South Carolina OL enters transfer portal
South Carolina left tackle Jaylen Nichols has entered the NCAA transfer portal.
The Charlotte native is heading into his sixth year of college football and has started 18 games – playing in a total of 38 – during his time in Columbia.
The 6-foot-5, 318-pounder missed the entirety of the 2023 season rehabilitating from a knee injury sustained in the Gamecocks’ spring game back in April.
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Jaylen Nichols Bio from GamecocksOnline.com
* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2022 co-Most Improved Player of the Spring – Offense
* 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Big, strong, physical, experienced and powerful offensive lineman… multi-positional player who can play either guard or tackle… suffered a knee injury in the spring and is expected to miss most, if not all, of the 2023 campaign as he continues the rehabilitation process… has appeared in 38 games over the past four campaigns including 18 starts… has started 11 times at left guard, four times at right tackle and three times at left tackle.
2022 (Senior)
Fourth-year offensive lineman… appeared in 12 games, making seven starts… started the first two games at left tackle before missing the Georgia game with an injury… made five-consecutive appearances off the bench before returning to the starting lineup at left tackle for the final five games… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll… named a co-winner of the 2022 Most Improved Player of the Spring Award for the offense.
2021 (Junior)
Appeared in 10 games, making seven starts… started each of the first four games (Eastern Illinois, East Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky) at the left guard position… was injured and missed some time… started each of the final three contests (Auburn, Clemson and North Carolina) at left tackle.
2020 (Sophomore)
Played in all 10 games, primarily on special teams, as a backup offensive lineman… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Freshman)
Enrolled at South Carolina in January and went through spring drills… played in five games including four starts… saw his first collegiate action versus Charleston Southern… moved into the starting lineup at right tackle for the Kentucky game following an injury to Dylan Wonnum… held that starting slot for the next three games – Georgia, Florida and Tennessee – before suffering a high ankle sprain that limited him throughout the remainder of the season… named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Myers Park High in Charlotte, N.C. in December 2018… coached by Scott Chadwick… started games on both sides of the ball, at offensive guard and defensive tackle… led his team to a 13-2 record and a berth in the state 4A semifinals as a senior… helped the Mustangs post a 12-2 record as a junior… considered the 43rd-best player in the Tar Heel state and the 86th-best offensive tackle in the country, according to 247Sports Composite.
PERSONAL
Jaylen Lawrence Nichols was born May 17, 2001… earned a degree in public health.
