As a junior in high school, Shameik Blackshear was a can’t-miss prospect. As he enters his junior year in college, people are wondering if he might.
“I would call him my project kid,” South Carolina defensive ends coach Mike Peterson said. “We are trying to find, ‘What does he do really, really well in this system?’”
Blackshear was a five-star prospect at Bluffton High School at one point, but a knee injury during his senior season and off-field incidents have hamstrung his development. In three years, the first of which isn’t held against him because of a medical redshirt season, he has totaled 10 tackles and no sacks.