This one hits close to home…Del Wilkes, known in his professional days as “The Patriot”, has left us…Del Wilkes gone at age 59 after a massive heart attack…Wilkes had successful run as a pro wrestler and he was a former offensive lineman for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team…He was a first-team All-American at guard for the South Carolina Gamecocks, during the 1984 season. Del Wilkes was a South Carolina boy/man and he cut his teeth on playing college and pro sports, there in the state of South Carolina… “The Patriot”/Del Wilkes came to Greensboro back in the…