Shane Beamer blasts report surrounding cost of deals signed by LaNorris Sellers, Dylan Stewart

South Carolina fans received an early Christmas present this week when superstar quarterback LaNorris Sellers and star pass rusher Dylan Stewart both inked new rev-share/NIL deals with the Gamecocks to return for the 2026 season. Sellers announced his plan to return on Monday on X/Twitter, while Stewart confirmed his return Tuesday on Instagram.

And while South Carolina’s Shane Beamer undoubtedly welcomed both back with open arms, the fifth-year Gamecocks head football coach shot down a Tuesday night report from Columbia’s SportsTalk Media Network suggesting the price tag for the two Gamecocks stars was “in the neighborhood of $5 million from the school’s rev share total.”

“Sounds to me like you need some much better sources,” Beamer reponded on X/Twitter on Christmas Eve. “This isn’t even remotely close to being true. #AnythingForClicks #Merry Christmas”

Sellers has been one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in college football the past two seasons, combining on 5,915 total yards and 43 touchdowns as South Carolina’s starter in 2024-25. That included more than 2,700 yards and 18 touchdowns in a difficult 2025 season that saw Beamer part ways with offensive coordinator Mike Shula in early November. Beamer has since hired former Arkansas, FSU and TCU offensive coordinator Kendal Briles as the Gamecocks’ new OC ahead of Sellers’ third season as QB1.

“He’ll be the first to tell you he needs to play better, and we’ve got to coach him better,” Beamer said earlier this month, according to On3’s Gamecock Central. “We’ve got to be better around him, and we all have to be accountable. He understands that. … (And) all indications I’ve had from LaNorris are that he wants to be here. … He knows that the job is not finished, and there’s a lot of excitement about ’26, and he and a lot of our other players that are returning feel that same way.”

Meanwhile, the 6-foot-5 and 250-pound Stewart has totaled six forced fumbles, 11 sacks, 22.5 tackles for loss and 56 total tackles in 24 career games across his first two seasons in Columbia. Stewart is a former Five-Star Plus+ signee in the 2024 recruiting class as the nation’s No. 3 EDGE rusher and No. 17 overall player, according to the Rivals Industry Ranking.

“They’re extremely excited about what this team could be in 2026, and they’re a big part of that. There’s no question,” Beamer said on National Signing Day earlier this month. “I know there’s no sense of, ‘I’m not really sure South Carolina’s where I want to be.’ It’s them making the best decisions for them and their families and their futures.”