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Just a week after Ace Sanders posted to Instagram that he would be coming back to play his senior season with the Gamecocks, the dynamic speedster appears to have changed his mind:
<-- welcome to the real world... Time to make it happen!
— Enrique Martinez (@AceSanders1) January 16, 2013
Several of his teammates responded to the Tweet by congratulating him and wishing him luck. The Big Spur is also reporting that Ace wasn't at Tuesday's workouts and was rumored to have told some teammates that he was planning to head to the NFL after all.
UPDATE: Ace confirms our worst fears via Twitter:
Day full of emotion for. Thank you everyone apart of #GamecockNation. I appreciate everything you did for me. #TearsOfJoy I love you guys!!!
— Enrique Martinez (@AceSanders1) January 16, 2013
In honor of Sanders' Gamecock career, let's watch his punt return TD against Georgia one more time: