He is a 6-6, 256-pound athletic wonder who tracks opposing ball carriers like a laser dot and punishes them like a vindictive medicine ball. If Jadeveon Clowney were allowed to enter April’s NFL draft, rather than prepare for his junior season at South Carolina, the dripping-with-talent defensive end would likely go in the top three, and possibly even the top one. Jadeveon Clowney finished the 2012 season with 13 sacks. (USA Today Sports) Yet Clowney, because of a nine-year-old decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, doesn’t have the option to cash in immediately on his potential. And the risk he’ll assume by playing another season for the Gamecocks has prompted some, including Charlotte Observer columnist Tom Sorensen, to suggest that Clowney sit out the 2013 season before going pro. I have a better idea: Clowney, who turns 20 on Valentine’s Day, should lawyer up and …
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