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Star players — in all sports — often get the benefit of the doubt.

And Todd Gurley’s no different.

During Saturday’s game at South Carolina, Georgia’s Heisman candidate got away with a post-play headbutt to Bryson Allen-Williams and hand to the face of a defender, but Gamecocks linebacker Jordan Diggs was the player flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.

After Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason hit Gurley in the flat for no gain, some jawing began and it appeared the Bulldogs running back was the lead antagonist.