South Carolina’s football team brought in a pair of four-star defensive linemen in Kingsley “J.J.” Enagbare and Rick Sandidge.

Enagbare had to transition from defensive end. Sandidge was ranked much higher as a recruit.

So what helped Enagbare earn his spot in the two-deep released Tuesday ahead of Sandidge?

“As much as anything, JJ was here in the spring,” Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said. “So when he started fall camp, he wasn’t hearing (technical terms such as) ‘over front’ for the first time.”

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