LaNorris Sellers set the tone early and finished with the kind of grit South Carolina fans are hoping defines his season. The sophomore quarterback reflected on his team’s 24 to 11 win over Virginia Tech by stressing the complete performance.
“We just preach on playing complementary football, special teams picking up the offense, offense picking up the defense, defense to offense and vice versa,” Sellers said. “So I feel like we did a good job of that today.”
He delivered the first score himself, a 16 yard touchdown run on the opening drive. Sellers admitted the run was not exactly designed to be that physical. “I probably could have went right, but when I was going to go right, he jumped right. Then when I went left, he jumped left. So it was kind of like I will just go through him, I guess.”
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Through the air, Sellers was efficient, completing 12 of 19 passes for 209 yards, and his highlight came on a 64 yard strike to Nyck Harbor. “When we got it, safety came down, we just knew we had it,” he said. He added that Harbor looked like a new player after a full football offseason. “He is putting in the work for it. He just looks more natural.”
The quarterback also singled out younger teammates. “I am just glad they was not shellshocked or anything,” Sellers said. “They played in front of a lot more people than they have in high school and stuff like that. So I think they did pretty good for their first game.”
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Sellers smiled when asked about Vicari Swain’s 80 yard punt return touchdown. “Vicari just make plays all the time at corner. To let him go out there and do that, it was just good to see because everybody in the building knows he can do that.”
For Sellers, the win capped an offseason of scrutiny. “It is always good to get a win. It is a hard win. It is a good team, a lot of tradition, a lot of history in that program. Just to go out and fight like we did and come through in the fourth quarter, it just felt good.”
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