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Quarterback Will Grier will transfer from Florida, the school announced Saturday.
“Will came to me about exploring his options to transfer. We will support him and help him in anyway we can,” coach Jim McElwain said in a statement. “This has been very difficult on him and obviously he is looking for a fresh start. We will always be there for him as will all Gators.”
Go get him and bring him home DD. Keeping that Gainesville to Raleigh pipeline open in the process.
But a no tolerance on PED testing would have to go without saying. Assuming he was telling the truth, that shouldn’t be a problem for him.
Are you guys just talking tongue in cheek or is there a legit connection we have to this kid?
He’s from NC. No other connection that I know of. I don’t think we ever recruited him, at least not heavily, but I think Carolina did IIRC. But considering their current looming and hopefully severe sanctions, he might be open if he wants to come closer to home.
Grier was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the second best dual-threat quarterback in his class and 46th player overall. Grier was offered scholarships to play football at Auburn, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Wake Forest.
His father Chad played at ECU. He is now a very successful coach at Davidson Day here in the Charlotte area.
I’ve seen where some are saying Doeren is doing a great job of establishing relations with HS coaches in this state. If he hasn’t already done so, now would be a perfect time to butter up to coach Grier. I watched this kid play some in HS and he is really freaking good. I think he showed as much at Florida earlier this year.
Just my educated guess. The risk of potential issues isn’t worth the attempt.
One in the hand vs two in the bush.
Grier is understandably going to want to play immediately, but there’s already a QB on the roster that is expecting the opportunity he’s earned.
Sends wrong message to entire team and future recruits.
Now if there had been QB issues all along, it would be different. But McClendon was recruited by Doeren for this offense. There was a plan and progression. A promised opportunity. He’s done everything asked of him.
Doeren isnt Saban, or Meyer, or even Swinney. He doesn’t have an established track record with players. McClendon is his first recruited and groomed QB. This is Doeren’s first QB transition.
Actively recruiting a replacement before he’s even given a chance? Bad message. To everyone. Not worth the risk, short term, or big picture long-term.
And that’s assuming Grier would even commit. Damage is done, IMO, just with the attempt.
If not for ALL the above circumstances, Id say go for it.
But as it is, at most, I’d give Grier a call and say he’s welcome to come in and compete, if he’s interested. And that, only after a heads up to McClendon. Probably make the call with McClendon right next to me.
But as stated above, Grier is going to want to go somewhere where he can play immediately, with slim to zero chance that he wouldn’t. So what’s the chances he would come to State anyway? Is that chance worth it?
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