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A Texas A&M official was “relieved of his game day duties” Saturday after exchanging words with South Carolina’s Nyck Harbor following a long touchdown.
After Harbor caught and ran for the 80-yard score, he grabbed his right hamstring and proceeded to walk into a tunnel at Kyle Field.
Several of his teammates joined him and Harbor carefully walked out of the tunnel.
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South Carolina Gamecocks wide receiver Nyck Harbor runs with the ball during a college football game against the Texas A&M Aggies on October 28, 2023 at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
But as he walked back, an officer stepped in and made contact with Harbor and running back Oscar Adaway III.
The officer then yelled at Harbour, who turned back but continued walking towards the field.
The University Police Department notified X that the officer was relieved of his game day duties and sent home.
NBA star LeBron James called for the officer to be suspended.
“That A&M officer needs to be suspended! It was premeditated and corny AF! He went out of his way to start some s–t. Do better man,” he wrote to X.
The touchdown put the Gamecocks up 27-3, and that lead would increase to 30-3, but the third-ranked Aggies stormed all the way back for a wild 31-30 win.
South Carolina Gamecocks wide receiver Nyck Harbor celebrates a play against the Texas A&M Aggies during the second half at Kyle Field. (Dustin Safranek/USA Today Sports)
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Texas A&M outscored South Carolina 28-0 in the second half to complete its biggest comeback ever.
Marcel Reed threw for a career-high 439 yards and three touchdowns to move the Aggies to 10-0 on the season.
It’s the biggest comeback in school history, eclipsing a 21-point rally by a Johnny Manziel-led team in a 52-48 victory in the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl over Duke. Before Saturday, teams were 0-286 in Southeastern Conference play since 2004 when trailing by 27 points or more.
Reed bounced back from a terrible first half, in which he was intercepted twice and recovered a fumble for a score, to put the Aggies in a 30-3 hole with a dazzling second half to keep Texas A&M on track for its first trip to the College Football Playoff.
The Aggies took the lead for the first time on a 4-yard run by EJ Smith with about 11 minutes left.
Texas A&M had a first down at the 1 after that, but Jamarion Morrow fumbled on a trick play and the Gamecocks recovered with about three minutes left.
Texas A&M Aggies running back EJ Smith celebrates with wide receiver Izaiah Williams after scoring a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Kyle Field. (Troy Taormina/Imagn Images)
Dalton Brooks and Cashius Howell sacked LaNorris Sellers on consecutive plays to bring up fourth-and-16 with about 90 seconds left. Sellers scrambled on fourth down and he was stopped short of the first down marker to secure the win.
Sellers threw for 246 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for South Carolina (3-7, 1-7), which lost its fifth straight game.
