Wide receivers Bryan Edwards, Shi Smith and Josh Vann and defensive backs Nick Harvey, Jamyest Williams and Keisean Nixon are in running to be South Carolina’s starting punt returner when the season begins, special teams coach Coleman Hutzler said Friday.
“We have a lot of names in the hat right now,” Hutzler said. “Obviously, Sept. 1 we have to pick one out.”
There is no leader at the moment, Hutzler said.
“We have an open competition,” he said, “and it’s been awesome honestly ... having some more bodies to go back there and compete and having the bodies to go do it.