South Carolina releases new depth chart, names official starter at left tackle
South Carolina officially has a new starting left tackle and a competition brewing at right guard.
The Gamecocks released their updated depth chart heading into the Mississippi State game with Tree Babalade the undoubted starter at left tackle.
Babalade started at Georgia, allowing just one pressure. H’es is top 10 nationally among linemen with at least 75 snaps in pass block grade per PFF. South Carolina lists Jaxon Hughes as his backup.
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Sidney Fugar, who’s started at left tackle before, is listed as the starter with Tyshawn Wannamaker at right tackle. Fugar started at right tackle Saturday at Georgia. They’re separated right now by an OR.
The other big OR on the depth chart falls at right guard with Jakai Moore and Trovon Baugh listed there as co-starters. Baugh’s played some over the last two weeks at guard. Moore is also a potential candidate to start at right tackle if Baugh starts at guard.
The rest of the South Carolina line stays the same with Nick Gargiulo at left guard and Vershon Lee at center with Trai Jones and Grayson Mains their respective backups.
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There is one more OR offensively. South Carolina lists Dakereon Joyner as the starter at running back. The Gamecocks separate Mario Anderson and Juju McDowell by an OR at the backup spot.
Anderson played 16 snaps in a reserve role Saturday–rushing twice for nine yards–while McDowell didn’t log an offensive snap.
South Carolina still lists Juice Wells on the two-deep as a starter despite his injury. Ahmarean Brown and Xavier Legette the other two starters. Nyck Harbor, Eddie Lewis and O’Mega Blake are the backups.
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Spencer Rattler is the starting quarterback with Luke Doty as his backup, and both Trye Knox and Josh Simon are the starters at tight end.
Connor Cox and Nick Elksnis remain the backups.
Defensive end continues to be congested while Tyreek Johnson, JT Geer and Drew Tuazama are starters at end. South Carolina lists Jordan Strachan, Bryan Thomas and Desmond Umeozulu as the starters at outside linebacker.
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There are no other tweaks to the defensive side of the depth chart.
Tonka Hemingway and Alex Huntley are the starters at tackle with TJ Sanders and Nick Barrett backups. Stone Blanton and Debo Williams will start at linebacker with Pup Howard and Bam Scott as the backups.
The starting secondary remains Keenan Nelson Jr. at nickel, OD Fortune and Marcellas Dial at corner and DQ Smith and Nick Emmanwori at safety.
David Spaulding and Kajuan Banks are the backups at nickel, Judge Collier and Emory Floyd the backups at corner while King Demenian Ford and Jalon Kilgore are the backups at safety.
South Carolina will host Mississippi State on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. on the SEC Network.
