Luke Doty’s injury rehab progress going well and could return for spring practice
Feb. 03, 2022
South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer is optimistic Doty could be close to a full recovery by the time South Carolina begins spring practice on March 15. He gave an update on the junior Wednesday after meeting with USC football athletic trainer Clint Haggard. “Luke’s working really hard and is on a great track to be healthy,” Beamer told reporters. “We’re hopeful that he’ll be able to do basically everything in spring practice hopefully. We’re still a little over a month away, but he’s on track, a lot farther along than maybe we anticipated him being at this point.”
“He looks great,” Beamer said. “I mean, when I see him walking around the building, I forget that he’s rehabbing an injury still because he is moving around so well down there.” Doty finished the 2021 season completing 60.1% of his passes across five games for 975 yards, five touchdowns, and three interceptions. He saw playing time in seven games as a freshman in 2020, completing 60.6% of his passes for 405 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions. The starting role isn’t as clear-cut for Doty as it was heading into 2021, as Beamer added highly touted Oklahoma transfer Spencer Rattler to the Gamecocks’ roster in December.
With the addition of class of 2022 four-star recruit Braden Davis, USC’s quarterback room will include Doty, Rattler, Davis, Colten Gauthier, and Jake Helfrich. Fans will get their first glimpse of Rattler, potentially Doty, and the rest of the Gamecocks’ quarterback room in the annual spring game, scheduled for April 16 at Williams-Brice Stadium. Tanner Bailey, the team’s other 2022 signee, won’t enroll until the summer.
Feb. 03, 2022
South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer is optimistic Doty could be close to a full recovery by the time South Carolina begins spring practice on March 15. He gave an update on the junior Wednesday after meeting with USC football athletic trainer Clint Haggard. “Luke’s working really hard and is on a great track to be healthy,” Beamer told reporters. “We’re hopeful that he’ll be able to do basically everything in spring practice hopefully. We’re still a little over a month away, but he’s on track, a lot farther along than maybe we anticipated him being at this point.”
“He looks great,” Beamer said. “I mean, when I see him walking around the building, I forget that he’s rehabbing an injury still because he is moving around so well down there.” Doty finished the 2021 season completing 60.1% of his passes across five games for 975 yards, five touchdowns, and three interceptions. He saw playing time in seven games as a freshman in 2020, completing 60.6% of his passes for 405 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions. The starting role isn’t as clear-cut for Doty as it was heading into 2021, as Beamer added highly touted Oklahoma transfer Spencer Rattler to the Gamecocks’ roster in December.
With the addition of class of 2022 four-star recruit Braden Davis, USC’s quarterback room will include Doty, Rattler, Davis, Colten Gauthier, and Jake Helfrich. Fans will get their first glimpse of Rattler, potentially Doty, and the rest of the Gamecocks’ quarterback room in the annual spring game, scheduled for April 16 at Williams-Brice Stadium. Tanner Bailey, the team’s other 2022 signee, won’t enroll until the summer.