A Texas State Trooper appeared to follow celebrating South Carolina Gamecocks players up the tunnel at Kyle Field to confront them. The DPS officer looks to to forcibly walk between four South Carolina players and sticks out his elbow to initiate contact with the players.
After an 80-yard touchdown by Nyck Harbor, the South Carolina WR partially ran up the tunnel. Harbor looked to be holding his hamstring in the tunnel as three of his teammates joined him. The four then turned to walk back to the field when a State Trooper walked towards them to confront them.
The trooper then turns and points at the Gamecocks players (or the field) and starts yelling at them. It looks like he yells, “Hey, Get out of here!”
The entire incident was captured by ESPN’s cameras.
Texas state trooper tries to pick a fight with South Carolina players after Nyck Harbor’s 80-yd TD reception puts the Gamecocks up 27-3 over No. 3 Texas A&M in College Station pic.twitter.com/O6PcMWP3Iz
— Skye Underwood (@SkyeUnderwood) November 15, 2025
After the touchdown and incident, Harbor was embraced by South Carolina coach Shane Beamer.
The Texas A&M Police, a separate entity from the Texas Department of Safety, announced through social media the Trooper has been relieved of his game day assignment.
We are aware of the incident in the NE tunnel involving a DPS trooper. He has been relieved of his game day assignment.
— Texas A&M Police (@TAMUPolice) November 15, 2025
Kyle Field has a long history of confrontations with players and personnel from opposing teams. The most famous incident occurred in 1981 when a member of the Aggies Corp of Cadets drew a saber on an SMU cheerleader for celebrating on the field. A&M “tradition” prohibits visiting cheerleaders from going onto the playing surface.
Following an SMU touchdown that made the score 12-0 en route to a 27-7 victory, SMU’s male cheerleaders ran onto the Kyle Field to spell out ‘SMU’ with their bodies. The Aggie Cadet, Greg Hood, was “officer of the day” who is “responsible for the general behavior of the Aggie student body.”
Hood rushed onto the field to confront the cheerleaders for daring to go onto the field and pulled his saber. The incident turned into a scuffle and later Hood was suspended for the remainder of the semester. SMU cheerleaders said they were not informed of the rule which limited their activities to the sidelines.
The Texas Longhorns, who beat the Aggies last year at Kyle Field, will host A&M this season on Black Friday.
This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Texas State Trooper appears to try to intimidate Texas A&M opponent
