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Will South Carolina’s defensive backfield again have to rely on a freshman?

They know what it’s like.

Jaycee Horn and Israel Mukuamu know the feeling of being thrown onto a college football field as freshmen, playing the under-the-microscope defensive back position in the SEC for South Carolina football. They did it last year, along with fellow freshman starter R.J. Roderick, and form a bedrock for the Gamecocks secondary going forward.

But will USC again have to rely on a freshman or two in 2019? Each player was degrees of cautious about that.

“High school is very different from college,” Horn said.

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“It depends how it all pans out.