Video: Gamecock great Rick Sanford inducted into SC Football Hall of Fame
Tonight, South Carolina legend Rick Sanford will be one of five players inducted into the SC Football Hall of Fame.
“It’s quite an honor to stand up there tonight and accept this award because there’s so many great players in this little group of ours now,” said Sanford. “To think that I’m only one of maybe what, 50 or so across the whole state of South Carolina (to be inducted) is just a wonder honor.”
The event, which is taking place at the Hilton Greenville on Haywood Rd, is the ninth Annual Enshrinement Ceremony. Joining Sanford in this year’s class are Jeff Bostic (Clemson University), Peter Boulware (Columbia, SC/FSU), Dwayne Harper (Orangeburg, SC/SCSCU), and Chester McGlockton (Clemson/Legacy Inductee).
Sanford, who became the first Gamecock to be be drafted in the first round in program history in 1979, is scheduled to take the stage around 8 p.m. as he will be the the fifth and final member of this year’s class to be inducted. Prior to the event starting at 6:30 p.m., Sanford took some time to catch up with Gamecock Central to share what this night means to him as well as his thoughts on Shane Beamer as he heads into his second season as head coach of the Gamecocks.
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