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Myles Stute shares what Rahsul Faison's process might be like from the athlete's perspective

wesby:Wes Mitchell•05/10/25•

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Rahsul Faison
Rahsul Faison runs the ball during South Carolina's Garnet and Black Spring Game. (Katie Dugan, GamecockCentral.com)

If anyone at South Carolina can relate to what running back Rahsul Faison is going through right now, it might be men’s basketball’s Myles Stute.

As Faison waits to hear back from the NCAA on if he’ll be eligible to play this season, a couple of months ago it was Stute who was doing the same.

Stute, who missed the last 18 games of last season with deep vein thrombosis, was recently cleared by both the NCAA and doctors to return to play next season

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During a Gamecock Club Hour interview on 107.5 The Game this week, Stute explained what the process is like to appeal the NCAA for an extra year from the athlete’s perspective.

“Definitely a lot of waiting, for sure,” Stute said. “But like you said, a bunch of paperwork that you got to fill out as the athlete, a bunch of forms that got to get signed, and, you know, personal statements that got to get made. But at the end of the day, there is just a lot of waiting on the athlete’s side in terms of a final decision and seeing what the NCAA will do once you submit all your paperwork in your case.”

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer said early this week prior to a Welcome Home Tour event that he was growing frustrated with the lack of an answer for Faison after the school submitted his appeal for an additional year in January.

A few days later, Faison posted on X/Twitter that he had retained premier NIL lawyer Darren Heitner, who Stute also hired to help with his appeal.

“Mr. Heitner is one of the best in the business when it comes to what he does,” Stute said. “Definitely top of the line in his profession. So very, very hopeful for their case over there. I’m sure that he’s going to put the work in just like he did for mine.”

Faison transferred to South Carolina in January after spending the last two seasons at Utah State, where he rushed for 1,845 yards and 13 touchdowns on 316 carries.

He graduated from high school in 2019 but did not play football in 2019 or 2020, and then played at a junior college in 2021 and 2022.

He is hoping for an extra year of eligibility due to the “Pavia” rule and has a strong case.

As for all the waiting — Stute can relate.

“Yeah, at least for me, they didn’t really tell me anything at all until the day of, when Coach (Lamont) Paris called me and let me know that I received that waiver for next year,” Stute explained, “which was like, I believe, two months or so down the line after we submitted everything for my paperwork, because we did it early once we found out for me in my case that I wouldn’t be playing for the rest of the season in terms of my blood clot.

“So definitely a lot of waiting involved. But I’m very, very hopeful for Rahsul’s case, and that things will look good.”

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