COLUMBIA -- Just a day after reports indicated that Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel is working on an insurance policy for next season, it is being reported that South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney has taken out a $5 million insurance policy.

Darryl Slater of the Post and Courier reports the policy was bought through the NCAA.

The Post and Courier talked to Richard Salgado, who runs Coastal Advisors LLC, a company that provides insurance for pro athletes. According to the report, he said the NCAA's current rates run between $8,000 and $9,000 per million dollars of insurance.

Clowney is viewed as a can't-miss NFL prospect, but defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward said this week that Clowney can get better.

"If I can get him to play 100 percent every time, then he might be unstoppable," Ward told The Post and Courier. "If he wants to be the No. 1 player picked in the draft, he's got to play harder. He understands that. Not that he takes (plays) off. "

Clowney, who had 13 sacks last year, was asked about breaking the single-season record of 27 held by former Alabama star Derrick Thomas in 1988.

"I'm going to try to break that, hopefully," said Clowney, who admitted to reporters he didn't know who Thomas was.