LaNorris Sellers’ 2025 season began with Heisman hopes, but it’s just been sacks, one after another. In between, we see some mind-blowing plays, like in the game against the Aggies today. At one point, the Gamecocks led 30-3 but then conceded the biggest comeback in SEC history. After the game, Sellers addressed the heartbreak but also discussed a topic dominating headlines in South Carolina: his future.

“I plan on being here, because I’m here right now,” Sellers said. Every South Carolina fan who was waiting for a sign that their QB1 wasn’t leaving had a deep exhale moment. However, he added, “Just finishing the season and when the time has come to make those decisions, it’s just gonna be there, but everybody got decisions to make, but I’m getting on it.” The second part of the response again makes the whole situation tricky. 

The rumors emerged after Todd McShay revealed earlier this week that Sellers is expected to return to college football next season.

“There’s a strong opinion in NFL scouting circles,” McShay said. “He will be back in school next year. That he absolutely needs to for his development to be ready when called upon as a first-round draft pick… Everyone is supporting the concept that he needs another year of college. There are people in his camp that are in agreement, from what I’m told.”

But his later prediction that he would not return to South Carolina sparked chaos. McShay connected the dots to Miami by highlighting how Mario Cristobal, along with Cam Ward and Carson Beck, has subtly transformed Coral Gables into a quarterback elevator.

“I’m not here to say there’s collusion,” McShay stated. “I promise you, no one said a word. But one person started putting the dots together. There is a place in South Florida where they’ve done a really nice job of hand-picking quarterbacks the last two years and they’ve seen ascensions in their game… Miami is a program I would be very cautious of if I’m Shane Beamer and the Gamecocks program of trying to come in with an offer that’s very difficult to refuse.”

And just like that, as Sellers tried to shut down Miami rumors, the focus shifted to what actually happened on the field today.

LaNorris Sellers faces a reality check after Texas A&M’s collapse

Saturday was supposed to be the day LaNorris Sellers made a comeback. The day the Heisman Trophy-winning version of himself emerged from the darkness. And for two quarters, that guy was back. He had over 200 yards against an undefeated A&M defense, and South Carolina entered halftime feeling as though they had just reclaimed their future. Then followed the collapse: a two-minute drill that never got off the ground, thirty unanswered points, and a fourth-and-long scramble that resulted in the ball returning to the Aggies.

The speed at which a quarterback’s season may flip is crazy. Sellers won the SEC Freshman of the Year last year. As the offensive line leaks sacks like a sieve and every game feels like a struggle, he’s falling in impact ratings this year, ranking 90th in the country at 76.8. According to On3, even his NIL value has decreased by $600K. The Ole Miss defeat revealed the complete picture: One score, two interceptions, 180 yards, and more annoyance than momentum. Still, there are glimpses of the arm skill, strength, and “big, athletic kid” that Mike Elko still recalls from the last season, when Sellers absolutely destroyed A&M for 350 yards.

That’s why Todd McShay’s Miami bombshell was a gut punch to Gamecock Nation. It was okay to hear that Sellers “needs another year.” But it was unsettling to hear that he may spend that year in Mario Cristobal’s quarterback lab in Coral Gables. When you combine that with the pain of today’s fourth quarter, sacks, blunders, and coaching-related concerns, you have a quarterback at one of the most major turning points in his career. Sellers still has three games left to remind everyone, including himself, of who he was meant to be in 2025 as South Carolina lies at 3-7, bruised and looking for its identity.

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