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Shon Carson

Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Scranton, S.C. High School: Lake City

Height / Weight: 5-8 / 192 Position: TB Experience: RS

Second-year tailback who looks to get back to the form he showed prior to his knee injury... will not go through spring drills... also an accomplished baseball player who was not able to compete on the diamond this spring while rehabbing the knee.

2011: True freshman who quickly moved up the depth chart... carried the ball three times for nine yards... rushed two times for seven yards in the season opener against East Carolina... on his only carry at Georgia, suffered a torn ACL in his knee.... missed the rest of the season... petitioned for a medical redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL: Jacquese "Shon" Carson was a two-sport standout at Lake City (S.C.) High School... also a highly-touted baseball player and could play for Ray Tanner's Gamecocks in the spring after being selected in the 44th round of the MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds... rushed for 2,280 yards and 33 touchdowns as a senior... became just the third player in South Carolina history to tally 100 career touchdowns, joining former Byrnes standout Marcus Lattimore and former Lexington product Demetris Summers... helped his team to the third round of the Class AA state playoffs as a senior... played in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas... earned the game's Offensive MVP award for South Carolina after rushing for 82 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries and catching four passes... also played in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl... rushed for 2,146 yards and 33 touchdowns as a junior... rushed for 1,636 yards and 19 touchdowns on 186 carries as a sophomore... rushed for nearly 1,300 yards as a freshman... considered a three-star prospect, the eighth-best player in the state and the 28th-best running back in the country, according to Rivals.com... regarded as a four-star prospect, the 192nd-best player in the country and the 24th-best running back by Scout.com... three-star prospect according to 247Sports.com... considered a PrepStar All-American... also had offers from Auburn, Clemson, Duke, East Carolina, Florida State, North Carolina, Tennessee and UCLA.