Malik Young opened the 2017 football season as South Carolina’s starting left tackle almost by default.
He’ll start the spring of 2018 on the other side of the ball.
Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp announced Young has been moved to defensive tackle. The fifth-year senior lineman moves to a spot South Carolina needs to shore up.
Young started nine games at right tackle in 2016 and the first two of 2017 at left tackle. He was supplanted by Dennis Daley, got two starts on the right side because of injuries and did not return after an injury against Texas A&M.