Well, let's be fair. Mentioning OL and TE was this not mentioned by Jackal or FUBeAR?? . Seriously - ETSU had a bonafide superstar!! (and I mean that sincerely)...
"South Carolina has dipped back into the transfer portal to add another tight end, as former East Tennessee State standout Nate Adkins announced Tuesday that he will play his final season for the Gamecocks.
Adkins, a two-time All-Southern Conference selection at ETSU, received interest from multiple SEC schools, including Alabama and LSU. He joins his father, Greg Adkins, who's entering his second season as South Carolina's offensive line coach.
The Gamecocks have hit the transfer portal hard this offseason, and the addition of Adkins makes them especially deep at the tight end/H-back positions. Adkins, who is 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, is a bruising blocker but also had 73 catches for 749 yards and four touchdowns during his career at ETSU. During the FCS playoffs last season, Adkins made several acrobatic catches in the 32-31 second-round win over Kennesaw State, and his 2-point conversion catch proved to be the game winner for the Bucs.
I mean that's like their Ryan Miller and he isn't even mentioned in the posts above. Thats a HHUHUUGE loss for the Bucs OL/TE. When you get looks from Bama, LSU and go to USC as a 2 time All-conference player...
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EDIT - I see Buc came and mentioned it. So yes, though experienced, the Bucs lost probably their two best OL/TE guys to the SEC. Damn cherrypicking So that's like us next year without Toomey OL and Miller at TE. Very experienced and good but perhaps lacking the star power you need.
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