A student athlete was filmed being savagely beaten by three football players while taking part in a Christian summer camp.

The horrific ordeal, which has gone viral online, occurred during a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) camp at Presbyterian College in South Carolina on July 7.

According to lawyers representing the boy, the perpetrators were DW Daniel High School football players - whose friends also recorded the punch-up.

Their football coach, Chris Stone, has been put on leave following the fight.

Several students have been criminally charged over the gory attack, the school board announced, without providing further details. Daily Mail has contacted Pickens County Sheriff's Office for further details.