Stay on top of all things Gamecocks for just $1 for 7 days\u2014lock in this special offer today!<\/a><\/p>\nPFF wrote that while many evaluators are high on Sellers, he struggled to read coverages. However, PFF still considers the quarterback to have a high ceiling.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the talent is there,\u201d PFF\u2019s Trevor Sikkema wrote. \u201cBut his 3.30-second average time to throw shows he is still learning how to read defenses pre- and post-snap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sellers threw for 2,534 yards in his first year as the Gamecocks\u2019 signal-caller, completing 196 of his 299 passes (65.6 percent) with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also ran for 674 yards and seven touchdowns on 166 carries.<\/p>\n
Sellers\u2019 rushing ability earned him a 73.8 PFF rushing grade for 2024. However, the site ranks him second among the 10 ranked quarterbacks in turnover-worthy play percentage (4.7 percent). <\/p>\n
His performances earned him Football Writers of America (FWAA) Offensive Freshman of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year honors after the 2024-25 season. The redshirt freshman also picked up two SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors during the 2024 season, alongside two SEC Freshman of the Week honors. <\/p>\n
Sikkema closed his analysis, saying some of Sellers\u2019 mistakes could be expected from a quarterback in his first season as a full-time starter.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut just because it can all come together doesn\u2019t mean it will,\u201d Sikkema wrote. \u201cLet\u2019s see it from Sellers \u2014 and if we do, he\u2019ll shoot up this list.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sellers gets his first chance to showcase his improvement on August 31 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta against Virginia Tech. The Gamecocks and Hokies face off at 3 p.m. on ESPN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Carolina starter LaNorris Sellers was listed on Pro Football Focus\u2019 initial top 10 college football quarterback rankings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,5801,6,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-86536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-lanorris-sellers-23-south-florence","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114588093377244194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86536","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=86536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}