South Carolina Gamecocks in the NFL: Devin Taylor has a wild Week 13

Since there's nothing else happening around here, let's reluctantly turn our attention to your weekly roundup of former Gamecocks players in the NFL to ease the pain of a slow, uneventful, off-season. Asterisks denote a change in status from the previous week (active to injured, practice team to inactive, etc.).

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Active:

Jasper Brinkley, LB, New York Giants: Forced a fumble and made 5 tackles in a 20-23 loss to the Jets.

A.J. Cann, OL, Jacksonville Jaguars: Started in a 39-43 loss to Tennessee but did not log any stats.

Jadeveon Clowney, LB, Houston Texans: One sack and three tackles in a 21-30 loss to Buffalo.

Jared Cook, TE, St. Louis Rams: Three catches for 22 yards in a 3-27 loss to Arizona.

Patrick DiMarco, FB, Atlanta Falcons: Two catches for 18 yards in a 19-23 loss to Tampa Bay.

Bruce Ellington, WR, San Francisco 49ers: One catch for zero yards, four kickoff returns for 24 yards and three punt returns for zero yards in a 26-20 win at Chicago.

Stephon Gilmore, CB, Buffalo Bills: Two tackles in a 30-21 win over Houston.

Melvin Ingram, LB, San Diego Chargers: 1 sack and seven tackles in a 3-17 loss to Denver.

Lemuel Jeanpierre, OL, Seattle Seahawks: Appeared in a 38-7 win over Minnesota but did not log any stats.

Alshon Jeffery, WR, Chicago Bears: Four catches for 85 yards in a 20-26 loss to San Francisco.

T.J. Johnson, OL, Cincinnati Bengals: Appeared in a 37-3 win over but did not log any stats.

Johnathan Joseph, CB, Houston Texans: Three tackles tackles and one pass defended in a 21-30 loss to Buffalo.

Captain Munnerlyn, CB, Minnesota Vikings: Two tackles in a 7-38 loss to Seattle.

Darian Stewart, S, Denver Broncos: Two tackles and two passes defended in 17-3 win over Sand Diego.

Ryan Succop, PK, Tennessee Titans: Did not attempt any field goals, was 6/6 on PATs, and made seven kickoffs in a 42-39 win over Jacksonville.

Devin Taylor, DE, Detroit Lions: Two sacks, one forced fumble and three tackles in a 23-27 loss to Green Bay.

Dylan Thompson, QB San Francisco 49ers: Active but did not appear in a 26-20 win over Chicago.

Injured

Antonio Allen, S, New York Jets: Allen tore his Achilles in August and is out for the season.

Busta Anderson, TE, San Francisco: Originally estimated to miss 6-8 weeks with an undisclosed injury, ESPN is reporting that he'll miss the entire season with an ankle injury.

Chris Culliver, CB, Washington "Redksins": Tore his ACL. Done for the year.

Mike Davis, RB, San Francisco: Reportedly suffered a broken hand in week 8. Davis has been placed on IR but has not been ruled out to return later in the season.

Clifton Geathers, DE, Pittsburgh: Will miss the entire season with an undisclosed injury.

Connor Shaw, QB, Cleveland: Will miss the entire season after suffering a right thumb injury.

Inactive

Jamon Meredith, OL, Tennessee Titans: Inactive in Week 13.    
Corey Robinson, OL, Detroit: Inactive in week 13.

Practice squad

Damiere Byrd, WR, Carolina
*Justice Cunningham, TE, St. Louis Rams: Punted back to the practice squad after dressing in week 12.    
Ronald Patrick, OL, Dallas
*D.J. Swearinger, DB, Tampa Bay

Released:

Kelcy Quarles, DT: Released from the Browns practice squad in October, Quarles has since worked out with the Titans but remains unsigned.