South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers was considered a sure-fire choice, one which was thought-about to be a first-rounder, if not one of many first general picks, in the 2026 NFL Draft. Nonetheless, fairly than go to the following degree, he’s as an alternative anticipated to be again subsequent season in Columbia, as On3’s Pete Nakos confirmed on Saturday. He’s within the closing negotiations of a deal to run it again with the Gamecocks.
Having been on the workforce the previous three seasons, Sellers has been the beginning quarterback over the past two years for the Gamecocks. He has been one of many nation’s finest dual-threat gamers in that point, as Sellers has posted 63.2% completion for 4,971 yards with 31 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, whereas speeding for 944 yards and a dozen extra scores. That brings him to a mean of 246.4 complete yards per recreation put up by him for the offense at South Carolina.
Nonetheless, Sellers fell off a bit this previous fall after a breakout first season as their starter. He, this season, went right down to 60.8% completion for two,437 yards, 13 touchdowns, and eight interceptions, whereas speeding for under 270 yards in scoring 5 touchdowns to convey him right down to 225.6 yards per recreation general. All of these main statistics have been down for him, with areas of enchancment, regardless of the apparent expertise he has, clearly nonetheless there in his recreation, like in completion price and in touchdown-to-turnover ratio.
Now, in yr three as a starter, South Carolina will hope to see Sellers make these strides, not simply as a consequence of expertise however as a consequence of who’ll be his third offensive coordinator in as a few years in Kendal Briles. The offense as a complete declined in going from Dowell Loggains to Mike Shula, who was fired earlier than the season was over to start out November, with Briles now taking his place after stops the previous decade as an OC at TCU, Arkansas, Florida State, Houston, FAU, and Baylor.
There’s definitely expertise there with a prospect like Sellers. He’s simply doubtless going to spend one other yr refining it on the collegiate degree, with him seemingly coming again to be the Gamecocks’ QB1.
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