{"id":59368,"date":"2024-04-28T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=59368"},"modified":"2024-04-27T21:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T01:49:02","slug":"davis-transfers-washingtons-new-need-at-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/04\/28\/davis-transfers-washingtons-new-need-at-quarterback\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Transfers, Washington’s New Need at Quarterback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Add the Washington quarterback room to the list of thin position groups. True freshman and former four-star recruit Dermaricus Davis<\/strong> entered his name into the transfer portal on Friday. This came two days after he was absent from Washington\u2019s practice the Wednesday prior. For almost all of Spring, Davis was taking nearly every rep with the third team. Will Rogers III<\/a> and Demond Williams Jr<\/a>. have clearly been the two competing for the top job this fall, with Davis as a distant third. Walk-on junior Teddy Purcell<\/strong> is now the third, and final, quarterback on the roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington Quarterback Dermaricus Davis Enters Portal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you rewind to January, Davis had previously entered the transfer portal. He did so after Williams committed to Washington to follow Jedd Fisch<\/strong> from Arizona. Both Davis and Williams are class of 2024 early-enrollees and former four-stars. Davis wound up re-committing to Washington and choosing to compete with Williams for the future of the quarterback room. But after 11 practices this Spring, Davis decided that exploring his options elsewhere was in his best interest, and re-entered the transfer portal. The lack of reps is likely one of the reasons for Davis\u2019 departure. At offensive line, Washington has only had anywhere from eight to 10 linemen healthy and available to participate in practice. That makes things difficult for players deeper on the depth chart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before Davis\u2019 entry into the transfer portal on Friday, Fisch spoke to us about the team\u2019s inability to split fields to generate more offensive reps during practice. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of the only thing we\u2019re lacking right now. We\u2019re not able to double-up on our reps.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fisch said he plans to reach 15 or 16 offensive linemen by the middle of May. But right now, the bodies aren\u2019t available on the offensive line to split fields and get meaningful reps to the players deeper on the depth chart. Davis was one of those players who had been forced to observe reps rather than take reps. Fisch told us, \u201cWe\u2019re able to get everything done we want to get done, we just can\u2019t get it done twice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jedd Fisch\u2019s Approach Quarterbacks in the Transfer Portal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Rogers, a four-year veteran, Williams, a true freshman, and Purcell, a walk-on, are the only quarterbacks on this roster. That figures to change things regarding the team\u2019s approach to the transfer portal. We know of Washington’s need for players at the line of scrimmage. And Fisch has made some progress in filling those spots, landing D\u2019Angalo Titialii<\/a> and Logan Sagapulo<\/a>. But the need for a quarterback throws a new wrinkle in the fabric of this Washington roster. I asked Fisch if his approach to the transfer portal changes now that there are only three quarterbacks on the roster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He responded, \u201cNo, we\u2019re always looking for players that want to come here, we’re always looking for the best available players.\u201d Washington is an \u201centicing spot\u201d in the eyes of the head coach. Fisch continued, \u201cThe good part is a lot of people call, a lot of people want to come.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re nearing the final few days of the transfer portal being open for entry. Players can continue to choose their new homes after April 30th, but entry for non-grad transfers concludes on the 30th. However, Fisch\u2019s demeanor didn\u2019t seem too concerned, \u201cI\u2019m sure we won\u2019t have a problem filling some roster spots here in the next few weeks.\u201d It\u2019s likely this team adds a couple more signal callers by his mid-May projection of having a completed roster. \u201cWe\u2019ll probably add one or two more [quarterbacks].\u201d Going into Spring practice, the quarterback room didn’t seem to be much of a concern. And it still has experience with Rogers, and young talent with Williams. But things have changed, and the quarterback room now requires attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Image courtesy: Nick Lemkau<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Add the Washington quarterback room to the list of thin position groups. True freshman and former four-star recruit Dermaricus Davis entered his name into the transfer portal on Friday. This came two days after he was absent from Washington\u2019s practice the Wednesday prior. For almost all of Spring, Davis was taking nearly every rep with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3944,"featured_media":59377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,4],"tags":[7983,33155,33176,1666,509,33385,7237],"class_list":["post-59368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-bigten","category-pac12","tag-big-ten-football","tag-demond-williams-jr","tag-dermaricus-davis","tag-jedd-fisch","tag-washington-huskies","tag-washington-spring-practice","tag-will-rogers"],"modified_by":"Tony Siracusa, CFB Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}