South Carolina is set to tab veteran defensive line coach Tracy Rocker to its staff, GamecockCentral.com has learned.

FRIDAY UPDATE: Rocker officially hired. Details on contract here.

Rocker will head to Columbia from Tennessee, where he served as Jeremy Pruitt's defensive line coach.

The former Auburn standout has spent time at five different SEC programs - Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, Georgia, and Tennessee - as well as on an NFL staff with the Tennessee Titans.

Rocker replaces John Scott Jr., who recently took a position with Penn State.

Stay tuned to GamecockCentral.com for more on this developing story.