The South Carolina coach rewarded two hardworking walk-ons with a scholarship on Sunday.
College football programs across the country are hard at work in fall camp preparing for the new season, which means it's that time of year again for theviral videos of walk-ons being rewarded scholarships to emerge across the internet once again.
On Sunday, it was South Carolina's turn to get its fans fired up and excited for two hardworking veterans in redshirt senior running back Bradley Dunn and redshirt junior linebacker Ronnie Porter. Both players, who have been used sparingly throughout their respective tenures with the program, earned the scholarships in a team meeting to go over practice film.
Coach Shane Beamer highlighted plays made by Dunn and Porter in practice, and commended their hard work before announcing that they were being put on scholarship. Their teammates mobbed them upon hearing the news as the meeting room erupted in celebration.Mike McDaniel is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where he has worked since January 2022. His work has been featured at InsideTheACC.com, SB Nation, FanSided and more.
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