South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers attends NASCAR race at Darlington wearing Ricky Bobby t-shirt

South Carolina redshirt freshman quarterback LaNorris Sellers made the trip from Columbia to Darlington to take in Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway.

Sellers watched on from the pits of Brad Keselowski, wearing a Ricky Bobby “If You Ain’t First, You’re Last” t-shirt.

South Carolina quarterback @LanorriSellers is here at the Darlington Raceway watching the Goodyear 400 from the pits of @keselowski @TooToughToTame pic.twitter.com/NKWgQzGwNm

— Reggie Anderson (@ReggieWLTX) May 12, 2024

Sellers, the Florence native, was named South Carolina’s starting quarterback coming out of spring practice earlier this week.

“I’ll tell you guys what I told LaNorris and all the quarterbacks coming out of spring practice. ‘Coming out of spring practice, LaNorris is our starting quarterback,’” head coach Shane Beamer said via On3’s Gamecock Central. “But, just like all of our positions, we’ll continue to compete at all positions.”

“So, I told Robby Ashford, the moment that I say that at a Gamecock Club event, the headline’s going to be, ‘Beamer names LaNorris Sellers starting quarterback.’ LaNorris is the starting quarterback coming out of spring, but like I told LaNorris and like I told Robby, Robby did a great job during spring practice along with our other quarterbacks. LaNorris did a great job and I expect LaNorris to continue to compete and earn that position as well.”

Shane Beamer explains making LaNorris Sellers QB1

Sellers, the No. 355 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, appeared in three games this past season, rushing for 51 yards on five carries. On3 was higher on Sellers than the rest of the industry, ranking him as the No. 95 overall player in the class. Sellers was also the No. 8 quarterback and No. 2 player in the state of South Carolina per the On300.

“Yeah, we compete every day in our program. My conversation with LaNorris was, ‘Yeah, coming out of spring practice, you’re our starting quarterback,’” Beamer said Wednesday at the Welcome Home Tour. “Now I expect you to continue to do the things this summer. Just like I expect Kai Kroeger at punter to continue to do those things, Debo Williams at linebacker.”