South Carolina LB Mohamed Kaba enters NCAA transfer portal
South Carolina linebacker Mohamed Kaba entered the NCAA transfer portal, according to On3’s Pete Nakos.
Kaba originally committed as part of the 2020 class. He’ll now look elsewhere to continue his college career.
Over the last two years, Kaba played in just two games due to torn ACLs. He played in just four games this season.
Kaba’s full season came in 2021, when he played in all 13 games for South Carolina and set career highs with 32 tackles and two tackles for loss.
As a member of the Class of 2020, Kaba was a four-star recruit out of Clinton (N.C.) High, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He was the No. 11 overall prospect in the state, the No. 33 linebacker in the class and the No. 274 overall prospect in the class.
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Mohamed Kaba enters transfer portal prior to CFP fate
With Kaba looking elsewhere to continue, South Carolina is waiting to see if it’ll sneak into the College Football Playoff.
“I do believe we deserve a spot in the 12-team playoff,” head coach Shane Beamer said. “To me, it’s hard to I get it. The committee has a really tough job. They have to choose the 12 best teams. But I get it. We got three losses. I understand that, but it’s hard for me to sit there and say that we’re not one of the 12 best teams in the country. When you look at our strength of schedule, when you look at our wins on the road, I think we’re now four and one on the road this year in tough environments. We’re not going and playing in front of 20,000 people on the road like some teams do in this country. We go in front into hostile environments every single week, and our only loss on the road is a two-point loss.”
“You talk about the strength of schedule. I think today is what our fourth top 25 win with, I believe the 12th highest strength of schedule. So I get it. There’s some very deserving teams out there, but if the committee’s job is to pick the 12 best teams, you tell me, you tell me on Selection Sunday, everybody across the country of South Carolina pops up in that bracket. I don’t know of any team that would be excited about having to play this team the way that we’re playing right now.”