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By JOSEPH PERSON
Staff Writer
The State (Columbia SC)
South Carolina junior Brandon Schweitzer, one of three fullbacks on the Gamecocks roster, has been given his release to transfer to either Gardner-Webb or Coastal Carolina.
Schweitzer, who was expected to receive increased playing time this season with the Gamecocks shift to more two-back offensive sets, gave two reasons for his decision when he met with USC coach Lou Holtz this week.
Schweitzer, a 6-foot-3, 258-pound native of Hendersonville, N.C., said he was miffed about his status his freshman year. Schweitzer hoped to redshirt as a freshman, so he would have a fifth year to play and begin work on a graduate degree in education administration.
Instead, Schweitzer said he played a few snaps in early season losses to Virginia and Georgia in 2002 and was unable to redshirt.
Also, Schweitzer said he was frustrated about the position changes he was asked to make.
Arriving as a fullback, Schweitzer was moved to defensive tackle in the spring of 2003 and returned to fullback this past spring. Schweitzer lost 32 pounds in a three-month span this year to help in his return to the backfield.
I'm not picky in football, Schweitzer said Thursday. If I'm going to play there, I just want to stick there and have a chance to get adapted to it and learn it.
Schweitzer, a state champion wrestler in North Carolina who had four tackles in nine games in 2003, said he has an offer to play football and wrestle at Gardner-Webb and a football offer from Coastal Carolina. Both are Division I-AA schools, meaning Schweitzer would be eligible immediately under NCAA transfer rules.
The move leaves USC with two fullbacks: walk-on Jamie Peters and incoming freshman Antonio Lamar.
Schweitzer becomes the eighth USC player to leave with eligibility remaining since the end of the 2003 season. The others are running backs Regis Edgerson and Kenny Irons, quarterback Bennett Swygert, receivers Aryhel Freeman and Andre Hemphill, offensive lineman Jon Hall and linebacker Josh Johnson.
Strength coach disciplined. Gamecocks strength and conditioning coach Pat Moorer is prohibited from working with football players this summer as a result of an incident last summer in which he made a player run for missing a voluntary workout, according to sources close to the football program.
NCAA rules allow strength coaches to work with football players and signees for eight hours a week during the summer, but those activities must be non-mandatory. USC typically sends self-reports of its NCAA secondary violations to the SEC office, which reviews them and forwards them to the NCAA.
Attempts to reach Moorer on Thursday were unsuccessful.
USC athletics director Mike McGee said Moorer is still working with athletes, but beyond that we don?t have any particular announcement.
