Projected Fall Camp Depth Chart: Defense

South Carolina's Football team is set to be begin Fall on Friday morning. What could the depth chart look like for Clayton White's defense?

We're officially reaching the final phase of the offseason, as the time for talking draws to a close, and players begin to put on pads on practice fields all across the country. For Shane Beamer and South Carolina's Football program, Fall camp will commence on Friday morning, marking the start of the offseason's home stretch before their highly anticipated, nationally-televised matchup against Drake Maye and the North Carolina Tar Heels on September 2nd.

Although the defense, much like the offense, is replacing plenty of players from the starting lineup they had last year, there's a feeling that this unit is beginning to build quality depth at multiple spots that can offset some of those losses, as mentioned earlier. As these questions get answered over the next few weeks, I decided to guess what the original Fall camp depth chart will look like for the Gamecocks' defense.

Edge Rusher

Jatius Geer OR Jordan Strachan

Bryan Thomas Jr.

Defensive Tackle

Alex "Boogie" Huntley

Nick Barrett

Defensive Tackle

Tonka Hemingway

T.J. Sanders

Defensive End

Tyreek Johnson

Desmond Umeozulu OR Terrell Dawkins

Linebacker

Stone Blanton

Mohamed Kaba

Linebacker

Debo Williams

Grayson "Pup" Howard

Outside Corner

Marcellas Dial 

Emory Floyd

Outside Corner

O'Donnell Fortune

Isaiah Norris

Nickel Corner

David Spaulding OR Kajuan Banks OR Keenan Nelson Jr.

Free Safety

Nick Emmanwori

Jalon Kilgore

Strong Safety

DQ Smith

Peyton Williams

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