The trip to the transfer portal can be long and winding… and sometimes lead right back to where it started.
Such is the case for Texas quarterback Casey Thompson. The freshman had reportedly entered his name into the NCAA transfer database to explore his options back in December but OrangeBloods.com is reporting that he will actually wind up returning to Austin for the 2019 season.
As Richardson mentions, Thompson's return is big because it gives Tom Herman and company an experienced backup on a thin depth chart in the wake of Shane Buechele's likely transfer and also because it gives him the opportunity to earn a lot more playing time during the upcoming season rather than sitting out, as he would have had he transferred.
Thompson was considered a four-star recruit coming out of high school a few years ago and the signal-caller becomes one of the rare players the past few months to put his name into the transfer portal yet remain at his current school.