Nick Sharpe becomes first Gamecock to enter transfer portal as 2025 season ends

With South Carolina’s season now over, the Gamecocks’ attention has shifted to the offseason and building a stronger roster for the 2026 season. With that will come some players moving on, which has already started with their first transfer portal entry on Wednesday.

Offensive lineman Nick Sharpe has announced he will be entering the portal when it officially opens on Jan. 2. He’ll be a graduate transfer with one year of eligibility remaining.

“I want to thank the University of South Carolina for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to play here,” Sharpe said in an X post. “After talking with my family and a lot of prayer, I’ve decided to enter the transfer portal. I will be doing so as a graduate transfer with one year remaining!

Sharpe spent one season at South Carolina and made five starts on the offensive line. The Gastonia native previously spent four years at Wake Forest.

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Nick Sharpe’s bio from GamecocksOnline

Fifth-year player who transferred from Wake Forest to South Carolina in January 2025… experienced player who appeared in 26 games with a dozen starts over four seasons for the Demon Deacons… injured his right ankle midway through spring drills and missed the second half of spring ball.

2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Saw action in all 12 games for Wake Forest making 10 starts… totaled 718 snaps on the offensive line and field goal unit… recorded a season-high 79 snaps against Duke… tallied 70 or more snaps in four games.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started the only two games in which he appeared in his third season with the Demon Deacons, working against Elon and Vanderbilt… suffered a season-ending injury in the second game of the year… tallied 91 snaps on the offensive line and the field goal unit… recorded 40 or more snaps in back-to-back games.

2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in 11 games as a reserve guard and on special teams, helping the Deacons to their seventh-consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl… posted 89 snaps over the course of the season… tallied a season-high 25 snaps against Louisville… logged double-digit snaps in three games.

2021 (Freshman)
Appeared in one game as a true freshman… made collegiate debut in a home victory over Duke, tallying 19 snaps in the win… redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Head Coach Randy Thompson at Hunter Huss High School in Gastonia, N.C., graduating in 2021… earned all-conference and All-Gazette team honors as a junior… highest graded offensive lineman on his high school team as a sophomore (92 percent) and junior (94 percent)… recorded 22 tackles as a junior in 2019 as he helped the Huskies to a 9-3 season that fall… team captain.

PERSONAL
Nickolus Sharpe was born Dec. 2, 2002… graduated from Wake Forest in December 2024 with a degree in communications.

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