Looking back at the last decade of SEC football, try and guess who leads the league in sacks and tackles for losses.

Without peeking, give yourself a couple tries.

Hint: It’s not Jadeveon Clowney.

Still drawing a blank?

Indicative of Eric Norwood’s stature as one of the most underrated players in the BCS era, his name is still an unknown in most circles in reference to SEC greats on the defensive side of the football.

Unassuming and often stricken with the label of being a step slower than other physically-gifted players at his position during his time in Columbia, the former South Carolina standout will be remembered as an athlete with an endless motor who got the most out of his tank.

Once a three-star prospect out of Cobb County, Ga. in 2006, Norwood arrived as a weakside defensive end and transitioned from an instant impact all-league player at the position to an All-American linebacker by the end of a decorated four-year career as the one of the program’s all-time greatest defenders.

Norwood’s primary strength was shedding blocks and knowing exactly where to be leading up to the point of contact. In 51 career games (38 starts), Norwood posted a school-record 29 sacks and 55 tackles for losses along with 255 tackles. Norwood’s total stops behind the line of scrimmage ranks 12th-best in all of college football since 2005, tops in the SEC over that stretch.

His national coming out party came during the first of three straight All-SEC seasons in 2007 when he returned two fumbles for touchdowns during a driving rain against nationally-ranked Kentucky inside South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium. Norwood finished with a record-setting 19.5 tackles for losses that season en route to buzz heading into his junior campaign.

Norwood’s single-season sack and tackles-for-loss records were later shattered by a future No. 1 pick, but his impact on the program remains long-lasting as one of the most beloved Gamecocks not only during the Steve Spurrier era, but in school history.