Lou's Confessions: Notre Dame QB Departures Often For The Best

[ASFN Admin]

In college football today, if you are the No. 3 quarterback — or even No. 2 in many cases — in your second year, especially at a Power Five school, a transfer is virtually imminent. Count on this becoming an issue again in 2021 when Brendon Clark, Drew Pyne and Tyler Buchner vie to succeed Ian Book — if he opts not to return. The No. 3 quarterback today must usually either be a preferred walk-on who could play at a number of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools but wants to be at Notre Dame for reasons beyond football, or someone who excelled there in high school but is now useful, even a starter, at another position.

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