USC Top 10: On a team with plenty of question marks, Pharoh Cooper is the real ... - Charleston Post Courier
In the aftermath of South Carolina’s most disappointing loss of last season, there were reasons for heartache beyond just the defeat. Tennessee’s rally from two touchdowns down in the final five minutes obscured not just one of the greatest individual performances of the year, but one of the best ever by a Gamecocks player. Remove the final result, and Pharoh Cooper’s 286-yard, four-touchdown effort that night inspires something between amazement and awe. It was the complete package, including what seemed a victory-clinching recovery of an onside kick, turned in by one player who single-handedly kept his team in the game. To help college football fans get through the dog days of summer before conference media days mark the beginning of the preseason frenzy later this month, The Post and Courier is counting down the 10 most important players for South Carolina and... No other South Carolina player is capable of doing that. Heck, few players in the nation are capable of doing it. But Cooper, who last season finished third in the SEC with 69 receptions for 1,136 yards, is. And his triple-threat nature on a team with a green starting quarterback and no other proven... Source: www.postandcourier.com
