Police investigating assault involving 2 Gamecocks
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Police are investigating an incident that a customer at a bar says South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore and receiver Deebo Samuel assaulted him early Saturday morning.
No one has been charged in the incident. Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons says the inquiry was ongoing.
According to an incident report, Moore, Samuel and former Gamecocks linebacker Jalen Dread assaulted patron Payton Douglas after a verbal confrontation. The report states that Douglass was punched in the face several times and had swelling around his left eye.
South Carolina coach Will Muschamp says he was still gathering facts, but that Samuel has told him he wasn't at the bar.
Moore is a junior linebacker who sat out last year after neck fusion surgery.
Samuel, a sophomore, led the Gamecocks with 59 catches and 783 yards.