South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers officially questionable for Arkansas clash

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South Carolina football received a positive LaNorris Sellers health update after beating Texas A M. However, the Gamecocks and coach Shane Beamer received a far different update ahead of facing Arkansas.

The electric dual-threat quarterback is now officially questionable, per Nick Kosko of On3/Rivals on Wednesday. Once again, Sellers’ status after the victory over the Aggies landed on the optimistic side.

“Everything looked good with the tests, and we certainly feel good about his availability this weekend, and we’ll know a whole lot more in the next 24 hours or so,” Beamer said. “But right now, it’s nothing that concerns us, other than just his pain tolerance and getting some swelling down in that ankle.”

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Beamer even added: “We fully expect him to play” against the Razorbacks.

But now the Gamecocks may need to pivot away from Sellers for the time being. Which certainly impacts their pursuit of a College Football Playoff spot.

South Carolina catapulted past USC and landed at 17th in the Tuesday CFP rankings. South Carolina is only one of two teams with three losses ranked inside the top 20, with 6-3 Oregon ahead of them at No. 16 in the CFP poll.

Beamer and South Carolina still need lots of external factors to sneak into the CFP. That includes watching a logjam dissipate in the SEC.

Tennessee at 7-2 is a part of this jam, but South Carolina defeated the higher ranked Volunteers on Oct. 24. So the Vols losing once and SC winning out swings the tiebreaker to the Gamecocks. But South Carolina still needs Alabama, Texas and Kentucky to lose at least one more to boost its chances of the playoff.

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