Gamecocks lose former South Florence WR Jayden Sellers for season with injury
COLUMBIA, S.C. − South Carolina football wide receivers Jayden Sellers and Jayden Gibson will miss the 2026 season with lower body injuries, the program announced Sunday.
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Sellers, who is 5-foot-11, is the younger brother of star South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers and played at South Florence High School, like his brother.
Gibson, 6-foot-5, is in his first season with the Gamecocks after transferring from Oklahoma but injuries have kept him off the field the majority of his career.
“I am extremely disappointed for both of these young men,” South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said in a statement. “I know how hard each of them has worked over the spring and summer in getting ready for 2026 to help our team. I have full confidence they will both overcome the adversity they’re facing, and we will help them in whatever way we can throughout the rehab process moving forward.”
Sellers played in seven games as a freshman last season. He had 22 catches for 337 yards and one touchdown, which went for 75 yards against Coastal Carolina.
After playing in one game in 2022 at Oklahoma, Gibson recorded 14 catches for 375 yards and scored five touchdowns in 2023.
He missed the 2024 season with a knee injury. He was expected to return for 2025 but a setback in his recovery kept him off the field. He redshirted but in mid-October coach Brent Venables said he was no longer with the Sooners.
Gibson committed to South Carolina two days after the portal opened on Jan. 4, marking the first get for Beamer that cycle.
The depth at wide receiver means South Carolina isn't in panic mode at the moment.
Sellers was expected to have a larger role this season, and his brother is entering a critical season at quarterback after a disappointing 2025.
Gibson wasn't projected top of the depth chart.
Speedy 6-foot-5 Nyck Harbor is returning after leading the team in receiving yards (618) and touchdowns (six) last year. Mazeo Bennett is in a position to have a much better junior year, closer to 2024 (337 receiving yards). Other options include Donovan Murph and freshman Sequel Patterson.
Beamer also brought in transfer wide receivers Nitro Tuggle from Purdue and DJ Black from UCF. Tuggle logged 500 receiving yards and four touchdowns in 2025, Black had 273 with two scores.
South Carolina's first scrimmage on Aug. 15 was closed to media and during open portions of practice there hasn't been any live action that previews the depth chart and rotation.
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