Gamecocks assistant Robertson hospitalized after car accident

South Carolina Deputy Football Coach, Travian Robertson, was hospitalized in a stable state after being involved in a car accident on Friday in Chapin, South Carolina, the school announced.

Sources have told ESPN that Robertson, 36, had been taken to a local hospital with a significant lower leg injury. Robertson is the defensive line coach of South Carolina, and he played the defensive line for the Gamecocks from 2007 to 2011, as team captain in 2011.

“Travian Robertson was involved in a car accident this morning. He is currently in the hospital in a stable state,” the school said in a statement. “We expect him to recover completely and come back to the field soon. Please keep the families of the people involved in the accident in your prayers and respect the intimacy of the Robertson family during this period.”

Robertson was a choice of seventh Tour des Falcons d’Atlanta in 2012 and spent two years with the team before shorter relays with Seattle and Washington. He was a defensive line coach at Albany State, Georgia State and Tulane before joining South Carolina staff in 2023.

The messages left for the Chapin Police Service and the Southern Carolina Road Patrol was not immediately returned.

The South Carolina opens the 2025 season against Virginia Tech on August 31 in Atlanta.