South Carolina junior tight end Hayden Hurst hasn’t revealed his plans for next football season, but one SEC coach predicted Saturday that this would be Hurst’s final year of playing for the Gamecocks.
“I don’t how many catches he’s had on us in two years, but he’s gone, isn’t he?” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said after the No. 2 Bulldogs beat South Carolina 24-10.
Smart was more hoping that Hurst would leave early for the NFL than predicting it, but it’s reasonable speculation considering the year Hurst is having. He had a career-high 93 yards on seven catches against the Bulldogs, giving him 13 catches for 179 yards in the last two games against Georgia.