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08/23/21 - Zeb Noland, rSr/2022, South Carolina + More +

In its 10th practice of fall camp, South Carolina added another quarterback to the roster. Zeb Noland has moved from a graduate assistant role to the practice field, taking reps at quarterback during Tuesday's media viewing period. Head coach Shane Beamer confirmed his addition to the roster while speaking with reporters afterward. "He's going to compete like everyone else," Beamer said. "If he deserves the opportunity to play and can help us win football games, he will. And if he can't, he won't." Though he was originally in a GA role with the Gamecocks, the 6-foot-2, 224-pound Noland still has college eligibility. He played at Iowa State for three seasons before transferring to North Dakota State, where he backed up first-round NFL draft pick Trey Lance. Noland took reps at quarterback alongside Jason Brown, Connor Jordan and Colten Gauthier in Luke Doty's absense. Doty was the Gamecocks' starter throughout the preseason before he was sidelined with a foot sprain in last Friday's practice. - Rock Hill Herald

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QB Zeb Noland, South Carolina
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08/21/21 - Aaron Sterling, rSr/2022, South Carolina + More +

New coach Shane Beamer definitely wanted Sterling back, and Sterling wanted to be back. He proved that in Beamer's first month, the coach crediting his work to get healthy and his encouragement to everyone else on the team. "Aaron Sterling is a guy that I thought had a fantastic summer," Beamer said before preseason camp. "Really committed to getting his body right, getting in shape and making strides from that standpoint." He had to. He didn't want to let anybody down, most of all himself. "Knowing my role on this team. Knowing I got a lot of guys that kind of look up to me," Sterling described as his mindset. "So I just got to make sure I'm doing the right things and being the leader that they need me to be, and the team needs me to be."

At practice every day with the first team, having put on 20 pounds of "good" weight, Sterling is driving back his opponent, coaching his backups how to do the same and not wonderingly looking down at his knee, which failed him last year. He decided as soon as he was medically cleared that he couldn't and wouldn't play tentatively. "My knee's feeling good right now. I just try to keep focused on making sure I get the treatment and stuff, keep it healthy. That's all I'm really focused on sometimes, is making sure I stay healthy." - The Post and Courier

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OLB Aaron Sterling, South Carolina
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08/17/21 - Hot Rod Fitten, rSr/2024, South Carolina + More +

Call Rodricus Fitten "Hot Rod." It's the name South Carolina's roster lists, anyway. Heading into his third year with the Gamecocks, his name was changed to "Hot Rod Fitten" on the official 2021 football roster ahead of fall camp. Fitten said the change was just easier for everyone to understand and pronounce. He grew up with constant mispronunciations of "Rodricus." The nickname has Gamecock origins. Fitten was actually first called "Hot Rod" by a South Carolina recruiter wanting to find a good nickname for him. Fitten also grew up playing with Hot Wheels cars, so "Hot Rod" made sense.

Fitten swapped positions this season, moving from the Buck/Sam linebacker spot over to edge. He saw his first year of meaningful playing time in 2020, coming down with eight tackles across six games. He started at defensive end in South Carolina's last two games against Georgia and Kentucky. He signed with the Gamecocks in 2019 out of Booker T. Washington in Atlanta. He redshirted that first season and took reps on the scout team. - Rock Hill Herald

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DE Hot Rod Fitten, South Carolina
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08/15/21 - Dakereon Joyner, rSr/2024, South Carolina + More +

Dakereon Joyner will talk about the past, because it isn't like there's something to hide. "I think everybody in the country knows what happened," he quipped at South Carolina's Media Day. But a much more personal topic is foremost on his mind. "This the year, man. This is the year," the Gamecocks' fourth-year athlete said. "I just know God is going to do some great things for me. I'm confident, I'm prepared." That's always been the question with Joyner, who had a tremendous high school career at Fort Dorchester High that culminated with the 2017 "Mr. Football" award given to the state's top player. When will the lethality he showed whenever the ball was in his hands in high school manifest itself on the college field? He hasn't been able to do it thus far, mostly because he hasn't had a real opportunity. - The Post and Courier

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RB Dakereon Joyner, South Carolina
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08/14/21 - Luke Doty, rSr/2025, South Carolina + More +

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said expected starting quarterback Luke Doty sprained his foot and could miss the team's season opener. Beamer said Saturday that Doty, the 6-foot-1, 210-pound second-year passer, got his foot accidently stepped on at practice Friday. Exams showed that the injury was not as bad as originally feared and that Doty was hopeful he could play in the team's first game against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 4. Doty started the final two games last season as the Gamecocks went 2-8. He completed 43 of 71 passes for 405 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Beamer said there was no reason to panic about the quarterback position as Doty will be day to day with the injury going forward. "Luke's in great spirits and is optimistic he'll be able to play in the first game," Beamer said. "But if he's not, it'll be shortly after that." If Doty can't go, the Gamecocks will rely on St. Francis (Pennsylvania) transfer Jason Brown or freshman Colten Gauthier, neither who has taken a snap in a game for South Carolina. - AP College Football

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WR Luke Doty, South Carolina
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08/11/21 - Demetrius Knight Jr., rSr/2025, South Carolina + More +

After moving from linebacker to quarterback in the spring, Georgia Tech's Demetrius Knight was back at linebacker Friday on the first day of preseason practice. Knight played quarterback at Strong Rock Christian School in Henry County and was recruited to play the position for former coach Paul Johnson. He was switched to linebacker in 2019 upon his arrival to campus and played there for two seasons as a backup. Knight then chose to give quarterback a try this spring as the team was short on numbers following the transfers of James Graham and Tucker Gleason.

However, Knight chose to return to defense, where linebacker and safety are both possibilities. The transfer of quarterback Trad Beatty from Temple (coach Geoff Collins' previous employer) likely factored in, too. "(Knight) did a really good job in the spring trying out playing quarterback and just saw a need to be back on the defensive side of the ball," Collins said. Collins praised Knight for his work ethic and status as one of the top weightlifters on the team. He called Knight, one of the better athletes on the team, "an NFL player" at whatever position he decides to play. - Atlanta Journal Constitution

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ILB Demetrius Knight Jr., South Carolina
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08/10/21 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina + More +

Spencer Rattler hasn't taken his eyes off the task at hand. From launching his own clothing line to signing autographs at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, the OU quarterback has been a busy man following the NCAA's change to its rules on Name, Image and Likeness. But, with the Sooners' fall camp set to begin on Friday, Rattler's main focus is still on the football field. "I just feel comfortable going into tomorrow, just focused," Rattler said. "I just feel in control. We've got a good group of guys - a great group of guys - on this team. It's going to be a fun season." Rattler is just one of the many college athletes who is cashing in on the NIL era, leaving OU head coach Lincoln Riley and his staff with yet another thing on their plate to monitor. "We want our guys to be able to capitalize," Riley said. "And, admittedly, I think there'll be some trial and error with this. We're all learning. It's really new." Rattler enters the season as a front-runner in the Heisman Trophy race, and the expectations for OU are just as high. - Daily Oklahoman

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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08/07/21 - *Cam Smith, Jr/2023, South Carolina + More +

South Carolina football will be without one of its key defensive cogs heading into fall camp. Junior cornerback Cam Smith is currently battling back from a cracked bone in his left foot. Smith told reporters he had a procedure on the injury Friday. "Right now I feel great," he said. "I feel like if they would let me take the cast off right now I'd probably start running." Exactly how the injury happened was not revealed. During Thursday's preseason media day in Columbia, Smith came and went on a scooter while his foot was wrapped in a cast. Head coach Shane Beamer said the expectation is that Smith will be ready to practice soon and the hope is he'll be available for the Sept. 4 opener. The coach described the surgery as "a pretty simple procedure." Smith reiterated Beamer's message and said he feels good as he works his way back to full health. "He'll be out starting practice and not fully cleared," Beamer said. "But again, expect him to be ready for for game one." - Rock Hill Herald

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CB *Cam Smith, South Carolina
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08/06/21 - Nick Muse, rSr/2022, South Carolina + More +

The Gamecocks have the depth and versatility to run two tight-end sets this season. Senior Nick Muse is the unquestioned No. 1 tight end and could be poised for a big season after passing up a chance at the NFL and return to USC. The William & Mary transfer was the team's second-leading receiver this past season with 30 catches for 425 yards and a touchdown. He said he never got back to where he wanted to be after tearing his ACL late in the 2019 campaign, so he decided to come back one more year and improve his draft stock.

"Nick can do everything and he is really intent on improving his run blocking because that is something he knows he needs to do on the next level," USC tight ends coach Erik Kimrey said. "But he also can go out and split out for you. He does an outstanding job of creating space with his body and his route running. "He is the leader in our tight end room and on our team, so there is not much he doesn't bring to the table. And he has been a wonderful guy for me to lean on with this being my first year coaching the position." - Rock Hill Herald

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TE Nick Muse, South Carolina
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08/06/21 - Jordan Strachan, rSr/2024, South Carolina + More +

Kingsley "JJ" Enagbare is generating potential first-round buzz for the 2022 NFL Draft and led the Gamecocks with six sacks in 2020. The fourth-year Gamecock also came down with 30 tackles and seven tackles for loss despite only playing eight games due to a late-season injury. Enagbare is joined by highly-touted sophomore Jordan Burch, who has plenty of potential at the other end of the line. He also played in eight games because of an injury but totaled 19 total tackles and 2.5 TFLs in his first season.

"He's going to have multiple roles," first-year defensive coordinator Clayton White said of Burch. "I will find ways to get him on the field in pressure moments and impact moments so he can show his improvement." Enagbare and Burch are likely to be backed up by experienced fifth-year Aaron Sterling and Georgia State transfer Jordan Strachan. White said Strachan, who led the nation in sacks in 2020, will be a "major surprise" in the SEC. - Rock Hill Herald

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DE Jordan Strachan, South Carolina
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07/26/21 - Kingsley Enagbare, Sr/2022, South Carolina + More +

The votes are in, and they say what was expected. South Carolina was picked next to last in the SEC East in the preseason media vote, one spot out of the cellar. Coach Shane Beamer's appearance at SEC Media Days was brilliant, much of the media crediting his passion and enthusiasm, but that may not translate his inherited roster into winners right away. The Gamecocks received one vote for SEC champion. Alabama was the consensus vote to win the SEC championship. Running back Kevin Harris was only awarded second-team All-SEC honors despite leading the conference in rushing last year, while edge rusher J.J. Enagbare was a first-team selection after tying for the league lead in sacks. Tight end Nick Muse made the third team. - The Post and Courier

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DE Kingsley Enagbare, South Carolina
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07/16/21 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina + More +

Quarterback Spencer Rattler also heads into the season as an early Heisman favorite, and several coaches referred to his growth throughout last season as a key reason why he's a problem for opposing teams. Riley fielded a lot of questions about Rattler, and discussed the work he's done this offseason. "His body is starting to change. He's starting to put on more muscle," Riley said. "He's starting to move a little bit better. He's more explosive. You hope that shows up from a durability standpoint… He's already very talented when he gets out of the pocket, extending plays and all that. If you can increase his ability to do that, then you give him a chance to do the things that he does the very best. "I think for that position, it's big. When you have a guy who is a talented thrower, the more times that he can get himself in different positions to do it, the better he is going to be. That's been a big focal point here." - Norman Transcript

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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07/15/21 - Mike Wyman, So/2024, South Carolina + More +

Former four-star receiver Mike Wyman has entered the transfer portal The State confirmed with multiple sources Wednesday. Wyman came to South Carolina as the No. 339 player in the 2020 class after a standout career at Dudley High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. He did not see the field in his lone season with the Gamecocks as he redshirted last fall. Wyman previously arrived in Columbia in January 2020 and went through abbreviated spring drills. South Carolina has largely kept its roster intact over the offseason, though Wyman becomes the ninth scholarship player to leave since Shane Beamer's hiring in December. The last player to leave USC was quarterback Ryan Hilinski, who left the Gamecocks in January. - Rock Hill Herald

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WR Mike Wyman, South Carolina
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07/14/21 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina + More +

Despite not being in Arlington, Rattler's sure to be a big topic of discussion. Pre-season buzz has Rattler an early favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, and he's even projected as a No. 1 pick in some way-too-early 2022 NFL mock drafts. It's not hard to see why. The redshirt sophomore overcame early inconsistency and a first-half benching against Texas to lead OU to eight straight victories to finish the season. The offense he directed averaged 43 points per game, sixth most in the nation. Rattler also finished the season with 3,031 yards passing and 28 touchdowns against seven interceptions. Caleb Williams put on a show in the spring game in April, and the highly-recruited true freshman could see his opportunity sooner rather than later, especially if Rattler jumps to the NFL after this season. But for now, it's Rattler's team. - Norman Transcript

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QB Spencer Rattler, South Carolina
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07/09/21 - Spencer Rattler, rSr/2024, South Carolina + More +

OU star quarterback Spencer Rattler was named the Big 12's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year by the conference's media on Wednesday and was one of 10 Sooners named to the team. Transfer running back Eric Gray was voted the Newcomer of the Year. Oklahoma State had two selections: offensive lineman Josh Sills and safety Kolby Harvell-Peel. But the team was full of Sooners flavor. Rattler, a Heisman Trophy contender, is coming off a season in which he passed for 3,112 yards and 28 touchdowns in 11 games. He also rushed for six TDs. Gray transferred from Tennessee after he led the team with 772 rushing yards. He also caught 30 passes, which was second on the team. He was not selected to the overall team by the media. - Daily Oklahoman

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