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Deebo Samuel ended his career as a Gamecock. How it started

Steve Spurrier Jr. had to squeeze in the drive to Belton-Honea Path High School for a playoff game against Chapman.

It was the day before a South Carolina football home game against Coastal Carolina in 2013, and the team had a walkthrough followed by a pregame meeting. But Spurrier Jr. wanted to sneak off toward Anderson and look at a kid from Chapman, Tyshun Samuel, who also went by Deebo.

“He came to our (summer) camp and he did well in our camp,” Spurrier Jr. said. “And I said, ‘We’re going to watch you this year.