Shane Beamer Talks How Nyck Harbor Has Remained Engaged With Football In Midst Of Track Season

Andrew Lyon | Apr 2, 2024

Sep 9, 2023; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks wide receiver Nyck Harbor (8) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass against Furman / Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports

For most student-athletes, graduating high school and moving onto the college ranks means it's time to narrow the focus of their athletic career to one sport. For people who are as ambitious as Nyck Harbor, however, that's simply not an option. South Carolina Gamecock fans have likely heard by this point about Harbor's dreams to run in the Olympics and eventually become a doctor, and he also has physical intangibles that NFL General Managers and head coaches would love to have on their 53-man roster as well.

Trying to balance all of those aspirations is a challenge in-and-of itself, without even delving into the specific challenges that football, track and field, or pre-doctoral programs pose. On the football front, head coach Shane Beamer explained to the media in attendance for his weekly press conference on Tuesday what the rising sophomore has done to continue to make sure he's keeping up with his teammates and new WR coach.

"[He has done so] in regards to he and LaNorris [Sellers], and other guys being able to do stuff on their own, he and Coach [Mike] Furrey being able to do kind of stuff on their own within the rules and whatever Nyck wants to do, but when class isn't conflicting with his schedule, he's here," Shane recalled. "He hasn't really been around on the weekends and then Monday, Wednesday, Friday or days that we meet and lift as well for the morning. So he's working around [his] class schedule on that, but it works out pretty good for the practice days. He was here today as well and he's adamant about being a great football player and it's not like when he's here everyone's like, 'Oh my God, Nyck's in the building,' and all that. It's just whatcha kind of expect, and [you] walk in [and] there he is sitting in [the] front row in the team meeting or second row in the team meeting right in the middle and involved. So he wants to give his all to track and be the very best he can be there for those guys, but then he also wants to be his very best for football and give everything he can to football also."

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