South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers, a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate and a potential high pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, left the No. 11 Gamecocks’ eventual 31-7 loss to Vanderbilt in Columbia, S.C., on Saturday after taking a hit to the head and did not return.

Sellers, a redshirt sophomore, entered Saturday with 337 yards and two touchdowns passing without an interception in two games, leading the Gamecocks to a 2-0 start and the verge of a top-10 ranking.

With Vanderbilt leading 14-7 and less than two minutes left in the first half, Sellers opened a drive with a 1-yard completion to running back Rahsul Faison in the right flat to the South Carolina 26. Commodores linebacker Langston Patterson blitzed on the play and made contact with Sellers just after the quarterback threw

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