Final South Carolina injury report before Florida game
South Carolina used its bye week to get healthy, and it seems like the Gamecocks are the healthiest they’ve been until this season.
Juice Wells won’t play this weekend against Florida, Shane Beamer said on his weekly Carolina Calls radio show with Todd Ellis. But the Gamecocks should get back some banged-up pieces this week.
Wells is still out dealing with that foot injury he re-aggravated during a touchdown catch and run against Georgia. Beamer said the injury is healing at a “great rate” and it’s about when he’s 100 percent and the staff feels good about putting him out there.
Beamer mentioned this week it’s healing well and Wells met again with a specialist in Charlotte this week.
The only player who is out this weekend for sure, Beamer said, is Jaxon Hughes. Hughes walked-on out of the portal from Charlotte this offseason and is in the rotation at both tackle positions.
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Jakai Moore, TJ Sanders, David Spaulding and OD Fortune were some of the many guys playing through some bang-ups and Beamer mentioned at various points this week those guys should be available this weekend against Florida.
Moore missed the Tennessee game entirely with Trovon Baugh starting in his place. Sanders missed most of the fourth quarter against Tennessee and Spaulding’s been banged up most of the year.
Fortune dealt with a knee injury against both Mississippi State and Tennessee and was in-and-out of the game against the Bulldogs. Judge Collier’s been the Gamecocks’ cornerback when Fortune isn’t in the game.
Beamer mentioned earlier in the week both were limited over the bye but practiced Tuesday. Cason Henry–while still out this week–is on the mend. He is progressing well off that knee injury he sustained four plays into the season.
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South Carolina is 10-30-3 all-time against the Gators. It’s 6-7 over the last 13 games in this series dating back to 2010. The Gamecocks are 8-12 all-time against the Gators at Williams-Brice.
Over the last five games in this series against Florida at home, South Carolina is 3-2, including a 40-17 win over the Dan Mullen-led Gators in Beamer’s first season. That was the largest margin for a South Carolina victory in the series.
That sparked a stronger finish to the season. South Carolina beat Auburn a few weeks later to reach bowl eligibility and ultimately won the Duke’s Mayo Bowl over North Carolina to cap the 2021 season.
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Last year Florida walloped the Gamecocks in Gainesville 38-6, the final loss before wins over Tennessee and Clemson.
South Carolina is off to a 2-3 start to the season and is 1-2 through the first three conference games of the season. The Gamecocks are coming off a 41-20 loss to Tennessee on the road.
