Most probably know, if not, Gallaudet University developed the “football huddle” way back over a hundred years ago. Why? Because they did not want the opposing team to “read”their sign language and know the play they were running. They also, to this day, use a drum beat for the play count. The players are all deaf. Amazing story.

looks like national media is picking up on the story as well. Looks like Kirby and the UGA powers knew they had problems but did their best to keep things covered and managed which worked fine until somebody got killed. Me thinks more lawsuits are coming and it's about to get real dirty as that genie is out of the bottle.

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This is how society crumbles. I would state that no matter your politics or outlook. You have to agree that we either solve these problems or resign ourselves to the history books as another failed empire

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By: Bob Ferrante - The Osceola

Florida State football fans are excited for the upcoming season. That is also reflective in ticket sales for the fall.

Coming off a 10-3 season, FSU has sold 5,100 new season tickets for 2023. That’s the most since 2014, assistant athletics director of ticket operations Jack Chatham said. Fans have purchased a total of 32,658 season tickets.

FSU’s season ticket renewal percentage has also been impressive, with 93.2 percent inside the bowl of Doak Campbell Stadium (highest since 2014) as well as 98.8 percent in the Dunlap Champions Club.

Fans are buying into the program and buying tickets.

“They see what we’re building,” FSU athletics director Michael Alford said. “They see we have a vision. They see we’re putting in processes to get there. And it’s a long-term vision. But it’s also a vision of sustainability. We’re building a culture that’s going to sustain success.”

It’s also notable that FSU fans have grabbed season tickets in an odd-numbered year where the schedule features just one marquee opponent in Miami on Nov. 11. During even years, the Seminoles host Florida and Clemson and those tend to have a high renewal rate as well as make flex, three-game packs (which feature the Gators or Tigers) easier to sell.

In 2021, FSU hosted Notre Dame and Miami. Alabama will visit FSU in 2025, while Georgia takes a trip to Tallahassee in 2027.

FSU recently held a $17.76 promotion on Tuesday, July 4. Chatham said fans purchased 4,544 tickets through the one-day sale.

“We’ve done flash sales in the past, however, this one was by far the most successful,” Chatham said.

Good stuff here

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I’ll be in Houston for several days for work. One, good places for just me to go. I’m open to anything unless it’s Vegan/Vegetarian; that ain’t gonna cut it. Then two, places you would take clients. Thanks in advance.

So we hear over the speakers "Oscar Oscar Oscar" which means overboard. The cruise staff along with Coast Guard rescue the woman....so many stories I am not sure which is accurate but the one that got the most traction was she was sitting on the rail taking a selfie and fell off. Some say she even had her life jacket on trying to do a TikTok but I don't think we will ever know the truth. Also, was a rumor she was pushed so who the hell knows but still crazy they were able to save her

Woman Overboard Link

So I finally got the whole truth from my trusted source. I'd go to the bank with this info.....

Amick was a walk on. 0% scholarship player. His meeting that has been referenced here many times went well except for the fact that EB didn't offer him any scholarship money after the season he just had. I don't know if EB just assumed being at Clemson was enough for the Amicks or maybe assumed that he didn't need any scholarship money, but it's kind of a big deal in the college baseball world to be on scholarship (there are many walkons). When Billy informed dad that EB indeed had not mentioned putting Billy on scholarship, they took that as an insult. I don't have any insight as to EB's thinking on this....but the fact that he drove up to see the kid and family tells me that he was willing to put him on scholarship and maybe just assumed it wasn't necessary.

Sounds like a total lack of communication in which the coach thought the kid/family were good with existing arrangement while the family at least expected an offer of scholarship money whether they needed it or not. Just the mere gesture of offering scholarship money likely would have headed off any of this nonsense. But I'm not sure EB can be totally at fault here given the situation he inherited (Amick coming as a walk on).

Anyways - not to rehash but to bring some clarity to the situation.

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NCAA makes another change​

By: Greg Smith - Rivals.com

One of the latest NCAA rules that came up was a removal on the limit of official visits that a prospect can take. Prospects are still allowed one official per school unless a coaching change occurs.

The problem was that there was no change to the 56 official visits each school could use in a cycle.

Now that’s not an issue. The Division I Council on Friday approved an increase of official visits per school from 56 to 70. It’s not a permanent move and is in place for one year. Also, schools are still permitted to sign as many players as they want. As long as they stay under the 85-man scholarship limit.

These are good moves for the sport big picture wise. There is one thing I’d warn prospects of. It still might not be the best idea in the majority of situations to take more than five official visits. There is only so much time for you to take these visits. Eventually they distract from your obligations for school and your high school team.

It’s nice to have as an option to take 10 official visits. That doesn’t mean you have to.

Gotta be a scary way to go.
This one was in Hilton Head. Lady walking her dog beside a pond.

Florida State embracing expectations
By: Bob Ferrante - The Osceola

The words “realistic expectations” went out the window in the early days of January. Coming off a 10-win season and with the knowledge that most of Florida State’s veterans were opting for one more run in 2023, the hype train has been speeding downhill for all of six months.

July is clearly the slowest month on the college sports calendar. There are definite storylines involving Seminoles this month from those playing in pro softball leagues, the MLB draft beginning Sunday, a group of FSU soccer players training for the Women’s World Cup that starts July 20 and an ACC Kickoff event with football coaches and players gathering at the end of the month (Mike Norvell and FSU players will speak on July 26).

Events like these are the oasis in the July desert, giving us a short respite as we look ahead to August. But, yes, FSU football opens preseason camp next month (aren’t those fun words to read?) and the Seminoles will see how some entertaining position battles unfold on the field ahead of a season where it’s expected they will compete for an ACC championship and perhaps a spot in the College Football Playoff.

“We’ve got big expectations but it’s no pressure because of the teammates that we have, the chemistry, the bonding that we have and we keep building the team chemistry,” tailback Trey Benson said.

This is the mindset of a veteran team, one where coaches have set a tone. Norvell has often referenced this as wanting programs to be coach-led and player-driven.

The benefit Norvell has allowed us since March 2021 is to observe FSU’s spring, preseason and fall practices. While we’d love to watch a scrimmage to get a better gauge of the 11-on-11 matchups than to rely on optimistic coachspeak and what leaks out afterwards, the opportunities to observe player development has given us the chance to shape realistic expectations. And we've seen an evolution of the program.

Coming out of the spring of 2021, with the benefit of extensive time watching practices, we had our concerns. There were days where we shook our heads, when we wondered just how many games this still-very-young team could be pulled forward. One of my desires was to see FSU be more competitive, knock off a rival and be fun to watch. Five wins later, including a satisfying victory over Miami, we had our answer. Our realistic expectations were affirmed.

Through spring and preseason practices in 2022, we saw considerable improvement. And it was no more dramatic than the turnaround at receiver. Our staff expectations were that FSU would make a bowl with relative ease and seven or eight wins were achievable for the regular season. Norvell and Co. exceeded our expectations with 10 wins, including feel-good ones over LSU, Louisville, Miami, Florida and Oklahoma.

What do we make of the 2023 season? The Osceola staff published 10 preseason previews on every position, evaluating through the lens of player development as well as retention while also comparing to the 2021 and 2022 position groups. We also had the benefit of watching practices this spring.

There is a spring training mindset this time of year, one with incredible curiosity and mostly optimism for FSU football. While we have questions about linebacker depth, a need to develop safeties and the kicking game could be more consistent, these concerns are far less worrisome than in prior years.

We can poke personnel holes in just about every college football team. One aspect that stands out about the Seminoles in 2023 is they might have the fewest question marks of any of the ACC schools. From analyzing the position groups, personnel losses (to the NFL or transfer portal, coordinator changes and other aspects, there are for the first time in years more considerable questions about Clemson, North Carolina and other ACC contenders than FSU.

Clemson has a potential star in quarterback Cade Klubnik but question marks at receiver for first-year offensive coordinator Garrett Riley. UNC has a star in quarterback Drake Maye but the defense could again be porous and there’s a first-year offensive coordinator in Chip Lindsey. We can keep going all the way through the rest of the ACC. And now without the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions, FSU looks pretty good (on paper in July, of course) to earn one of two spots in the ACC championship game.

Another intangible in FSU’s favor is continuity among players and the coaching staff. Norvell often brushed off the fact that while at Memphis he expected assistant coaches to jump to the SEC or other Power 5 conferences each offseason. FSU returns both coordinators and lost just one position coach (Marcus Woodson to Arkansas, with Patrick Surtain taking over as defensive backs coach). And while FSU had some assistants depart after the 2021 season, Norvell turned to offensive line coach Alex Atkins to take on an expanded role as offensive coordinator while analysts Tony Tokarz (quarterbacks) and Randy Shannon (linebackers) were elevated to position coaches.

“Coming in a few years ago, there had been so much change,” Norvell said in July 2022. “And there was not the consistency and expectation. Anybody can point to three head coaches, but you look at there were eight coordinators in a five-year period of time. Those are all different voices, different expectations, different languages. And then for the leadership, when they don’t grow up within that consistency, it’s hard to have that example. And for us we’ve been able to build that.”

FSU now has continuity and the leadership, whether it’s Jordan Travis and Fabien Lovett, who have endured the rebuild from the start, or transfers like Benson, Johnny Wilson, Jared Verse and Tatum Bethune who are beginning year 2 in Tallahassee. And they’re collectively putting in the hours this offseason. When talking with the media last week, Travis discussed offseason workouts and remarked, “Our summers are no joke.”

Norvell’s mantra has been one of work but also how the players handle adversity. We’ve also been curious how the Seminoles will handle prosperity, coming off a 10-win season and now with the outside noise of expectations. Players are off this week for the holiday break but then it’s a team that will dial in on the season, a marathon from the start with an opener against a likely top-10 team in LSU.

“We just have to focus on the day in front of us, can’t get too far ahead and think about championships,” Travis said. “We come back, there’s no more breaks. We’re working and then straight into camp and straight into the season.”

Per CrunchZone

No idea why other than Brohm will be an unknown in the ACC.
They have a new QB in Plummer, no real threat at WR and of the three incoming from the portal, one is from GaState and the other is from Jackson State (two powerhouses, obvs)

Winning 12 games would mean they'll be playing for the ACC championship, right? lol

Week 1 lines are now up on my book. Games of interest are:

NCST -17 over Uconn
Minnesota -7.5 over Nebraska
Utah -8 over Florida
Louisville -8 over GT
Purdue -6 over Fresno St
TCU -20 over Colorado
Tennessee -28 over Virginia
UNC -2 over South Carolina
Penn St -20 over WVU
VT -13.5 over ODU
UCLA -17 over Coastal
LSU -3 over FSU
Clemson -13 over Duke

I am just amazed at the size of the young players these days. We did not have anyone on the team approaching 300 lbs. Neither did most other college teams. If they did, they looked it. Fat with a beer belly. Dave Thompson was about 6-4 and weighed about 270 lbs was one of the biggest players on our team. He went on to play in the NFL as an OL. Wesley Kitchens was another big man but his knees gave out on him.

We did not have an organized weightlifting program. Under one of the Frat dorms there was an area with some weights that we would use on a voluntary basis. My Jr and Sr years under Hootie, we had a Universal Machine upstairs at Fike. We ate the same food as the rest of the student population.

D. Mayo as a rising SR in HS is 6-7 and weighs 250 lbs. Can you only imagine what he will look like after 2-3 years in college on a proper weightlifting program and nutritional program? We may lose Houston, but I do not see him being a more disruptive force on the DL than Mayo.

I fully understand the concept of buy low and sell high, but does that same logic apply to ETF’s? If I’m not a daytrader and am only looking long term, does it matter in the end? I appreciate any insight, I’m 42 and basically Patrick off SpongeBob when it comes to investments

Recapping college football's busy offseason of quarterback transfers​

By: Sam Cooper - Yahoo! Sports

It’s been a long offseason, but we’re inching closer to the start of the 2023 college football season.

A lot has happened since Georgia demolished TCU to win another national title. And in the era of the transfer portal and one-time transfer exception, player movement is more prevalent than ever.

That’s especially true at quarterback, where the search for playing time moves QBs from one school to another. As players like Joe Burrow have shown us, these quarterback transfers can have a major say in the College Football Playoff race.

With the season less than two months away, it seemed like an appropriate time to recap a busy offseason of quarterback movement.

ACC​

Georgia Tech: Haynes King (Texas A&M)

After three seasons at Texas A&M, Haynes King is now at Georgia Tech. King opened the 2021 and 2022 seasons as A&M’s starter. A serious injury ended his first stint as starter after just two games. Last season, he was benched early in the year and later injured his shoulder. At Georgia Tech, he won’t be assured the starting job over Zach Pyron, who showed flashes as a freshman before going down with an injury of his own.

Louisville: Jack Plummer (Cal)

Jeff Brohm needed a quarterback once he left Purdue to take the Louisville job. Reuniting with Jack Plummer was a natural fit. Plummer threw for 3,405 yards in three seasons under Brohm at Purdue but ended up in a backup role behind Aidan O’Connell. Instead of being QB2, he transferred to Cal and was the starter in 2022. Now he’s back with Brohm, this time as the likely starter at Louisville.

NC State: Brennan Armstrong (Virginia)

Brennan Armstrong threw for more than 9,000 yards at Virginia, but was pummeled behind a porous offensive line in 2022, Virginia’s first season with Tony Elliott as head coach. Rather than return to Charlottesville for his final season, Armstrong decided to transfer within the ACC to NC State. At NC State, he will reunite with offensive coordinator Robert Anae. Anae was Virginia’s OC during the bulk of Armstrong’s time with the Cavaliers.

Pitt: Phil Jurkovec (Boston College)

A Pittsburgh native, Phil Jurkovec was a top 100 recruit who signed with Notre Dame out of high school. He spent two seasons with the Irish before transferring to Boston College. Jurkovec played well in 2020 but dealt with injuries over the last two seasons. With his COVID year remaining, Jurkovec decided to transfer to Pitt to play in his hometown while reuniting with Panthers' offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti, his OC for two years at BC.

Virginia: Tony Muskett (Monmouth)

Virginia had a big hole at QB when Brennan Armstrong decided to transfer, so second-year head coach Tony Elliott went after Virginia native Tony Muskett. He started 23 games at Monmouth, an FCS program in New Jersey. At Virginia, Muskett will compete with Jay Woolfolk and Anthony Colandrea for the starting job. Muskett is considered the favorite.

Other ACC quarterback transfers: Thomas Castellanos (Boston College via UCF), Paul Tyson (Clemson via Arizona State), Brady Allen (Louisville via Purdue), Christian Veilleux (Pitt via Penn State), Braden Davis (Syracuse via South Carolina), Kyron Drones (Virginia Tech via Baylor)

Big 12​

BYU: Kedon Slovis (Pitt)

Another QB moving on to his third school is Kedon Slovis. He will lead the BYU offense as the program transitions into the Big 12. Slovis, who has thrown for nearly 10,000 yards, spent his first three seasons at USC before a rough year at Pitt that included 10 touchdowns, nine interceptions and a career-worst 58.4 completion percentage. He’s already been named BYU’s starter.

Cincinnati: Emory Jones (Arizona State)

Emory Jones is also on to his third school in three seasons. Jones is the favorite to start at Cincinnati for first-year coach Scott Satterfield. Jones began his career at Florida where he spent three seasons as a backup before becoming the starter in 2021. Following the firing of Dan Mullen, Jones transferred to Arizona State. ASU was a mess in 2022, so Jones hit the portal again and landed with the Bearcats.

Houston: Donovan Smith (Texas Tech)

Following the graduation of four-year starter Clayton Tune, new Big 12 member Houston will have a quarterback with Big 12 experience as Donovan Smith has transferred in from Texas Tech. Smith threw for 2,686 yards, 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions combined over the last two seasons. He also had 10 rushing touchdowns for the Red Raiders and is the heavy favorite to start for the Cougars.

Oklahoma State: Alan Bowman (Michigan)

Alan Bowman is back in the Big 12. Bowman had some huge games for Texas Tech before serving as Michigan’s third-stringer the last two seasons. Bowman threw for 2,638 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2018 as a true freshman but just could not stay healthy during his time in Lubbock. He suffered a collapsed lung in 2018, a broken collarbone in 2019, and a severe ankle sprain in 2020. Now healthy, Bowman is the likely replacement for Spencer Sanders in Stillwater. He could prove to be a sneaky good pickup for OSU.

TCU: Chance Nolan (Oregon State)

Chandler Morris is the heavy favorite to start at TCU, but the Horned Frogs badly needed depth. They were able to add Chance Nolan, who started 20 games across three seasons at Oregon State. Nolan opened the 2022 season as the Beavers' starter, but ended up missing most of the season due to injury. For his career, Nolan has thrown for 4,153 yards, 32 TDs and 20 INTs.

Other Big 12 quarterback transfers: Sawyer Robertson (Baylor via Mississippi State), Gunnar Smith (UCF via USF), Xavier Williams (UCF via Charlotte)

Big Ten​

Illinois: Luke Altmyer (Ole Miss)

Luke Altmyer competed for the Ole Miss starting job entering the 2022 season but lost out to Jaxson Dart. After the season, he transferred to Illinois and is the favorite to start. Donovan Leary, the younger brother of Devin Leary, and Ball State transfer John Paddock are his competition in Champaign.

Indiana: Tayven Jackson (Tennessee)

Indiana saw Dexter Williams suffer a serious knee injury before Jack Tuttle (Michigan) and Connor Bazelak (Bowling Green) transferred. That may open the door for Tayven Jackson, the younger brother of former Indiana basketball star Trayce Jackson-Davis. Jackson was a top 100 recruit in 2022 who signed with Tennessee. Williams isn’t expected to be ready for the start of the season, leaving fellow redshirt freshman Brendan Sorsby as Jackson’s main competition.

Iowa: Cade McNamara (Michigan)

Iowa’s quarterback play has not been pretty in recent years, but Cade McNamara should represent an upgrade. McNamara was Michigan’s starter in 2021 when the Wolverines won the Big Ten for the first time since 2003 and reached the College Football Playoff. Last season, he lost the starting job to J.J. McCarthy and then injured his knee. McNamara was limited during spring but should be ready to roll for the Hawkeyes in Week 1.

Nebraska: Jeff Sims (Georgia Tech)

Jeff Sims showed flashes but didn’t have much help in three seasons at Georgia Tech, where he threw for 4,464 yards and 30 touchdowns and rushed for 1,152 yards and 11 scores. Sims will now get a fresh start as the presumed starter at Nebraska as the Huskers begin the Matt Rhule era.

Northwestern: Ben Bryant (Cincinnati)

Ben Bryant spent three seasons as Desmond Ridder’s backup at Cincinnati before starting at Eastern Michigan in 2021. When Ridder left for the NFL, Bryant transferred back to Cincinnati and had an up-and-down year as Cincy’s starter. Following the departure of Luke Fickell to Wisconsin, Bryant decided to leave Cincinnati again and chose Northwestern, which is coming off a miserable 1-11 season.

Purdue: Hudson Card (Texas)

Hudson Card opened the 2021 season as the starting QB at Texas, but mainly served as UT’s backup over the past two seasons. Now he’s at Purdue, which is entering its first season under new coach Ryan Walters. Walters hired Air Raid disciple Graham Harrell as his offensive coordinator and Card seems like a good fit for that system. Card threw for 1,523 yards, 11 TDs and two INTs at Texas.

Wisconsin: Tanner Mordecai (SMU)

Wisconsin is undergoing a major shift in offensive identity with Luke Fickell now in place as head coach. The Badgers have long been known for a power run offense, but new offensive coordinator Phil Longo comes from the Air Raid tree and is going to bring shotgun and tempo to Madison. The quarterback to lead that transition is SMU transfer Tanner Mordecai.

Mordecai began his career at Oklahoma before spending the last two seasons as SMU’s starter. UW also added Nick Evers (Oklahoma) and Braedyn Locke (Mississippi State), both of whom were four-star recruits in 2022 and will compete to be the Badgers’ quarterback of the future.

Other Big Ten quarterback transfers: John Paddock (Illinois via Ball State), Deacon Hill (Iowa via Wisconsin), Jack Tuttle (Michigan via Indiana), Tristan Gebbia (Ohio State via Oregon State), Bennett Meredith (Purdue via Arizona State)

Independents​

Notre Dame: Sam Hartman (Wake Forest)

After five seasons at Wake Forest, Sam Hartman will close out his college career at Notre Dame. It was one of the biggest pickups of the offseason as Hartman accounted for 12,967 yards and 110 touchdowns passing with the Demon Deacons. Quarterback play was a major issue for the Irish last fall and Hartman represents a major upgrade, particularly when he limits turnovers.

Pac-12​

Arizona State: Drew Pyne (Notre Dame)

With Notre Dame looking at QBs on the transfer market, Drew Pyne decided to hit the portal himself. Pyne started 10 games for the Irish last fall after original starter Tyler Buchner was injured. It was a mixed bag for Pyne in South Bend but he’ll get the chance to start in the Pac-12 as Arizona State enters the Kenny Dillingham era. Pyne will compete with Trenton Bourguet and freshman Jaden Rashada.

Cal: Sam Jackson (TCU), Ben Finley (NC State)

Sam Jackson was the third-stringer at TCU last year but worked with the first-team offense at Cal during the spring. Jackson was a three-star recruit in 2021 who is an impressive athlete and an improving passer. Also in the mix at Cal is NC State transfer Ben Finley, a late-spring addition. Finley started a few games for the Wolfpack in 2022, throwing for 741 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions.

Colorado: Shedeur Sanders (Jackson State)

Shedeur Sanders followed his father Deion Sanders from Jackson State to Colorado. Shedeur Sanders was a standout in the SWAC and is considered the surefire starter as Colorado begins the “Coach Prime” era. Sanders threw for 6,983 yards and 70 touchdowns in two seasons at Jackson State. How will he transition to the Pac-12?

Oregon State: DJ Uiagalelei (Clemson)

This is an intriguing one. DJ Uiagalelei was a five-star recruit who was considered the heir apparent to Trevor Lawrence at Clemson, but Uiagalelei struggled over the past two seasons. Cade Klubnik took Uiagalelei’s job late in the 2022 season, so he transferred back to the West Coast and landed at Oregon State. Uiagalelei is the favorite to start, but 2022 starter Ben Gulbranson and freshman Aidan Chiles are also in the mix.

UCLA: Collin Schlee (Kent State)

Following five years with Dorian Thompson-Robinson as the starter, UCLA needs a new quarterback. The Bruins quickly plucked Kent State’s Collin Schlee out of the portal, but he reportedly had a tough transition to Westwood and was behind Ethan Garbers and Dante Moore in the spring. Garbers was the No. 2 QB for the Bruins the last two seasons. Moore is a five-star freshman who enrolled early.

Other Pac-12 quarterback transfers: Jacob Conover (Arizona State via BYU), Justin Lamson (Stanford via Syracuse)

SEC​

Alabama: Tyler Buchner (Notre Dame)

This is a curious one. With Bryce Young off to the NFL, Alabama had Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson taking most of the reps during spring. Nick Saban apparently did not like what he saw. There were rumblings that Alabama was working back channels to find another QB, and that ended up being Tyler Buchner from Notre Dame.

Buchner opened the 2022 season as Notre Dame’s starter before he was injured in Week 2. He returned to play in the Gator Bowl and threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns with two rushing scores in a win. But he also threw three interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns. In 2021, Buchner was mainly used as a runner.

At Alabama, Buchner reunites with Tommy Rees, the former ND offensive coordinator who now holds that role at Alabama. But Rees (before he left for Bama) is the same coach who recruited Sam Hartman to Notre Dame to start over Buchner. That doesn’t say a whole lot about his faith in Buchner to run an offense. Nonetheless, Buchner will now join the quarterback competition in Tuscaloosa.

Auburn: Payton Thorne (Michigan State)

Payton Thorne, a two-year starter at Michigan State, was a late-spring addition to the portal. He quickly landed at Auburn, which is entering its first season under Hugh Freeze. Thorne will compete with Robby Ashford for the starting job. Ashford is an electric runner but completed only 49.2% of his throws last year. Thorne should be considered the favorite.

Florida: Graham Mertz (Wisconsin)

Florida is going from Anthony Richardson to Graham Mertz. Mertz was one of the biggest QB recruits in Wisconsin history, but his play never quite lived up to that recruiting billing. He played well in spurts, but struggled with turnovers playing in UW’s run-heavy offense. In three seasons as the starter, Mertz threw for 5,405 yards, 38 touchdowns and 26 interceptions while completing 59.5% of his attempts.

Kentucky: Devin Leary (NC State)

Longtime NC State starter Devin Leary will close out his career at Kentucky as the replacement for Will Levis. With Liam Coen returning as offensive coordinator and projected improvements at offensive line and receiver, Leary is set up for a pretty nice landing spot in Lexington. Leary was one of the best QBs in the country in 2021 when he threw for 3,433 yards, 35 touchdowns and only five interceptions. His 2020 and 2022 seasons were cut short by injuries.

Missouri: Jake Garcia (Miami)

Jake Garcia was a top 50 recruit in the class of 2021. He spent two seasons at Miami, mainly as a backup. Last year, he threw for 803 yards and five touchdowns with four interceptions. Now he is in a competition at Missouri with Brady Cook and Sam Horn. Cook was last year’s starter for the Tigers. Horn was a top 100 recruit in 2022.

Ole Miss: Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State), Walker Howard (LSU)

Lane Kiffin brought two transfer quarterbacks to Ole Miss this offseason. Spencer Sanders, the longtime starter at Oklahoma State, is the more well-known player, but LSU transfer Walker Howard may be the QB of the future for the Rebels. However, both are behind incumbent starter Jaxson Dart on the depth chart, according to local reports coming out of spring camp.

Other SEC quarterback transfers: Jacolby Criswell (Arkansas via North Carolina), Mike Wright (Mississippi State via Vanderbilt), Jaylen Henderson (Texas A&M via Fresno State)

Group of Five​

Ball State: Layne Hatcher (Texas State)

Layne Hatcher has taken a rather unique path to reach Ball State. Hatcher signed with Alabama and then played at Arkansas State and Texas State before joining the MAC program.

Bowling Green: Connor Bazelak (Indiana)

Connor Bazelak was once the SEC co-Freshman of the Year at Missouri. Now, after a stint at Indiana, he’s at his third school as the projected starter at Bowling Green.

Florida Atlantic: Casey Thompson (Nebraska)

Casey Thompson is reuniting with Tom Herman. Thompson was recruited to Texas by Herman back in the class of 2018. Thompson spent four years at Texas with 10 starts and then was at Nebraska in 2022. Now, he’s closing out his college career in the sun with Herman at Florida Atlantic.

Fresno State: Mikey Keene (UCF)

Mountain West champions Fresno State need a replacement for Jake Haener and it might be Mikey Keene. Keene threw for 2,377 yards and 23 touchdowns in two seasons at UCF but couldn’t beat out John Rhys Plumlee for the starting job. Now he’s the favorite at Fresno.

Georgia Southern: Davis Brin (Tulsa)

Clay Helton took Kyle Vantrease from Buffalo and turned him into a 4,200-yard passer at Georgia Southern. Now Helton is bringing in another Group of Five veteran, two-year Tulsa starter Davis Brin. Brin threw for 5,427 yards and 35 TDs over the past two seasons.

Louisiana Tech: Hank Bachmeier (Boise State)

Hank Bachmeier will resurface in Sonny Cumbie’s QB-friendly offense at Louisiana Tech. Bachmeier threw for 6,605 yards and 41 touchdowns during his time at Boise State but left the team after four games in 2022.

Rice: JT Daniels (West Virginia)

JT Daniels is at his fourth college. Daniels was a five-star recruit who became a true freshman starter at USC. From there, he won a national championship as a backup at Georgia and then had a tough year at West Virginia in 2022. He’ll play his final season at Rice, a program transitioning from Conference USA to the AAC.

Texas State: T.J. Finley (Auburn), Malik Hornsby (Arkansas)

How often do you have two SEC transfers competing to start in the Sun Belt? That’s what’s happening amid G.J. Kinne’s massive rebuilding project at Texas State. From a transfer perspective, Texas State may be the Sun Belt equivalent to what Deion Sanders is doing at Colorado just from a sheer volume of transfers.

Other Group of Five QB transfers

• Arkansas State: JT Shrout (Colorado)
• Charlotte: Jalon Jones (Bethune Cookman), Micah Bowens (Oklahoma)
• Florida Atlantic: Daniel Richardson (Central Michigan)
• James Madison: Brett Griffis (Wake Forest), Jordan McCloud (USF)
• Kent State: Jaren Lewis (Kansas State)
• Nevada: Brendon Lewis (Colorado)
• Miami (Ohio): Maddox Kopp (Colorado)
• New Mexico: Dylan Hopkins (UAB)
• North Texas: Chandler Rogers (UL Monroe)
• Old Dominion: Grant Wilson (Fordham)
• Rice: JT Daniels (West Virginia)
• San Jose State: Jay Butterfield (Oregon)
• South Alabama: Bishop Davenport (Utah State)
• Southern Miss: Billy Wiles (Clemson), Holman Edwards (Houston)
• SMU: Alex Padilla (Iowa)
• UAB: Landry Lyddy (Louisiana Tech)
• UMass: Taisun Phommachanh (Georgia Tech)
• Western Michigan: Hayden Wolff (Old Dominion)

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