South Carolina’s linebacking corps will be without a key piece for the rest of the spring.
Head coach Will Muschamp announced during a press conference that redshirt senior Buck linebacker Darius English will be sidelined with a thigh injury.
“Darius English will be out for the remainder of the spring,” Muschamp said. “He pulled a quad pretty good, so it’s a struggle with that right now. That happened last week.”
Last season, English had a team-leading 4.5 sacks on a defense that struggled to get to the quarterback. He also had 28 tackles, 3rd-best among Gamecocks defensive linemen, to go with 6 tackles for loss (2nd on the team) and 2 forced fumbles.
Another player on the other side of the ball could also be out, but another is expected to return.
“(Redshirt sophomore WR) Terry Googer has a high ankle sprain, so he’ll probably miss the rest of the spring. It happened in the scrimmage Saturday. We hope to get (sophomore QB) Lorenzo Nunez back this week. I’ll know more tomorrow. That’s really it on the injury front. We’ve really stayed healthy through the spring.”
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
