{"id":598982,"date":"2025-12-14T03:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/598982\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:20:13","slug":"lanorris-sellers-closing-in-on-south-carolina-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/598982\/","title":{"rendered":"LaNorris Sellers closing in on South Carolina return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that potential buyers of Sellers will have to look elsewhere for a quarterback in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers, currently ranked third by Mel Kiper Jr. among quarterback prospects for next year\u2019s draft, is \u201cnearing a deal to return\u201d to the SEC school next season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/47293704\/sources-lanorris-sellers-finalizing-return-south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN reported Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSellers has indicated to his coaches he\u2019ll return for his redshirt junior season, and the sides are expected to finalize a deal soon,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3 Sellers has started 12 games in each of the past two seasons for the Gamecocks, with 31 touchdown passes, 13 rushing TDs and 15 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37921998\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251129_tdc_ay3_0031.jpg\" alt=\"South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback Lanorris Sellers (16) passes against the Clemson Tigers in the first quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium. \" class=\"wp-image-37921998\"  \/>South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback Lanorris Sellers (16) passes against the Clemson Tigers in the first quarter at Williams-Brice Stadium.  Jeff Blake-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Following a Citrus Bowl appearance one year ago \u2014 with Sellers named Freshman Offensive Player of the Year \u2014 South Carolina finished this season with a disappointing 4-8 record under head coach Shane Beamer, including seven losses in eight games in conference play.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37922003\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP_Coastal_Carolina_South_Carolina_Football_96756-a4afb-0.jpg\" alt=\"South Carolina quarterback Lanorris Sellers (16) tiptoes for a first down against the Coastal Carolina during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. \" class=\"wp-image-37922003\"  \/>South Carolina quarterback Lanorris Sellers (16) tiptoes for a first down against the Coastal Carolina during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Columbia, S.C.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, South Carolina hired TCU offensive coordinator Kendal Briles to serve in that capacity next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It appears that potential buyers of Sellers will have to look elsewhere for a quarterback in the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[331,7,6,15,4278,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-598982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}