South Carolina football defensive line coach Travian Robertson has been hospitalized and is in stable condition after being involved in a car accident on Aug. 22, the school announced in an email.
Robertson, 36, is in his third year as a coach on Shane Beamer and the Gamecocks’ coaching staff. According to ESPN, he was taken to a local hospital with a significant lower leg injury.
“Travian Robertson was involved in a car accident this morning,’ Beamer wrote in the statement. ‘He is currently in the hospital in stable condition. We expect him to make a full recovery and be back out on the field soon. Please keep the families of those involved in the accident in your prayers and respect the Robertson family’s privacy during this time.”
Robertson played for Steve Spurrier at South Carolina from 2007-11, serving as a team captain in 2011. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Robertson played for the Falcons, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders in a three-year career between 2012 and 2014.
Before coming to South Carolina in 2023, Robertson started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Georgia State in 2017, as a defensive line coach at Albany in 2018 and in the same position with Georgia State from 2019-22.
South Carolina opens the 2025 season on Sunday, Aug. 31 against Virginia Tech.
