Wonder if this guy is on the radar:
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22171404/keller-chryst-transferring-stanford
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22171404/keller-chryst-transferring-stanford
Standford QB grad transfer
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I tend to agree that I’d want a better player/fit to make the risks of pursuing a grad transfer worth our while, but I am not certain that this guy wouldn’t be a more effective replacement for Thorson than the other QBs we currently have. Now, if Tommy Stevens from Penn State decides to leave as a grad transfer, I think we would be foolish to not pursue him.
I agree that the guy from Stanford would be bit of an improvement over current QB's on the roster not named Thorson, simply because of his experience. However Stevens would definitely be the better choice. Could Pen. St. block his move?
They could try but Big Ten has power to overrule. They have done so for past in conference grad transfers. The trend seems to be moving toward players having more options, not less.
Given that his uncle is the Wiscy head coach, Madison would seem somewhat more likely. But they already have a well-entrenched QB
Miami has a QB going grad transfer route. Out of high school he had offers from Ivy's so I assume he would qualify
It depends what you consider experience. He has more snaps and stats and game time, but none of them in NU's system. Stanford runs a predominately pro-style/West Coast offense that is a lot different than NU's. He'd have a pretty steep learning curve and three months to learn it. Not that I expect NU to go the transfer route, anyway, but finding a grad transfer QB is a lot more complicated than just plug him in and go.
He's not very good...our in-house options are better.
He's graduated from Stanford, right? So I would think he be a pretty quick learner and a "good fit" at NU. Also thinking that quite a few people would think NU should jump at that grad transfer from Pen. St..
Will graduate from Stanford in June. A single fall camp is a pretty quick turn to learn and implement an entire offense, even if he is a "Stanford Man."
Stevens hasn't even announced an intent to transfer from Penn State. There's nothing to jump at.
He would not necessarily be a good fit. There are physical attributes athletes have that make them good or bad fits. Just because he was a Stanford does not make him a good fit as a sporting man (though it probably makes him a good - perhaps great - fit as an academic man).
That was an anomaly but I agree he is mediocre at best. Besides being a questionable system fit, his low completion percentage, yards per completion and TD/INT ratio scream mediocre. That being said, he has started against top flight competition and our guys have zero experience. I hope our guys have better potential but I wouldn’t bet on them being able to perform better than Chryst could next year. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
How's that. Didn't realize that Marty had that much starting experience at the Div 1 level.
How about we give the 3 in the Program a chance? Barring them being totally a miss in our recruitment evaluation they should be our best shot. They shouldn’t need to put 350 in the air a game.
A grad transfer would be brought in to compete for the starting job, he wouldn’t be handed the job. Everybody would have a chance to compete.
What about jake ruddock? Wasn’t he eligible right away after transferring to Michigan as a graduate transfer?
This article says athletes can transfer within the conference but the rule is to sit out a year AND lose a year of eligibility unless a waiver is granted. Ferentz sounds pretty displeased that Ruddock transferred to a close rival.
https://www.google.com/amp/qctimes....b910e224-6bd2-533b-800e-73d3c7a1db50.amp.html
