Sellers Named FWAA National Freshman Offensive Player of the Year

University of South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers has been selected as the 2024 National Freshman Offensive Player of the Year, presented by Chris Doering Mortgage and awarded by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), it was announced today.

Sellers, a 6-3, 242-pound redshirt freshman, was named to the third-team All-SEC squad and was recognized as the SEC Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches. He completed 64.9 percent of his passes (172-for-265) for 2,274 yards and 17 touchdowns. His 655 yards rushing on 155 carries (a 4.2 average) was the third-best total among SEC quarterbacks and his seven rushing touchdowns tied for second among that group. Sellers was a two-time winner of the SEC Offensive Player of the Week award and a two-time recipient of the league’s Freshman of the Week honors.

Together with two other South Carolina players on the FWAA Freshman All-America Team (OL Josiah Thompson and DL Dylan Stewart), Sellers is a part of the Gamecocks’ first members on that list since 2011 and Jadeveon Clowney. The freshman trio join three others (DL Kyle Kennard, DB Nick Emmanwori and P Kai Kroeger) on this season’s regular All-America team for a total of six FWAA All-Americans hailing from South Carolina, tops among all FBS programs.

Sellers, along with Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore (Freshman Defensive Player of the Year), Clemson placekicker Nolan Hauser (Freshman Special Teams Player of the Year), and Syracuse head coach Fran Brown (First-Year Coach Award), will be honored during a ceremony Feb. 24 at Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille in Gainesville, Fla.,

All-Time FWAA National Freshman Players of the Year
2018: Trevor Lawrence, Clemson (QB)
2019: Kenneth Gainwell, Memphis (RB)
2020: Will Anderson Jr., Alabama (LB)
2021: Brock Bowers, Georgia (TE)
2022: Drake Maye, North Carolina (QB)
2023: Noah Fifita, Arizona (QB); Dillon Thieneman, Purdue (S)
2024: LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina (QB); Leonard Moore, Notre Dame (DB); Nolan Hauser, Clemson (K)