Before Tuesday, South Carolina running backs coach Thomas Brown‘s main experience with AJ Turner as a tale back was limited to watching cut ups of his film.
The Gamecocks senior’s sojourn to defensive back ended with the second week of spring practice. Was there any rust to knock off.
“No, he’s a ball-player,” Brown said. “He’s good to go every day.”
Turner taking a turn at defensive back has been a point of interest since December. The small runner chips in on almost every special teams unit and was a good safety in high school, so it stands to reason he could do a little something on that side of the ball.