Ole Miss at South Carolina: Princely Umanmielen status revealed on Friday injury report

South Carolina and Ole Miss have several players dealing with injuries ahead of Saturday’s SEC showdown. The Friday injury report is now out, sharing the latest on where both teams stand, and Princely Umanmielen is notably out for the Rebels.

For South Carolina, starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers and starting running back Rocket Sanders appear on the injury report.

Sellers was injured last month against LSU and missed South Carolina’s game against Akron on Sept 21. As for Sanders, he was injured in that game. After initially being listed as questionable on Wednesday, both LaNorris Sellers and Rocket Sanders were upgraded to probably on Thursday. On Friday, that backfield duo is listed as probable.

On the Ole Miss side of things, the Rebels have several players who are dealing with a variety of injuries ahead of the matchup. However, Tre Harris and Caden Prieskorn fell off the injury report, meaning they are full go for Saturday.

Here is the full injury report for Friday:

Ole Miss

• EDGE Princely Umanmielen – Out
• CB Cedrick Beavers – Out
• WR Izaiah Hartrup – Out
• WR Devin Price – Out
• LB Daniel Demery – Out
• RB Logan Diggs – Out
• OL Jayden Williams – Out
• OL Cam East – Out
• WR Joshua Pfeifer – Out
• TE Hudson Wolfe – Out
• S Louis Moore – Questionable
• RB Henry Parrish – Questionable
• DT Jeremiah Pegues – Questionable
• OL Jeremy James – Questionable
• DT Akelo Stone – Questionable
• RB Matt Jones – Probable
• WR Juice Wells – Probable
• LB TJ Dottery – Probable
• WR Cayden Lee – Probable
• OL Micah Pettus – Probable

South Carolina

• DB Kelvin Hunter – Out
• OL Jakai Moore – Out
• RB Rocket Sanders – Probable
• WR Jared Brown – Probable
• QB LaNorris Sellers – Probable

South Carolina is coming off a win over Akron, which saw the Gamecocks play shorthanded. Not only were they without LaNorris Sellers, but the Gamecocks only gave running back Rocket Sanders one carry before he left that game with his own ankle injury.

In place of LaNorris Sellers, Robby Ashford took over and played well. Despite that, offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains made it clear that Sellers is still the team’s quarterback once he’s healthy enough to play.

“LaNorris Sellers is our quarterback,” Loggains said. “I will say that.”

For the Gamecocks, the key to beating Ole Miss is going to be on the defensive side of the ball, though. Ole Miss has an explosive offense but the Rebels were held in check by Kentucky‘s defense, and in particular the Kentucky defensive line.

Another key storyline is going to be centered around Ole Miss wide receiver Juice Wells. A transfer into the program from South Carolina, this game is going to represent a kind of homecoming for Wells, though Shane Beamer has downplayed that.

“I think that’s every game,” Beamer said. “You want to make sure you play with great poise. They’ve got a good football team and I know we’re gonna get the best version of Ole Miss. What we’re focusing on is that they get the best version of South Carolina. They’ve got a lot of really good players on offense. Juice is a good player, but when you sit there and watch [Tre Harris], they threw him the ball 15 times Saturday. So we better be not caught up in one player. We better be aware of him.”

Ole Miss and South Carolina will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium.