South Carolina down starting tackle for Charlotte

South Carolina is once again hit with the injury bug.

The Gamecocks will be without starting tackle Dylan Wonnum, who was not included on the dress roster Saturday night.

Wonnum battled injuries all of last year and came back for 2022. He’s started the first three games of the year, first two at right tackle and last week at left with Jaylen Nichols out.

With Wonnum unavailable and Nichols potentially banged up, the Gamecocks will likely look at Tyshawn Wannamaker and Jakai Moore at tackle. Nichols is listed on the dress roster, though.

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Terrell Dawkins, a reserve defensive lineman, is also not on the dress roster Saturday along with David Spaulding. Darius Rush isn’t either, although Shane Beamer mentioned this week he was out with a hamstring injury.

Cam Smith, Boogie Huntley, Devonni Reed and Stone Blanton are all on the dress roster as well.

The biggest potential addition is Corey Rucker, who is on the dress list for the first time this year after a foot injury.

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“I think he’s a guy with some athleticism and twitch,” said Shane Beamer after the Georgia game. “I’ll be honest with you, a lot of that I’m basing off what I saw at Arkansas State. He got banged up as we literally started practice… He gives us more depth at the position and was a very productive receiver at Arkansas State.”

He was on the field pregame warming up.

South Carolina will host Charlotte at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

South Carolina (1-2, 0-2 SEC) vs. Charlotte (1-3, 0-1 CUSA)

When: Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 – 7:30 PM ET

Where: Columbia, S.C. – Williams-Brice Stadium (76,000)

Broadcast: ESPNU (Jay Alter, Forrest Conoly, Tamara Brown)

Local Radio: Gamecock IMG Sports Network (Todd Ellis, Tommy Suggs, Jamar Nesbit)

Satellite Radio: Sirius/XM 133 or 190

Odds: USC -23.5 (O/U 66)

Weather: 75° (temps dropping during the game), clear, 0% chance of rain

South Carolina Injury report: DB Cam Smith (questionable), DB R.J. Roderick (questionable), DL Boogie Huntley (questionable), LB Stone Blanton (questionable), OL Jaylen Nichols (questionable), DB David Spaulding (out), DB Darius Rush (out), LB Mo Kaba (out for season), EDGE Jordan Strachan (out for season).

How to watch today’s game

from Wes Mitchell

Today’s game is on ESPNU, which means it’s available on most cable, satellite and live TV streaming services but is not always in the base package, so it might be worth it to go ahead and check yours before the game to make sure you have the channel.

For those in Columbia who have Spectrum cable, ESPNU is available but it’s not in the base package so you may have to add the channel to watch.

Streaming TV services Hulu + Live TV and YouTubeTV both have it in their base packages while it’s part of the Sports Extra Package on SlingTV, the Choice package on DirecTVStream, and the Sports Plus package on FuboTV.

If you don’t have ESPNU with your current setup, it may be worth it to try a free trial to one of the above services for today only if you haven’t already used up your trial.

The game is available on the ESPN app, but you will need to log in with a username and password from a live TV provider and subscription package that has ESPNU.

The ESPN App is available on Android, Amazon Fire TV, iOS, Chromecast, Roku, Samsung Smart TVs, Apple TV, Kindle Fire, Android TV, PS4, XBox and Oculus.

As always, you can hear the game on the radio in Columbia from our friends at 107.5 The Game FM.

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