Who stood out, what we learned from South Carolina’s full Monday scrimmage

South Carolina football had its first full scrimmage of August on Monday, letting the staff see players in a full-game situation. Three groups got around 50 snaps each. Will Muschamp pointed to some standouts and made other observations.

Standouts

▪ Nick Harvey and Jamyest Williams both play well at safety. Muschamp said the coaches challenged them and called their response as pleasing a thing as he saw in the scrimmage.

▪ Steven Montac is having a good camp,

▪ Freshman corner Jaycee Horn is playing well at corner and had a big knockdown on a deep ball against Deebo Samuel.

▪ Freshman offensive lineman Dylan Wonnum continues to impress and had a nice pull on a power play.

▪ Josh Vann caught the ball well after the staff challenged him. He’s getting more work with Chavis Dawkins sidelined by a high ankle sprain.

▪ Shi Smith continues to have a good game. Bryan Edwards made a one-handed catch in the back of the end zone against good coverage.

▪ The running backs are competing well.

▪ Kiel Pollard has had a good camp and made several plays Monday.

Observations

▪ The kickoff was at noon to mimic the opener against Coastal Carolina.

▪ The coaches felt the effort and urgency was better than on Saturday.

▪ Despite that, a crop of self-inflicted penalties came up, including several defenders going offsides.

▪ Outside Dawkins’ injury, nothing had changed from Saturday.

▪ Muschamp came away pleased with some of the intangible qualities his team showed.

▪ USC will have an off day Tuesday after three or four hard days.

This story was originally published August 13, 2018 at 2:53 PM.