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In this day and age of college football, there aren’t a lot of quarterbacks staying at one program for four years as a starter. But Seth Henigan is.
“I looked at all the top quarterbacks in college football, and 90% of them are in the portal,” Henigan said in an interview with the Commercial Appeal on Wednesday. “So I wondered, am I weird? I’m different for staying at the same program for four years. I was definitely wondering if that was a good thing or not.”
The Memphis quarterback announced on social media last week that he would “run it back” for his final year of eligibility in 2024. He’s poised to break almost all of the Tigers’ passing records by the end of next season. He said Wednesday he wanted to make his intentions “crystal clear” heading into their game against Iowa State in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 29.
Still, he said it wasn’t an easy decision.
“It was really tough,” he said. “It’s kind of stressful, and it’s a hard decision to make since there’s so many factors floating around as far as leaving or staying. Especially in this day and age, as a Group of Five quarterback in particular, you’re playing at a lower level. There’s people, there’s money floating around, there’s opportunity to play at Power Five, in good situations.
“There’s a lot of things that look shiny and look good on paper that you’re like, ‘Oh, I want to pursue that.’ But at the same time, you’ve got to realize, me especially, I just took a step back, and I know I have it good here and have good friends here. And I’ve been here a long time. So I just figured it’d be best for me to stay here.”
Henigan is part of a class of players that entered college in 2021 and thus don’t have a “COVID year,” or an extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA. So 2024 will be his last year of college football.
It’s the same for Roc Taylor, the…
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Author : The Commercial Appeal
Publish date : 2023-12-06 23:35:18
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