Former Florida State wide receiver transferring to Gamecocks, report says
The South Carolina football team and coach Shane Beamer have bolstered their wide receiver room through the transfer portal once again.
Florida State transfer wide receiver Vandrevius Jacobs told Gamecock Central on Tuesday that he’s pledged his services to South Carolina. It’s the first time since the spring transfer window opened 15 days ago that the Gamecocks added a commitment.
Jacobs, a former four-star recruit, redshirted last year at FSU and had 60 receiving yards and a touchdown. He will have four years of eligibility remaining at USC starting with the 2024 season this fall.
After losing seven receivers this offseason — headlined by Xavier Legette (NFL Draft) and Antwane “Juice Wells (transferred to Ole Miss) — South Carolina has now brought in four wideouts from the transfer portal: Jacobs, Ahmari Huggins-Bruce (Louisville, Gage Larvadain (Miami Ohio) and Jared Brown (Coastal Carolina).
All four have very similar frames, ranging from 5-10 to 6-foot and all weighing around 175 pounds. Even the two stud freshmen the Gamecocks brought in this summer — Mazeo Bennett (5-11, 188) and Debron Gatling (6-0, 194) — are around the same size.
While saying he really liked the group during spring ball, Beamer seemed to indicate the Gamecocks would address the lack of WR size in the transfer portal, admitting that “in some ways, that’s a little concerning because in today’s time, you need big bodies out there on the perimeter.”
SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSFER PORTAL ADDITIONS
- QB Davis Beville (Oklahoma)
- QB Robby Ashford (Auburn)
- RB Raheim “Rocket” Sanders (Arkansas)
- RB Oscar Adaway III (North Texas)
- RB Jawarn Howell (S.C. State)
- WR Jared Brown (Coastal Carolina)
- WR Ahmari Huggins-Bruce (Louisville)
WR Vandrevius Jacobs (Florida State)
- OL Torricelli Simpkins III (North Carolina Central)
- DL Deandre Jules (Pitt)
- LB Demetrius Knight (Charlotte)
- LB Bangally Kamara (Pitt)
- DB Gerald Kilgore (Tennessee Tech)
- DB Buddy Mack III (Pitt)
This story was originally published April 30, 2024 at 4:43 PM.
