Daniel Weaver Class: Senior Hometown: North Myrtle Beach, S.C. High School: North Myrtle Beach Height / Weight: 6-1 / 206 Position: PK Birthdate: 12/29/1981 Experience: 2VL Major: Retail Management

2002 -- Starting placekicker who finished as the team's leading scorer with 54 points ... Connected on 10 of 16 field goals and 24 of 26 PATs ... Made both of his field goals in the season opener vs. New Mexico State ... Connected on a season-long 38-yarder vs. Kentucky ... Was a perfect 6-6 on field goals inside 29 yards.

2001 -- Was the hero of USC's dramatic 31-28 Outback Bowl win over Ohio State, as his 42-yard field goal as time expired provided the Gamecocks with the heart-stopping victory ... USC had been ahead 28-0 in that game, only to have the Buckeyes come roaring back the final 17 minutes to tie the score in the closing stages of the fourth period ... Weaver's field goal cleared the cross bar by less than a foot but was the game-winner and set the more than 25,000 Gamecock fans who were in attendance into a frenzy ... Was a steady performer at placekicker throughout the season ... Connected on 13 of 17 field goals and made 33 of 36 PATs ... Made his first six field goal attempts of the year before misfiring against Kentucky ... Made a career-long 43-yarder vs. Alabama ... Nailed a pair of field goals in the win over Clemson - a 29-yarder and a 42-yarder ... Came up big in the win over Mississippi State, hitting all three field goal attempts ... Received a winner's certificate for his outstanding play during the season ... His 13 field goals were the most by a Gamecock kicker since Reed Morton kicked 13 as a freshman in 1993.

2000 -- His development was curtailed early on as he suffered a fractured hip in a four-wheeler accident a month before he was scheduled to report to school ... Was not able to begin kicking until midway through the season ... Saw his first action in the Arkansas game, connecting on two point after attempts ... Hit a 22-yard field goal in the victory at Vanderbilt ... Missed a 34-yard attempt against Tennessee ... On the season, he was 6-7 on PATs and 1-2 on field goals, for a total of nine points.

HIGH SCHOOL -- Shrine Bowl kicker from North Myrtle Beach High School ... Had a career-long 56-yard field goal ... Three-year letterwinner ... Named to the All-Region squad ... Also played free safety and was a backup quarterback his senior year ... Played five seasons of varsity soccer ... Played football for Coach Steve Hart.