South Carolina football adds well-traveled defensive lineman out of transfer portal
The transfer additions are rolling in for South Carolina.
On Saturday, the Gamecocks added four players from the transfer portal — capped off by Ferris State OL Dayne Arnett, the fourth offensive lineman to transfer to South Carolina in 2026.
Just over 12 hours later, the Gamecocks earned a commitment from Illinois transfer DL Tomiwa Durojaiye.
Durojaiye, who announced his pledge with a post on social media, started eight games for the Illini as a redshirt junior in 2025. He racked up 16 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 2 sacks and received All-Big Ten honorable mention recognition.
A former three-star prospect from Deleware, Durojaiye was recruited by the Gamecocks out of high school but signed with Kentucky in 2022.
And, well, he’s been moving around ever since.
South Carolina will be his fifth program in five years after redshirting at Kentucky (’22), having a productive season at West Virginia (’23), struggling to see the field at Florida State (’24) and becoming a starter at Illinois (’25).
Now he’ll try and find a role at South Carolina.
2026 South Carolina transfer portal additions
- WR Jayden Gibson (Oklahoma) — committed on Jan. 4
- DL Jordan Thomas (Georgia) — committed on Jan. 6
- OL Carter Miller (UCF) — committed on Jan. 6
- OL Hank Purvis (Purdue) — committed on Jan. 6
- K Upton Bellenfant (Texas Tech) — committed on Jan. 8
- DB Quay’Sheed Scott (Kentucky) — committed on Jan. 8
- OL Jacarrius Peak (NC State) — committed on Jan. 8
- OL Emmanuel Poku (East Carolina) — committed on Jan. 9
- RB Sam Williams-Dixon (Ohio State) — committed on Jan. 9
- WR Nitro Tuggle (Purdue) — committed on Jan. 9
- OL Dayne Arnett (Ferris State) — committed on Jan. 9
- DL Tomiwa Durojaiye (Illinois) — committed on Jan. 10
- LS Emmet Rhoades (Western Carolina) — signed on Jan. 10
- OL Seth Smith (Northern Arizona) — committed on Jan. 11
- DL Kelby Collins (Alabama) — committed on Jan. 11
- DE Drew Collins (Arkansas State) — committed on Jan. 11
This story was originally published January 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM.
