GREENVILLE, S.C. – Former Wofford coach Mike Ayers and Furman great Stanford Jennings have been selected for enshrinement in the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame, as the Hall announced its 2022 class on Tuesday.
 
Joining the two Southern Conference alums in the next class are Clemson offensive lineman Joe Bostic, South Carolina defensive back Brad Edwards and South Carolina State wide receiver John Gillam. They will be enshrined at the 10th Annual Enshrinement Ceremony on April 21, 2023, at the Hilton Greenville off Haywood Road and Orchard Park in Greenville, South Carolina.
 
For three decades, Ayers guided the Terriers from the NAIA and NCAA Division II ranks to Division I and the Southern Conference. Along the way, the team made appearances in the Division II Playoffs in 1990 and 1991, the Division I FCS Playoffs in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017, and claimed Southern Conference titles in 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2017.
 
Ayers, a 2018 inductee into the SoCon Hall of Fame, was a five-time SoCon Coach of the Year and won the 2003 Eddie Robinson Award as the FCS national coach of the year. He began his career at ETSU in 1985 before beginning his three-decade run at Wofford in 1988.
 
Jennings, a 1984 inductee into Furman’s Hall of Fame, was the Southern Conference Player of the Year three times, in 1981, 1982 and 1983. The first player in SoCon history with three 1,000-yard rushing seasons, the running back was a third-team All-American in 1983. Jennings was the Southern Conference rushing leader in 1981, 1982 and 1983 and paced the league in all-purpose yards in 1981 and 1983, leading the league in scoring in 1983.
 
The Southern Conference’s overall Athlete of the Year in 1983-84, Jennings was selected for the Blue/Gray game and Senior Bowl in 1983. Jennings was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals, where he served as captain of special teams and returned a kickoff for a touchdown in the 1989 Super Bowl.