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Blackshear second-guessing decision to pick Gamecocks

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South Carolina football's Shameik Blackshear. While the Gamecocks played at LSU without him, the true freshman, who is likely to be red-shirtted this year, implied on Twitter he wishes he had considered other schools before selecting USC as a four-star recruit out of Bluffton.
South Carolina football's Shameik Blackshear. While the Gamecocks played at LSU without him, the true freshman, who is likely to be red-shirtted this year, implied on Twitter he wishes he had considered other schools before selecting USC as a four-star recruit out of Bluffton. dmclemore@thestate.com Dwayne McLemore
BATON ROUGE, La.

South Carolina freshman defensive end Shameik Blackshear, a 4-star recruit from Bluffton, registered his apparent regret at choosing the Gamecocks over other schools in a tweet on Saturday night.

“Should of looked around like my parents said,” Blackshear tweeted. He added in a another tweet that everyone should listen to their parents because "they know best."

After USC's loss to LSU, co-defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward told reporters that Blackshear would likely be redshirted this season.

Blackshear did not make the trip to LSU. He had played in USC's games against UCF and Missouri.

"I think Shameik is going to redshirt now," Ward said. "We try to give everybody the opportunity to play. He had his opportunity. Obviously we felt as a staff that he wasn't ready to play."

This story was originally published October 11, 2015 at 9:41 AM with the headline "Blackshear second-guessing decision to pick Gamecocks."

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