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Ace Sanders

Class: Junior Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. High School: Manatee

Height / Weight: 5-8 / 175 Position: WR Experience: 2 VL

unior wide receiver who has the most credentials of the returning receiving corps... also serves as the squad's top punt returner... has 54 career receptions for 699 yards with four touchdowns... has 25 career punt returns for a 6.6 yard average with one return for a score... has played in all 27 games over the past two seasons making eight starts.

2011: Was the team's second-leading receiver with 29 catches for 383 yards, an average of 13.2 yards per catch... returned 16 punts for 149 yards, 9.3 yards per return... scored two touchdowns in the season opener against East Carolina... caught a three-yard TD pass, then returned a punt 68 yards for a score... it was the first punt return for a touchdown for the Gamecocks since the 2003 season... made his first of eight starts at Georgia... established a career high of 75 yards receiving against Vanderbilt... matched his career high with a 51-yard reception against the Commodores... logged five catches for 53 yards vs. Kentucky, tying a career high for receptions... had three catches for 45 yards, two punt returns for 19 yards, and rushed three times for 15 yards in the Capital One Bowl win over Nebraska... named the Most Improved Wide Receiver in the spring.

2010: Named to Freshman All-SEC team by the coaches... played in all 14 games... was the team's fourth-leading receiver with 25 catches for 316 yards and two TDs... also rushed five times for 63 yards... had two catches for 47 yards and a 53-yard run against Southern Miss in the season opener, the longest Carolina rushing play in five years (at the time)... set a career-high with 70 yards on two catches vs. Kentucky... recorded a career-high five receptions for 54 yards in win over Vanderbilt... caught two passes - both for touchdowns - versus Troy, including a career-long 51-yard reception... emerged as Gamecocks' primary punt returner late in the season, returning nine punts for 16 yards... threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Stephen Garcia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl against Florida State.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Manatee High School in Bradenton, Fla. in 2010... wide receiver who caught 65 passes for 990 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior, helping the Hurricanes reach the Florida State 5A Championship game... played for coach Joe Kinnan... selected to play in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association North-South Football Classic... caught 29 passes for 578 yards (19.9 per catch) with seven TDs as a junior, earning second-team all-area honors... considered a four-star prospect, the state's 42nd-best player and the 44th-best wide receiver in the country according to Rivals.com... is a three-star prospect and the nation's 10th-best wide receiver according to Scout.com... rated a three-star prospect and the nation's 142nd-best wide receiver by ESPN.com... selected South Carolina over South Florida, Rutgers and West Virginia among others.

PERSONAL: Tracy "Ace" Sanders is the son of former Florida State and NFL player Tracy Sanders... mother's name is Twanda... pursuing a degree in visual communications.