Marcus Satterfield ready to work with added depth at skill positions
South Carolina tried, and succeeded, this offseason in adding playmaking depth on the offensive side of the ball.
The tricky part now is finding ways to not only put all these players on the field over the course of a game and get each the ball as well.
“To have the ability with this many guys who can do things when they have the ball in their hands is going to be a lot of fun,” Satterfield said. “It’s going to allow us to be very, very creative offensively and put people in places where they can be successful.”
South Carolina brings in Corey Rucker, Antwane Wells Jr., Christian Beal-Smith, Austin Stogner and Nate Adkins. Add to that a host of freshmen to pair with a few established offensive pieces also.
Josh Vann, MarShawn Lloyd, Jaheim Bell, Dakereon Joyner, Juju McDowell and Jalen Brooks all return and should compete for plenty of snaps in 2022.
Satterfield likes what he’s hearing from player-run practice about how things are going.
“It’s amazing. I was looking at it last week the amount of offense our guys know and understand. Even the freshmen that got here at the start of summer,” he said. “They’re able to go out there in PRPs. Spencer (Rattler’s) able to go out there and call anything from play one to play 50. And they go out there and execute.”
Now Satterfield has to mold a South Carolina offense with plenty of wrinkles in it while maintaining a level of simplicity for guys to go out there and execute.
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Michigan vs. MSU fight
Big Ten will not punish Wolverines or Spartans following the end-of-game fight on Saturday.
It’s also a fine line to toe, and something Satterfield understands entering preseason camp.
The goal, though, is to have a bevy of personnel packages to throw at South Carolina’s opponents.
“You can’t do 50 of them in a season. I get that. We have to be as simple as we can in the season. But we also want to be able to use our personnel groupings,” Satterfield said.
“Any time you have the number of tight ends we have; we have four guys who can go out and play and do certain things. You have to be able to use your personnel and be able to mess with people that way.”
South Carolina has high hopes for what its offense can be. The Gamecocks are expecting a big jump from a unit that struggled for long stretches last season.
What’s helped shorten the learning curve is the ability to work out over the summer on the field.
“Being able to meet with them within the rules as far as what you can do. To be able to install offense, defense and special teams stuff during the summertime,” Shane Beamer said. “Then to be able to go out on the field with them a couple times throughout the week and install stuff, there’s no question.”
South Carolina begins preseason practice Friday morning with the season opener Sept. 3 against Georgia State.
