South Carolina Football: 10 observations from fall practice so far

The college football season is here as South Carolina football began fall camp just over a week ago. The Gamecocks, along with most other programs across the country, are working toward finalizing depth charts, gaining comfortability with playbooks, and getting into game shape.

Fall practice is a little different from spring practice and summer workouts. With games quickly approaching, the intensity is ratcheted up just a little. Players are fighting for playing time, and, while coaches are careful to try to keep their players healthy, more and more game-like situations happen each day.

The South Carolina football program is facing many of the same questions as every other program across the country: “Which players are hurt?” “Which players will step up into a new role?” “Which transfers could impact the team?” “What about the big-time freshmen?” “How will the new coaches do in their new jobs?” are just a handful of the talking points filling up the message boards and social media feeds of college football fans everywhere.

As fall camp is about 1/3 of the way completed for the Gamecocks, what are some of the top observations from the first week and a half of fall camp?