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South Carolina specialist, All-SEC selection, is put on scholarship
By Sydney Hunte
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Hunter Rogers is about to wrap up his 3rd season with the South Carolina football team.
The long snapper enter his 4th season as a scholarship athlete. Head coach Shane Beamer made the announcement at a team meeting while celebrating the team’s All-SEC picks.
“The coaches, for the first time, they finally got smart, and they put a snapper on there for all-conference…long overdue,” Beamer said.
He then announced the news to applause from the team.
“There are a lot of ways, if you’re a walk-on here, to earn a scholarship. Being named all-conference is right at the top of it,” he said.
Here’s video of it as it happened:
https://twitter.com/GamecockFB/status/1603536680199376897
Rogers, a Columbia native, saw his first action at long snapper in 2021 starting with the Florida game after redshirting in 2020. He served as both a snapper and a wide receiver in high school and was also a member of the baseball team. On Dec. 6, he was named to the coaches’ All-SEC team at long snapper along with Georgia’s William Mote.
South Carolina faces Notre Dame in the TaxSlayer Bowl on Dec. 30, a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPN.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
