Good morning. Alshon Jeffery is one of the best to ever wear the Garnet & Black. South Carolina will light his name up forever at Willy B this weekend, but before then, we sat down with his recruiter — none other than Coach Beamer — to look back on a spectacular career and more than a dozen jaw-dropping plays. Give the preview a watch, then enjoy the full episode here.

What else is mixed in today’s Brew? ⤵️

⚽ Shutout and shutdown
🏈 Gamecocks in the NFL
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Carolina CockTales. We are all Coach Beamer when we realize it’s Wednesday, we’re halfway through the work week, we’re a day closer to kickoff, and there’s another brand-new episode of The CockTale Hour with Jay Philips and Bill Gunter tonight!

Join us at 8:00pm ET as The CockTale Hour breaks down South Carolina’s upcoming home clash against Mississippi State under the lights. You’ll get analysis, insight, and access you won’t find anywhere else.

Tonight’s 8:00pm showing on GamecocksPlus.com is free for subscribers and non-subscribers alike! Subscribers can catch the replay streaming on demand anytime.

📈 STOCK UP

Shutout And Shutdown. Gamecock goalie Ben Alexander is your Sun Belt Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week! Alexander’s incredible effort in net led South Carolina to a 1-0 win over No. 24 Kentucky in the squad’s conference opener. Alexander tallied four saves in the win, including a second-minute save on a penalty kick.

The Gamecocks are back on the pitch on Friday night at 7:00pm ET at Stone Stadium. Come on out and enjoy Charlie Arndt’s pre-game jersey retirement ceremony!

🔼 Gamecocks In The NFL. 16 former Gamecocks took the field in the NFL this week! Here are the highlights:

Jadeveon Clowney put in work for the Ravens, tallying four tackles, a sack, two QB hits, and a pass breakup, while Stephon Gilmore led the Cowboys with five tackles. Kinglsey Enagbare tallied four tackles, while fellow Packer Keisean Nixon added two tackles and returned two kickoffs for 55 yards. Ernest Jones led the Rams with ten tackles, while Deebo Samuel tallied 101 yards of total offense and his first touchdown of the season.

A handful of rookies made game-changing plays that didn’t show up on the stat sheet, including Cam Smith’s standout special teams play, an epic block by Nate Adkins that sprung Jaleel McLaughlin for a score, and a critical block by Jalen Brooks that helped Deuce Vaughn find the back of the endzone.

🔼 See You Saturday. Heading to Williams-Brice this Saturday night to be part of the sell-out crowd that will see the Gamecocks take on Mississippi State? Here’s everything you need to know before you go.

🔼 She’s A Runner. South Carolina’s freshman Judy Kosgei is doing big things in the Garnet & Black! For the second time this month, Kosgei earned SEC Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week honors and earned the NCAA’s Women’s Cross Country National Runner of the Week award. She’s the first Gamecock to ever win the NCAA national weekly award.

Just two weeks after her record-setting performance with the first sub-17-minute 5K in Gamecock history, Kosgei went ahead and beat her own record, running the 5K in 15:52.9.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

All-Stars. Gamecock men’s hoops unveiled their new look for the upcoming season, and the squad is going to look pretty snazzy back on the court, if we do say so ourselves.

The new look has us daydreaming about basketball season. Do you know the highest number of points the Gamecocks have ever scored in a men’s basketball game?

Think you have it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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📬 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday 9/21 - Sunday 9/24

🎾 Women’s Tennis @ the NC State Ranked +1 Tournament

Thursday 9/21

⚽ Women’s Soccer @ Kentucky @ 7:30pm ET

Friday 9/22 - Sunday 9/24

🎾 Women’s Tennis @ the Charlotte Fall Invite

⛳ Women’s Golf @ the Mason Rudolph Championship

Friday 9/22

🐎 Equestrian vs. UC Davis @ 1:00pm ET

⚽ Men’s Soccer vs. Georgia State @ 7:00pm ET with Charlie Arndt’s jersey retirement ceremony

🏐 Women’s Volleyball @ Arkansas @ 7:00pm ET

Saturday 9/23

🏈 Football vs. Mississippi State @ 7:30pm ET

Sunday 9/24

🏐 Women’s Volleyball @ Missouri @ 2:00pm ET

🥎 Softball Exhibition @ College of Charleston @ 2:00pm ET

⚽ Women’s Soccer vs. Tennessee @ 7:00pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: South Carolina scored 121 against The Citadel on February 4, 1956.

🤙 Have a good Wednesday, y’all.