Fast forward to 2024 and, well, the Gamecocks had remarkable injury fortune.

South Carolina football will take the field for the first time in the 2025 season on August 31st when the Gamecocks take on the Virginia Tech Hokies in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. That means kickoff is just 37 days away.

Last football season the two leaders of the South Carolina secondary, and arguably the defense as a whole, were Nick Emmanwori and DQ Smith.

The Gamecocks head into the 2025 season with high expectations after going 9-4 last year in what was the best finish of Beamer’s tenure at South Carolina. The State asked a few national media members for their opinions on the Gamecocks as the new season approaches. Here’s what they had to say:

Less than three years after ChatGPT emerged as a powerful new research and organizational tool, AI has become rooted in campus classrooms and boardrooms.

A roundup of notable gifts compiled by the Chronicle:. University of South Carolina. Alumnus Peter McCausland and his wife, Bonnie, pledged $75 million through their McCausland Foundation to support career-development programs for students in the liberal arts and sciences, expand research and teaching in neuroscience and brain health, and support faculty within the newly named McCausland ...

South Carolina's current starter, LaNorris Sellers, didn't receive an offer from the home-state Gamecocks until October of his senior year.

Shane Beamer is adding more experience to his coaching staff.