Palmetto Proving Grounds

Is that Hyman in the first photo? Wow!

We might find another RB as talented as this kid but we will be hard pressed to find another human being as special as Marcus Lattimore.

Great article. It amazes me he didn't need pain meds. I had acl reconstruction surgery this week and could not imagine not having the meds. He's a great gamecock with a great attitude about life!

This kid is almost too good to be true. And his mother should be hired as recruiting coordinator. Dabo likes to tout the "family atmosphere" in Taterville. It's all for show. It's all a recruting pitch. Our guys don't talk about it. They show it in the way they go about their business and the way they support one another. And it all starts with #21. Tweet that.

Man does he deserve a Heisman or what? Time to make 2012 a special year. can't wait to see the #21 in a couple of years retired after he brings home the hardware and a bit of crystal!

Program-changer

Best Gamecock EVER!

Love this quote:

Vernon: “Yeah, I was home by myself for about a month! I remember one day Marcus called me and said “man…Vern…you’ve gotta tell mom to come home!” He and I had to coordinate it to tell her to go home at the same time so she would!”

My sister saw Lattimore in downtown Columbia earlier this week on Tuesday or Wednesday when it was raining pretty good. She stopped and asked him if he was Lattimore and he said yes ma'am. She talked to him a little about some of our family that used to play at USC and how her young daughters were fans of his and then the rain started to pour down on them. My sister said well I will let you go so we dont get soaking wet out here in the rain and he started laughing and said "ma'am I would stand in the rain all day and talk to fans."......This truely is what seperates this guy from everyone else, and this team. This team has adopted his attitude and it sounds like Dylan Thompson is a large part of this team attitude as well. He might not ever be a starter but he sounds like a guy that keeps the "team atmosphere" going all the time.

Great story .

I think Thompson has vastly improved . He will get some snaps this year . He is a hard worker and great kid too. Is he a star ? Doubtful ( you never know) but as big a part of this team as any other player

Connor Shaw is another one that is a fantastic person outside of football. Him, Dylan, Marcus, DJ, Devonte, Melvin, Travian, TC and Alshon all definitely changed the expectations on how a USC football player acts off the field

Ace sanders does not get a whole lot of credit for it, but he is becoming a leader, and is as nice, humble, and respectful of a young man as you could ever expect. Him and Devin Taylor are so nice, you would not expect them to be such fierce football players.

DJ, Connor, and Marcus have brought the intensity to a whole new level in the weight rooms. Akeem also. DJ and Akeem keep practice intense, to say the least.

I've said it before but it bears repeating; Marcus Lattimore comes from an incredible family. They are among the most supportive, kindest people I have ever had the fortune of speaking to.

Here is a good example; they are the ones that run the "Gamecock Family" Facebook page where all parents who have a child playing at Carolina can go to meet others and network. They put their time and effort into that simply because it helps others. The list goes on.