Shane Beamer Putting Two Walk-Ons on Scholarship Is the Best Thing You'll See Today

The South Carolina coach rewarded two hardworking walk-ons with a scholarship on Sunday.
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 / Brett Patzke-USA TODAY Sports

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).

Fans loved it on social media.


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MIKE MCDANIEL

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. McDaniel hosts the Hokie Hangover Podcast, covering Virginia Tech athletics, as well as Basketball Conference: The ACC Football Podcast. Outside of work, he is a husband and father, and an avid golfer.