Inside the Gamecocks’ facility, the recovery plan to get Sanders ready for preseason camp was referred to as “Rocket Science.”
While it’s unclear what exactly encompassed “Rocket Science,” Beamer made sure to thank the South Carolina
administration for “giving us the resources to have cutting edge recovery tactics in place.”
“He stayed in Columbia the entire month of May. He didn’t go anywhere,” Beamer said of Sanders. “He (used) the month of
May to really get ahead, so when the whole team came back and started workouts in June he (wasn’t behind.”
Beamer admitted that Sanders “lost a considerable amount of weight and body fat” since he arrived on campus, though
the official roster listed Sanders at 225 pounds in the spring and now lists him at 230.
After three impressive seasons at Arkansas, including a sophomore campaign that included over 1,400
rushing yards, Sanders decided to play his final collegiate season in Columbia.
The result: Sanders has been training with the Gamecocks this summer and
will be full go for the start of camp on Aug. 2, Beamer said Monday while speaking at SEC Media Days.
