Gunnar Yocum is South Carolina’s resilient, walk-on long snapper with a special-teams edge
Gunnar Yocum enters 2026 as a redshirt sophomore long snapper for South Carolina, listed at 6-foot-0 and about 201 pounds, and his biggest differentiator is toughness: he’s a cancer survivor who returned to football after treatment and has turned that experience into real perspective and discipline. South Carolina’s own reporting notes he was a high-school linebacker too, which helps with punt coverage and makes him more than just a snap-and-run specialist. If you value reliability, grit, and a player who embraces dirty-work special teams, he’s a strong fit.
