Final South Carolina injury report before Texas A&M game
Wide receiver Ahmarean Brown and offensive lineman Vershon Lee have officially been ruled “out” for Saturday’s matchup with Texas A&M, South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer said Thursday during his weekly call-in show.
Those two are among a long list of injured South Carolina players whom Beamer was hoping would make progress as the week progressed.
Beamer said Thursday, without naming specific players, that the others they’ve been tracking — Xavier Legette, Tree Babalade, Trovon Baugh, and Cason Henry — are still considered “questionable” for this week.
“We’ll see how it looks on Saturday,” Beamer said.
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Legette, South Carolina’s leading receiver this year with 38 catches for 736 yards and three touchdowns, exited the Missouri game in the second quarter with what Beamer called an upper body injury. He did not return and was spotted with a towel over his head on the sideline.
Even if Legette can’t return this week, Beamer believes he’ll be back soon.
“No, it would not be long-term at all,” he said. “He’s in good spirits and nothing long-term at all.”
Babalade suffered a second-half knee injury while Brown was dinged up with a hamstring issue, Beamer said Saturday.
Baugh’s specific injury has not been disclosed.
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Anderson (ankle) and Blanton (thigh bruise) were both dealing with injuries suffered against Florida, but were able to play against Missouri.
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Lee, who made the move from center to right tackle for the first time this year against Florida, exited that game with a knee injury late in the first half and did not travel to Mizzou. Beamer said on Thursday that Lee could return for the game after A&M.
Henry was injured on the fourth play of the season against North Carolina and has missed every play since but appears to be getting closer to a potential return.
Beamer said earlier this week that wide receiver Juice Wells is also out for A&M but did leave the door open for him to play this season.
“I think there’s a chance,” Beamer said. “I don’t want to speak for Juice. If you ask Juice, I think he would tell you he would like to come back and play at some point this season. He’s a competitor, he wants to be out there, he’s in every meeting, he’s engaged, he’s talking, he’s working like crazy to be able to get back.”
South Carolina takes on Texas A&M this upcoming Saturday in College Station with kickoff scheduled for noon and SEC Network carrying the game.
