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The season is over, but Gamecock Football will keep on rolling through the new year.
Hear about what’s on tap for recruiting, NFL decisions, and the transfer portal, as Gamecock Central’s Kendall Smith has more on what’s next for South Carolina.
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MORE: Jovaughn Gwyn declares for NFL
By Wes Mitchell
South Carolina redshirt senior offensive lineman Jovaughn Gwyn announced Tuesday morning that he is declaring for the 2023 NFL Draft.
The 6-foot-3, 300-pounder was a mainstay on the Gamecocks offensive line over the last four seasons and has given five years to the school, though he technically did have one final year of eligibility left if he wanted it due to COVID.
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Instead, Gwyn, who walked during senior night, will make the jump to the next level in a move that was entirely expected after he nearly left last season.
The former four-star prospect from Charlotte played in 49 games in his Carolina career including 47 starts. Gwyn started all 26 games during the last two seasons and played in 48 games, starting 47, over the last four years.
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Bowl loss shouldn’t diminish what was successful second season
By Collyn Taylor
Shane Beamer stood at the podium, a room full of reporters waiting to pepper questions to him after a seven-point loss to Notre Dame.
Tears welled in his eyes after a disappointing end to the season. But Beamer stayed true to how he looks at everything and framed a deflating end by putting it into perspective in what was a successful second year.
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“For us to be down that many players and for those guys to play their butts off like they did and leave everything out there like they did, I’m really, really, really proud to be their coach. Just the fight,” Beamer said.
“We just said in the locker room in there, we’ve got a hurting group of guys that left it all out there and played for one another, and it’s special what we have in that locker room. Very few teams, I think — I don’t know, it’s just unique what we have.”
And, despite a sour taste to end the season, this was probably the Gamecocks’ best regular season since 2013 when South Carolina won 10 regular season games.
The only other season that could stack up would be the 2017 year where South Carolina also went 8-4 in the regular season. Even then, though, the Gamecocks only beat one nine-win team in the regular season (NC State).
