Former Gamecock Steve Taneyhill and other alumni returned to the field for a game of flag football before the Garnet & Black spring game at Williams-Brice Stadium Saturday April 6, 2019, in Columbia, SC. By
It took him three seasons, but Blake Mitchell eventually started an exclusive club of South Carolina quarterbacks.
When Mitchell threw for 174 yards to lead USC’s upset of No. 11 Georgia on Sept. 8, 2007, he had QB’d the Gamecocks to wins over Tennessee (in 2005), Florida (‘05), Clemson (‘06) and the Bulldogs. He was the first Carolina signal caller to do that in a career — and was eventually joined by Stephen Garcia and Connor Shaw.