Will South Carolina continue to add from transfer portal? Shane Beamer discusses latest pickups
South Carolina exited the spring with a roster it could feel good about, but there’s been one clear focus as the staff has looked to supplement during the spring transfer portal window — depth in the trenches.
All four of the Gamecocks’ additions this spring play on the line of scrimmage as South Carolina has added two EDGEs in George Wilson and Demon Clowney, a defensive tackle in Troy Pikes, and an offensive lineman in Nolan Hay.
Gamecocks’ fifth-year head coach Shane Beamer provided big-picture thoughts on the group during his stop in Summerville for this year’s Welcome Home Tour.
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“When we went into it, you looked at it, you said, ‘Okay, we’ve got some depth concerns on the offensive line, and we’ve got some depth concerns on the defensive line,’ meaning tackle and defensive end, whether it be injury or transfers,” Beamer explained. “We knew that we needed to address those, particularly from a depth standpoint. So I feel like we have.
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“They add competition to those rooms on the defensive line and on the offensive line. We’ve added older guys with some experience, because we’re still young at a lot of spots, those two specifically.”
Wilson, Clowney, and Hay are all upperclassmen, while Pikes joins the program with three years of eligibility left.
With those four in the fold, could the Gamecocks add more players before the season begins?
“Nothing imminent,” Beamer said. “We had some guys that were in on visits, that haven’t made decisions quite yet, that, you know, there still may be. But right now, I feel really good about where we are. And if we add, you know, one or two guys before the season, great. But if not, that’s okay.”
