USC Gamecocks Football

To the house! Xavier Legette takes opening kickoff to the endzone against Texas A&M

South Carolina’s Xavier Legette with the kickoff return from the end zone against Arkansas at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Sept. 10, 2022.
South Carolina’s Xavier Legette with the kickoff return from the end zone against Arkansas at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Sept. 10, 2022. Mark Strickland Special to The State

South Carolina got off to a hot start against Texas A&M on Saturday and didn’t even need its offense to do so.

Xavier Legette took the opening kickoff 100 yards to the endzone, giving the Gamecocks an early lead on Texas A&M.

Legette ran the ball up the sideline while evading Aggie defenders, and kept himself in bounds to score.

The kickoff return was the second longest in school history to Sterling Sharpe’s 104-yard return in 1985.

USC has not beaten the Aggies in the team’s eight meetings.

This story was originally published October 22, 2022 at 7:59 PM.

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Jeremiah Holloway covers South Carolina women’s basketball and football for The State. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, he is from Greensboro, N.C. and an avid basketball fan. Holloway joined The State in August 2022.
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