Shane Beamer gives Thursday injury update on key South Carolina trio
Less than 24 hours after South Carolina put out its first player availability report for the Gamecocks’ matchup with Ole Miss, head coach Shane Beamer provided another injury update on quarterback LaNorris Sellers, running back Rocket Sanders, and wide receiver Jared Brown Thursday night on his call-in show.
After the Wednesday night report listed all three as “questionable,” South Carolina’s fourth-year head coach expressed optimism on Thursday that the trio of starters would be available for Saturday afternoon’s matchup.
“We’ll put out our report at 8:00 tonight, just like the SEC requires us to do …. It will say tonight that Rocket and Jared Brown and LaNorris are all probable, which means they practiced this week and we feel pretty good about their availability on Saturday,” Beamer said.
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Ole Miss listed several key contributors as “questionable” on Wednesday’s report including superstar wide receiver Tre Harris, EDGE Princely Umanmielen, defensive tackle JJ Pegues, and running back Henry Parrish — all starters for the Rebels.
Both Sellers and Brown were injured late in the first half of the LSU game three weeks ago. Sellers, who has an ankle injury, returned for one drive in the second half but did not play the rest of the game—neither suited up versus Akron two weeks ago.
Sanders entered the matchup with the Zips in good health but exited early in the game with an ankle injury.
The SEC recently approved a player availability injury report system for football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball.
SEC school personnel must submit availability reports three days before each football game, with daily updates leading to a final report 90 minutes before game time. For basketball and baseball, reports are filed the night before, with an update on game day.
According to the SEC, penalties for inaccurate or late reports will range from $25,000 to $100,000 for football and anywhere from $15,000 to $25,000 for basketball and baseball.
When schools submit injury reports, players will be designated as available, probable, doubtful, and questionable before game day. On game day, designations will be available, game-time decision or out. The model follows injury reports similar to the NFL.
Full South Carolina vs. Ole Miss availability report from Wednesday
Ole Miss
Cedrick Beavers–CB–Out
Izaiah Hartrup–WR–Out
Devin Price–WR–Out
Logan Diggs–WR–Out
Cam East–OL–Out
Joshua Pfeifer–WR–Out
Hudson Wolfe–TE–Out
Jayden Williams–OL–Doubtful
Matt Jones–RB–Questionable
Princely Umanmielen–DE–Questionable
Micah Davis–WR–Questionable
TJ Dottery–LB–Questionable
Louis Moore–S–Questionable
Tre Harris–WR–Questionable
Daniel Demery–LB–Questionable
Henry Parrish Jr.–RB–Questionable
JJ Pegues–DT–Questionable
Micah Pettus–OL–Questionable
Jeremy James–OL–Questionable
Akelo Stone–DT–Questionable
Brandon Turnage–CB–Probable
Trey Amos–CB–Probable
Cayden Lee–WR–Probable
Trip White–LB–Probable
Chris Graves–CB–Probable
South Carolina
Jakai Moore–OL–Out
Kelvin Hunter–DB–Doubtful
Raheim Sanders–RB–Questionable
Jared Brown–WR–Questionable
LaNorris Sellers–QB–Questionable
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