Mark Nichols was one of only 6 local football players selected in the NFL draft in the 1st round in the history of the league. He's also the only draft pick to ever come out of East High

Charlie Brown was sleeping in his South Carolina State dormitory room on the second day of the 1981 NFL draft when the phone rang. It was Bobby Beathard, general manager of a team then known as the Washington Redskins, calling to tell an S.C. State wide ...

The early 1980s were a great time for USC football in the NFL draft. Joey Browner was an important part of that larger story