Shane Beamer admits ‘concern’ over LaNorris Sellers injury
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Shane Beamer didn’t want to make LaNorris Sellers’ injury any more than it was as halftime hit in Saturday’s SEC battle with Texas A&M in Columbia.
But when the South Carolina head coach came off the field, he also didn’t want to lessen his concern level over his star quarterback, who had to leave the Week 10 game because of an ankle injury.
With the Gamecocks now ranked in the AP Poll and College Football Playoff rankings, there is suddenly a lot on the line for Beamer’s team, and the Gamecocks’ 7-6 lead after 30 minutes looked a little more fragile with Sellers’ status possibly in question for the rest of the game.
The ESPN microphone caught Beamer on his way to the locker room, and he was brutally honest about Sellers.
“We’re concerned,” Shane Beamer said. “They’re taking an X-ray on it. I don’t know the results on that right now.”
With the results of that X-ray unknown, it wasn’t known what Sellers’ status would be for the rest of Saturday as South Carolina tried to keep the momentum going that got the Gamecocks into the rankings this past week.
Sellers was 10 of 15 for 151 yards with 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions during the first half on Saturday, with him obviously not being at full strength.
Having Sellers out there for the second half and throughout the final 30 minutes was the great unknown that followed Beamer into the locker room after his comments to ESPN.
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
