Rashad Fenton – Noteworthy
As Rashad Fenton is hoping his NFL career is about to start, he’s answering questions about how his South Carolina career ended. Fenton was asked by at least one pro team at the NFL Combine why he sat out the second half of the Gamecocks’ 28-0 Belk Bowl loss to Virginia. “I just told them I injured myself. It’s part of the game, it’s nothing spectacular or different,” Fenton said. Fenton started 12 games for South Carolina last season and led the Gamecocks with three interceptions, but after the Belk Bowl head coach Will Muschamp seemed uncertain why Fenton hadn’t played the final half of his college career, leading to speculation about the cause.
It was a groin injury, Fenton said. “I got injured on a stop and go pass. A receiver ran into my leg,” he said. “I managed to finish the half. When I got to halftime, I had to let the training staff know I couldn’t run and that if I did go out there it was only going to hurt the team.” The unanswered questions about the situation left Fenton to explain that to NFL teams, which he said “rubbed me the wrong way.” “Yeah, I felt like it was a weird approach to it (by Muschamp),” he said. – The State