South Carolina football coach Shane Beamer said starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers should be ready to go vs Akron Saturday.

After a couple days to put the LSU game behind them, South Carolina Gamecocks' head coach Shane Beamer met with the media to discuss his team's upcoming night game vs Akron. While at the podium, Coach Beamer was asked about some of the SEC's responses to the penalties from Saturday as well as what he would like to see from his team entering next week's bye.

Sellers suffered an ankle injury in the loss to LSU. He helped South Carolina jump out to a 24-10 1st half lead with 4- and 75-yard rushing scores. In limited action, Sellers had the 88 rushing yards and 2 scores, also going 9-of-16 passing for 113 yards.

Sellers was sacked for a loss of four yards by LSU player Bradyn Swinson on the second-to-last play of the half. Sellers seemed to be favoring his right foot afterward. He came off the field, and backup Robby Ashford checked in.

"As we sit here on Tuesday, I'm optimistic that all of our key guys will be able to play," Beamer said. "LaNorris assures me that he's good and he'll be ready to roll."

Will South Carolina's quarterback LaNorris Sellers play against Akron on Saturday? During South Carolina's loss against the LSU Tigers this past weekend, starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers suffered an injury in the first half of the football game.

Days after South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers’ left the LSU game with what coach Shane Beamer called an “ankle sprain,” Beamer updated the health status of his starting quarterback. During his weekly press conference on Tuesday,