No. 2 D-Line in the SEC

posted by Brian Shoemaker, Thursday, July 19, 2007

When is the last time someone said that the Gamecocks have the second-best defensive line in the SEC? Never comes to mind, or maybe that it's been a really long time.

But that's what Knoxville News Sentinel reporter Drew Edwards believes about the 2007 Gamecocks.

In a blog entry on Thursday, Edwards wrote that USC has the second-best line in the SEC, trailing only LSU.

"Ends Jordin Lindsey and Eric Norwood are solid, and a signing class that included seven defensive linemen gives the Gamecocks plenty of options. Cliff Matthews is perhaps the best of the incoming class. Carolina feels so good about its D-line that Casper Brinkley (and his seven sacks from ’06 at defensive end) is moving to linebacker."

In previous blog entries, Edwards ranked USC's quarterbacks No. 9 and USC's running backs No. 5.

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According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, the Houston Texans have agreed to contract terms with former USC cornerback Fred Bennett.

The Texans selected Bennett in the fourth round of April's NFL Draft.

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