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LaNorris Sellers briefly leaves South Carolina-Kentucky game with lower-body injury
By Sydney Hunte
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LaNorris Sellers was forced to head to the locker room after suffering an injury in the 1st quarter of South Carolina’s Week 2 game against Kentucky.
ABC cameras showed the redshirt freshman quarterback accompanied by team staff members while jogging to the locker room with a slight limp. Norris had been tended to by trainers in the medical tent shortly before that.
“He’s got a bit of a lower-body injury right now,” Gamecocks head coach Shane Beamer said in an in-game interview. “They’re gonna go in there and take a look at it and see what he can do. He feels like he can go, they just want to go in there and take a look at it real quick.”
Later, Norris returned to the sideline. Robby Ashford, the former Auburn and Oregon signal-caller, filled in for Norris during his absence.
“We’ve got a lot of confidence in Robby Ashford,” Beamer said. “He’s started games in this conference. I’ve said it all along, we’ve got 2 winning quarterbacks. I love Robby because Robby is a competitor … We’ve got a lot of faith in him.”
Norris was back on the sideline early in the second quarter. He was seen warming up his arm.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
