LSU QB Walker Howard enters the portal

From same source: 8:45 Update: The same person who told me about Sale visiting and that Howard would make an announcement tonight (he did, tweeting out he was leaving LSU), just told me that from what he heard, it won’t be Florida.

 

That's fine, but to get to the NFL he has to put up numbers so Kiffin seems the better choice. I would hope he comes here so we have options, but totally understand why he would choose Ole Miss.

 

Do you think he's going to sit behind Dart for two years at Ole Miss?

Why would any good QB want to go there? At least here he could start if all goes the way I think it will.

 

To get to the NFL, he has to

To get to the NFL, he has to start which is far more likely IMO at Florida than Ole Miss. Jaxson Dart is the incumbent and isn't terrible. Plus Kiffin seems to love to "portalize" the QB position so its not like Walker is guaranteed after Dart leaves.

 

Nfl doesn’t care what numbers a qb puts up. It is what they put on game film that matters. Daniel Jones stats were pedestrians
, josh Allen’s we’re actually poor and AR is a projected first rounder with average to below average passing stats. All first or projected first rounders. Getting playing time - starting - does matter though.

 

Truth be told, Dart numbers aren't different from AR other than completion %.....which is mostly on AR and not the system. If AR is just slightly more accurate he has a better year than Dart
AR 176-327 2549 yds, 17 TD, 9int (12 games). 212 yds /game
Dart 226-362 2974yds, 20 td, 11 int (13 games) 228 yds/game
Dart rushed for 614, AR for 740

 

This can't be true. I'm told Napier's offense hasn't evolved from 1980s Alabama style offense and kiffins passing game is 20 years ahead.

 

Funny thing is, outside of the stellar year from Trask, CBN avg 29.9 pts per game, the exact same combined avg as the 3 other years in mullens tenure

 

Doesn’t look promising for the good guys.

 

Not surprising. People have a tendency on here to get their hopes and get mad when it's not delivered.

 

Don’t you have some cavities to fill or a tooth to pull !!!

 

LMAO. Eating lunch at my desk.

 

Can he beat out Dart, last year’s transfer portal darling?

Dart has two years of experience and Howard has played in one game.

 

Kind of sad if we can't convince a guy to not wait until his 5th year to start (or never). Or is there some magic that Kiffin is going to teach him for a year before he heads to the FCS to finally start?

 

The Rashada mess is out of his hands, but Napier has fumbled this badly, sorry to say. It's his fault for jumping at the opportunity to get Mertz before the bowl games were even done. It made zero sense at the time and makes even less sense now.

Now it's cost him a high quality QB prospect that he's known since he was an 8th grader. Just baffling.

 

It's pretty dumb to suggest that Howard would be scared off by Mertz.

 

I never suggested that. I'm blaming Napier for going after Mertz in the first place.

 

Was Howard even known to be available then? I can’t recall but seem to think not.

 

The DUMBEST take that I’ve seen through this whole sorry mess. You should probably sit this one out.

 

he was not. Howard announced a transfer about a week ago and a month after most qbs.