Kyle Nunn got some good news today. Doctors have cleared him to play in the Gamecocks bowl game on January 2nd. Nunn suffered an injury against Navy but played the following week versus Vanderbilt. The Sumter native finally succumbed to the injury the week following the Vanderbilt game and prior to the Auburn game on October 1st. A few weeks later the fifth year senior had surgery on his leg to remove a blood clot. Since Nunn's injury, Gamecocks o-line coach Shawn Elliott has mixed and matched several o-line combinations before finally settling on a same starting unit the last three games of the season. If Nunn does decide to play in the bowl game then it becomes a very slim chance he returns for a sixth year due to a medical hardship which he will have to submit paperwork for post-bowl game.
Nunn would bring a welcome sight to quarterback Connor Shaw's blind side along the offensive line and allow senior tackle Rokevious Watkins to shift back to his more normal right tackle position. The fact that Nunn is considering playing in the Capital One Bowl should lend some insight into the belief that USC's coaches are not optimistic that Nunn will be granted a sixth-year of eligibility by the NCAA. It will be a great addition to the o-line if Nunn could play versus Nebraska.
We shall wait and see if the fifth-year senior will suit up for South Carolina on January 2nd. If he begins practicing soon then bank on Nunn being in the starting line-up against Nebraska in Orlando.
Go Gamecocks!
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