Trovon Baugh returns to South Carolina football for 2025 season, inks deal with Garnet Trust
It’s official: South Carolina Gamecocks fans will see Trovon Baugh suiting up in the Garnet and Black in 2025.
Baugh has signed a name, image, and likeness (NIL) contract with Garnet Trust, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
That means that Shane Beamer will keep one of the team’s veteran offensive linemen in Columbia for his junior season.
“Kudos to our fanbase, kudos to our administration, kudos to the Garnet Trust for all they’ve done to be able to help us and our guys out in so many ways,” Beamer said of South Carolina’s efforts in player retention last year. “This program is about relationships, honesty, and trust and having conversations with guys, and building relationships throughout the season. Guys have expressed to us that they want to be (here).”
“I think retaining our current roster is the most important thing,” added Darren Uscher, South Carolina football’s Director of Player Personnel and Recruiting, during a recent appearance on GC Live.
Coming off a Freshman All-SEC campaign in 2023, Baugh held mostly a reserve role with South Carolina this past season. He appeared in 11 of the team’s 12 regular season games but did not start in any.
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Baugh played a combined 137 snaps – 81 at right guard on offense and 56 on special teams – in 2024, according to PFF. He appeared on a season-high 30 plays in the Gamecocks’ 56-12 win over Wofford on Nov. 23.
Trovon Baugh South Carolina Bio
*2023 Freshman All-American (PFF)
*2023 Freshman All-SEC
*2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore offensive lineman who earned Freshman All-SEC and Freshman All-America honors in his first season with the Garnet & Black… incumbent who made eight starts at right guard as a true freshman… expected to compete for a starting guard position again in 2024.
2023 (Freshman)
True freshman who played in 11 contests, starting eight… moved into a starting role at right guard in game 5 and held that position for the remainder of the season… named to the Freshman All-SEC team by the league’s 14 coaches and named a Freshman All-American by PFF… named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
High School
Graduated from Pace Academy in Atlanta in 2023… was an All-Region selection as a senior… lined up on the right side of Pace Academy’s line getting snaps at both the tackle and guard positions…. helped the Knights to an 8-3 record and a spot in Georgia’s AAAA playoffs in 2022… coached by Nick Bach… played primarily at right guard in 2021… helped pave the way for an offense that averaged over four yards per carry and rushed for more than 1,500 yards… selected to play in the Under Armour All-America game… rated the 47th-best player in the Peach State, the 32nd-best interior defensive lineman in the country and No. 437 overall by 247Sports Composite… considered the 35th-best player in Georgia, the country’s 24th-best interior offensive lineman and No. 362 overall in the On3 Consensus… ESPN ranked him as the 37th-best player in the Peach State and the 16th-best offensive guard in the country.
Personal
Trovon P. Baugh was born July 8, 2004… is a public health major.
