LaNorris Sellers impressed in his first full season behind center for South Carolina, nearly leading the Gamecocks to a College Football Playoff appearance.
After a successful freshman 2024, Sellers is gearing up for a redshirt sophomore year that could propel him high into the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft.
LaNorris Sellers Has Impressed Shane Beamer as a Leader
Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer praised his quarterback after an intense spring training.
“He’s still quiet. But I see him being willing to speak up more than he did last year,” Beamer said. “At this time, he was trying to earn the starting job at this point last year and was still a freshman, and hadn’t even finished a year on campus, or, I guess, yeah, he had been in a year at that point, or a year and a half.”
“You know what I mean. He was still a freshman; he hadn’t started yet. I see him. He’s still quiet, but certainly, let’s just be real. He’s the leader of the offense. He’s the leader of this football team.”
With big things expected of the quarterback, Beamer was not shy in expressing his expectations.
“So whether he likes it or not, he’s got to embrace that [leadership] role in his own way,” Beamer said. “Don’t be somebody you’re not. But he realizes that his voice carries a lot of weight, and I’ve noticed him being willing to speak up and be assertive, whether it be encouraging or being demanding towards wide receivers and route running and things like that, as well.
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“He’s done a nice job in his own way. Don’t be somebody that you’re not, but also understand that you’re the quarterback, and people on this team respect the heck out of you. Use that voice to lead, because there’s certainly a void of leadership from last year’s team with what we lost.”
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