Shane Beamer Putting Two Walk-Ons on Scholarship Is the Best Thing You'll See Today
![Jul 15, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer speaking to the media at Omni Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-USA TODAY Sports Jul 15, 2024; Dallas, TX, USA; South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer speaking to the media at Omni Dallas Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Brett Patzke-USA TODAY Sports](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_6000,h_3375,x_0,y_621/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/si/01j528gteyzmnvate8zy.jpg)
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 the always viral 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.
Here's the clip courtesy of South Carolina's official football account on X (formerly Twitter).
Congratulations to @RonniePorter19 and @bradleydunn24! https://t.co/FM4BD357bs
ā Gamecock Football (@GamecockFB) August 11, 2024
Fans loved it on social media.
Iām not crying you are!
ā Sidelines South Carolina šš¤š» (@SSN_Gamecocks) August 11, 2024
These videos will never get old
ā John Freeman (@CockyFreeman) August 12, 2024
Congrats fellas!
ā Famously Garnet Sports (@FamouslyGarnet) August 11, 2024
Never gets old seeing someone rewarded for great effort. Congratulations to both of these outstanding young men.
ā RKM (@RoKeMcD) August 11, 2024
I love the excitement from their teammates!
ā Vicki Ringer (@vickiringer) August 11, 2024