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Nyck Harbor’s South Carolina jersey number revealed

Dwayne Mclemore
·3 min read
Ben Portnoy/The State

South Carolina’s official football roster has been updated for the 2023 season, a little more than two weeks ahead of the team’s first official practice.

Five-star freshman wide receiver Nyck Harbor will wear No. 8 for the Gamecocks. Harbor wore No. 7 in high school but wore No. 8 in the Under Armour All-American Game. He’ll have to wait at least one season if he wants to wear 7 in college. (Quarterback Spencer Rattler wears No. 7 for USC.) At 6-5 and 241 pounds, Harbor is the tallest receiver on the roster by an inch and the heaviest by 14 pounds.

South Carolina has five freshmen at the receiver spot. Harbor is joined by CJ Adams (No. 85), Elijah Caldwell (No. 14), Kelton Henderson (No. 83) and Tyshawn Russell (No. 21).

Among the freshmen enrolling this summer are running back Djay Braswell, who will wear No. 23; tight end Kamron Sandlin (No. 33); and offensive lineman Tree Babalade (No. 51).

Freshman and transfer jersey numbers

Scholarship players listed; x denotes that player as a transfer

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Wide receivers

x-11 Eddie Lewis 6-0 188

85 CJ Adams 6-2 215

14 Elijah Caldwell 6-1 191

8 Nyck Harbor 6-5 241

83 Kelton Henderson 6-0 165

21 Tyshawn Russell 6-0 174

Tight ends

x-1 Trey Knox 6-5 237

x-6 Joshua Simon 6-4 238

x-84 Nick Elksnis 6-6 251

18 Connor Cox 6-5 235

86 Reid Mikeska 6-5 225

33 Kamron Sandlin 6-3 214

Offensive linemen

x-69 Nick Gargiulo 6-5 327

x-77 Sidney Fugar 6-5 327

58 Markee Anderson 6-4 302

51 Tree Babalade 6-5 338

78 Trovon Baugh 6-4 337

50 Jatavius Shivers 6-6 315

Quarterback

16 LaNorris Sellers 6-3 245

Running backs

x-24 Mario Anderson 5-9 208

23 Djay Braswell 5-11 204

Defensive tackle

64 Xzavier McLeod 6-5 284

Edge/defensive end

x-12 Jatius Geer 6-6 243

9 Desmond Umeozulu 6-6 246

Linebackers

x-14 Jaron Willis 6-2 225

5 Grayson Howard 6-4 241

Defensive backs

x-17 DeAngelo Gibbs 6-1 225

20 Judge Collier 6-1 193

24 Jalon Kilgore 6-1 204

25 Zahbari Sandy 6-2 215

16 Vicari Swain 6-1 183

Key dates

  • June 20: USC at SEC Media Days

  • June 26: Shane Beamer’s media golf outing

  • Aug. 3: Gamecocks report for fall camp

  • Aug. 4: First practice

  • Aug. 10: First practice with full pads

  • Aug. 12 and 19: Scrimmages

  • Aug. 24: First day of class

  • Sept. 2: Season opening game vs. UNC

South Carolina football schedule

  • Sept. 2 – North Carolina (at Charlotte) – 7:30 pm, ABC

  • Sept. 9 – vs Furman – 7:30 p.m., SEC Network

  • Sept. 16 – at Georgia – 3:30 pm, CBS

  • Sept. 23 – vs Mississippi State – TBA

  • Sept. 30 – at Tennessee – TBA

  • Oct. 14 – vs Florida – TBA

  • Oct. 21 – at Missouri – TBA

  • Oct. 28 – at Texas A&M – TBA

  • Nov. 4 – Jacksonville State – TBA

  • Nov. 11 – vs Vanderbilt – TBA

  • Nov. 18 – vs Kentucky – TBA

  • Nov. 25 – vs Clemson – TBA