South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp likely doesn’t want to lose talent to the NFL.
He wants to send talent there, no doubt, but it would be hard to imagine he’d prefer having a 2019 Gamecocks squad without the likes of Jake Bentley, Javon Kinlaw or Bryan Edwards. But as a coach at more than a few powerhouse programs, he’s seen plenty move on to the next level.
And he has a simple rule for when he directly encourages his players to leave his teams when they don’t have to.
“My philosophy is this: if you’re going to be a first rounder, go,” Muschamp said on his weekly call-in show.