re: Gamecocks thin at CB?

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CB 14 Ali Groves | 5-10, 189, RS FR
redshirt freshman cornerback who look to contribute this fall following the losses of 2013 starters Victor Hampton and Jimmy Legree... was limited in the spring while continuing to recover from right shoulder surgery... listed with the second-team unit entering the fall.

2013: Redshirted in his true freshman season... injured his right shoulder late in the season and underwent surgery.

27 Jamari Smith | 5-10, 199, SO
2013: True freshman who moved from running back to cornerback a week into fall camp... returned to running back during the week prior to the Tennessee game... played in nine games... used primarily on special teams... logged four carries for five yards in the win over Mississippi State...

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1 Rico McWilliams | 5-11, 184, RS SO
2013: Redshirt freshman cornerback who played in nine games making a pair of starts... made the start at Arkansas and recorded his only tackle in that contest... also made the start in the Capital One Bowl win against Wisconsin... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll... sat out the spring as he continued to rehab from a knee injury suffered early in fall camp 2012.

30 Sidney Rhodes | 5-10, 175, SR
2013: Former walk-on who was granted a scholarship prior to the start of the season... used primarily on special teams... saw action in all 13 games... notched seven tackles including five solo stops... had three kick returns for 47 yards... returned a kickoff 19 yards at Missouri... also had a 17-yard kick return against Florida and an 11-yard return against Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl... recognized as the "Outstanding Walk-On" for the defense at the 2013 Garnet & Black Spring Game.

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