Stepp, a native of Columbia and graduate of Pelion High School, has spent the last three seasons with Arkansas coaching wide receivers.
The two-way senior will be a preferred walk-on for the Gamecocks. He rushed for over 1,600 yards and 15 touchdowns last season for the Highlanders.
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.
In the same fashion they started 2020, the South Carolina women’s basketball team finished the year in victorious fashion.
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.
He made six pass attempts in 2020 after starting 11 games in 2019.
Former Gamecock and current Panthers punter Joseph Charlton earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for Week 16, the NFL announced Wednesday.
Erik Kimrey is one of the most decorated high school football coaches in South Carolina history, and now he’s hoping that success translates at the college level.
The Gamecocks will play on Thursday after all.
Days after former Gamecock defensive back John Dixon put his name in the transfer portal, the ex-Carolina player announced his transfer destination.
