South Carolina is just over a third of the way through practices leading up to the season-opener against Coastal Carolina but there have been a couple of significant injury setbacks, but also some potential good news.

Head coach Will Muschamp, entering his third year with the program, has watched two players go down with season-ending injuries but he’s about to get a few more back in the fold.

Muschamp confirmed that defensive tackle Tyreek Johnson and running back Caleb Kinlaw will both miss the season after suffering torn ACLs. Johnson, who delayed his enrollment due to an injury in high school, has a redshirt year available and will have four years to play four beginning in 2019.

“He’s going to be a really good player for us,” Muschamp said. “Frustrating for him because he tore his labrum, shoulder, his senior year of high school. He delayed his enrollment so he could rehab it, then had this happen. He had a fantastic spring, but this is just a speed bump for him.”

It is possible that Kinlaw’s career is over. The senior could apply for a medical hardship giving him a sixth year of eligibility, but that is still to be determined. He had a non-contact injury that occurred when he planted to make a cut and his knee gave out.

“Really hurt for Caleb being a senior,” Muschamp said. “Planted on his foot and knee gave out. He’s a very good special teams contributor for us.”

Defensive tackle Jesus Gibbs is currently out of practice with a knee injury. He had scope to clean up a meniscus and will miss “a couple of weeks,” according to Muschamp.

Transfer safety J.T. Ibe, who entered the program after a time at Rice with a lingering hip issue, is expected to be cleared for non-contact work on Wednesday. Linebacker Rosendo Louis, who was thought to have a major shoulder injury, will make his return to practice soon.

According to Muschamp, Louis “should be cleared on Wednesday” after the non-contact injury that happened the first two days of preseason camp.

“He had a shoulder in a non-contact situation,” Muschamp said. “He fell down on it in non-contact situation, so I guess he did have contact with the ground. We weren’t even in shoulder pads. He’s been in all the walkthroughs. He has his sling off and looks good. He looks better than the picture he put on the internet.”

South Carolina will continue practice on Sunday at 2:50 p.m. The team will scrimmage on Monday, August 13 at noon. Muschamp will meet with the media following the scrimmage, which is the first of the preseason. The team has a scheduled off day on Tuesday of the upcoming week.