QB Transfers Becoming More Common

[Iceland12]

There have been 20 QB transfers just since the end of last season. Nelson is NOT discussed in the article, so bypass it if you're looking for Mandel's opinion on his transfer.

"That prevailing impatience among young quarterbacks coupled with more upperclassmen taking advantage of the NCAA's graduate transfer waiver (for example, former Wisconsin one-year wonder Russell Wilson) has turned college football's quarterback carousel into a virtual waiver wire. More than 20 quarterbacks have already transferred out of or into a BCS-conference program since the end of the season, and there will presumably be another round after depth charts come into focus in upcoming spring practices..

A partial list of notable transfers since the 2013 season
Player Former school New school
Austin Apodaca Washington St. TBD
Jaleel Awini Air Force Colorado
Michael Brewer* Texas Tech TBD
Ford Childress West Virginia junior college
Cam Coffman Indiana TBD
Jacob Coker* Florida St. Alabama
Jack Del Rio Alabama Oregon St.
Michael Eubank Arizona St. Samford
Tyler Ferguson Penn State Louisville
Zach Kline Cal Oregon St.
Vad Lee Georgia Tech James Madison
Baker Mayfield Texas Tech Oklahoma
Tyler Murphy* Florida Boston College
Philip Nelson Minnesota Rutgers
Clayton Nicholas Texas Tech Bowling Green
Ammon Olson BYU Southern Utah
Nick Patti Boise St. UCF
Manny Stocker NC State TBD
Pete Thomas* NC State TBD
Jason Thompson Wyoming Utah
Kendal Thompson* Oklahoma TBD
Max Wittek* USC TBD
* - expected graduate transfer eligible to play immediately"


Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/co...ers-kliff-kingsbury-texas-tech/#ixzz2tnkW7iPq

 

[kisarazu]

Appreciate the info!

 

[Off-GridTNgopher]

texas tech had 3 transfer.. and the sky is falling here over nelson....

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

texas tech had 3 transfer.. and the sky is falling here over nelson....

Seriously? What threads have you been reading?

 

[50PoundHead]

Thanks for the information. Not surprising.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Would be interesting to know how many of those guys were in a similar situation to Nelson where they would have had a legit shot at being the starter in 2014 for their old squad. My guess is that the majority of those guys are stuck behind an established starter but I'm too lazy to dig into each teams depth chart to find out so hoping someone else will do it

 

[50PoundHead]

Would be interesting to know how many of those guys were in a similar situation to Nelson where they would have had a legit shot at being the starter in 2014 for their old squad. My guess is that the majority of those guys are stuck behind an established starter but I'm too lazy to dig into each teams depth chart to find out so hoping someone else will do it

Another factor could be a coaching change and subsequent change to a new offense.