Penn State transfer RB Jabree Coleman commits to South Carolina out of NCAA Transfer Portal

Former Penn State freshman running back Jabree Coleman committed to transfer to South Carolina out of the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett. It reunites Coleman with new Gamecocks RBs coach Stan Drayton, who served as his position coach last season in Happy Valley.

Coleman will have all four years of collegiate elibility remaining after redshirting during his true freshman season in 2025. The 6-foot, 212-pound Coleman signed with Penn State as a four-star prospect in the 2025 recruiting cycle out of Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia, Pa.), where he was the No. 6-ranked player out of Pennsylvania, the No. 24 running back in the class and No. 341 player overall, according to the Rivals Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all three major recruiting media companies. 

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Coleman is South Carolina‘s fourth committment Sunday, joining twin defensive linemen Drew and Kelby Collins, formerly of Arkansas State and Alabama respectively, and former Northern Arizona offensive tackle Seth Smith. Coleman is also the Gamecocks’ second running back in the class, along with former Ohio State transfer Sam Williams-Dixon. They’re apart of South Carolina’s 16-member transfer class as of Sunday evening.

They join a rebuilt Gamecocks roster that returns its three biggest stars from last season — QB LaNorris Sellers, WR Nyck Harbor and EDGE Dylan Stewart — ahead of a bounceback 2026 campaign. South Carolina will be hungry for a bounce-back season after posting a 5-7 record in 2025.

It was a disappointing 2025 campaign for the Gamecocks, who began the season ranked No. 13 in the country. Nonetheless, South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer is confident his team will have an excellent season next year.

“I hate that we’ve gone through this,” Beamer said. “I hate it for the seniors that don’t come back. But I can one billion percent promise you this. When we have a hell of a season in 2026 and when I’m doing this press conference after the Clemson game next year and we finished a regular season because of the success that we’re going to have next season, I know we will.

“We’re going to look back at this season and say, ‘It sucked going through it. But, because of what we went through in ’25, it led us to what we just did in ’26.’”

— On3’s Grant Grubbs contributed to this report.