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Rahsul Faison’s playing status for the 2025 college football season remains uncertain. The transfer running back does not know if he’ll be on the field for the first game.
The NCAA has yet to make a decision amid an ongoing eligibility review for the coming year. He’s now dropped new merch targeted at the association in hopes of getting his case decided.
Faison is expected to be the Gamecocks‘ starting tailback if available. Right now, that’s a big “if.”
South Carolina is 18 days out from its season opener against Virginia Tech in Atlanta. Despite beginning the transfer process in January, his situation drags on.
Rahsul Faison is in transfer portal purgatory.
The running back left Utah State after two seasons to move into the SEC. In 2024, he ran for more than 1,100 yards while scoring eight touchdowns.
South Carolina lost starting rusher Rocket Sanders after the ’24 campaign. Faison was expected to fill the void.
He officially transferred to the school January. Since, he’s been given the run-around by the NCAA.
The running back is entering his 7th season.
Rahsul Faison’s college path has been atypical. He initially signed with Marshall in 2019 where he was given a grayshirt (delayed enrollment).
He later moved onto Lackawanna College in 2020 where he did not play football, and then to Snow Junior College where he sat out his first season.
It wasn’t until his second year at Snow, and his third year removed from Marshall, that he saw the field for the first time as a college player.
Rahsul Faison timeline
2019: Marshall – grayshirt
2020: Lackawanna – did not play
2021: Snow – no game action
2022: Snow
2023: Utah State
2024: Utah State
In 2023, he signed with Utah State. Now, he’s at his fifth school in seven years.
The Gamecocks are hoping Faison is granted a fourth season of action as his five-year NCAA window has passed. They have submitted the paperwork, but have yet to receive an answer.
Rahsul Faison is speaking out.
The situation has been frustrating all around for the Gamecocks, who are less than three weeks away from the season opener. The NCAA has not given them an answer.
Shane Beamer called the association out in the spring as it handcuffed his ability to effectively manage his roster. With no response on Faison’s status, South Carolina chose not to add a running back in the spring transfer portal window.
Should, Faison eventually be ruled ineligible, that could prove costly.
The running back, who has since lawyered up, has been actively using the hashtag #FreeSul on social media in hopes of forcing the NCAA’s hand. He’s now taken it a step further with new merchandise.
It remains to be seen if the merchandise drop will impact his case. The NCAA continues to move slowly in its decision making.
South Carolina hopes that Faison is available for Week 1 against Virginia Tech. They’ll be on the lookout for an answer one way or the other in the coming days.