South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore, who suffered a gruesome knee injury in October, will forgo returning to college and enter the NFL draft, according to multiple reports. Sources said an official announcement is expected this week, possibly Wednesday. Lattimore has been working hard to rehabilitate a torn anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament. [...]
Catastrophic Knee Injury Puts Marcus Lattimore’s Career In Doubt
October 28, 2012 | Posted by
South Carolina star running back Marcus Lattimore suffered one of the most gruesome injuries seen on a football field Saturday when he was hit by Tennessee’s Eric Gordon and his leg flapped in the wind and onto the turf, as if it was snapped in half below his right knee. ”I don’t know that I’ve [...]
Gamecocks’ Marcus Lattimore Will Not Start vs. Florida
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
South Carolina may be without the outstanding services of running back Marcus Lattimore Saturday when the Gamecocks face Florida in an important SEC battle. Lattimore did not practice Wednesday because of a bruised hip and coach Steve Spurrier said Kenny Lattimore could start in his place for the ninth-ranked Gamecocks. Spurrier had said Lattimore was [...]
Bulldogs Licking Wounds After South Carolina Beat Down
October 7, 2012 | Posted by
From start to finish, South Carolina beat up and ultimately beat down the Georgia Bulldogs in a result that will shoot the Gamecocks up the college football polls higher than they ever have been. No. 6 South Carolina made mince meat of No. 5 Georgia, 35-7, in Columbia, making it 10 straight victories for the [...]
Top Running Back Derrick Henry Commits To Alabama
September 29, 2012 | Posted by
Running back Derrick Henry, who considered Georgia and Tennessee, committed to No. 1 Alabama, feeding into the notion of the rich getting richer. Henry, of Yulee, Fla., is 6-foot-3, 242 pounds who is the state’s second all-time leading rusher behind only Florida running back commit Kelvin Taylor. Henry has amassed an astounding 9,255 rushing yards [...]
Gamecocks’ Marcus Lattimore Is Back and Ready
August 8, 2012 | Posted by
Marcus Lattimore claims he is back, healthy and ready to run. That’s great news for South Carolina, not so great news for the Gamecock SEC opponents. The dazzling running back – a combination of great vision, power and speed – tore an ACL last year, a crushing blow for an athlete that needs the ball [...]
