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The FINAL Final Cockdown: #1, Deebo Samuel.

RS Sophomore

Wide Receiver

6' 0" / 205 lbs

Inman, SC (Chapman)

Recruitment:

A consensus 3-star recruit. Ranked the fifth-best player in South Carolina, the 35th-best wide receiver in the country, by 247Sports.

College Career:

Redshirted his first season in Columbia (2014). Last season, Samuel suffered a hamstring injury in the opener against the North Carolina Tarheels, and struggled with that injury for most of the season. Logged his first career catch against Kentucky, and started against Georgia before sitting the next seven games to address the hamstring issue.