Roster - 1949 Freshman Roster | Num | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Yr | City | St | High School | JuCo / Prep |
| Alley, George | B | 5-10 | 185 | Fr | Concord | NC | | |
| Andrychowski, Ed | G | 5-7 | 188 | Fr | Erie | PA | | |
| Angioli, Chick | C | 6-1 | 200 | Fr | Brooklyn | NY | | |
| Balka, Dick | B | 6-2 | 195 | Fr | South Bend | IN | Notre Dame | | | Berry, Joe | C | 5-11 | 198 | Fr | Columbia | SC | | | | Brown, Eldridge (Buster) | B | 5-10 | 165 | Fr | Bishopville | SC | | | | Brown, Ned | T | 6-1 | 200 | Fr | Athens | GA | Athens | |
| Carter, Fred | G | 5-10 | 185 | Fr | Columbia | SC | | |
| Collins, Rupert | B | 5-10 | 170 | Fr | Lumberton | NC | Lumberton | |
| Conder, Richard | T | 6-1 | 210 | Fr | Hamlet | NC | | | | Cupstid, T.J. | G | 6-0 | 180 | Fr | Swansea | SC | | | | Dixon, Jack | B | 5-11 | 153 | Fr | Bessemer City | NC | | | | Dorr, Jack | G | 6-1 | 205 | Fr | Blackville | SC | | |
| Duckett, Fred | E | 6-4 | 186 | Fr | Union | SC | Union | |
| Earley, Don | T | 6-1 | 205 | Fr | Vandergrift | PA | | |
| Finison, Jim | G | 5-9 | 210 | Fr | Greensboro | NC | | | | Gagalis, Pat | B | 5-11 | 185 | Fr | Ann Arbor | MI | | | | Granger, Spec | E | 6-1 | 185 | Fr | Greenville | SC | | | | Hamilton, Stan | E | 6-1 | 179 | Fr | Knoxville | TN | | |
| Harrington, Robert | T | 6-2 | 190 | Fr | Darlington | SC | | |
| Hatten, Creighton | T | 5-11 | 200 | Fr | Goshen | IN | | |
| Hinkle, Jack | B | 6-1 | 156 | Fr | Mount Holly | NC | | | | Hollis, Myers | C | 6-2 | 180 | Fr | Union | SC | | | | Hulon, Ernest | E | 6-1 | 171 | Fr | Lake View | SC | | | | Johnson, W.W. (Hootie) | B | 6-0 | 178 | Fr | Greenwood | SC | | |
| King, Bob | G | 6-2 | 190 | Fr | Natrona Heights | PA | | |
| Long, Phil | C | 6-1 | 180 | Fr | Bristol | VA | | |
| Merck, Hugh | T | 6-0 | 220 | Fr | Liberty | SC | | | | Nichols, Guy | G | 6-2 | 190 | Fr | Florence | SC | | | | Pargeter, Tom | E | 6-1 | 199 | Fr | Seattle | WA | | | | Skelton, W.A. | E | 6-3 | 176 | Fr | Atlanta | GA | | |
| Strickland, Jerry | C | 6-2 | 187 | Fr | Opelika | AL | | |
| Thacker, Charlie | E | 6-2 | 195 | Fr | Greensboro | NC | | |
| Tobin, Frank | E | 6-2 | 191 | Fr | Augusta | GA | | | | White, Billy | E | 6-1 | 180 | Fr | Fitzgerald | GA | | |