under 100 yards rushing this season (90.8 yards a game).

ORLANDO, Fla. -- San Francisco 49ers tight end Vance McDonald remembers quarterback Colin Kaepernick leading the team to the NFC championship game in 2013 with his ability to make plays all over the field.McDonald feels as if Kaepernick is starting to regain that form and the confidence that comes with playing every week after being selected as the starter in Week 6 against the Buffalo Bills.(He is) just having a lot more patience in the pocket and having a lot more cleaner reads, McDonald said. He got warmed up and you look at him the last three weeks, the guy is putting up great numbers.In his first two weeks as the starter, Kaepernick completed 46 percent of his passes for 330 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.But in the past four weeks, Kaepernick has completed more than 58 percent and thrown for 1,110 yards with eight touchdowns and two interceptions.Offensive coordinator Curtis Modkins said it was natural to expect an improvement in Kaepernicks game from his first start in Buffalo as he has started to get healthy and get through the rust of not playing football for much of the past year.He had some injuries that he was dealing with, Modkins said. He missed the offseason. It was his first game back. I think whats important though is that hes steadily improved from that point on and I dont see why that wont continue the way he works.Although the 49ers are on a 10-game losing streak, the recent play of Kaepernick has teammates and coaches excited. And as Kaepernick continues to work toward developing better chemistry with his teammates in hopes that his improvement will soon turn into wins.Well, I think its showing more and more every week, Kaepernick said. The more I get comfortable, the more receivers and offensive line get comfortable with whats going on, I think we put up more and more yards, give ourselves more and more opportunities to score. Now, we just have to convert those opportunities into points.Kaepernick is also finding success on the ground. He rushed for 113 yards in the 31-24 loss to the Miami Dolphins last Sunday and has 373 yards on 46 carries this season, averaging more than 8 yards per rush.I think part of it is this offense lends itself to that, Kaepernick said. Theres more opportunities for (runs), especially being in three-receiver sets most of the time, a lot more space out there. So, scramble lanes are bigger. When we do run zone-read theres more space there as well.Game notes Linebacker Shayne Skov (knee) has been placed on injured reserve. Skov appeared in nine games this season and had two tackles on defense and eight on special teams. Safety Marcus Ball was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster and the team signed linebacker Wynton McManis to the practice squad.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Fake College Jerseys .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. Fake NFL Jerseys . -- James Young couldnt wait to apply those tweaks to his jump shot, and the first one he made against UT Arlington told him it could be a good night. http://www.fakejersey.com/ .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. Fake Jerseys For Sale .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. Fake Soccer Jerseys . By having more great seasons. Manning was the only unanimous choice for the 2013 Associated Press NFL All-Pro team Friday. COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Kevin Sumlin has been here before. This time, the Texas A&M coach believes his ninth-ranked Aggies can keep rising past September.Texas A&M (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) looks to start 5-0 for the third straight season when it plays at South Carolina (2-2, 1-2) on Saturday. But those marks have been the high points of the past two years when the Aggies were waylaid by the SEC Western Division schedule, finishing 3-5 down the stretch in 2014 and 2015.Sumlins a lot more confident the Aggies can improve upon last season. They defeated then 17th-ranked Arkansas 45-24 last week.Guys understand that, Sumlin said. Have different perspective on that than maybe they did as freshmen and sophomores. Maybe they handle it little differently as juniors and seniors.Sumlin acknowledged maybe winning came too fast and too easily for his young team in 2014 and 2015. So he emphasized staying strong and not fading throughout the offseason.Guarantee things change? Sumlin said. No. Performance guarantees change.On the field, the Aggies have shown all the right moves.Graduate transfer quarterback Trevor Knight leads an offense thats averaging 43 points a game, third best in the SEC. Defensive ends Myles Garrett and Daeshon Hall have combined for 10 tackles for loss and power a group thats held opponents to 16 points a game, also third best in the league.We remember nobody was talking about us at the beginning of the season, receiver Christian Kirk said. Now, everybodys talking about us. Were 4-0, top 10 in the country. But weve got to forget about all that.The Texas A&M offense may have a difficult task putting up big numbers against the Gamecocks, who have given up 17 points a game so far in coach Will Muschamps first season. South Carolinas offense, dead last in the SEC, struggled with freshman quarterback Brandon McIlwain.Muschamp said McIlwain has played well and will continue to start.Im just trrying to be very realistic; where we are and where were headed, Muschamp said.dddddddddddd And moving forward with the guys that are going to do it the South Carolina way and thats with great effort, toughness and discipline, urgency and energy in everything we do.---Things to watch when No. 9 Texas A&M faces South Carolina.STREAKY STARTS: A victory by Texas A&M would make it 5-0 for a third straight season, something the program last accomplished in 1939-41. The Aggies are also looking to go 3-0 in conference playing, which they have not done since 2004 when they were in the Big 12.WHATS THE RUSH?: South Carolina has been slow to get its running game going. The Gamecocks are the lone SEC team averaging under 100 yards rushing this season (90.8 yards a game). The Gamecocks get some help with injured freshman Rico Dowdle expected to see his first college action.VAST DIFFERENCE: Part of Texas A&Ms success has come from its big-play attack while limiting the oppositions ability to make big plays. The Aggies have scored 11 touchdowns of 20 yards or more while allowing only one TD of 15 yards or longer this season.HOME STAND: South Carolina is done traveling for a while. The Texas A&M game starts a five-game home stand at Williams-Brice Stadium. The run includes the bye week, meaning the Gamecocks dont play on the road until Nov. 12 at Florida.OFFENSIVE POWER: Texas A&M is among three Football Bowl Subdivision teams with 1,000 yards passing and rushing. The Aggies have gained 1,107 yards through the air and 1,077 yards on the ground, joining No. 3 Louisville and Oregon in that productive club this season.---Online:AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org and AP-Top 25 Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/AP-Top25Follow Pete Iacobelli at www.twitter.com/PIacobelli-AP ' ' '