Favorite unsung heros of past teams?

I think your hindsight might be a little less than 20/20 there. Gurley was not that great outside of his last year. For the first couple of seasons he seamed to stone hand a lot of passes. He was DL Moore until his last season when something clicked and he became clutch. He was definitely a hero that last season, though I don't know if he was unsung that much.

What do you mean by unsung, by the way? Overlooked by Carolina fans, or those outside the Garnet Bubble?

Pat DiMarco

Blake Mitchell

Travian Robertson

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I think your hindsight might be a little less than 20/20 there. Gurley was not that great outside of his last year. For the first couple of seasons he seamed to stone hand a lot of passes. He was DL Moore until his last season when something clicked and he became clutch. He was definitely a hero that last season, though I don't know if he was unsung that much.

What do you mean by unsung, by the way? Overlooked by Carolina fans, or those outside the Garnet Bubble?

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Gurley won the starting job at the WR position that he and Jeffery competed for in 2009, when it was essentially Tori's first year of active duty. He was always a matchup problem for defenses, as he had a TE's body and height, but decent speed and hands of a WR.

Tori's issue was he was not as adept at positioning his body between defenders and incoming passes as Alshon was: he would often let smaller DBs "work" him and dictate positioning, which often had Tori out of position for passes that should have been his.

Both Tori and Alshon being young and inexperienced in 2009, they both only knew how to play the one WR position they competed for, so when Alshon beat out Tori at the spot, it often meant Tori was relegated the 2nd half of 2009 as a sideline spectator.

In 2010, Tori learned a 2nd receiver spot well enough that we were able to field both at the same time for passing plays, and it made our passing game much more effective: it would've been sick had TE Wesley Saunders not screwed the pooch (sorry, UGA) and rendered himself ineligible for the season.

Having Jeffery, Gurley, Saunders, and Barnes and Moore as backup receivers to go along with Lattimore and a mostly effective Garcia in 2010 could have made the possibilities in 2010 much more positive than they were....

Ryan Brewer. That young man personally skull fricked OSU in the outback bowl. His whole career he was overlooked by many opposing teams and when they did, he stuck it in deep.

Took mine. Pat Dimarco was a major unsung hero for us for a few years. One of my favorite Gamecocks.

Rashad Faison
Eddie Leopard
Tony Penny

What was the name of the kid who Smokey tried to bite? White running back, I think his last name may have started with an M. Todd Moritz maybe? Kid was hardcore.

Johnny Wright
Carl West is another one - I think he wore one number more than George Rogers. West was a helluva Fb though, perhaps the best we've ever had.

Boomer Foster and David Turnipseed from the early 1990's.

Also, Chris White was a pretty good center for a few years for us.

Definitely agree with Darian Stewart, and another guy that stands out was Ken Harney.