When it comes to off-the-field distractions for South Carolina football’s star player this fall, they’ll be pretty minimal.
That’s the advantage Deebo Samuel has as a redshirt senior.
Because Samuel is in his fifth year at USC, he doesn’t have much work left to do to fulfill the requirements for his retail management major — he’s taking just one class this semester, he told reporters Tuesday.
As a result, he said, he hasn’t spent too much time on the main campus, so he’s missed out on some of the preseason hype building around the Gamecocks, and him specifically, from the student body, and he’s also taken steps to shield himself from it online as well, going off his Twitter and Facebook pages.