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Daniel Fennell

Class: RS Junior Hometown: Loganville, Ga. High School: Grayson

Height / Weight: 6-2 / 246 Position: DL Experience: 2 VL Major: Management

15-16 First-Year SEC Honor Roll

Redshirt junior who has been used at both defensive end and outside linebacker... continues to make progress and figures to gain more playing time... has appeared in 19 games over the past two seasons with a pair of starts.

2017: Appeared in all 13 games, making a pair of starts... logged 28 tackles including 20 solo stops... logged 5.5 tackles for loss including 3.0 sacks... had three tackles against Louisiana Tech and added his first career sack... logged three stops in the Tennessee win, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a key sack late in the first half to force a field goal... made his first career start against Georgia at linebacker... credited with a key fourth quarter sack in the win over Florida... led the Gamecocks and set a then-career high with five tackles vs. Wofford... had the best game in the Outback Bowl win over Michigan... credited with a career-high seven tackles inlcuding 2.0 tackles for loss against the Wolverines... named the Harold White GPA Award winner for the defense at the Garnet & Black spring game... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2016: Redshirt freshman who played in six games... made his Gamecock debut in the win over Vanderbilt... made his first career tackle on kickoff coverage versus East Carolina... a member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2015: Redshirted as a true freshman... named to the 2015-16 First-Year SEC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Linebacker who graduated from Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga. in 2015... helped the Rams and head coach Mickey Conn to a 10-2 record and the second round of the Class AAAAAA state playoffs in his senior season... rated the 46th-best player in the state and the 38th-best outside linebacker in the country by Rivals... regarded as the 71st-best player in the state and the 22nd-best inside linebacker in the country by 247Sports... ranked as the No. 40 outside linebacker by ESPN.

PERSONAL: Daniel Fennell was born October 18, 1996... is a management major who is scheduled to graduate in December.