South Carolina Football: Ahead of his jersey retirement, here are the five most impressive Alshon Jeffery stats
By Kevin Miller
South Carolina Football great Alshon Jeffery’s most ridiculous statistics:
2010 Season Totals
When talking about Alshon Jeffery’s statistical accomplishments, the discussion must begin with his 2010 season. #1 dominated college football as a sophomore and only missed out on winning the Biletnikoff Award because Oklahoma State receiver Justin Blackmon had arguably the greatest season in college football history.
Jeffery finished the year with 88 catches for 1517 yards and 9 touchdowns. He led the SEC in all three categories and was a consistently great presence on the outside for a South Carolina football team that won the SEC East for the first time in school history.
Jeffery finished in the top-10 in the SEC that season in yards per reception despite his high volume of catches and statistically dominated fellow SEC future NFL wideouts like Julio Jones, AJ Greene, and Randall Cobb.
Perhaps most remarkably, Jeffery accomplished these feats despite having two other skill position players on the offense who had very productive 2010 seasons. Jeffery finished second in the SEC in yards from scrimmage in 2010 trailing only fellow Gamecock Marcus Lattimore who did so from the running back position. Lattimore had 1609 yards and 16 touchdowns, taking away a number of opportunities from Jeffery.
He also had another receiver on the field with him who finished in the top-20 in the conference in every statistical category. Tori Gurley was very good for the Gamecocks, as well, and likely took away a good number of targets (and numbers) from Jeffery.
In short, Alshon Jeffery was remarkable, and his 2010 season was the best season of his three years in Columbia.