Amongst mistakes made against Old Dominion, Jared Brown made a big one in South Carolina’s 23-19 win over Old Dominion this past Saturday. On a long throw from LaNorris Sellers , the Gamecocks’ new wide receiver had the ball in his hands but couldn’t hold onto it.
“Those are just catches I gotta make,” Brown said. “Lost focus on it a little bit. I make those plays 100 times in practice, so I know I can make them. I’ll get it back.”
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At this point in his career, Brown can be considered to be a veteran. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to flip a switch and make big plays. There’s always going to be some nervousness in that first game.
Due to his younger age, Sellers also went through some game one jitters. However, even as someone younger than Brown, Sellers focused on keeping his teammates head up despite his mistake.
“It was the exact look that we had in practice from film,” Sellers said. “We expected that to happen. Then after I threw it you know he dropped it or whatever. It’s like, ‘Hey, he’s fine bro, we all dropped passes, we all miss throw and stuff.’ So that was just the biggest thing for me with him. Just keeping him in the game, keeping his head up in the game.”