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Brandon Shell

  • position OT
  • height 6-6
  • weight 322
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Goose Creek, S.C.
  • High school Goose Creek
  • position OT
  • height 6-6
  • weight 322
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Goose Creek, S.C.
  • High school Goose Creek

Brandon Shell Bio

8/29/2013

Sapakoff: Gamecocks tackle Brandon Shell is the anti-Clowney

By Gene Sapakoff (The Post and Courier)

* 2014 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll * 2102 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll 2015: Fifth-year offensive tackle who earned the start at left tackle in every game in his senior season… made 47 consecutive starts dating back to 2012… played mostly right tackle in his career before moving to left tackle for his final campaign to protect the quarterback’s blind side… was a preseason third-team All-SEC selection according to Phil Steele… sat out the spring after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder in the offseason to repair a torn labrum… played in 52 games overall, making 48 career starts… tied for sixth on the Carolina all-time list of games played, ranks third in career starts and second in consecutive starts behind only T.J. Johnson… a two-time member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll… invited to play in the East-West Shrine Game following his senior season. 2014: Big right tackle who started every game… named to Phil Steele’s second-team midseason All-SEC unit… was a preseason second-team All-SEC selection by Steele and a third-team pick by the league’s coaches… recognized as the Outstanding Weight Room award winner for the offense at the 2014 spring game… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. 2013: Sophomore who held down the right tackle position… started all 13 games… presented with the Everyday Effort award at the 2013 Garnet & Black Spring Game. 2012: Redshirt freshman offensive lineman… earned Freshman All-SEC honors and was named first-team Freshman All-American by FoxSportsNext.com… started 10 of the 13 contests… made his first career start as the left tackle at Vanderbilt in the season opener… did not start the next three games while transitioning to his more comfortable right side… returned to the starting lineup as the right tackle at Kentucky and held that spot for the rest of the season… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll… shared Most Improved Offensive Lineman accolades at the spring game with Will Sport. 2011: Redshirted as a true freshman offensive lineman… saw action for four plays in the season opener against East Carolina… was hampered for much of the season with a shoulder injury. HIGH SCHOOL: Standout offensive lineman for head coach Chuck Reedy at Goose Creek (S.C.) High School, graduating in 2011… helped his team to the Class 4A Division II state semifinals as a senior… selected as the Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier’s Player of the Year… earned a spot on the prestigious PARADE All-America team… played in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas and in the U.S. Army All-American Game… a four-star prospect who was listed as the state’s third-best player, the fourth-best offensive tackle in the country and the 66th-best player regardless of position by Rivals.com… regarded as a five-star prospect and the fifth-best offensive tackle by Scout.com… four-star prospect, ranked No. 77 in the country, the number three recruit in the state and the 12th-best offensive tackle in the nation, according to 247Sports.com… ranked 78th in the PrepStar 150… named first-team All-American by MaxPreps… also played basketball… had offers from all over the Southeast before selecting Carolina over Alabama and Clemson. PERSONAL: Brandon Shell was born February 6, 1992… is a sociology major who graduated in December 2014… great uncle is NFL Hall of Famer Art Shell.