Final injury report before kickoff
Shane Beamer mentioned there would be some clarity on South Carolina’s injury front later in the week but it seems things are still cloudy, at least publicly.
Beamer, speaking on his weekly call-in show, said a horde of players is still “questionable” for Saturday’s game against No. 1 Georgia.
The statuses of Boogie Huntley, Corey Rucker, David Spaulding, Cam Smith and RJ Roderick are all still fuzzy heading into game day Saturday.
“Still up in the air on a lot of these guys,” Beamer said. “We’ll see what happens on the next couple days.”
The Gamecocks have one more day left before game day, which includes a walk-through Friday. But time is running out for those guys to be able to play.
All of those, if healthy, would almost certainly be rotational players with most starters.
Spaulding was South Carolina’s starting nickel for parts of last season while Roderick entered the season as one of the Gamecocks’ starting safeties before hurting himself on the first drive of the season.
Neither made the travel roster for South Carolina’s trip to Arkansas last weekend. Spaulding is dealing with a leg injury while Roderick left the game holding his arm.
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Smith, a projected first-round pick entering the season, started both games for South Carolina this year but left against Arkansas with an upper-body injury.
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Huntley left the game injured but came back a few series later wearing a bulky, black leg brace.
Rucker hasn’t played at all this year dealing with his foot injury.
The Gamecocks announced earlier this week both Mohamed Kaba and Jordan Strachan will miss the rest of the season. Both tore their ACLs against Arkansas. Chad Terrell is also missing the entire season with a torn ACL.
“Hate it for Mo, hate it for Jordan Strachan. Two great players. Great young men who had worked so hard this offseason to prepare themselves for the season,” Beamer said. “Those guys are great leaders for us and will continue to be.”
Sherrod Greene and Gilber Edmond are expected to start in their places.
South Carolina kicks off against Georgia at noon Saturday with the game on ESPN. Todd Blackledge, Sean McDonough and Molly McGrath will be on the call.
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The Gamecocks haven’t beaten Georgia since the epic 2019 upset in Athens. The last South Carolina win at home came in 2014, a 38-35 win.
South Carolina’s last upset over a No. 1 team came 12 years ago against Alabama at Williams-Brice Stadium.
“Our depth isn’t where it needs to be, for sure, but we’ve got really good players on this football team,” Beamer said. “And we’re going to take a bunch of really good guys out there on Saturday to play against a really, really, really good Georgia team.”
