Shane Beamer addresses how Nyck Harbor has progressed since start of season

Sophomore receiver Nyck Harbor hasn’t quite made the impact South Carolina would’ve hoped in his still-brief time in Colombia. Especially for a five-star recruit and one of the freakiest athletes in college football.

In 15 career games, Harbor has 14 receptions for 213 yards and a touchdown. And this season, it’s been just two catches for 18 yards. For the 6-foot-5, 235-pound sophomore, it’s very much a work in progress.

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And his head coach, Shane Beamer, was recently asked how Harbor has looked in practice as he progresses to try and claim a larger role.

“It looks like a guy that’s working hard to continue to get better and a guy that works hard to continue to learn what we’re asking him to do and a guy that’s working hard to catch the ball consistently, just like all of our receivers are, and every player that we have,” Beamer said. “It looks like he’s out there working really, really hard to be a great player because it’s very important to Nyckoles to be a great receiver.”

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And Beamer did add that Harbor, who might not be making a splash at receiver, is making an impact elsewhere on the field.

“And he’s doing a really good job on special teams, covering kicks for us and was on the kickoff return team the other day did some things on offense and will continue to get better, along with the rest of our guys,” Beamer said.

Beamer shared a positive update on the Gamecocks’ injured quarterback

It appears as though South Carolina starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers will be able to play on Saturday when the Gamecocks host Akron.

Beamer told reporters on Tuesday that Sellers has told him he is good to go for this weekend’s out-of-conference game.

“LaNorris assures me he’s good and will be ready to roll,” Beamer said.

LaNorris Sellers was banged up late in the first half of Saturday’s loss to LSU. He attempted to play in the second half but was eventually taken out of the game and replaced by backup Robby Ashford.

Sellers completed 9 of 16 passes for 113 yards prior to leaving the game. He also rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns.

Beamer was asked if perhaps the coaching staff will try to protect Sellers and avoid running him against Akron since he is coming off of an injury. In a perfect world that would be ideal, but Beamer said the No. 1 goal is to win the game.

“Yea, but we’re trying to win a game Saturday night, and that’s not going to be easy, either,” Beamer said. “I know it’s easy to say, ‘Well this is not an SEC team, and they’re 1-2 and they lost to Ohio State and Rutgers.’ This team presents problems, and we’ve gotta do what we have to do to win the football game on Saturday.

“But certainly we’re always going to do what’s best for our players and our football team. But we’ve got a bunch of competitors. Saturday LaNorris wanted to play in that game. I didn’t think it was best for him or the team for him to finish the second half from a health standpoint. I just didn’t think he was where he needed to be.”