{"id":770117,"date":"2026-02-23T01:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/770117\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T01:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:15:16","slug":"gamecocks-gives-encouraging-statement-on-injured-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/770117\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamecocks gives encouraging statement on injured player"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Carolina football<\/a> got some good news on Saturday. Earlier this week, it was reported that offensive tackle Jacarrius Peak had suffered a significant knee injury<\/a>. Now, the university is giving an update on his status.<\/p>\n

\u201cJacarrius Peak suffered a lower body injury earlier this week and will miss spring practice. We expect that he will be available this season,\u201d a statement from South Carolina read, according to Chris Low of On3.<\/p>\n

Peak suffered the injury playing basketball, and there was some concern that he could miss the entire season. The offensive linemen were a major part of the transfer class for the Gamecocks. He chose to transfer to South Carolina from North Carolina State, while also being pursued by Alabama and Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

At NC State, the lineman was a three-year starter and was expected to come in as a starter for the 2026 campaign. There has been a lot of excitement about<\/a> Peak joining the program, as noted by Director of Player Personnel Darren Uscher, per Gamecock Central.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf y\u2019all look at that Bruce Feldman\u2019s Freaks List that Nyck Harbor has been on since he came into college, Peak\u2019s been on that list too. So this is a guy that, although he\u2019s not your 6-6 tackle, long-statured guy, he is so light on his feet, he\u2019s extremely athletic, but he\u2019s got long arms. But he\u2019s also extremely powerful and extremely strong and heavy-handed,\u201d Uscher said.<\/p>\n

There has not been a full-time line given for the return of Peak, but while he will miss spring practice, he is expected to play this year.<\/p>\n

South Carolina openes their season on September 5 against Kent State. Their first conference game then comes on September 18th against Mississippi State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Carolina football got some good news on Saturday. Earlier this week, it was reported that offensive tackle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48,28379],"class_list":{"0":"post-770117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-south-carolina-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116117302374048847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}