Here's a list of possible grad transfer QBs (from seccountry). It's not real impressive....unless you add Joe Burrow, who I am 100% in favor of:
According to the handy
Grad Transfer Tracker, 17 eligible quarterbacks have already found new homes.
Dual-threat QBs Brandon Dawkins (Arizona to Indiana) and Jalan McClendon (N.C. State to Baylor) would have been intriguing additions for the Gators, while Wilton Speight, who announced two weeks ago he was transferring from Michigan to UCLA, wouldn’t have made as much sense.
So what’s left? Nobody with the upside of Burrow, that’s for sure, but the Gators could fill their depth needs from this list.
- Tucker Israel was a 3-star dual-threat QB in the Class of 2015 from Orlando, Fla. He announced over the winter that he is transferring from Clemson after graduation. He attempted only 4 passes in his time with the Tigers, but he’ll be a junior with two years of eligibility left. Given his Florida roots and mobility, he might make some sense for the Gators.
- Ryan Boyle, a 3-star dual-threat QB from the 2015 recruiting class, is leaving Iowa with two seasons of immediate eligibility left. A prolific state-championship winning high school QB in Iowa, Boyle never progressed up the depth chart with the Hawkeyes. He too could provide depth for the Gators, if he doesn’t pursue a smaller program offering a better shot at playing time.
- Former Florida State reserve QB J.J. Cosentino is available after completing just 15 of 30 passes for 104 yards and 2 TDs in his time with the Seminoles. While he spent the last few years in Tallahassee, he is from Pittsburgh. He never pushed for the starting job at FSU and would merely be a depth option, if an option at all.
- Jacob Park, who started his college career at Georgia, is now transferring from Iowa State, where he passed for 1,181 yards, 9 touchdowns and 5 interceptions in four games last season. In moving to a third program, though, he’d surely be looking for a clear path to immediate playing time, and he may not be a fit at Florida as a pro-style QB.
- Chris Chugunov, who is leaving West Virginia, passed for 536 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions playing behind former Gators QB Will Grier last fall. He has one year of eligibility left, and like Park is both a pro-style QB and probably intent on finding immediate playing time.
- Jeff George Jr. is leaving Illinois, where he passed for 1,273 yards, 7 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last fall. If he is a consideration at all for Florida, it strictly would be as a depth addition.
