Shane Beamer will resolve what Dylan Stewart‘s future with the South Carolina Gamecocks appears like.
Positive, South Carolina suspended him with a joint statement alongside the SEC, however whether or not or not Stewart returns to the sphere, and even returns to the group, is Beamer’s choice and his alone.
The top coach made that clear whereas talking to the media on Tuesday.
“No, [Stewart is] not with the group proper now,” Beamer said in his weekly information convention (h/t On3). “And to reply your query and [a prior] query, his function or involvement on this group can be determined, you recognize, going ahead, by me. However proper now, he’s not with the soccer group this week.”
One would think about that South Carolina would not thoughts if Stewart got here again into the fold after this suspension. From a pure X’s and O’s standpoint, he has the potential to be among the best pass-rushers in faculty soccer.
In 2024 and 2025 mixed, he notched 56 tackles and 11 sacks.
This season has not been good for Stewart, although. He missed two video games getting back from an damage, after which in his return in opposition to Mississippi State, he notched only one solitary deal with.
Frustration boiled over in Week 4 in a 49-18 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Stewart refused to come back out of the sport when an assistant coach tried to get a substitute in for him, and that led to a sideline argument. Stewart additionally received into it with Beamer on the sidelines.
The ultimate straw was after Stewart threw a punch on the helmet of Alabama tight finish Josh Ford within the fourth quarter of the blowout loss. The refs didn’t see that second, however the SEC later decided that he had made “egregious contact” with the Alabama tight finish.
