- Sellers’ run-game capacity pushes him to a different stage: He brings the scale to play quarterback on the subsequent stage and the speeding capacity of somebody a lot smaller, placing him within the prospect tier of fellows like Josh Allen, Cam Newton and Anthony Richardson.
- SEC defenses will not make it straightforward for Sellers in 2025: Sellers’ common time to throw is greater than it must be, at 3.30 seconds. He additionally put the ball in hurt’s means an excessive amount of final season, typically from misreading the place a security was or how a protection was rotating its coverages.
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In the quarterback episode of Summer Scouting on the NFL Stock Exchange Show, I revealed that I had South Carolina‘s LaNorris Sellers as my early QB7 for the 2026 NFL Draft heading into the 2025 faculty soccer season. That appeared like a far cry from different articles, reviews or simply declarations of opinion which have Sellers tabbed as the highest quarterback within the class, and probably even the No. 1 total decide.
First, let’s speak about why Sellers is so excessive on some evaluators’ radars. He was a first-time starter in 2024 as only a redshirt sophomore. He passes the “off the bus” eye check with flying colours, listed at 6-foot-3 and 240 kilos and rating above the fiftieth percentile in top for the place within the NFL and above the ninetieth percentile in weight.
Then the query turns into, how does he transfer at that weight? In the trendy sport, in case your quarterback isn’t considerably of a risk with their legs, they’re behind the eight-ball in how they’ll stress a protection. Sellers can transfer.
At 240 kilos, Sellers posted a 97.5 PFF in-game athleticism rating in 2024, with 75 performs the place he was clocked at 15-plus mph and two the place he was clocked above 20 mph. Among FBS quarterbacks with not less than 50 carries, Sellers’ 73.8 PFF speeding grade ranked thirty third and his 852 speeding yards have been the twelfth most. His 581 speeding yards after contact have been the eighth most, and his 47 missed tackles compelled tied for the sixth most. He additionally had two video games, towards Texas A&M and Clemson, by which he compelled greater than 10 missed tackles.
Sellers brings the scale to play quarterback on the subsequent stage and the speeding capacity of somebody a lot smaller. Generally, the larger the athlete, the higher the prospect of creating an influence within the NFL. This places Sellers within the prospect tier of fellows like Josh Allen, Cam Newton and Anthony Richardson, all drafted within the prime 10. That is the basis of his high-end projection. However, he does have a excessive sack charge (8.1%).
As alluring as his speeding capacity is, quarterbacks nonetheless should win from the pocket in the beginning. Sellers earned a 70.8 PFF passing grade in his first season as a starter, a positive mark. He was risky, although, with 18 big-time throws and 19 turnover-worthy performs. He should enhance how he processes the sector each pre- and post-snap. Quarterbacks who could make issues occur with their legs naturally have the next time-to-throw common. But even contemplating that, Sellers’ was greater than it wanted to be, at 3.31 seconds. He put the ball in hurt’s means an excessive amount of, typically from misreading the place a security was or how a protection was rotating its coverages.
Highest Average Times to Throw in SEC in 2024
Then we get into some situational passing. In third-and-long conditions (7 or extra yards to go), Sellers’ passing grade dipped to 56.2 with one big-time throw and 4 turnover-worthy performs. Still, his 86.4 PFF passing grade beneath stress with 9 big-time throws and simply 4 turnover-worthy performs is extremely spectacular. He additionally earned an honest PFF passing grade when throwing over the intermediate center of the sector (64.5) and a 72.6 mark when throwing on the run, which isn’t all the time a assured energy, even with cell quarterbacks.
Right now, Sellers is an “all of the instruments on the planet” kind of quarterback, so it is easy to see why individuals are able to guess on him. The fear is that he’s one other Anthony Richardson, who, even when wholesome, has not confirmed himself to be a constant sufficient passer within the NFL so far. I believe Sellers reveals the next baseline proper now than Richardson did when he was at Florida. That doesn’t imply he’s the subsequent Josh Allen, both.
If Sellers can present he understands the capabilities, construction and deception of defenses pre-and post-snap higher in 2025, his time to throw will go down, his passing effectivity will soar and we’ll proceed to speak about him as a prime 10-pick. He’ll have loads of alternatives to take action towards SEC-level competitors.