Lanorris Sellers

#16 · QB · South Carolina6′3″ · 238 lb · Florence, SC · South Florence

ZPR3893rd of 119 QBsLast gameW 42–25at Oklahoma · Oct 31
Nextvs Texas A&MSat Nov 7 · 3 pm ET

Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: W 42-25 at Oklahoma, Oct 31 · 19 of 24 for 301 yards, 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions · 13 carries for 96 yards, 2 rushing touchdowns. Started all eight of South Carolina’s games.

South Carolina’s next game: vs Texas A&M, Sat Nov 7, 3:00 p.m. ET · ESPN2

South Carolina is 5-3 in the eight games played. A dual-threat quarterback.

Passing yards

1,849

152 of 243, 63%

TD–INT

16–7

7.6 per throw

NCAA rating

142.4

56th of 119

ZPR

38

93rd of 119

How ZPR works

Boom or bust: great in 2, shaky or worse in 3.

  • 2-2 against ranked teams, 225 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: at Oklahoma. Lowest: Towson, with 1 interception. Biggest game: at Alabama, No. 8. Best play: Run for 4 yards, touchdown, against Tennessee, Q4 1:17. Win chance 24% to 56%. Costliest play: Interception, returned for a touchdown, at Oklahoma, Q2 14:05. Win chance 69% to 40%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Season

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How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Dual-threat

Why this word
Runs8.4 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.7 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes60% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks6% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and runs a lot. 8.4 carries a game. Closest matches: Eckhaus ’25, Colandrea, Crowder ’25, Mateer.

Where the throws go

Behind the line20%typical 17%
Short49%typical 47%
Middle17%typical 22%
Deep14%typical 14%

Runs 8.4 times a game; 89% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Eckhaus ’25ColandreaCrowder ’25MateerThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Eckhaus ’25 Washington State 2025 · Mobile passer
    2,092 yards, 15 TD, 12 INT. Both hit few big plays and run a lot.
  • Colandrea Nebraska · Dual-threat
    1,824 yards, 15 TD, 7 INT so far. Both throw interceptions.
  • Crowder ’25 Troy 2025 · Balanced
    1,327 yards, 11 TD, 5 INT. Both score a lot.
  • Mateer Oklahoma · Mobile passer
    1,835 yards, 13 TD, 7 INT so far. Both throw interceptions.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordSouth Carolina is 5-3, No. 23 in the AP poll (week 10).
  • Fans after Oklahoma

    Can THIS LaNorris Sellers show up every game for the rest of the Season Please......

    South Carolina fan

What’s being said

23 stories this week, from 14 outlets.

Oct 29: 1Oct 30: 1Oct 31: 8Nov 1: 4Nov 2: 5Nov 3: 4W 42-25 at OklahomaWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 8
Oct 29: 1Oct 30: 1Oct 31: 8Nov 1: 4Nov 2: 5Nov 3: 4W 42-25 at OklahomaWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 8
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers earns more National Player of the Week honors

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All 149 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Lanorris Sellers has 6.2 yards a carry, second among FBS quarterbacks, behind Avery Johnson.
  • Lanorris Sellers averages 83.8 rushing yards in 4 games against ranked teams, 67 against everyone else.

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 1:17 · South Carolina down 7, ties itLanorris Sellers runs 4 yards for a touchdownTennessee at South Carolina, week 8Q4, 1:17 · South Carolina 24, Tennessee 241:17Game-tying touchdown for South Carolina with 1:17 left1:17Game-tying touchdown for South Carolina with 1:17 leftGame-tying touchdown for South Carolina with 1:17 leftL.Sellers rush right for 4 yards gain to the UTK00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner was not down by contact". CALL UPHELD, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 21 of his plays on video

The story

As of

He entered 2025 with No. 1-overall buzz and left it with questions: 2,437 passing yards, 13 touchdowns against eight interceptions, 270 yards and five scores on the ground — on a team that went 4-8. The tools are undeniable (6-3, 242, the inevitable Cam Newton comparison), and he bet on them, forgoing the 2026 NFL Draft to come back.

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South Carolina answered by hiring Kendal Briles to install a free-flowing Air Raid built to unlock exactly his kind of athlete from a too-structured scheme. The forward stakes are the leap that defines his career: the legs are already elite, so 2026 is about the throws — cleaner pocket play, fewer sacks, more consistency. Do that, and the No. 1-pick conversation comes back. Don't, and he's the cautionary tale of a freak who never learned to pass. In South Carolina's 41-34 home loss to Mississippi State, Sellers completed 25 of 40 passes for 282 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions, and ran 14 times for 52 yards.

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