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COLUMBIA — Shane Beamer got a little emotional.
The South Carolina football coach was asked what it meant to see starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers’ performance in the Gamecocks’ upset of No. 11 Texas A&M 44-20 in Williams-Brice Stadium.
Beamer, after pausing to fight some tears, said that he saw Norris Sellers, LaNorris’ father, in the hallway, just looked at him and said, “You have one hell of a son.”
All season, Beamer has been Sellers’ biggest advocate, saying the redshirt freshman just needed more experience. On Saturday, Sellers came through, leading the team with his steadiness, ability to escape pressure and stay on his feet. He finished with 244 passing yards, two touchdowns and a career-high 106 rushing yards, with no turnovers. It is what destroyed the Aggies (7-2, 5-1 SEC).
The Gamecocks (4-3, 3-3) lost to LSU and Alabama by a combined five points, and the narrative written was their failure to finish close games against ranked teams.
Beamer pointed out that in those losses, Sellers was still inexperienced — he had played only two full games by Week 5.
The skill was there; it just would take time for it to come together, and it finally did against Texas A&M.
Sellers, who scored the first touchdown on a 23-yard run, had two defenders sprinting full speed at him on first-and-5 midway through the first quarter. He stayed up, saw the field (an early season issue) and found tight end Josh Simon for a 15-yard touchdown to give South Carolina the 14-0 lead.
During one drive against Alabama, Sellers slid short of what should have been an easy first down. Against the Aggies, on third-and-8 at 10:53 of the second quarter, Sellers scrambled, outran the first defender, then bulldozed a second defender head-on to get the first down.
Most of the success for South Carolina this season has come from the defense; most of…
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Author : Greenville News
Publish date : 2024-11-03 07:51:45
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