I wonder if there was any concern on his part of not being recovered by the start of next season? He did say he would be willing to sit out a year behind Moore if he came back, will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
Portal must void the agreement because otherwise players could just constantly put their name in the portal and pull back out when they don't get a better offer.
Going into the portal signifies you want to transfer to a different school so would make sense the old school would no longer be...
Don't disagree, I mean that was the way it was done for years.
Stockton and Simpson were both really highly rated out of high school which might have made them more confident in being the heir apparent at Georgia and Alabama.
For less highly rated QBs in this current era they may be better...
First use of "has" was to say it is out of the players control which was followed by the explanation that team doesn't have to if they don't have to if they don't want too.... :)
Pretty sure that you forfeit your scholarship when you go into the portal. Team has to take you back if you want to come out of the portal and return, but they don't have to if they don't want to.
I think scholarships are year to year so if you try to play games with it the team can just not...
For QBs this definitely seems like the way to go unless you are sure you have a shot to land a starting job at a power 4 school as a freshman which very few guys can.
Good chance not wanting to end up with the Raiders or Jets played at leas some roll in his decision to come back. Some teams have just proven to be QB graveyards and those are two of the worst over the past few years especially.
Not out of the question if he finds that the grass isn't greener and he isn't getting the kind of offers he wants. If the team took him back we would be at 5 QBs on the roster (Drake, Max, Wittke, Merdinger, and Kollack). Question would be if there is still a spot for him.
Edit - totally...
Stephens not Stevens
I would be surprised to see both Turner and Stephens back. Tougher to say on the other injured guys.
Scoring will definitely need to be priority #1 to replace Tyson and Reynolds.
Could hold out for teams to have injuries and need a QB down the line I suppose. If you are in the portal you stay in the portal even after the window closes I believe so he could still catch on with a team during spring ball or even fall camp if he wants to wait around.