Jalen Brooks update

Receiver Jalen Brooks is again with the South Carolina soccer program, a number of college sources advised The State on Wednesday.

Brooks has been away from this system for undisclosed causes since early October. He was faraway from USC’s on-line roster on March 15. He was not listed on the official roster on the time of publication, although his official bio was lively and accessible on-line. USC’s bio pages are sometimes inactive when a participant leaves the workforce.

“I spoke with Jalen final week and he’s been in fixed contact with me,” head coach Shane Beamer mentioned in March. “However proper now he’s not a part of this system at this level.”

Beamer additionally addressed Brooks’ standing final week whereas talking at a Gamecock Membership occasion in Florence.

“We’ll handle that as we get into the month of June,” Beamer mentioned every week in the past. “We must always have some extra readability on that very quickly.”

Brooks has been part of this system because the Gamecocks opened offseason exercises this week, a supply with information of the scenario advised The State.

The North Carolina native performed in 12 video games for the Gamecocks, recording 281 yards receiving and a landing on 25 catches following his switch from Wingate and Tarleton State forward of the 2020 season.

Brooks joins a South Carolina receiving corps that ought to be noticeably deeper than final 12 months’s crop. The Gamecocks already added James Madison standout Antwane “Juice” Wells Jr. and Arkansas State import Corey Rucker, each of whom are anticipated to have the ability to contribute.

Beamer’s squad can even return main 2021 pass-catcher Josh Vann, do-it-all tight finish/broad again Jaheim Bell, slot receiver Dakereon Joyner and big-bodied choice Xavier Legette.

It wasn’t instantly identified what jersey quantity Brooks will put on. He beforehand wore No. 3, however Wells took that quantity this spring.

South Carolina completed Beamer’s first fall as head coach with a 7-6 report, together with wins over Auburn and Florida. USC concluded the 12 months with a 38-21 win over North Carolina within the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.

The 2022 marketing campaign opens on Sept. 4 with a house recreation towards Georgia State, whose head coach is ex-Gamecocks assistant Shawn Elliott.

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