as a familiar face in his new locker room.
Doty and Ashford knew each other from Elite 11 football back in high school, when they were 16 years old. They didn’t reunite until this spring, when Ashford moved to Columbia.
“He’s still the same guy,” Ashford said. “He can create a conversation with anybody. It’s just his personality.”
Doty has been a flexible offensive option for USC football over the last few seasons. He’s filled in as a backup quarterback, sitting behind now-former QB Spencer Rattler and filling in as a wide receiver.
Since Doty sits in with both the quarterback and receiver room, he’s gotten to know the offense from both perspectives. He’s also the most senior member of both rooms.
It’s very similar to former Gamecock Dakereon Joyner’s role. The two have been given the task to manage a new position by head coach Shane Beamer to help add depth to some offensive skill positions.
Doty embraces what he built in his nearly five years in Columbia, focusing on “compartmentalization.” Whatever he’s on the practice field for at that moment, that’s the task at hand. It’s simple — and effective.
“Just being able to flip the switch wherever I’m at has really kept me focused on doing everything the right way at each of those positions and just keeping me straight on and off the field,” Doty said.
The Gamecocks are only a few days into spring practices, and will continue training until the team’s spring game on April 20. Doty’s already settling back into a similar schedule he had last year: take reps as both a quarterback and as a receiver. He’s an athlete at heart.
“Making sure that I’m getting reps in every single place I could possibly play,” Doty said, “just so whenever that time comes, I’m ready for wherever it is. So it’s been a lot of fun.”
With the transfers South Carolina added this offseason, Doty has high expectations for himself and the team.
“Obviously we brought in a lot of playmakers this past recruiting cycle,” Doty said. “A lot of new guys, a lot of experienced guys and a lot of guys that know how to make plays and have been doing it for a while. So I think when we step on the field, April 20 and we kick it off in August, it’s gonna be really fun to watch.”
Madison Hricik
How South Carolina’s Luke Doty keeps growing as a leader in his final spring season
Tue, March 26, 2024 at 6:00 AM EDT·3 min read
In a world where college athletes can essentially come and go as they please, Luke Doty is becoming an anomaly. He’s stayed at South Carolina for the last four years with no desire to enter the transfer portal.
Why? He likes the school, with and without football.
“My parents told me whenever I was being recruited, and it’s something I still think about nowadays, ‘if you took football out of it, would you still want to be at the university? Would you still want to go to school here would you still want to, you know, have a life here?’” Doty explained. “And the answer for me, South Carolina was always yes. It still is right now and it always will be.”
Of course playing football for the Gamecocks has been an added bonus. In the early days of spring football, months out from Doty’s final season, the Gamecock is a welcoming face for the new South Carolina offensive transfers.
It’s also giving Doty another layer to his preexisting leadership role.
“When he saw I was transferring, Luke was the first person who texted me,” said Robby Ashford, who left Auburn to come to South Carolina. “He was like, ‘man, so excited to have you.’”
For someone new to South Carolina, like Miami (Ohio) transfer Gage Larvadian, Doty’s presence can help ease the transition process for the new wide receiver as he learns the offense. It also helps Ashford, who views Doty as a familiar face in his new locker room.
Doty and Ashford knew each other from Elite 11 football back in high school, when they were 16 years old. They didn’t reunite until this spring, when Ashford moved to Columbia.
“He’s still the same guy,” Ashford said. “He can create a conversation with anybody. It’s just his personality.”
Doty has been a flexible offensive option for USC football over the last few seasons. He’s filled in as a backup quarterback, sitting behind now-former QB Spencer Rattler and filling in as a wide receiver.
Since Doty sits in with both the quarterback and receiver room, he’s gotten to know the offense from both perspectives. He’s also the most senior member of both rooms.
It’s very similar to former Gamecock Dakereon Joyner’s role. The two have been given the task to manage a new position by head coach Shane Beamer to help add depth to some offensive skill positions.
Doty embraces what he built in his nearly five years in Columbia, focusing on “compartmentalization.” Whatever he’s on the practice field for at that moment, that’s the task at hand. It’s simple — and effective.
“Just being able to flip the switch wherever I’m at has really kept me focused on doing everything the right way at each of those positions and just keeping me straight on and off the field,” Doty said.
The Gamecocks are only a few days into spring practices, and will continue training until the team’s spring game on April 20. Doty’s already settling back into a similar schedule he had last year: take reps as both a quarterback and as a receiver. He’s an athlete at heart.
“Making sure that I’m getting reps in every single place I could possibly play,” Doty said, “just so whenever that time comes, I’m ready for wherever it is. So it’s been a lot of fun.”
With the transfers South Carolina added this offseason, Doty has high expectations for himself and the team.
“Obviously we brought in a lot of playmakers this past recruiting cycle,” Doty said. “A lot of new guys, a lot of experienced guys and a lot of guys that know how to make plays and have been doing it for a while. So I think when we step on the field, April 20 and we kick it off in August, it’s gonna be really fun to watch.”
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