COLUMBIA — They’re seven practices in (spaced over two weeks with spring break between). The next will officially put them over the halfway mark.

How does South Carolina’s next football team look?

About the same as it did when coach Shane Beamer previewed spring practice. Not a lot of answers — although that’s not anything mysterious — and much, much wonder … as it is when bringing in another portal/recruiting class, but especially the men who can rebuild a roster after a 4-8 season.

“From a coaching standpoint and recruiting standpoint, been two really good weeks for us on the field,” Beamer said. “What we’re doing, I like this group, the way they’re working.”

He touched on the high notes, the most important being that there were no new injuries. That includes Dylan Stewart, who remains working his way toward the field after playing last year with a severe back injury.

He was doing light work in January, but right now he remains completely out of practice and really anything physical-related as he just needs rest.

“If I got something to report, I’ll report it at some point, but right now, he’s resting, and right now we expect him to be 100 percent full-go when we kick the season off,” Beamer said.

The other most important aspect? The Gamecocks have changed their approach, making it more of an NFL minicamp style for spring ball.

“All we’re doing is we’re just saying each week is a three-day block, and we’re going to do the same thing schematically, over and over again, over those three days. It’s literally just technique, fundamentals, scheme, but not against one another,” Beamer said. “When you had the season that we had, you’re always looking at ways to tweak and, ‘Are we doing this the best way possible?’ So (strength coaches) Luke Day and Chip Morton, they actually presented to me back in December a model to think about maybe doing it this way, where it’s just when you have so many new faces each year with the portal, high-school freshmen, springtime is really where you lay the foundation for everything. It’s just a newer model because rosters turn over so much.”