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Byrd Grabs First Collegiate Touchdown
Damiere Byrd scores a long TD in South Carolina's non-conference win over Alabama-Birmingham.
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Former Timber Creek standout Damiere Byrd scored his first collegiate touchdown Saturday, as South Carolina routed Alabama-Birmingham in the Gamecocks' tune-up for next week's matchup against new SEC foe Missouri.
Byrd's first score as a Gamecock came on a 94-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter of South Carolina's big 49-6 victory. The long touchdown from sophomore quarterback Dylan Thompson to Byrd put South Carolina (3-0) up 34-6.
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The scoring grab was Byrd's lone catch on the day, but offered a glimpse of the explosiveness that made the former Timber Creek star a target of many of college football's top coaches, including South Carolina's Steve Spurrier.
Byrd, a sophomore, now has four catches for 188 yards on the season.
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South Carolina is ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press writers' poll and No. 8 in the USA Today coaches' poll.
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