Aamir Simms hit a go-ahead basket for a second straight game as No. 19 Clemson rallied from nine-points down in the second half to beat North Carolina State 74-70 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell has been named The Home Depot College Football Coach of the Year, it was announced today. Chadwell will receive the award during the 30th annual The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. ET, on ESPN.
Two Alabama teammates, quarterback Mac Jones and wide receiver DeVonta Smith, join Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and Florida quarterback Kyle Trask as the finalists for the 86th annual Heisman Trophy. The winner will be announced Tuesday.
Columbia native Justin Stepp has joined the University of South Carolina football staff as the wide receivers coach, head coach Shane Beamer announced today.
Lawson scored seven points in the first nine minutes after halftime, including a pair of fast-break dunks off of his own steals, but South Carolina was unable to shake the Rattlers. There were five ties and four lead changes in the second half.
Trevor Lawrence was 33 for 48 for 400 yards and three total touchdowns in what is expected to be the junior’s final college game. His final pass was intercepted, but Clemson (10-2) went 34-2 in his starts and won a national title when he was a freshman.
For Trevor Lawrence and the Tigers, this College Football Playoff semifinal brings them back to the site of last season’s national championship game loss to LSU.
The Gamecocks have a severe need at wide receiver, an already-thin position group from 2020. Top receiver Shi Smith announced earlier this month that he would be forgoing his senior season and entering the NFL Draft.
Chadwell is the first Sun Belt Conference coach to win the AP award, which was established in 1988, and the third coach to earn it with a team from outside the Power Five leagues.
Former Gamecock and current Panthers punter Joseph Charlton earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for Week 16, the NFL announced Wednesday.