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Josh Belk leaving South Carolina football team, 6 months after transfer from Clemson

Josh Belk’s winding road through college football appears to have taken another turn.

The 6-foot-3, 360-pound South Carolina freshman has left the Gamecocks football team, a source told The State on Wednesday. He has struggled with his desire to continue playing the sport throughout his collegiate career, the source said.

Belk’s high school coach had not heard anything related to the matter as of Wednesday afternoon.

“No one has said anything like that to me. Last time I talked to him everything was fine,” said. Will Mitchell, Belk’s high school coach at Lewisville. “I haven’t heard anything about that.