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Marcellas Dial

  • position DB
  • height 6-0
  • weight 190
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Woodruff, S.C.
  • Previous School Georgia Military
  • High school Woodruff
  • position DB
  • height 6-0
  • weight 190
  • class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Woodruff, S.C.
  • Previous School Georgia Military
  • High school Woodruff

Marcellas Dial Bio

* 2023 Overcoming Adversity Award

Veteran defensive back who is the latest in a long line of standout Gamecock cornerbacks… former junior college defensive back who spent three years in Columbia… appeared in 38 games with 29 career starts for the Gamecocks, accounting for 114 tackles, three interceptions and 28 pass breakups.

2023 (Redshirt Senior)
Started all 12 games at cornerback… credited with 36 tackles including 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack… logged a team-high 10 pass breakups, tying for 10th in the SEC with 0.83 passes defended per game… posted a season high eight tackles against Georgia, one shy of his career high… broke up two passes in four different contests… had an eight-yard sack against Texas A&M, the first of his career, and a tackle for loss versus Clemson… selected by the coaches for the Overcoming Adversity Award at the postseason Senior Banquet.

2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in all 13 games, starting 10 at cornerback… registered 45 tackles with a team-leading three interceptions and a team-high 12 pass breakups… his three interceptions and his 15 passes defended were the third-highest totals in the SEC… his 1.2 passes defended per game tied for 24th in the country… totaled three tackles, a career-high three pass breakups and his first collegiate interception in the season-opener against Georgia State… picked off his second pass of the season against South Carolina State… credited with a career-high nine tackles in the win over Tennessee… earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week following his efforts against the Clemson when he finished with two tackles, one interception and tied his career high with three pass breakups (3)… allowed just one catch for 11 yards while being targeted 11 times in the contest.

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Enrolled at South Carolina in January after transferring from Georgia Military College… played in all 13 games, making seven starts at cornerback… recorded 33 tackles including 25 solo stops… credited with six pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery… collected four tackles five times.

2020 (Sophomore)
Spent his second fall at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville… the Bulldogs did not play a fall season… rated as the seventh-best JUCO cornerback and No. 51 overall by 247Sports Composite.

2019 (Freshman)
Began his collegiate career as a defensive back at Georgia Military College… played for coach Bert Williams… recorded 10 tackles and an interception.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Woodruff (S.C.) High School in 2019.

PERSONAL
Marcellas Rashard Dial Jr. was born Dec. 6, 2000… is an interdisciplinary studies major who graduated in December 2022.

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