Former South Carolina receiver Joe Hills, who left the Gamecocks last week and had expressed an interest in transferring to USF, will instead continue his playing career at I-AA Tennessee State.

Hills said Monday he had hoped to play at USF, but because fall classes started today, he wasn't in a position to get admitted in time for the fall semester. Robinson said USF had suggested he attend a community college this fall and join the program in January, but he's opted for Tennessee State, which will allow him to play this fall without sitting out a year as he would at a I-A program.

Hills said he knew of Tennessee State because the offensive line coach there, Cedric Williams, was a graduate assistant at South Carolina during his two years with the Gamecocks. Tennessee State has two other I-A transfers from Sarasota, former FSU offensive lineman Dumaka Atkins and former Florida linebacker John Jones.