Possible Grad Transfer Driskel EDIT
Florida QB Jeff Driskel has been granted a release to transfer. He has graduated this year so can play right away. He was a five star recruit who played a lot but never panned out, and was replaced half way through this season. Not exactly Hogan but maybe worth a shot. Possible that Durkin has some inside knowledge about his potential (even though he is a defensive coach).
EDIT: He came in today and did not look good. Threw a pick in the second half that led to a TD.
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^
I guess I would counter that by saying where in the hell did I say that I believe he is better than what we have got?
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^
I'm saying no because I have seen the kid play a number of times. He's just not very good.
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:29 PM ^
If that turns out to be the case, then, again, he would be on the sidelines. This hurts us how, exactly? There is no downside.
January 3rd, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
Every rep a guy takes costs another player that opportunity. Every accepted grad student takes a place from another applicant. I don't want a grad transfer who isn't (a) clearly a better player and (b) an excellent academic fit.
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
don't we already return an under-performing (to date) 5 star QB on our roster
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
Yeah Driskel hasn't been good, but we have exactly 0 fucking TD passes on our roster, and some of you are saying no. Uhhh why? Why not have another shot and at least this guy has played some. Worse case scenario he doesn't play. I don't get some of you.
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
Devil you know sucks < Devil we don't know sucks yet
Hogan I'd take. That dude is competent. Driskel is a disaster.
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^
Our quarterbacks have thrown for 0 tds and 9 INTS in their careers. Why not have another round in the chamber?
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^
No one is advocating turning Hogan away to take Driskel. But if Hogan isn't an option, isn't someone better than no one? He's not a star, for sure. But maybe he has had awful QB coaching, it's not like Florida's offense has been good in any facet. And he has a lot more experience than any of our guys.
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
we don't have an unlimited number of scholarships to throw around. We need to be selective and right--we certainly don't need to offer a 5th year to sit on the bench.
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January 3rd, 2015 at 2:55 PM ^
All these moans and groans about Jeff Driskel are based on what? One full season, his sophomore season when the Gators went 11-2 beating up on LSU, SC, Johnny Football's aTM, FSU..... Threw only 5 INTs in 13 games. Hell, Michigan has been doing that in two games.
Then yes, he broke his leg during the third game, 1st Q against Tennessee in 2013. Michigan could do far worse than a QB that has a regular season TD:INT ratio of 5:1.
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:32 PM ^
I find it funny that a year ago, this board was licking their chops for a back-up center from Alabama to transfer, but when a back up QB is an option, no one wants the guy. Just odd.
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January 3rd, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
Two springs and two summers and still looked like crap against Minnesota.
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
He's an unusual case, having already graduated. Maybe he's looking for a place he can enroll in immediately. In that case, I think we'd be out of the picture.
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
Florida QB went down so Driskel back in.... audition?
January 3rd, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2015 at 2:55 PM ^
I'm not impressed with Driskel. Ithink we can all agree that a Braxton Miller or Kevin Hogan would be a better choice. That being said, I'd say bring in as many bodies as we can with experience at the QB position, the added competition in practice can only help us.
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
Hell to the no. Driskel is inaccurate and has looked lost every time I have seen him play. Not the kind of player you bring in for one year. Put it this way, if Driskel were somone we would want, Will Muschamp would still be the head coach at Florida.
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:05 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2015 at 3:34 PM ^
His one full season UF went 11-2 and he threw just 5 INts with a completion % of 63.7
Breaking his leg was a disaster, I'm not sure how an 11-2 record is a disaster.
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January 3rd, 2015 at 5:28 PM ^
What you are saying is that you don't trust Harbaugh to make the correct coaching decisions regarding the roster and that even though Ohio State can play a 3rd string QB in the bowl finals that Michigan will not be able to get one ready before our next game and you base this on what exactly?
We have an excellent Coach who is great with QB's, we will have an excellent coaching staff for the team. I am sure that the past 7 years will gradually fade away and that the new coaching regime will allow the fans the chance to put it behind us. It has been hard missing 2 bowl games under RR and another under Hoke and obviously something most Michigan fans did not grow up with or have never seen.
We have QB's on the Roster and if Harbaugh was to bring another or more in, I am sure that he himself would work with them and get them ready for the first game.
Any player that has ever had anything to say about Harbaugh including niners is that he is a great coach. Hell they were asked what they would want in their next coach with the niners and they said someone like Harbaugh, because he was good, really good.
Go Blue!!!!
January 3rd, 2015 at 5:57 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^
No thanks. Driskel is not very good at all
January 3rd, 2015 at 3:43 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
Because they've learned so much from their mistakes (9 interceptions, 0 touchdowns)!!!!
January 3rd, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
January 3rd, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^
By what standard?
January 3rd, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
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January 3rd, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^
lead-footed, inaccurate, poor at decision making, slow to throw and release the football and main reason why Florida lost so many games. Miller would be an improvement, Hogan seems like he would be solid, Golston would be a risk, and Driskell would be a disaster. I would rather develop our own quarterbacks unless he had a sure thing come in like MIller or Hogan, however, I still don't love the idea of them filling in for a year at qb (why am I more ok with OL, etc JUCO's or transfer, idk), especially a former Buckeye. The qb's we have really need to step up, but I would rather give them a chance since they have had little opportunity to do so.
January 3rd, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^
January 3rd, 2015 at 4:42 PM ^
Driskel has shown he's bad over a number of seasons. I'd hate to waste focus and time on a guy who has pretty much shown he can't play versus young guys with multiple seasons of eligibility and greater upside.
January 3rd, 2015 at 4:53 PM ^
To make the correct decisions in regards to the QB and the rest of the roster. I believe I recently seen a PRESS CONFERENCE where it said he is the new Coach of the Michigan Football Team.
Unless he is secretly on the board to get everyone's opinion on the next QB I really don't think it is going to matter much what anyone on here thinks of who we are playing.
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January 4th, 2015 at 1:03 AM ^
For most fans, until Russell Wilson did what he did, most probably weren't aware this was possible. We almost never see it because it is just so rare - it takes an exceptionally good player, who is also very personable and charismatic and can back it up on the field. For a position like QB, it would be very hard to step into a situation and only after Spring ball and summer camp and be able to beat out people who have been there for 3-4 years. Wilson not only did it on the field but he was actually voted a captain just from his camp interaction. Just don't see most of these possible transfers pulling this off.
A more interesting question is how come his original school where he spent 3 years (if I recall it was NC State) never could build a contending team around him.
January 4th, 2015 at 6:23 AM ^
"I'd rather see our own recruits develop under our coaches."
You'd rather see that than what, exactly? You'd rather see our own recruits play than see us win? I'm not saying Morris, Speight, Malzone, etc. can't be good, but if they're not good, I don't want to see the whole ship sink just because we're too stubborn to take a transfer.
The NCAA made it legal, and other teams are using it to their advantage. I don't see why Michigan needs to trail behind, and our own recruits (Cox, Furman, Ash, Rawls, etc.) are going elsewhere and being successful.