LIVE: South Carolina Pro Day updates

The South Carolina football program holds its annual Pro Timing Day today as multiple Gamecock players are slated to work out for NFL coaches and scouts.

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Those former Gamecock players expected to participate include: Nate Adkins, Christian Beal-Smith, Jalen Brooks, Eric Douglas, Sherrod Greene, Jovaughn Gwyn, Brad Johnson, Zacch Pickens, Devonni Reed, Darius Rush, Cam Smith, Josh Vann and Dylan Wonnum. Brooks, Gwyn, Pickens, Rush and Smith have been invited to the NFL Combine, which will take place in Indianapolis from February 28 through March 6.

The event will begin in the Long Family Football Operations facility weight room (which will be closed to the media, general public and agents) at noon and conducted in the following order: Height/Weight, Wingspan, Arm, Hand, Vertical Jump, and Bench Press.

The testing will then continue in the Jerri and Steve Spurrier Indoor Practice Facility at approximately 1 pm with the Broad Jump, 40-yard dash, Short Shuttle, 3-Cone drills. Following the testing, individual position drills will be conducted on the field.

South Carolina 2023 Pro Day guide

By Mike Uva

On Monday, more than a dozen South Carolina Gamecocks are expected to participate in Pro Day in hopes to play football at the next level.

While five of those players recently took part in the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, Pro Day will provide a home field advantage for those players when they go through drills and testing. As well as every player who’ll be participating.

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According to South Carolina those players are:

TE – Nate Adkins

RB – Christian Beal-Smith

WR – Jalen Brooks

OL – Eric Douglas

LB – Sherrod Greene

OL – Jovaughn Gwyn

LB – Brad Johnson

DT – Zacch Pickens

S – Devonni Reed

CB – Darius Rush

CB – Cam Smith

WR – Josh Vann

OL – Dylan Wonnum

In years past, dozens of NFL and CFL scouts, as well as coaches, have shown up to Columbia to watch South Carolina’s Pro Day. While there’s been no official list provided on which teams will be there I think it’s save to that nearly every NFL team, if not all of them, will be there.

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The day will begin at noon inside of the Long Family Football Operations Center before moving into the Spurrier Indoor Practice Facility. While the event is closed off to the general public, media and family will have an opportunity to watch field testing. That includes the 40-yard dash, broad jump, short shuttle, and 3-cone drill. Measurements (height and weight, wingspan, and hand size), bench press, and vertical testing have historically been done without media present. Typically that’s held in USC’s weight room.

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Of the players who weren’t invited to the NFL Combine there’s two players I’m very eager to watch. Those two are Nate Adkins and Eric Douglas. I think Adkins is a guy who is gonna be a diamond in the rough find for an NFL team. He’s capable of playing tight end, full back, and special teams. The son of an offensive line coach (I still consider his dad Greg an OL coach when I talk about him) he probably understands blocking better than most TE/FB because of it.

Douglas is another player who I’m interested to watch in drills. He became a tremendous leader for USC after learning from a long list of talented OL when he was younger. He has a high football IQ and I think he could be very valuable for any team who takes a shot on him.

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