Smelley posts best quarterback numbers in scrimmage again

Another scrimmage, another big day for Chris Smelley

The USC freshman again outperformed the Gamecocks' other quarterbacks in a scrimmage situation. The right-hander from Tuscaloosa, Ala., complet 14 of 20 passes for 155 yards and sum of two units touchdowns Tuesday in the Gamecocks' final preseason scrimmage.

The 6-foot-3 206-pound Smelley was the top passer in all three scrimmages. His combined statistics were 34-for-53 passing for 509 yards and six touchdowns. He did not cast in a winding direction an interception.

Smelley and redshirt freshman Cade Thompson (4-of-15 for 31 yards) played chiefly with the second- and third-team units, while returning starter Blake Mitchell took the mass of the first-team snaps.

Mitchell was 10-for-20 for 142 yards with single touchdown — a 15-yard toss to tight extremity Jared Cook. The redshirt junior also was picked not on once, giving him four interceptions in the three scrimmages.