LaNorris Sellers has become the latest college football name to catch fire online, and it had nothing to do with a throw, a run, or a highlight reel.
The South Carolina quarterback is already finished with the classwork for his bachelor’s degree in sport and entertainment management, leaving him with just football season and a fall internship at a local golf facility before his December 2026 graduation. That means no more formal classes for the Gamecocks’ starter this fall.
The revelation came up during USC’s regular interview session on Tuesday, when Gamecock247’s Hale McGranahan asked Sellers about his degree path for a broader story on “life after football.” Sellers kept it simple.
“I’m done with all my classes. I’ve just got my internship this semester” at the Par Tee Golf Center in West Columbia, Sellers said. “Just facility management and stuff like that, cutting grass and picking up balls, little stuff like that.”
He also said that if the NFL does not work out, engineering or facility management could be possibilities down the line.
What turned that into a viral talking point was McGranahan’s Wednesday social media post promoting the story. By Wednesday afternoon, it was nearing 2 million views, helped by teaser text that read: “LaNorris Sellers, who graduates in December, doesn’t have any classes this semester, only an internship at a local driving range.”
That was enough to send the internet into a frenzy, and plenty of national outlets piled on with their own headlines, including: “Elite college football QB’s one fall semester class will make you laugh” (AL.com); “South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers trades 8 a.m. classes for cutting grass and picking up golf balls” (Outkick/Fox News); and “South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers has the dream senior year schedule” (KSR/On3).
Social media did what social media does, with reactions ranging from confusion to disbelief to a few people pointing out that this is actually pretty normal for a college senior who has already finished the heavy lifting.
“How does that work? I thought you had to be a full time student to play sports.”
“You can get an internship at a driving range???”
“They should just stop calling it college athletics altogether anyway.”
“I don’t know if this is a bad thing or not.”
“Stop, this has been a thing forever. Sellers took classes his first 3 years now that he has all the credits he needs.
Same 20 years ago. Matt Leinart had all his credits done so he took ballroom dancing his last year.”
“In his program, an internship is the last thing you complete before you graduate, so this is very normal.”
The Par Tee Golf Center is more than just a driving range, too. It also has a three-hole Par 3 course and miniature golf.
Sellers is hardly the first student-athlete to ease into his final stretch this way. He’s essentially doing what a lot of college students do near the end of their degree: stacking an internship as the only real commitment for a semester.
That setup only works, of course, once most of the academic work is already done.
There’s also another layer to Sellers’ path. He spent summer 2025 interning with Contract Construction, a local company tied to the “reimagination project” at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Sellers arrived at South Carolina in January 2023. On the field, he is a redshirt junior. In the classroom, he is a senior.
It’s also possible he got a head start on all of this if he took dual-enrollment classes at South Florence High School.
And if you look at the university’s “sample course overview” for a senior in sport and entertainment management, the final year can include Sport and Entertainment Event Management, Sport Electives, Elective, and an Internship. Sellers is simply finishing with the last piece.
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