Gamecocks’ TE first junior to declare … South Carolina has confirmed that junior TE Hayden Hurst will be giving up his final season of eligibility and declare for the 2018 draft. ccording to Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp. The NFL, however, will most likely not consider him to It is possible, though, that the NFL won’t technically consider Hayden, who played three seasons of minor league baseball before returning to school, as an official underclassman as he is already well over 3 years removed from high school. The 6-4, 255-pound Hurst, who has 38 receptions for 480 yards this fall, is considered to be a mid-to-late round prospect for the upcoming draft. As far as we can tell, Hurst is also the first underclassmen to formally announce his intention to enter the upcoming draft. As is past years, we’ll be tracking the underclassmen as they declare for this year’s draft.
