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Shane Beamer impressed by one big thing in South Carolina's first spring scrimmage

The Gamecocks held a scrimmage this past weekend.
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Nov 15, 2025; College Station, Texas, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer walks on the sideline before the game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images
Nov 15, 2025; College Station, Texas, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer walks on the sideline before the game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images

The South Carolina Gamecocks are in the thick of spring football, with just a couple weeks left of practices before it wraps up. Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer met with the media on Tuesday, and revealed that the team had a full scrimmage on Saturday. 

Beamer, along with new offensive coordinator Kendal Briles, is hoping to lead the Gamecocks to a turnaround season following 2025's 4-8 finish. The fifth-year South Carolina head coach said one big thing stood out to him on offense—the lack of turnovers. 

"I thought they did a really great job of protecting the ball," Beamer said via The Big Spur. "Y'all have heard me say it, we turned the ball over too many times over the last few years. I think it was close to 60 plays in a scrimmage setting. Eight plays of some tempo work at the beginning of practice and then about 20 plays of some situational second-down, third-down (and) third-down, fourth-down stuff that we did before we scrimmaged. There were a lot of plays that we ran in team settings, and our offense only turned the ball over one time, which was fantastic."

The head coach added that early in the scrimmage, redshirt senior safety Peyton Williams did create a turnover. But from then on out, the offense took care of the football. Beamer playfully added that defensively, that's a double-sided coin. 

"That was the second play of practice, basically, then the offense didn't turn the ball over the rest of the day," Beamer added. "So love that aspect of it, but from a head coaching standpoint, hate that aspect of it, because that means our defense didn't get the ball out."

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Not turning the ball over will be music to South Carolina fans' ears if the offense can keep doing so. Last season, the Gamecocks lost seven fumbles, tied for 69th nationally, and LaNoris Sellers threw eight interceptions. 

Beamer added that offensively, his running backs had a strong day.

Hopefully as South Carolina enters fall camp and the 2026 season, the turnover-free trend can continue.

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