South Carolina player notes for Mar 9th, 2019


D.J. Wonnum – Noteworthy
D.J. Wonnum still doesn’t know if he’ll be granted a medical redshirt for 2018 after missing the majority of the season with an ankle injury. But regardless of if he is or not, the South Carolina football star defensive lineman is treating the upcoming season as his final one. “I’m expecting this to be my senior year. I haven’t really heard much from them,” regarding the medical redshirt, Wonnum said. “But I’m training every day like it’s my last one.” Coach Will Muschamp announced that USC would pursue the redshirt for Wonnum in the run-up to the Belk Bowl last December. The Gamecocks are also hoping to get a medical redshirt for linebacker Eldridge Thompson and have been granted one for defensive back J.T. Ibe.

Of course, Wonnum might not even return for the 2020 season even if he is granted the redshirt, choosing instead to enter the NFL draft. In the meantime, however, he said he’s simply savoring his time left on campus. “It’s just taking it day by day, getting better, having fun every moment, because it’s my last year,” Wonnum said. “It feels like I literally just walked into college every day, but I’m enjoying it and just having fun each day.” Now fully recovered from the ankle injury and back on the field for spring practice, Wonnum is trying to recapture the success he had as a sophomore, when he recorded 57 tackles, 13 for loss, six sacks and five passes broken up. – Rock Hill Herald