South Carolina football player ‘all OK’ after car accident

A Gamecocks football player assured his fans on social media that he is “fine” after being involved in a car accident on Tuesday night.

Vicari Swain, a sophomore defensive back for South Carolina, announced on his Instagram story Tuesday night that he was involved in a car accident.

“I thank God for another chance to live,” Swain wrote in a post, adding a praying hands emoji to a photo of a damaged car. “I’m so blessed to be able to put this behind me.”

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) later Tuesday night, he wrote to the USC fans checking on him: “All good, thank you all,” adding a heart emoji.

A team spokesman also confirmed to The State on Wednesday that Swain was “doing well” after his accident and had practiced earlier in the day.

Swain did not specify where the accident occurred in his post. The state has reached out to local Columbia law enforcement for more information.

Swain enters his second year at USC after coming to the Gamecocks as a highly touted top-200 recruit out of Georgia who was courted by Deion Sanders and Colorado late in his recruiting process.

Swain, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound defensive back, played wide receiver and cornerback in high school but has established himself at the latter position in South Carolina.

He was undrafted in 2023, appearing in the first three games of the year and recording two tackles before sitting out the rest of the season, and he was one of the best players in the 2024 Garnet & Black Spring Game in April.

Late in the third quarter of that game at Williams-Brice Stadium, Swain recorded the first turnover of the night, intercepting backup quarterback Dante Reno with a one-handed, juggling interception.

After cornerback Marcellas Dial leaves for the NFL, Swain could be in the starting lineup opposite O’Donnell Fortune in 2024.