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"GAINESVILLE — Jacoby Brissett will take another shot at being a starting quarterback, though it will not be at Florida. Brissett, a true sophomore from Dwyer High School, has informed the Gators that he will leave the program and is in the process of picking a new school, a source said. UF coach Will Muschamp must approve any destination on his list. By leaving now, Brissett can go through spring practices with his new team. He must sit out the upcoming season and can return as a red-shirt junior in 2014. A spokesperson for Florida did not return a message seeking comment. There appeared to be no future for him in Gainesville with fellow sophomore Jeff Driskel firmly planted as the starter. Brissett played sparingly this year, only earning a true start when Driskel was sidelined by a sprained ankle. He technically started the season opener when the two were tangled in a quarterback competition, though he exited after the first snap and played less than one quarter. In six games this season, he completed 23 of 35 passes for 249 yards with a touchdown pass. He also ran for a touchdown. Driskel went 10-2 as the starter. He completed 63.7 percent of his attempts, averaged 137.2 passing yards per game and threw for 12 touchdowns against five interceptions. He also rushed for 683 yards, not counting sacks. Brissett leaves the Gators with a promising résumé and no baggage. Despite getting little opportunity to play this season, his coaches and teammates praised him throughout the year for accepting his back-up role and continuing to work hard. “Jacoby has been great,” Muschamp said in November. “And Jacoby is a guy that we have a lot of confidence in.” When the team was in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl last week, offensive coordinator Brent Pease said, “He’s prepared like he’s going to have an opportunity to play. He’s professional about it.” After the Sugar Bowl, a 33-23 loss to Louisville, Brissett said he was undecided on his plan. His high school coach, Jack Daniels, believed he intended to stay at UF through spring. Daniels advised him to transfer, but he struggled with the thought of leaving the Gators. “You grow relationships for two years with some of these people you’re around every day, and it’s hard to leave them,” Brissett said. It is not immediately clear where he wants to go. When he first considered the possibility of transferring, his top choices were West Virginia, Louisville, Arkansas and North Carolina State. West Virginia was among the finalists to sign him out of high school. So was Wisconsin, which recently lost coach Bret Bielema to Arkansas. North Carolina showed interest in him in football and basketball. If he goes to Louisville, he will reunite with former Dwyer teammates Robert Clark and Gerald Christian. At Florida, Brissett’s greatest performance was against Louisiana-Lafayette on Nov. 10, when Driskel was hurt in the third quarter. The Gators were losing 20-13 before Brissett led them to the tying touchdown with 1:14 left. They won 27-20 on a blocked punt that Jelani Jenkins returned for a touchdown in the final seconds. Brissett’s initial choice to sign with Florida two years ago was gutsy. The Gators already had Driskel -- the top-rated quarterback recruit in the country -- enrolled and ready for spring practice. Despite that, as well as his mother publicly disapproving, Brissett chose UF. From that moment, it seemed inevitable that one of them would force the other out. Driskel had a head start by arriving as an early enrollee in January 2011, but Brissett overtook him by mid-season. When starter John Brantley, a senior, went down for two games due to an ankle injury, Brissett started at LSU and Auburn. He remained the No. 2 quarterback the rest of the year with Driskel behind him. After the season, though, Muschamp reset the race. He and Pease said they were even all the way through the first game of the season before turning to Driskel full-time in Week 2. Brissett’s departure leaves the Gators with three scholarship quarterbacks heading into next season. Skyler Mornhinweg will be a red-shirt freshman, and Tyler Murphy will be a red-shirt junior. Neither of them threw a pass this year. Florida also is in line to add Max Staver, a high school player in Brentwood, Tenn. Staver is committed to the Gators and expected to sign next month."

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/college-football/jacoby-brissett-transfer/nTnxx/

1/6/2013 12:50:39 PM

NCSU is QB U


because our offensive is so bad, you have to learn how to be superhuman to succeed

1/6/2013 12:53:54 PM

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"Cole Blankenship † ? @ xCB64x NC State beat FSU, FSU beat Clemson, Clemson beat LSU, LSU beat Texas A&M, Texas A&M beat Alabama. Therefore NC State = National Champions."

Also, it looks like we have around 8 official visits lined up this weekend, including at least a couple with guys who have committed elsewhere (illinois and nebraska, i think)

1/8/2013 9:52:50 PM

Ill be upset if we cant flip an Illinois commit

1/8/2013 11:25:15 PM

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"Sierra Community College quarterback Myles McKee is planning a visit to NC State. "

1/10/2013 3:09:58 PM

The Florida QB transfer is visiting on Friday...that would be a pretty epic first commitment if it pans out.

1/10/2013 4:09:00 PM

^why? he sucks

1/10/2013 5:58:26 PM

do you have any reasoning for that assumption other than him backing up Driskel?

[Edited on January 10, 2013 at 6:09 PM. Reason : .]

1/10/2013 6:08:55 PM

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"why? he sucks"

I would bet a fair amount of money that you've never watched him play a single snap.

1/10/2013 8:30:51 PM

I think if he was any good he would be starting for Florida.

1/11/2013 9:12:35 AM

[Edited on January 11, 2013 at 9:38 AM. Reason : fuck sorry guys]

1/11/2013 9:37:02 AM

[Edited on January 11, 2013 at 9:37 AM. Reason : fuck]

1/11/2013 9:37:35 AM

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"I think if he was any good he would be starting for Florida"

The fact that he was recruited by UF probably means he's pretty damn good. I hope we land this guy because you really cannot have too many options at QB.

The few times I saw Brissett play, he seemed super athletic and was running the wildcat for the Gators. He could be perfect in Canada's system.

1/11/2013 10:03:07 AM

it wasn't like Florida was the only top tier program recruiting him either, his final four choices were down to Florida, Miami, WVU & Wisconsin. the kid's got talent, he just wasn't in the most ideal situation for him at Florida since Weis convinced him to commit after they had already signed Driskel.

1/11/2013 4:02:05 PM

wolfpack2105 just being an ignorant pessimist, again

1/11/2013 4:08:46 PM

Getting brissett would be huge for us

http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Jacoby-Brissett-84272

Dude is 6'5" and runs a 4.5

Was a 4 star dual threat QB

He would be our best recruit (had he been a recruit) since TOB was hired

[Edited on January 11, 2013 at 4:35 PM. Reason : H]

1/11/2013 4:32:48 PM

^dude, please stop.

1/11/2013 4:36:24 PM

^^Crisp. Just saying.

1/11/2013 4:46:56 PM

Glennon, Wentz, Wolff, Amerson, Mustafa, Shadrach, etc. etc. It's just a stupid thing to say. But apparently TOB raped him or something.

1/11/2013 5:02:04 PM

Wtf bullet, i wasnt saying anything about TOB, but defending us wanting/needing the player

You act like a fucking woman or something

[Edited on January 11, 2013 at 5:04 PM. Reason : I was talking about rankings on rivals]

[Edited on January 11, 2013 at 5:26 PM. Reason : I forgot about Crisp]

1/11/2013 5:04:19 PM

of course there are no guarantees, but if you have a chance to get a QB with his measurables, also being a former 4* recruit from the talent-rich state of FL, you take it. at the very least, he'll add to the competition.

we're also looking at a few JUCO QBs that could play right away



[Edited on January 11, 2013 at 5:20 PM. Reason : .]

1/11/2013 5:07:36 PM

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"Sean Paul@gSeanPaul Im having a good time at NC State. Looking forward to the Duke game tomorrow! @PackPride pic.twitter.com/GWHDlTTu"

1/11/2013 11:21:39 PM

As mentioned earlier, we were supposed to have at least 7 or 8 f-ball recruits at the Duke b-ball game today.
They had to have had a great time.
Here's a video of Coach Doeren (posted in the Doeren thread) introducing himself before the game. He sets the goal of being the best team in the ACC, and then introduces MARIO WILLIAMS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj4tkGTGFO4

1/13/2013 12:43:26 AM

Thats pretty awesome

1/13/2013 1:05:38 AM

looks like Theo Ratliff

1/13/2013 12:16:36 PM

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"Sean Paul held over a dozen scholarship offers, but the Vero Beach (FL) defensive back was ready to make his decision after a weekend visit to NC State. "Me and my friend, Dravious Wright, we just committed to NC State," said Paul. "Throughout the entire process I was close with coach Doeren and coach McNutt, and when they went to NC State it was even better. It made my decision even easier."

1/13/2013 12:30:38 PM

^^CB Sean Paul from Florida commits

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Sean-Paul-135863

[Edited on January 13, 2013 at 12:31 PM. Reason : ]

1/13/2013 12:30:59 PM

Apparently he's a 4 star on ESPN:
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/167568/sean-paul

[Edited on January 13, 2013 at 1:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/13/2013 1:21:13 PM

gg Doeren. its tough to pick up recruits this late in the process

1/13/2013 1:22:06 PM

staaaaahs

[Edited on January 13, 2013 at 1:25 PM. Reason : ]

1/13/2013 1:25:31 PM

Priester and Woulard are visiting Clemson next weekend.

1/13/2013 9:00:18 PM

and he was just excitingly tweeting his "re"-commitment back to the pack last week?

oh those kids and their twitters

1/13/2013 9:29:16 PM

so much for being firm

1/13/2013 10:12:31 PM

Don't know who it was, but one of the recruits was alone with Woodson in the Chancellor's suite for quite a while before the game on Saturday. Even Doeren was outside peeking in.

1/14/2013 9:03:34 AM

sorry to engage in twitter drama, but priester is posting this

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"KYRIN PRIESTER? @ KyPriester It's only right that I see what Clemson has to offer I have nothing to lose but a great experience KYRIN PRIESTER? @ KyPriester Glad to see my boi @ OhThatsYoGirl11 had a great time at state future teammates! # GoPack !"

1/14/2013 10:33:32 AM

Wat

1/14/2013 10:36:42 AM

Priester is visiting Clemson (hopefully only) for the the experience. He's excited that Marques Valdez (ohthatyogirl, wr from florida) had a great visit at state

1/14/2013 10:46:57 AM

Fuck, clemson offers dat calipari $

1/14/2013 10:49:37 AM

Dravious Wright (#4) HighLigHt video (he committed with his friend sean paul)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dacn0gMGSoY

[Edited on January 14, 2013 at 1:47 PM. Reason : spelling his first name right]

1/14/2013 1:39:01 PM

Good looking tackles in the video.

1/14/2013 1:46:42 PM

I know it's just talk, but it sure isnt a good thing that UF has been talking to his family for a year

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"UPDATE: Florida may be interested in four-star quarterback Asiantii Woulard (Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park) at this juncture, but the interest may not be reciprocated by the signal caller's family. "Florida's been talking to us probably about a year now," Woulard's father, Michael, told Justin Rowland of CatsIllustrated.com. "They haven't offered. They talked to him in San Antonio (at the U.S. Army All-American Game), and I talked to Joker (Phillips) (Sunday) night for the first time. He was saying he wanted to visit him at the school. "I said, 'Well, ya'll have been saying you want him. It's been this or that for over a year but nobody's offered him. I'm not really big on that." "

1/14/2013 2:15:14 PM

LOL at the lateral on that pick six. Dude likes to hit and has good form for a high schooler. I remember a few years ago seeing a guy hit like that in a youtube video. Earl Wolff.

1/14/2013 3:01:09 PM

JUST GIMME DA LIGHT

1/14/2013 3:16:55 PM

His hitting was awesome to watch. We could've used him in all the situations that we fail to tackle. I did get a lot of Earl Wolff out of watching that in that when he wraps you up, you're going down. That's awesome.

1/14/2013 5:07:51 PM

(just saying, most of those dudes that he's tackling probably won't even be playing at the college-level. just keep that in mind. but yeah, he seems to have the tackling skills.)

1/14/2013 5:11:33 PM

1/14/2013 5:21:58 PM

^^ Who in HS can that NOT be said of? Derp.

1/14/2013 5:24:05 PM

i'm just saying, when people say "we could've used his tackling this season", they seem to forget that. I ain't debbie-downing or knocking the guy at all.

1/14/2013 5:25:58 PM

we could've used a coaching staff that taught our corners how to jam receivers at the line and use better technique in their tackling

1/14/2013 5:59:42 PM

might as well float this kid an offer

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/recruit-decommits-usc-lane-kiffin-pulls-scholarship-three-165651928--ncaaf.html

1/15/2013 10:49:38 AM