South Carolina heads into its bye week with most of the injury picture looking better than it did on Saturday, but one key name still hangs in the balance.
On Sunday evening, Shane Beamer said the Gamecocks expect everyone who either missed the Florida game or left it early to be available for Tennessee, with one exception still worth watching closely.
"Everybody that missed the game yesterday or left the game, like Judge Collier did, we all expect to be back against Tennessee," Beamer said on his weekly teleconference. "The only one that we are most concerned about that I don't know about his availability for Tennessee is Quay'sheed Scott.
We'll see how some testing goes this week for him as far as his availability. But everybody else is trending to be fine by the time we get to Tennessee in a couple weeks."
South Carolina played Florida without defensive lineman Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy, EDGE Julian Walker, defensive back Quay'sheed Scott and center Carter Miller. Brownlow-Dindy and Walker are important pieces in the rotation at their spots, while Scott and Miller are starters at nickel and center. Cornerback Judge Collier also had to exit early in the second quarter after playing just 13 snaps.
Brownlow-Dindy's situation has been a stop-and-start one. He was injured early against Mississippi State, sat out the Alabama game, then returned against Kentucky before missing Florida.
Walker, a freshman, has started two games this season, both against Alabama and Kentucky. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound EDGE has two tackles on the year, including a sack.
Scott is in his first season with the Gamecocks and has started three games. He was hurt against Kentucky and has totaled nine tackles with three pass breakups.
Miller, a fifth-year lineman, has started at center in four of South Carolina's six games to open the 2026 season. He also missed the Mississippi State game because of injury.
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