South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers is not skipping class this semester - he’s just nearly done with school.
Sellers said during his Tuesday media availability that he’s close to finishing his degree, and the part that’s left isn’t a traditional classroom load. He’s already finished the actual class requirements and is now working through his internship.
That internship, he said, means helping Par Tee Golf Center with facility management, including “cutting grass, picking up balls, little stuff like that.”
Naturally, social media jumped to the wrong conclusion and treated that as if it meant Sellers was somehow stepping away from academics. A USC athletics spokesperson cleared that up Wednesday.
According to the school, Sellers is six hours short of his degree and remains on track to graduate in December, which would come four years after he enrolled in January 2023. His internship is part of his Sport & Entertainment Management major, which requires both a practicum and an internship to graduate, with each worth six credit hours.
Sellers already completed his practicum last summer with the same company that is renovating Williams-Brice Stadium. He has said he has long been interested in architecture, which fits with his internship in project and construction management.
There’s also the NCAA side of it. Student-athletes normally have to take 12 credit hours in a semester to stay eligible, but the rule allows for a student in their final semester to go below full-time as long as they’re registered for the remaining credits needed to graduate.
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