Jaylen Nichols

* 2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2022 co-Most Improved Player of the Spring – Offense
* 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
* 2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

Appeared in 38 games over five seasons in Columbia including 18 starts… started 11 times at left guard, four times at right tackle and three times at left tackle… earned his degree in May of 2023.

2023 (Super Senior)
Offensive lineman who was slated to be the Gamecocks’ starting left tackle in his fifth season with the program… suffered a torn ACL in the Garnet & Black Spring Game and missed the entire season while rehabbing the injury… entered the transfer portal on Dec. 20.

2022 (Senior)
Fourth-year offensive lineman… appeared in 12 games, making seven starts… started the first two games at left tackle before missing the Georgia game with an injury… made five-consecutive appearances off the bench before returning to the starting lineup at left tackle for the final five games… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll… named a co-winner of the 2022 Most Improved Player of the Spring Award for the offense.

2021 (Junior)
Appeared in 10 games, making seven starts… started each of the first four games (Eastern Illinois, East Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky) at the left guard position… was injured and missed some time… started each of the final three contests (Auburn, Clemson and North Carolina) at left tackle.

2020 (Sophomore)
Played in all 10 games, primarily on special teams, as a backup offensive lineman… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (Freshman)
Enrolled at South Carolina in January and went through spring drills… played in five games including four starts… saw his first collegiate action versus Charleston Southern… moved into the starting lineup at right tackle for the Kentucky game following an injury to Dylan Wonnum… held that starting slot for the next three games – Georgia, Florida and Tennessee – before suffering a high ankle sprain that limited him throughout the remainder of the season… named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Myers Park High in Charlotte, N.C. in December 2018… coached by Scott Chadwick… started games on both sides of the ball, at offensive guard and defensive tackle… led his team to a 13-2 record and a berth in the state 4A semifinals as a senior… helped the Mustangs post a 12-2 record as a junior… considered the 43rd-best player in the Tar Heel state and the 86th-best offensive tackle in the country, according to 247Sports Composite.

PERSONAL
Jaylen Lawrence Nichols was born May 17, 2001… earned a degree in public health.