South Carolina will attempt to get defensive end D.J. Wonnum an additional year of eligibility following an injury-shortened 2018.
“We are going to try to get a medical redshirt for him,” Gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp said Thursday at a news conference for the Dec. 29 Belk Bowl.
If the medical redshirt season is approved, Wonnum would play next year as a junior again and would have the option of returning for the 2020 season.
Wonnum played in only five games this year after suffering an ankle injury in the first game of the season. He had 11 tackles and two sacks and will not play in the Belk Bowl against Virginia after having surgery to repair the injury.