South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers left Saturday's game against Texas A&M with an apparent left ankle injury but returned to start the third quarter.
Sellers was sandwiched between defenders on a sack at the Aggies' 18-yard line, lost a fumble, and grabbed his left ankle before hobbling off with the help of team trainers. He entered the injury tent and later emerged on his own power, walking toward the locker room for an X-ray with just over four minutes remaining in the first half. "We're concerned," South Carolina coach Shane Beamer told the ESPN broadcast at halftime. "He's got an ankle, and he's getting an X-ray on it. I don't have anything else."
Sellers re-entered the contest to open the third quarter during South Carolina's first possession and showed no ill effects of the first-half injury. Before leaving, he was 10-of-15 for 151 yards and a touchdown. Sellers has accounted for 13 touchdowns during the Gamecocks' current three-game win streak and was named the AP's National Player of the Week after registering 397 yards of total offense and five touchdowns at Oklahoma.
Among his highlights were an 84-yard touchdown pass to DJ Black and a 79-yard toss to Mazeo Bennett, both made off schedule with Sellers outside the pocket. Beamer praised the execution of scramble drills that created those opportunities.
South Carolina (5-3), slotted No. 21 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, needs its best player available the rest of the way to remain in the postseason conversation.
