South Carolina has already added two offensive linemen from the transfer portal this cycle and the Gamecocks are not done adding at the position, according to head coach Shane Beamer.<\/p>\n
With two projected guards already signed out of the portal, GamecockCentral has consistently told its subscribers that the Gamecocks would like to add another lineman, ideally a true center, from the transfer portal.<\/p>\n
While Beamer did not specifically mention the center position, he did confirm the team\u2019s plan to continue adding on the offensive line while in Orlando this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe needed to increase the competition,\u201d Beamer said Friday. \u201cI think we\u2019re still looking for interior offensive linemen in the portal for sure. The fact of the matter is, we lose our center and both guards. We\u2019ve got young guys, it\u2019s time for them to step up, like I said, but we also need to continue to bolster the competition in that room. We\u2019ve done that already but I wouldn\u2019t say we\u2019re done there yet either.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Carolina Transfer Portal Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n South Carolina Portal Headquarters (The latest news in one place!)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Portal Target Watchlist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Portal tracker (Commits and Exits)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n On3 National Portal Ticker<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Get portal news notifications with the App<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Subscribe to GamecockCentral for $1!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Gamecocks kicked off their portal recruiting on the o-line with the addition of former Wake Forest starter Nick Sharpe<\/a><\/strong>, who announced his commitment two and a half weeks ago.<\/p>\n The 6-foot-2, 330-pounder is considered the No. 53 interior offensive lineman in the portal. <\/p>\n South Carolina followed that up last week with a commitment from Western Kentucky transfer guard Rodney Newsom Jr.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The 6-foot-3, 303-pounder is ranked the No. 14 interior offensive lineman in the transfer portal.<\/p>\n With starting guards Torricelli Simpkins III and Kamaar Bell, both portal acquisitions last season, and starting center Vershon Lee all out of eligibility the Gamecocks will look for younger players to step up or veteran transfer players to take over those roles.<\/p>\n GamecockCentral\u2019s Chris Clark reported a new name to watch at center earlier this week who has already set a South Carolina visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post The transfer portal plan on the o-line<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South Carolina has already added two offensive linemen from the transfer portal this cycle and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Discuss South Carolina football on The Insiders Forum!<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n