LaNorris Sellers injury update: Shane Beamer reveals where South Carolina QB stands after LSU loss
South Carolina had to play down the stretch against LSU without starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers. An apparent ankle injury kept Sellers out of the game, leaving the Gamecocks with Robby Ashford — somebody head coach Shane Beamer has stated his confidence in before.
Unfortunately, South Carolina came up just short after a missed field goal in the dying seconds. Attention immediately turned to Sellers’ health in the postgame press conference. Beamer was able to provide an update, going through his and the medical team’s thought process through the entire situation.
“He’s got a little bit of an ankle sprain, I think he’s gonna be fine,” Beamer said. “I went in the training room at halftime and they were checking his ankle out and thought it was an ankle sprain, and he wanted to try and go. We taped him up and the first possession of the second half where we were backed up, we didn’t feel great about him being in that position backed up, so that’s when we put Robbie in.
“Then the next series we say, ‘Let’s just give it a shot. Maybe LaNorris will get out there and the adrenaline will kick in and he’ll feel okay.’ But there was one play there where he was in and we ran a play to the left over there towards LSU’s sideline and we should have pulled it, because the end crashed down and hit Rocket in the backfield.
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“When he didn’t pull it — not that he didn’t pull it because he couldn’t run, but we just felt like, ‘You know what? If he’s not going to be able to move like he wants to move, we’ll get him out.’ That was really the conversation. Felt like Robby gave us the better opportunity because LaNorris certainly wasn’t 100% there in the second half.”
Sellers wound up attempting just 16 passes, completing nine for 113 yards and an interception. His presence was really felt on the ground, mainly with a 75-yard touchdown late in the first half, extending the South Carolina lead to two scores.
Ashford gave it his best, giving the Gamecocks an opportunity to tie the game on the final drive. However, a stagnant offense wound up being the difference as South Carolina wound up losing by three points.
Two consecutive SEC games mean South Carolina is back on the nonconference portion of the schedule next week. Akron will come to Columbia on Saturday, while Ole Miss will be the game to follow on Oct. 5.
Sellers and his health will be a huge storyline moving forward.