Class of 2023 QB LaNorris Sellers (SC) Flipped to South Carolina

[JRHEETER]

If you paid her 5 mill in NIL would you have gotten 5mill in value from that? Who paid her the NIL? Was it that company she is in the ads for?

It would be the SEVERAL companies that she has NIL Deals with.


I think she is worth every single penny.


It seems everyone knows who she is and just about every man wants to look at her.

Her and Paul Skenes are a power couple.

 

[JRHEETER]

The irony is that her NIL is actually being used as intended - companies paying her because her likeness is a marketing tool. Many of the others are just regurgitated booster payments under the new model.

I get that her athletic performance isn’t necessarily driving the marketing opportunity (say as if you dumped a Caitlin Clark back into college hoops), but the NIL is being provided for the companies to gain from a marketing perspective rather than to influence her to go to a school.

Yes, she is doing EXACTLY what NIL is supposed to be.



As a reminder, college kids were not allowed to take any $$$ from advertisers previous to this. This is why you now see them in commercials etc. Anytime you see a college athlete in a commercial or anything like that, that is how NIL was supposed to be. Not the collectives etc.

 

[tep624]

She's the only one on the list that is THE face of a national brand and in every commercial for them. I'd have no idea that Vuori existed if not for her commercials.

I am not into fashion at all but somehow have this weird ability to buy active wear before it becomes popular. I’ve had Vuori stuff for years now but my fiancee used to be a Nordstrom stylist and like 6-7 years ago I bought On sneakers and I remember her asking me why I bought these “old man sneakers”. Guess you also has Ons now? Lol

 

[tep624]

Yes, she is doing EXACTLY what NIL is supposed to be.



As a reminder, college kids were not allowed to take any $$$ from advertisers previous to this. This is why you now see them in commercials etc. Anytime you see a college athlete in a commercial or anything like that, that is how NIL was supposed to be. Not the collectives etc.

I’m curious how much of the NIL estimates we see on lists like this are collective driven vs advertisers. That would be an interesting statistic.

 

[JRHEETER]

I’m curious how much of the NIL estimates we see on lists like this are collective driven vs advertisers. That would be an interesting statistic.

Yeah I know most of them are well over inflated because there is nothing to verify and check how much these student athletes are making.

They can just throw a number out there and that is what they were doing for awhile. Not sure if that is still the case.

 

[Conrad13]

I’m curious how much of the NIL estimates we see on lists like this are collective driven vs advertisers. That would be an interesting statistic.

This is an important question. In other words, how much money are athletes only making because they are attending a particular school? Livvy Dunne would have many of the same NIL deals no matter where she went to school.

 

[Chip]

Is this the first time that 'This thread is about (Insert recruit's name) people' has to follow a veer off to a gymnast?

Just wanted it recorded if yes.

 

[sufandu]

This is an important question. In other words, how much money are athletes only making because they are attending a particular school? Livvy Dunne would have many of the same NIL deals no matter where she went to school.

Yeah, she probably has more endorsement deals with nationally recognized companiea than anyone else.

 

[orangefog]

Is this the first time that 'This thread is about (Insert recruit's name) people' has to follow a veer off to a gymnast?

Just wanted it recorded if yes.

I distinctly remember a tangent regarding Olga Korbut on the Don Magee recruiting thread back in 1972.

 

[Chip]

I distinctly remember a tangent regarding Olga Korbut on the Don Magee recruiting thread back in 1972.

I can’t top this.

 

[orangefog]

I can’t top this.

And, Millhouse said you are a top!!!

 

[JRHEETER]

And, Millhouse said you are a top!!!

My guy is rolling and its not even 5pm on a Thursday.

things you love to see

 

[23Zone]

This thread has lost its way LOL

 

[anomander]

Creepy!

weirdo!

 

[Cheriehoop]

Children, no more name calling. Back to the thread’s subject LaNorris Sellers. Warning.

 

[newmexicuse]

South Carolina QB who at one point was committed to the Cuse now projected for the first round in early 2026 mock drafts.

 

[jr4750]

Some interesting history on his flip:

How LaNorris Sellers, a QB no one knew a year ago, became projected top-5 NFL Draft pick

South Carolina didn't offer LaNorris Sellers until late his senior year. Now, USC is cruising behind a potential top-5 NFL Draft pick.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Dr. Bill]

Some interesting history on his flip:

How LaNorris Sellers, a QB no one knew a year ago, became projected top-5 NFL Draft pick

South Carolina didn't offer LaNorris Sellers until late his senior year. Now, USC is cruising behind a potential top-5 NFL Draft pick.

www.nytimes.com

Kudos to the Cuse for recognizing his talent first. I know the history with the QB coach who was at Virginia, then came to the Cuse...but, he was Orange...then he wasn't!!!!

 

[longtimefan]

Some interesting history on his flip:

How LaNorris Sellers, a QB no one knew a year ago, became projected top-5 NFL Draft pick

South Carolina didn't offer LaNorris Sellers until late his senior year. Now, USC is cruising behind a potential top-5 NFL Draft pick.

www.nytimes.com

Beck stayed for a while after Anae--they didn't leave at the same time. And, of course, USC coaches who recruited Sellers might have moved on since, also.

 

[dasher]

I distinctly remember a tangent regarding Olga Korbut on the Don Magee recruiting thread back in 1972.

Don Magee? Now there is a name I thought I would, never hear again. I remember a game where I actually yelled from the stands, no one is guarding MaGee

 

[OburgOrange]

 

[orange79]

"Flipped to South Carolina" ≠ "values his word"

Just sayin'...

 

[SU94]

"values his word" ≠ "Flipped to South Carolina"

Just sayin'...

Long chain here, and perhaps it has been covered, but would be interesting to know/understand the ripple effects if LaNorris has struck with his commitment to SU.

Could we surmise that Dino keeps his job another year, Fran is not hired, McCord does not come? Sure. That is easy. But there are other paths, namely that Dino is done anyhow, Fran convinces LaNorris to stick around and chooses 2 seasons of LS to one with McCord. And I am not even saying that is better.

No right or wrong answers, just an incredible inflection point for the Syracuse program. And the realization that so much positive came after a negative flip. It's crazy to think about.

 

[wfschrec]

Long chain here, and perhaps it has been covered, but would be interesting to know/understand the ripple effects if LaNorris has struck with his commitment to SU.

Could we surmise that Dino keeps his job another year, Fran is not hired, McCord does not come? Sure. That is easy. But there are other paths, namely that Dino is done anyhow, Fran convinces LaNorris to stick around and chooses 2 seasons of LS to one with McCord. And I am not even saying that is better.

No right or wrong answers, just an incredible inflection point for the Syracuse program. And the realization that so much positive came after a negative flip. It's crazy to think about.

Reminds me of how much the program trajectory changed based on Vick's decision. Had Vick come here the train probably would have kept rolling, instead we had two decades plus of futility coming our way. Could his decision be what swings the pendulum back? By LS not coming here we get Fran, McCord, and a lights out staff that builds us into a Northeast power?

 

[Qbobby]

"values his word" ≠ "Flipped to South Carolina"

Just sayin'...

Was my immediate thought