# @cfbsaturdaydaily on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-08-27T01:08:40.000+00:00
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## Caption

Long before “The Hit” made Jadeveon Clowney a household name, he was already terrorizing SEC offenses.

The former No. 1 overall recruit arrived at South Carolina in 2011 with enormous expectations and needed only two college games to show why.

In his first SEC game, the true freshman traveled to Athens to face Georgia and quarterback Aaron Murray.

Clowney recorded the first two sacks of his college career, with his biggest play coming in the final minutes of a wild shootout. 

With South Carolina holding a 38–35 lead, Clowney exploded into the backfield and strip-sacked Murray.

Melvin Ingram recovered the loose ball and took it into the end zone, giving the Gamecocks a 45–35 lead with just over three minutes remaining. 

Georgia scored again, but South Carolina recovered the ensuing onside kick and escaped Athens with a 45–42 victory.

Clowney finished the afternoon with only two tackles.

Both were sacks.

One forced the turnover that ultimately helped decide the game. 

And that was just the beginning.

Clowney finished his freshman season with eight sacks and five forced fumbles before exploding for 13 sacks and 23.5 tackles for loss as a sophomore. 

“The Hit” may be the play everyone remembers.

But SEC quarterbacks had already known about Jadeveon Clowney for a long time.

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