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Scouting Spencer Rattler: What’s the South Carolina QB’s 2023 NFL Draft outlook?
Spencer Rattler’s journey to being a possible 2023 NFL Draft prospect has been fairly the journey. With a powerful near his redshirt junior season (his first at South Carolina), has he reestablished himself as a premier expertise? We’ll be monitoring Rattler’s efficiency from now by way of April right here on our draft hub. Take into account it a rolling scouting report on his play (and his draft inventory).
2022 season updates
Nov. 26 (South Carolina 31, Clemson 30)
What a method for the Gamecocks to shut their 12 months. Per week after upsetting Tennessee, South Carolina snapped Clemson’s 40-game dwelling win streak. Rattler wasn’t as flawless as he’d been towards the Vols — he fired an early choose six proper into Jeremiah Trotter Jr.’s arms — however he nonetheless completed 25-of-39 for 360 yards and three whole TDs (two passing, one dashing).
In the meantime, Spencer Rattler has six completions of 20+ on Clemson in the present day. ESPN says it is probably the most vs. Clemson protection since a minimum of 2011.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 26, 2022
Nov. 19 (South Carolina 63, Tennessee 38)
The Rattler as soon as talked up as a possible first-round choose confirmed up in an enormous method throughout the Gamecocks’ blowout win. From The Athletic’s Aaron Suttles: “In whole, Rattler accomplished 30-of-37 passes for 438 yards and 6 touchdowns within the 63-38 win towards the Vols. It’s the fourth-most passing yards in a recreation by a South Carolina quarterback, and the six landing passes set a program file.
If that wasn’t sufficient, Rattler rushed for 16 yards and caught a 15-yard go to arrange a landing that put the Gamecocks forward 28-14 within the second quarter.”
SPENCER RATTLER 🐍🚀 pic.twitter.com/SuFNfKMsXP
— SEC Community (@SECNetwork) November 20, 2022
What you should know
A five-star recruit and one of many prizes of the 2019 recruiting cycle, Rattler selected Oklahoma and head coach Lincoln Riley’s high-flying offensive assault. After redshirting (however taking part in sparingly in three video games) as a freshman, Rattler received the Sooners QB job in 2020, then threw for 290 yards and 4 TDs in his first begin, towards Missouri State. He and the Sooners shortly crashed again to earth, dropping their subsequent two video games to Kansas State and Iowa State, earlier than rebounding to win eight straight. Included in that run have been victories within the Huge 12 championship (over Iowa State) and Cotton Bowl (over Florida). Rattler completed the 12 months with 3,031 yards, 28 touchdowns and 7 interceptions.
It wasn’t sufficient to carry his beginning job by way of 2021, although. Within the Sooners’ sixth recreation, a dramatic 55-48 win over Texas, Riley benched Rattler in favor of Caleb Williams. That order caught: Williams as QB1, Rattler as QB2. Then, in late November, Riley departed to take the USC job, and Williams later adopted him to the West Coast. Rattler, in the meantime, transferred to South Carolina. There, he reunited with Shane Beamer, previously Oklahoma’s assistant head coach (2018-20).
Preseason scouting report
Rattler, ranked No. 7 on Dane Brugler’s record of the highest draft-eligible underclassman, is getting a recent begin in Columbia after his time in Oklahoma. Whereas he did present flashes of top-tier arm expertise that led to his excessive rating as a recruit, his play and decision-making have been frustratingly inconsistent, resulting in Rattler dropping the beginning job midseason to Williams (who’s now at USC) and his subsequent switch.
If Rattler shows extra polish in his play and chops down on his errors whereas taking part in within the SEC, NFL groups can be greater than keen to wager on the “wow” throws which have cropped up in his profession. But when he continues his sporadic play outdoors the confines of a Lincoln Riley offense to prop him up, then that gamble turns into far much less appetizing for NFL entrance workplaces to make. — Nate Tice
GO DEEPER
Gamecocks welcome Spencer Rattler … and their second within the highlight
(Photograph: Jeff Blake / USA Right this moment)
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – FEMA announced federal disaster assistance is available for South Carolina.
The federal funding is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis.
The funds are for emergency protective measures limited to direct federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care including evacuation and shelter support.
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South Carolina high school football scores: Live updates, live streams (9/27/2024)
The 2024 South Carolina high school football season is in high gear and SBLive Sports is the place to follow of the live scoring updates and finals.
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Alabama puts man to death in the country's second nitrogen gas execution
ATMORE, Ala. — Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country.
Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m. local time at a south Alabama prison. He shook and trembled on the gurney for about two minutes with his body at times pulling against the restraints. That was followed by about six minutes of periodic gulping breaths before he became still.
Miller was convicted of killing three men — Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Scott Yancy and Terry Jarvis — in 1999 and the state had previously attempted to execute him by lethal injection in 2022.
“I didn’t do anything to be in here,” Miller said in his final words that were at times muffled by the blue-rimmed gas mask that covered his face from forehead to chin. However, witnesses at the trial had expressed no doubt about his guilt, describing Miller shooting the three men.
At the execution, Miller also asked his family and friends to “take care” of someone but it was not clear whose name he said.
Miller was one of five inmates put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number that defies a yearslong trend of decline in the use of the death penalty in the U.S.
“Tonight, justice was finally served for these three victims through the execution method elected by the inmate,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement. “His acts were not that of insanity, but pure evil. Three families were forever changed by his heinous crimes, and I pray that they can find comfort all these years later.”
Family members of the three victims did not witness the execution and did not issue a statement to be read to reporters, state officials said.
The execution was the second to use the new method Alabama first employed in January, when Kenneth Smith was put to death. The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the inmate’s face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen.
Alabama officials and advocates have argued over whether Smith suffered an unconstitutional level of pain during his execution after he shook in seizure-like spasms for several minutes, at times rocking the gurney. Smith then gasped for breath for several minutes. The shaking exhibited by Miller was similar to what was seen at the first nitrogen gas execution but did not seem as long or as violent.
Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Q. Hamm said the shaking movements were anticipated.
“Just like in Smith we talked about there is going to be involuntarily body movements as the body is depleted of oxygen. So that was nothing we did not expect,” Hamm said.
Hamm said the nitrogen gas flowed for 15 minutes during the execution.
“Everything went according to plan and according to our protocol,” he said.
A delivery truck driver, Miller was convicted of capital murder for the Aug. 5, 1999, shootings that claimed three lives and shocked the city of Pelham, a suburban city just south of Birmingham.
Police say that early that morning, Miller entered Ferguson Enterprises and fatally shot two co-workers: Holdbrooks, 32, and Yancy, 28. He then drove 5 miles (8 kilometers) away to Post Airgas, where he had previously worked, and shot Jarvis, 39. Trial testimony indicated that Miller was paranoid and believed his co-workers had been gossiping about him.
“You’ve been spreading rumors about me,” a witness described Miller as saying before he opened fire. All three men were shot multiple times.
Miller had initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but later withdrew the plea. A psychiatrist hired by the defense said that Miller was mentally ill but his condition wasn’t severe enough to use as a basis for an insanity defense, according to court documents. Jurors convicted Miller after 20 minutes of deliberation and recommended by a vote of 10-2 that he receive the death penalty.
In 2022, the state called off the previous attempt to execute Miller after being unable to connect an IV line to the 351-pound (159-kilogram) inmate. Miller had initially challenged the nitrogen gas protocol but dropped his lawsuit after reaching an undisclosed settlement with the state.
Hamm said the state did not change the protocol. Miller, among other things, had requested to be given a sedative. Hamm declined to say if Miller was given a sedative and referred questions about the settlement to Miller’s attorneys.
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