Two more Gamecocks sign with NFL teams
Former Gamecocks starters Eric Douglas and Sherrod Greene have undrafted free agent deals lined up with NFL teams.
Douglas will have a rookie minicamp invite with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers according to his agency, Logan Brown Sports. Greene will have the same opportunity with the New York Jets, according to a social media post made by his mother.
Douglas, a Charlotte product, was a mainstay on the Gamecocks’ offensive line for the past six seasons. Greene, who’s from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was also a member of the 2017 class and was a “Super Senior” in 2017.
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More on Eric Douglas from GamecocksOnline.com:
2022 Rex Enright Team Captain
2022 Community Service Award
2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 Co-Most Improved Player in the Spring – Offense
2018 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2017 Offensive Scout Team Award
Played six seasons on the offensive line at the center position where he called the blocking schemes… appeared in 57 games during his Gamecock career, tying for third on the all-time list… started 37 games including the last 36 in a row… was on the SEC academic honor roll every year.
2022 (Super Senior)
Made the calls on the offensive line from the center position… started all 13 games at center… presented with the Community Service Award and was named one of the Rex Enright Captains’ Award recipients… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll… participated in the Tropical Bowl all-star event.
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More on Sherrod Greene from GamecocksOnline.com:
2022 Overcoming Adversity Award
2021 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 Jim Carlen Special Teams Player of the Spring
2018 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Six-year player who had both the 2020 and 2021 seasons cut short early in the year by injury… appeared in just four games over a two-year stretch due to season-ending injuries after logging 35 appearances in the previous three campaigns… bounced back with 12 games played including 11 starts in 2022… logged 51 appearances and 39 starts during his career… was in the starting lineup at least once in each year from 2017-2022… collected 215 career tackles with 14.0 tackles for loss.
2022 (Super Senior)
Sixth-year linebacker who was on the Preseason Butkus Award Watch List… presented with the Overcoming Adversity Award at the team banquet… played in 12 contests starting the final 11… finished second on the squad with 77 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks… did not play in the season opener against Georgia State… made his season debut against Arkansas, finishing with a eight tackles… intercepted a pass against South Carolina State, the second of his career and the first since 2018… tied a career-high with a dozen tackles in the win over Kentucky, while also posting a sack… credited with 10 tackles at Florida… finished with a flurry, making 12 stops with a sack and a quarterback hurry in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl against Notre Dame.
