Below is a news release from USC Sports Information
University of South Carolina freshman running back MarShawn Lloyd will miss out on the entire 2020 season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee throughout Wednesdays practice, head coach Will Muschamp announced today.
” Im incredibly disappointed for MarShawn,” said Coach Muschamp. “It was a non-contact scenario where he just planted his foot and tore his ACL. MarShawn will attack his rehabilitation like he does whatever in life. The finest is yet to come for MarShawn Lloyd.”
Lloyd, a 5-9, 210-pounder from Wilmington, Del., was a highly-regarded hire who enrolled at South Carolina in January and went through the shortened spring drills after graduating from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md. Competitors considered him the fourth-best running back in the country and No. 33 total. 247Sports tabbed him as the fifth-best running back in the country and No. 43 overall.
No date for surgery has been set.
” Im very disappointed for MarShawn,” head coach Will Muschamp said. MarShawn will attack his rehabilitation like he does everything in life.” Im extremely disappointed for MarShawn,” stated Coach Muschamp. The best is yet to come for MarShawn Lloyd.”
South Carolina running back MarShawn Lloyd will miss out on the 2020 season due to a knee injury suffered on Wednesday throughout the groups second practice of the preseason, according to a press release from the school. He will have surgery to fix a torn ACL, but that date has actually not yet been set.
Lloyd, a four-star hire who registered in January of this year and the 11th-best signee in program history as ranked by the 247Sports Composite, suffered the injury on Wednesday during the groups second practice of the fall. Thursday was a walkthrough day for the Gamecocks.
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” Im very disappointed for MarShawn,” head coach Will Muschamp said. MarShawn will assault his rehabilitation like he does whatever in life.
The Gamecocks have 4 scholarship running backs – returnees Deshaun Fenwick and Kevin Harris along with incoming players Rashad Amos and Zaquandre White – who are healthy on the lineup. Fenwick has a set of 100 yard games to his credit in his young career with the Gamecocks, topping the mark in games versus Chattanooga and Vanderbilt while Harris scored four touchdowns as a true freshman.
Amos, a three-star possibility from Sandy Creek High School in Georgia, picked South Carolina over more than a lots offers. White is a transfer running back from Iowa Western who began his profession at Florida State. White hurried 137 times for 876 backyards in eight video games, averaging 109.5 yards per video game and 6.4 backyards per carry, with 10 TDs last season for Iowa Western.
