South Carolina’s receiver room took a hit Sunday night, with the program announcing that Jayden Sellers and Jayden Gibson will both miss the 2026 season because of season-ending lower body injuries suffered in practice this week.
USC made the news public ahead of Sunday’s practice, and coach Shane Beamer said he was “extremely disappointed” for both players. The release did not offer any additional details beyond describing the injuries as “lower body.”
Sellers was in line to start for the Gamecocks this season after flashing as a true freshman last year. The younger brother of quarterback LaNorris Sellers caught 22 passes for 337 yards in seven games in 2025.
Gibson arrived as South Carolina’s first portal commitment this offseason and was looking for a reset after two straight years wrecked by injuries. He caught 14 passes for 375 yards and five touchdowns as a sophomore at Oklahoma in 2023, but he tore his patellar tendon weeks before the 2024 opener. Another injury hit him ahead of the 2025 season, and in October he and the Sooners parted ways.
That path eventually led him to South Carolina, which had recruited him as a four-star prospect years ago. He missed spring practice while rehabbing, so his exact spot in the receiver pecking order was still unsettled. He was expected to get playing time in 2026, though he likely would not have pushed past Nyck Harbor, Jayden Sellers, Georgia/Purdue transfer Nitro Tuggle and other options for a starting job.
Beamer said the program will be there for both players as they begin the recovery process this fall.
“I know how hard each of them has worked over the spring and summer in getting ready for 2026 to help our team,” Beamer said in a news release. “I have full confidence they will both overcome the adversity they’re facing, and we will help them in whatever way we can throughout the rehab process moving forward.”
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