QB Sellers now probable for S.C. tilt at Mizzou

South Carolina backmost LaNorris Sellers was upgraded to probable connected the SEC availability study Thursday, paving the mode for him to commencement successful Saturday's crippled astatine No. 23 Missouri.

Sellers had been listed arsenic questionable erstwhile the archetypal availability study came retired Wednesday.

Sellers near the archetypal fractional of the Gamecocks' nonaccomplishment to Vanderbilt connected Saturday aft helium was deed successful the caput by Vanderbilt linebacker Langston Patterson. Patterson was ejected for targeting, and Gamecocks manager Shane Beamer said astatine halftime that Sellers wouldn't return.

Sources told ESPN connected Wednesday that Sellers has been successful practice, and determination was optimism astir his availability for Saturday.

Sellers, a redshirt sophomore, is 1 of the champion players successful the state and is considered a contender to beryllium the apical backmost selected if helium enters the 2026 NFL draft. He accounted for 25 touchdowns past play -- 18 passing and 7 rushing. He threw for 2,534 yards and ran for an further 674 successful 2024.

Sellers was replaced successful the Vandy crippled by sixth-year elder Luke Doty, who was 18-for-27 for 148 yards. Sellers had an interception and didn't pb the Gamecocks to a touchdown successful the 31-7 location nonaccomplishment successful Columbia. South Carolina didn't people successful the 2nd half.

ESPN's Pete Thamel contributed to this report.