South Carolina TE announces he is stepping away from football

South Carolina saw one tight end leave the program on Thursday as Austin Stogner announced that he would transfer back to Oklahoma after 1 year in Columbia.

Now, another member of the TE room has revealed his own plans to not only depart the Gamecocks football program but the sport altogether. Traevon Kenion, a redshirt junior, made the announcement on Thursday:

South Carolina TE Traevon Kenion announces on Instagram he's stepping away from football. pic.twitter.com/58YpEcCvOF

— Brad Crawford (@BCrawford247) December 8, 2022

Kenion was a 3-star recruit when he signed with the Gamecocks out of the class of 2019. He appeared in 3 games as a freshman before redshirting. In 2020, he saw the field in the season’s last 3 games.

In 2021, following the arrival of Shane Beamer, Kenion carved out a larger role in the Gamecocks’ offense, seeing time in every game that year and starting once, making 4 catches for 49 yards and finding the end zone once, against Texas A&M. He made 3 catches for 54 yards and a touchdown in 2022, with a pair of grabs for 33 yards and a score against Georgia and 1 catch for 22 yards in the Gamecocks’ upset win over Tennessee.

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