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LaNorris Sellers throws for 3 TDs as South Carolina whipped Kent State 57-0 to begin season

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LaNorris Sellers threw three touchdown passes as South Carolina defeated Kent State 57-0 in their season opener, racking up 645 yards and six different players scoring touchdowns. The Gamecocks' new offensive coordinator, Kendal Briles, was responsible for the system used by Sellers, who completed 19-of-23 passes for 270 yards. The game featured a mix of huddles and quick tempo plays, in contrast to expectations of high-flying, up-tempo offenses with Briles at the helm. South Carolina will next host Towson on September 12.

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LaNorris Sellers, the starting quarterback for South Carolina, threw for 3 touchdown passes and led his team to a dominating 57-0 victory over Kent State in their season-opening game. The Gamecocks accumulated an impressive 645 yards, with scores coming from six different players, including Donovan Murph who caught two touchdowns and Jabree Coleman who rushed for two more. Meanwhile, Dru DeShields led Kent State with 63 passing yards and 27 rushing yards. This game marked the beginning of the season for both teams, with South Carolina's new offensive coordinator, Kendal Briles, installing a system that showed promise in this win.

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COLUMBIA Gamecocks Kent State S.C. South Carolina

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South Carolina GPE · 5× Kent State ORG · 3× Sellers ORG · 3× Briles PERSON · 2× Gamecocks ORG · 2× COLUMBIA GPE · 1× Donovan Murph PERSON · 1× Kendal Briles PERSON · 1× LaNorris Sellers PERSON · 1× S.C. GPE · 1×

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Sellers, beginning his third season as starting quarterback under a third offensive coordinator, showed no hesitation in running the system installed by Kendal Briles, the Gamecocks’ new $2 million-plus offensive coordinator.

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🔮 Briles said earlier in the week he wouldn’t be trying to “hold anything back” for the rest of the season, stating that everything was on the table in order to win the game.

2026-09-05 · Toronto Star

LaNorris Sellers throws for 3 TDs as South Carolina whipped Kent State 57-0 to begin season · assertive framing

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LaNorris Sellers threw three touchdown passes among five TD drives as South Carolina whipped Kent State 57-0 on Saturday in the season-opener for each team. asserted

Carolina → throw → team

Sellers → begin → Briles

He looked smooth and sure as the first quarterback in an attack that piled up 645 yards and featured scores by six different players. asserted

that → look → players

Sellers finished 19-of-23 passing for 270 yards. asserted

Sellers → finish → yards

Donovan Murph caught two touchdowns while Jabree Coleman rushed for two more for South Carolina. asserted

Coleman → catch → Carolina

Mazeo Bennett, Mike Tyler, Matt Fuller and Isaiah Augustave also scored one TD each. asserted

Bennett → score → TD

Dru DeShields passed for 63 yards and rushed for 27 to lead Kent State. asserted

DeShields → pass → State

Fuller started the scoring in the first quarter with a 7-yard jaunt into the end zone, after receiver Nyck Harbor was ruled to have stepped out of bounds on a TD pass from Sellers. asserted

Harbor → start → Sellers

The Gamecocks scored three more touchdowns in the second, highlighted by a 60-yard sprint from Coleman, a transfer from Penn State thought to be at best the third-string running back on the roster. asserted

Gamecocks → score → roster

The takeaway Briles’ arrival conjured images of high-flying, up-tempo offenses, especially after South Carolina fired OC Mike Shula after nine games last year. asserted

Carolina → conjure → games

There was only some of that on Saturday, as USC huddled at times and worked quickly at other times. asserted

USC → be → times

Briles said earlier in the week he wouldn’t be trying to “hold anything back” for the rest of the season, stating that everything was on the table in order to win the game. asserted

everything → say → game

But whether by design or circumstance, South Carolina didn’t get too tricky or off the rails. asserted

Carolina → get → rails

Up next Kent State: Hosts Wofford on Sept. 12. asserted

State → host → Sept.

South Carolina: Hosts Towson on Sept. 12. asserted

Carolina → host → Sept.