LaNorris Sellers

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Some quick thoughts about next year's QB draft class:

1. Sam Teets ranks all the QBs in a very interesting order on his preliminary board. Drake Lindsey is number one and the only QB on the 1st round tier. Dante Moore is 2nd, Darian Mensah is 3rd. Julian Sayin is all the way down about 4th round with Drew Mestemaker only the 14th best QB on the 5th round tier. I haven't grinded enough tape to have a grade on Lindsey but I agree with Teets to the extent that other draft experts underestimate how much NFL teams might like him and consequently the odds that he'll enter the 2027 draft vs staying in school another year. I also agree with Teets about Mestemaker, I think he's overrated by the mocks that have him as a 1st round selection.

2. I don't think the 2027 draft will be as stacked as people think. What tends to happen is certain QBs boost their stock as the season goes on while others not so much, so when we get closer to the draft, a number of QBs will elect to stay in school and not declare for the draft. We don't know who they'll be yet, but this will thin the herd. Secondly, I think some of the QBs mocked high are overrated by the draft media. Maybe they do that just for clicks, because fans like to talk about QBs.

3. For example, back in the summer of 2021, early mocks for the first round of the 2022 draft were stuffed with QBs who ultimately were 3rd round or later picks. Spencer Rattler was the consensus number one overall selection. Other QBs named included Sam Howell, Malik Willis, Matt Corral, Carson Strong, Desmond Ridder and even JT Daniels. Rattler not only didn't enter the 2022 draft, but he also didn't even enter the 2023 draft. This pattern has repeated itself pretty regularly, including with the 2026 draft.

4. I love CJ Carr, the Notre Dame QB. At first, I didn't understand why so many people liked him. He's not tall. He isn't a great runner. He doesn't have a big arm. After studying some of the details of plays in their games, I changed my opinion on him. He's a really smart QB. He was just a redshirt freshman in 2025, but his field processing is excellent for such a young and inexperienced player. I also believe that NFL teams are going to love his personality. He's a very personable, face of the franchise type leader. He's one of the QBs who could stay in school or declare early. My gut says he'll boost his stock in 2026 and end up being one of the top selections in next year's draft.

I debated whether to study Carr or Sellers and decided that if players like Carr move up the board, it increases the odds that Sellers will get pushed down the board.

Every draft profile says that Sellers is a high ceiling and low floor prospect, a boom or bust type QB. I've seen names like Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson thrown out as comparisons for his potential ceiling. The QB who came to my mind if you take an optimistic view on Sellers is Steve McNair, the Titans QB tackled one yard short of the tying TD in the Super Bowl won by the GSOT Rams. McNair was the 3rd overall pick in 1995 out of tiny Alcorn State. Multiple mock drafts have Sellers as a top 5 overall selection, so it is conceivable that he'll get taken at exactly the same draft slot as McNair. The consensus opinion, however, is that Sellers regressed in 2025 and that unless he rebounds in 2026 he could slide into the middle rounds.

In Ian Cummings's 3-round mock, he had 8 QBs taken in the first 3 rounds and none of them were named LaNorris Sellers. In the 2026 draft, there were only 4 QBs taken in the first 3 rounds. Let's assume that the actual draft plays out along those lines, where Sellers remains on the board for an extended period of time. Is there some point that the value is too good to pass up? If he really is the next Lamar Jackson, are we really going to continue to pass on him just because we still have Stafford and Ty Simpson on the roster? Okay, maybe we don't use the 2nd rounder, but what if the Rams have a compensatory pick at the bottom of the 3rd round?

 

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Part 1: Background

Name, Age: LaNorris Sellers. Turns 22 in June of 2027. Redshirt junior, South Carolina. Studying sport and entertainment management.

Size, estimated speed: Listed 6'3'' tall, 238 pounds. DraftBuzz 4.55 seconds in 40. Brian Bosarge 4.54 to 4.62 seconds in 40. Was listed at 245 pounds in 2023 as a freshman, 242 pounds in 2024, then 240 in 2025, so a rare player who has progressively dropped weight as his career has progressed.

4-star recruit from South Carolina. His younger brother, Jayden Sellers, is a WR for South Carolina. Backup to Spencer Rattler in 2023, redshirted. One of 5 team captains in 2025 (the team names their captains after the season is over), team captain in 2024. I presume that he'll be named captain again in 2026 for the 3rd straight season. Academic honors in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Concussion in September of 2025, ankle injury in September of 2024.

Kendal Briles is South Carolina's new OC for 2026.

2024 (12 starts): 196/299, 65.6% completions, 2,534 yards, 18 TDs, 7 INTs, 211.2 yards per game, 166-674-7 rushing, 11 fumbles
2025 (12 starts): 178/293, 60.8% completions, 2,437 yards, 13 TDs, 8 INTs, 203.1 yards per game, 149-270-5 rushing, 4 fumbles

PFF not ranked in top 75
DraftBuzz: 4th round, 126, 15th QB, Desmond Ridder comparison. (+) Rare size, speed, deep ball accuracy, dangerous scrambler, lower body power, arm strength. (-) Regressed in 2025, slow processor, locks onto 1st read, 40 sacks, holds ball too long, inconsistent short area accuracy, too many fumbles.
Drafttek 93
Ian Cummings mock, not selected in first 3 rounds.
Sam Teets 3rd round tier, 5th QB, 59th overall
PFSN simulator 127 overall: (+) One of highest ceilings in draft class, electric creator and run threat, elite acceleration, generational escapability, loose and elastic arm, impressive decision making. Rare transcendent physical talent for QB position. (-) Drastically needs to improve his anticipation, field vision and consistency. Misses reads and takes too many hitches, then relies on athleticism to a fault. Spotty mechanics and accuracy.
Brian Bosarge: (+) Elite size, built like a linebacker, rare play strength, punishing run style, contact balance, breaks tackles, escapes sacks, effortless velocity on deep ball, arm strength, premium arm. (-) Throwing base when pressured, processing speed.
Jeff Risdon: Very polarizing prospect, high potential but too inconsistent. (+) Looked like a 1st round QB vs Clemson. Uncorked a 64 yard pass that would make Matthew Stafford proud. Improved his eye manipulation later in the season. (-) Accuracy, major issues reading defensive coverage pre-snap, reacting to pressure post-snap, holds ball too long, doesn't see better options, takes too many sacks, mistake prone.
Luke Easterling mock 10th overall, 1st round
Brent Sobleski 11th overall, 1st round
NFLMDD sim 48 overall: High risk and high reward, potential franchise QB. (+) Immense potential, clean throwing motion, elite arm strength, impressive downfield accuracy. (-) Pocket presence, progressions, touch, negative plays, ball placement. Needs to improve his processing, accuracy and decision making.
Josh Edwards mock 4th overall, 1st round
Justin Melo mock 4th overall, 1st round

I tried to include enough datapoints from both the high and low camps on Sellers. If we tally up the votes above, 5 are in the 3rd to 4th round range and 4 say very high 1st round, with almost no in-between. People seem to have either very positive or pretty negative opinions about this prospect.

 

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Part 2: Strengths

When draft profiles talk about regression, they almost always are reacting to statistical regression. Sometimes, stats can lie. If a RB doesn't run for as many yards as the previous year, maybe it is because the OL didn't perform as well. If a QB doesn't throw for as many yards, it could be because the WR talent wasn't as good. That's not what is going on in this case. I agree with all the draft experts when they say that Sellers regressed in 2025. To my eye, there was very substantial and concerning regression last season. Yes, some of the mistakes he made in 2025 he also was making in 2024, but that's not what I'm talking about. There were aspects to his throwing mechanics, for example, that changed for the worse.

You might be asking why I'm not listing this in the "weaknesses" section. If he's getting worse, isn't that a bad thing? The reason I don't agree with the experts about this point is we don't know why the regression happened. Is he lazy? Was he injured? Did he get some bad advice from the coaching staff or a private QB coach? Did he add too much muscle and lose flexibility? Did he party too much? As fans, we are at a big disadvantage vs real NFL scouts, because we don't have the inside scoop. NFL teams gather a ton of information, especially about QB prospects, so they presumably have a good idea about what's going on with Sellers. I have no idea or even a good guess. The whole thing is a mystery to me. All I know is the 2024 tape is pretty good and Sellers has the entire 2026 season to play. Maybe he can fix whatever went wrong in 2025. I'm not ready to write him off yet, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. When you see my NFL comp for him, I think it will help explain why.

Arm strength for 45 to 55 yard bombs. Had better touch on passes in 2024 than he did in 2025. Properly resets his feet as he goes through progressions. In 2024 he had a quick and compact release with a loose arm. Twitchy. Helmet and shoulders balanced, high release point, front foot pointed to target in clean pockets.

He's a phenomenal runner. Outstanding ability to escape sacks. QB scrambles were the best "play" South Carolina had in their playbook. I was almost relieved every time he took off running, because his legs were more dangerous and reliable than his arm and his decision making as a passer.

It is 4th down. QB keeps on read option, the DE has him dead to rights in the backfield, QB is standing 6 yards from the line to gain. For almost any other QB, this play is over, there is no way the QB should be able to escape. Sellers bursts laterally to evade the DE. Great move, but now he's 11 yards away from the marker. Once again, this should be a "no win" position because he has so much distance to regain just to get back to the original LOS. Not for Sellers. He's so fast that he wins the race to the corner and converts the 1st down. That's the type of thing you might see an NFL Pro Bowl running back do, not a QB.

About a minute left in the 4th quarter, his team is down by 4 points, facing a 3rd & 16 from the opponent's 20-yard line. Sellers does a Vince Young impersonation, running up middle, weaving his way through the defense all the way to the end zone for the winning TD.

His raw ability to escape sacks is just as good as Patrick Mahomes, he just doesn't have the arm talent of Mahomes once he breaks containment and gets outside the pocket.

Ty Simpson is a good runner but he's very slight. He was 211 pounds at the Combine. Sellers is just as sudden as Simpson, yet he weighs 240 pounds. How is that possible?

If it weren't for the fact that I don't think Sellers would be good at catching passes, the thought occurred to me that maybe he could try to become the next Anquan Boldin or Deebo Samuel instead of playing QB. He's just really tough to stop with the ball in his hands. Rips through arm tackles. Tremendous lower body strength and contact balance to survive high tackle attempts. Instantaneous short area forward burst to separate from defenders. Powerful strides in the open field. Thick thighs, muscular upper body. Spins out of or under tackle attempts. Sets up escapes with layered COD moves. He's a video game cheat code athlete.

Caught a pass on a trick play and added YAC.

Even if you carried Sellers as just the backup QB, the opponent has to gameplan for him. His NFL team might have a special package of plays for him or use him as a 3rd down or red zone QB. On designed QB runs, he's just as dangerous as Josh Allen, maybe even more dangerous.

 

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As far as regression goes...Sellers just didn't have an offensive line or receivers to help him out. Lot different than someone like Dante Moore, who had basically had a top O-line or Fernando Mendoza who had the O-line and receivers.

I doubt Sellers has a better year in 2026 because he still doesn't have the pieces needed to succeed, and it looks like USC's line and receivers are going to suck (and no, I am not including Nyck Harbor in the pieces needed to succeed because he's just not nearly as good as pundits think, and because I flat-out don't like him after watching his tape).

Unfortunately, I think he'll be a "what-could-have-been?" because he just doesn't have any pieces around him, and his stock is going to drop like a stone. He'll be running for his life, and the "hero-ball" that he'll have to do to make plays worries me because when he fails - and he has a fair number of times; I don't want to think about what'll happen when he faces NFL caliber pass-rushers - it ends up in long sacks and fumbles.

 

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Part 3: Weaknesses

His detractors aren't wrong. If we judged Sellers purely off his 2025 tape, I'll say early Day 3 prospect. Every weakness the experts list is correct, I agree with all those critiques. It was so frustrating to watch him in 2025 that at times it made me angry. If I were his coach, I would have ripped into him and told him he wasn't being accountable to his teammates. IMO, Sellers was partly responsible for his OC getting fired last season. The OC gave him "answers" on certain plays and QB didn't hold up his end of the bargain.

For example, it is 3rd&4. Defense had been blitzing all game. The OC moves the pocket to help neutralize the blitz, then with the secondary playing man, has a man beating route concept to get the first down. On paper, the play is perfectly designed and should work versus the defensive call. The WR has leverage on his route, QB just needs to deliver a very short pass accurately and on time. QB's delivery is too slow. His pass is high and behind the WR, forcing the WR to turn and lose speed as he makes the catch. The CB on the other WR peels off and smashes the WR 1-yard short of the first down marker. Offense has to punt. That's not on the coach. One yard. The difference was one stinking yard.

In interviews, he's grounded and level-headed but when he answered a question about game preparation, he didn't strike me as being a true student of the game. If he is dedicated to tape study, it isn't showing on the field. He needs to work harder.

His footwork dropping back from shotgun is inefficient. He doesn't know how to drop from under center since he doesn't do it in their scheme. One of the only times he was under center in the games I watched, he fumbled the snap. He doesn't complete his drop, come to balance and set up to pass quickly enough.

His footwork was better in 2024 but deteriorated in 2025. On shorter passes, his feet more frequently were not properly set, impacting his accuracy.

His upper and lower body became tight and stiff in 2025. His body posture resembled Trey Lance. His stance sometimes would get too wide or he'd overstride. Other times, he didn't get a full and proper weight transfer as he was releasing the pass.

His short passing game in 2025 was ridiculous, a complete nightmare. Zero touch, too many high and hot fastballs. Crazy ball placements, even on extremely short throws that a 10-year old kid could make. Didn't throw catchable balls, causing the receiver to drop the pass. Air mailed 5 yard passes, including a 3-step slant. Missed some short passes so badly that it looked like he was intentionally trying not to complete the pass. Missed very easy "lay-up" throws. QB rolling to his right, WR open on speed out, very easy and short throw, the pass is too high and hot, bounces off of WR's hands. If your name isn't Tim Tebow, how do you miss that throw?

If it is a WR screen 1 yard behind the LOS, why are we throwing the pass such that the WR has to spin around or jump up into the air to catch the ball? Why can't we complete a flare pass to the RB in the flat without almost making the RB fall down to make the catch?

Badly underthrew deep passes on multiple occasions. His aiming point on deep balls is off. Instead of throwing the WR open, he throws the WR back into CBs, creating very difficult contested catch situations.

Regularly stares down intended target, dragging other defenders to the passing lane or catch point for potential INTs or PBUs.

His clock was broken in 2025, didn't read the progression on schedule, either not seeing open targets or throwing late to WRs who were open. Hesitates, double clutches, sometimes panics if his first read isn't open.

Incompetent with no plan against blitzes. Blind to blitzes. Even when the OC gave him "answers to the test", he messed it up by not understanding where to throw hot or where his safety outlet was located. While he had great ability to escape sacks, he personally caused way more sacks than he escaped on the season. When the proper answer to the blitz question was a multiple choice letter, he made it a multi-paragraph essay by making desperate circus moves to evade sacks instead of just dumping the ball to wide open receivers. Doesn't expedite the throwing operation when the blitz is coming. South Carolina opponents had the right gameplan, just send a ton of blitzes after him. If Sellers doesn't fix this flaw, he'll get eaten alive at the NFL level. He can't run for his life every single snap. He might break the single season record for most sacks allowed.

Blitz coming. The arrow route by the TE angling away from the LOS is wide open. TE has a large open space in front for potential YAC after the catch. QB makes a miracle escape from the potential sack, then scrambles for a 10-yard gain. Dude, just throw the little dump pass to the TE next time and let him run.

Routinely tries to run or escape the pocket when there are open receivers that he's blind to and never considers.

QB stares down WR, decides it isn't open, hesitates and double clutches. His RB safety outlet is wide open. QB almost gets sacked 2 different times, manages to escape, then throws the ball away. Come on, just dump it off to the RB.

Runs backwards, risking huge losses of yardage if he gets sacked. It is 2nd down, basic coverage rotation. As soon as QB gets the snap and looks at the middle field safety, he should know the speed out is going to be open. Sellers panics, moves off his spot and runs himself directly into a sack. Instead of a 10 yard gain, it is a 10-yard loss. That's a net loss of 20 yards, killing the drive, purely because the QB doesn't know how to read simple zone pass coverages.

Struggles to read even basic pass coverage. Normal post-snap coverage rotation, no real disguise or difficulty, the intermediate in-breaking route is perfect vs that coverage, QB should throw it all day for an easy gain, instead QB gets a deer-in-the-headlights look, runs out the back of the pocket, tries to throw it to a RB who has 2 zone defenders in his path and no chance to get YAC even if he catches it and the play results in a pick six.

Critical moment in 4th quarter. WR running up the seam is wide open, potential long TD. QB doesn't recognize it vs zone coverage, eats it for a sack. That single play had the potential to swing the outcome of the game.

When the pressure ramped up in close games, Sellers often came up small and made bad mistakes. Wasn't clutch. Critical 3rd down in 4th quarter. Why are we aimlessly throwing a deep fade that's way off and not close to the WR when there are curl routes underneath to the sticks? This isn't practice, it is a game and we're trying to win the game. What are you doing, QB? Late in 4th quarter, team desperately needs a TD, QB stares down slant route, leading the ILB to the passing window, nearly throwing back breaking INT when LB tries to jump under the route.

Pre-snap, defense is in zone. QB tries to throw a man beater route. You can't do that, it is a "do not throw" route, it is dead before the ball is even snapped. Ends up being a hospital ball as WR takes a devastating hit from the CB. If that poor WR had torn his ACL or suffered a concussion, is QB going to call his mom to apologize?

Bad decision on 3rd&19 trying to jam the ball between 3 defenders (to a WR short of the first down marker) instead of just checking the ball down to gain some field position.

He doesn't have a ton of INTs on his stats, but some of his INTs are really ugly, either poor decisions or terrible accuracy.

A fumble factory. Terrible ball security. Waves the ball wildly in one hand away from his body both inside the pocket and in open field. Appears to have abnormally small hands relative to his body size. Doesn't cover the ball up with 2 hands in traffic. Had several soft fumbles. Defenders can rip the ball out of his grip.

I sincerely doubt that he's as tall as listed. I bet he's about 6'2'' tall. School is probably rounding up. Maybe he's fractions of an inch taller than 6'2''.

Propensity to constantly run and habit of taking too many avoidable sacks could lead to durability problems. In one of the games I watched he appeared to suffer an upper body injury. I couldn't tell if it was his ribs, his shoulder or something else, but he was in obvious discomfort.

 

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Part 4: Draft Grade and Pro Comp

1st round grade. Dak Prescott (compensatory 4th round 2016, Dallas Cowboys, Mississippi State).

I'm not running or hiding from the fact that Sellers's 2025 tape was UGLY. We could have used more 4-letter words instead. So, why did I give Sellers such a high grade if he's basically a "bad QB"?

Dak Prescott was drafted so low in the 4th round that you just as easily have characterized him as a 5th round pick. I actually really liked Dak prior to the start of his final season at Mississippi State. Jameis Winston was the 1st overall pick in the 2015 draft. At that time, I thought that the better strategy for Tampa Bay would be to try to trade out of that slot, pass on Winston, then target Dak Prescott in the following year.

My opinion about Dak changed, because he didn't play well his final season in college. His tape wasn't so good, he made some bad mistakes. I don't remember exactly how I had him tiered, since it was so long ago, but I'm sure it was a low grade, somewhere Day 3.

I think that Sellers has the potential to be better than Dak. I think he has the potential to be better than Deshaun Watson, the 12th overall pick in 2017. That's why I gave him a 1st round grade.

Does he have a low floor? Yes, he is mistake prone and needs considerable development in a variety of areas, both with physical mechanics and with the mental part of executing plays. It could take several years to develop him. If it doesn't work, he might not prove to even be a reliable QB2. The payoff if he reaches his full potential is huge. He has the raw talent to be a league MVP candidate.

I think that some NFL will take the gamble and bet on Sellers. Unless like I said above, the NFL knows more about the situation than we do and there is something they know that we don't know, like an undisclosed injury, that scares them off.

Sellers doesn't need to prove that he's a finished product, he just needs to regain at least his 2024 form. If he stays the same or gets even worse than 2026, then sure, his stock could stay low. He might decide to stay in school and use all his eligibility. My best guess right now is that he doesn't make it all the way to where we hope the Rams will be picking in the 2nd round. I'll say he gets drafted somewhere in the top 50 picks, possibly as high as the top 10.

 

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As far as regression goes...Sellers just didn't have an offensive line or receivers to help him out. Lot different than someone like Dante Moore, who had basically had a top O-line or Fernando Mendoza who had the O-line and receivers.

Ty Simpson was let down by his Alabama teammates. Simpson individually did make some errors from time to time, but on the whole he did a good job managing a challenging situation and putting his team in a better position to be successful.

Sellers was not held back by his team on the whole. Even though he made some spectacular highlight plays, if you look at the entire season as a whole, he was a huge factor in why the offense wasn't more productive. He caused most of the sacks himself, not the OL. He caused most of the incomplete passes by himself, it wasn't the WRs. His younger brother is one of the WRs on the team. His brother is actually a pretty good player. So, I sure hope that in his own mind, Sellers isn't blaming his younger brother for what happened in 2025.

Leadership is critical for the QB position. Do you remember the story of Martz in practice yelling at Kurt Warner for a fumbled snap from the center where Martz said he knew it was the center's fault, but he wanted to tear into Warner in front of the rest of the team just to see how Warner would respond? Warner took it, he didn't try to blame the center. If we could do a Combine type interview with Sellers right now, I hope he would take ownership of the poor 2025 season and not try to shift blame on the OC who got fired or his OL, the RB or the WRs. That's not the mentality of a champion. When the Rams interviewed Simpson, I hope he didn't throw his Bama teammates under the bus, even though he had every right to. If you want to be a leader of men on a football team, the nature of the QB position means taking more than your fair share of the blame. If the QB doesn't understand this, he isn't yet emotionally and mentally ready to be a franchise QB.

Josh Allen was Superman at times last season, playing through injury and trying to drag a depleted team to that elusive Super Bowl. They failed to reach that goal. Despite playing well, Allen had a critical fumble at the end of the 1st half against Denver in the playoffs. The head coach for the Bills got fired after the season. In the press conference after the loss, Allen blamed himself, he made it out like it was his fault. That's not really true, he played a great game overall. It is partly true, because his fumble was potentially the difference in ending their season. That's life in the NFL, it is like the movie Top Gun, there are no points for 2nd place. You win or you lose, and if you lose people get fired, they lose their jobs. Regardless of how great Josh Allen was on the whole, a couple small errors here or there might have been the difference between the team getting to that SB and the HC still being with the Bills today.

Let's think about it from a math standpoint. Sellers missed a ton of easy short and intermediate throws in 2025. Let's say there are 3 of those each game. He frequently didn't read the defense correctly, not seeing and throwing it to wide open WRs. Let's say that happened 7 times a game. That adds up to 120 potential completed passes that we didn't make as a team due to easily correctable QB mistakes. Let's say the WRs as a group dropped 25 passes on the season. Why are we getting mad at the WRs for those 25 plays when the QB messed up 120 plays? Same with the OL. Per Foxsports, Sellers was sacked 42 times last year. Most of those sacks were caused by the QB, not by the OL. If poor blocking caused say 20 and the QB caused 22, why are we pointing the finger just at the OL and not calling out the QB during the team meeting film sessions? The math doesn't add up.

LaNorris Sellers needs to improve his individual performance in 2026. He also needs to learn from the tough 2025 season from a leadership standpoint and carry those lessons with him into the NFL.

 

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Ty Simpson was let down by his Alabama teammates. Simpson individually did make some errors from time to time, but on the whole he did a good job managing a challenging situation and putting his team in a better position to be successful.

Sellers was not held back by his team on the whole. Even though he made some spectacular highlight plays, if you look at the entire season as a whole, he was a huge factor in why the offense wasn't more productive. He caused most of the sacks himself, not the OL. He caused most of the incomplete passes by himself, it wasn't the WRs. His younger brother is one of the WRs on the team. His brother is actually a pretty good player. So, I sure hope that in his own mind, Sellers isn't blaming his younger brother for what happened in 2025.

Leadership is critical for the QB position. Do you remember the story of Martz in practice yelling at Kurt Warner for a fumbled snap from the center where Martz said he knew it was the center's fault, but he wanted to tear into Warner in front of the rest of the team just to see how Warner would respond? Warner took it, he didn't try to blame the center. If we could do a Combine type interview with Sellers right now, I hope he would take ownership of the poor 2025 season and not try to shift blame on the OC who got fired or his OL, the RB or the WRs. That's not the mentality of a champion. When the Rams interviewed Simpson, I hope he didn't throw his Bama teammates under the bus, even though he had every right to. If you want to be a leader of men on a football team, the nature of the QB position means taking more than your fair share of the blame. If the QB doesn't understand this, he isn't yet emotionally and mentally ready to be a franchise QB.

Josh Allen was Superman at times last season, playing through injury and trying to drag a depleted team to that elusive Super Bowl. They failed to reach that goal. Despite playing well, Allen had a critical fumble at the end of the 1st half against Denver in the playoffs. The head coach for the Bills got fired after the season. In the press conference after the loss, Allen blamed himself, he made it out like it was his fault. That's not really true, he played a great game overall. It is partly true, because his fumble was potentially the difference in ending their season. That's life in the NFL, it is like the movie Top Gun, there are no points for 2nd place. You win or you lose, and if you lose people get fired, they lose their jobs. Regardless of how great Josh Allen was on the whole, a couple small errors here or there might have been the difference between the team getting to that SB and the HC still being with the Bills today.

Let's think about it from a math standpoint. Sellers missed a ton of easy short and intermediate throws in 2025. Let's say there are 3 of those each game. He frequently didn't read the defense correctly, not seeing and throwing it to wide open WRs. Let's say that happened 7 times a game. That adds up to 120 potential completed passes that we didn't make as a team due to easily correctable QB mistakes. Let's say the WRs as a group dropped 25 passes on the season. Why are we getting mad at the WRs for those 25 plays when the QB messed up 120 plays? Same with the OL. Per Foxsports, Sellers was sacked 42 times last year. Most of those sacks were caused by the QB, not by the OL. If poor blocking caused say 20 and the QB caused 22, why are we pointing the finger just at the OL and not calling out the QB during the team meeting film sessions? The math doesn't add up.

LaNorris Sellers needs to improve his individual performance in 2026. He also needs to learn from the tough 2025 season from a leadership standpoint and carry those lessons with him into the NFL.

His younger brother had all of 337 yards, with twenty-two receptions and a single touchdown. He may be his little brother, and that may be why he wanted to stay, but he doesn't have the talent at wide receiver that his older brother has as a quarterback; that's not even #3 receiver production). The second leading receiver behind Harbor (whom, again, I dislike as a prospect for reasons I've stated: while he's big and fast, has no nuance to his game, dropped a number of passes, and is overall overrated for what he provides.) was Vandrevius Jacobs. He had all of thirty-two receptions for 548 yards and four touchdowns. Not terrible, but definitely not a #1 caliber receiver or even a decent #2 for a school in the SEC. Jacobs also transferred to Miami. There are a lot of interesting receivers that South Carolina got in the transfer portal, so we'll see how they do. The offensive line was responsible for tons of pressure on Sellers to force him from the pocket, and while his hero-ball tendencies didn't help him (something I stated earlier), it wasn't just him giving up those sacks; the offensive line was completely hapless against any pass rush with a pulse.

And you have absolutely no idea how Sellers reacted to the offensive failure or if he's a leader or not, if that's what you mean (and I want to believe it wasn't what you mean, that it's just a misunderstanding on my part, and if it is, I apologize). It wasn't just him. He had no O-line or receivers worth a damn on offense. Yes, he played a large part in the shit offense, I won't deny that. Literally everyone on that offensive offense did. It wasn't just him, even if you wish to say that the buck stops with the quarterback, fairly or unfairly. I already stated that there's a lot of things I don't like and reasons why I think he likely won't succeed, but I don't think his attitude is one of them, especially so since there aren't any sources - thus far - that have stated he isn't the type to be a leader or that he ever threw his receivers, O-line, or coaches under the bus - publicly or privately (which someone like Carson Beck was absolutely known to do).

Before you pivot back to Simpson and his team, yes, his receivers dropped a ton of passes and the offensive line and running game weren't up to Alabama's standards, but he still had a remarkable amount of talent to work with. RCW dropped a ton of passes, but he's clearly talented enough to be a potential first-round pick with a bounce-back year (we'll see about the bounce-back year, especially with the production that didn't live up to the promise of his freshman year, but let's not forget that he's super young; he turned nineteen in February). Germie Bernard was a super talented second-round pick whom I would have taken in the latter half of the first round, had we a pick there; I liked him that much. Isaiah Horton had forty-two receptions, 511 yards, and eight touchdowns as a transfer from Miami (and now has transferred to Texas A&M). Lotzier Brooks was a talented freshman (thirty-two receptions, 411 yards, two touchdowns). Josh Cuevas (the tight end) was drafted in the fifth round of this year's class and had thirty-seven catches for 411 yards and two touchdowns). Kaydn Proctor (the left tackle) was drafted just before Simpson. Parker Brailsford (the center) was drafted in the fifth round. Even Jam Miller (the starting running back for the Crimson Tide) got drafted in the seventh round.

Simpson had the talent to work with, even on an Alabama team that didn't play up to standards. Kurt Warner obviously had the talent to work with. Even Josh Allen, whom you're also throwing out comparisons when it comes to the QB, had some talent on the offense to work with. Sellers did not have much, if anything, to work with, and maybe still doesn't. Again, I'm not at all saying that it's not on him; he has to improve, too, he has very clear flaws in his game he needs to correct, and I'm not sure if he'll correct them or can correct them. I'm just saying that it's not all him. He alone didn't get his OC fired; it was the whole offense that did nothing all year.

And I have absolutely no skin in this game or with Sellers; I might even be biased against him, if anything, being a lifelong Missouri Tigers fan. But I saw the SEC games. I saw Sellers and what he had to work with, and it was far less than what is optimal for a winning team.

 

[Twopointtry]

His younger brother had all of 337 yards, with twenty-two receptions and a single touchdown. He may be his little brother, and that may be why he wanted to stay, but he doesn't have the talent at wide receiver that his older brother has as a quarterback; that's not even #3 receiver production).

There were open WRs that Sellers didn't throw passes to, because he misread the coveage. There were open WRs that Sellers thew passes to, but couldn't catch the ball, because the pass was inaccurate. You can't say the WRs were bad, because they didn't have more receiving yards when the QB was a key factor in why they didn't have more yardage.

 

[Memento]

There were open WRs that Sellers didn't throw passes to, because he misread the coveage. There were open WRs that Sellers thew passes to, but couldn't catch the ball, because the pass was inaccurate. You can't say the WRs were bad, because they didn't have more receiving yards when the QB was a key factor in why they didn't have more yardage.

It can easily be both. The receivers (and the offensive line; that also didn't help) were shit in 2025 and LaNorris Sellers was shit at accuracy and reading coverages in 2025 (again, I'm not even saying he'll succeed this year, and don't expect him to because the USC O-line is still shit and the receivers are either unproven or shit).

It doesn't have to be one or the other.

 

[rdlkgliders]

Sellers may end up being a decent prospect, hasn't shown it to me yet. Measurables alone aren't enough: See Taylen Green. Sellers is certainly a more advanced QB prospect than Green at this stage and his OL situation did him no favors. I am thankful he will likely be nowhere near the Rams radar.
Wish him the best and maybe this is his season.

 

[Twopointtry]

Sam Teets has started to churn out individual draft profiles. He does excellent work and sometimes has detailed info about players you don't find elsewhere. He gave both Sorsby and Sellers 3rd round draft grades.