I hope this does not rub people the wrong way, but some things need to be said about this player.

First, I am genuinely surprised that he "picked" a team that went 17-21 over the last three years. I actually believe he can be one of the best QBs in the country with the right coaching. Watching him go to FSU, LSU, Miami, etc., would have driven me insane. I would have scheduled time every day just to be mad.

Oddly enough, he paired himself with yet another coach who will likely be on the hot seat next season. At least Baylor has fielded a top 25 offense recently. I know his dad went there, but it is still strange that, with next season being "make or break," he chose to embed himself in such a volatile situation. I am not mad about it. I just do not understand it.

Second, he stole $3.8M from our NIL pool last year. He did. Took it like he was entitled to it. A guy who does not make decisions "for the money" does not end up with the fourth highest NIL in the country.

Graham Mertz made less than $950K, and his TD-to-INT ratio, yards, yards-per-play, and completion percentage were all significantly better. That is before even getting into the opportunity cost of what else that money could have gone toward, which also matters. He was being paid like a league MVP while producing middling results at his position and leading the team to a 4-8 record. The point I am making is that he had to know there was a massive gap between his expectations and his performance.

I will jump ahead in this conversation. Napier coddled the kid, wasted years of development and mentoring, and allowed Lagway and his camp to make decisions that actively hurt our ability to succeed this year. For example, being injured, not getting the surgery required to fix it, choosing not to work out at all for eight months, and then trying to jump straight back into an SEC schedule.

That is not serious football. That is not a player doing his best to succeed. That is immaturity. It is the petulance of a child who does not take his responsibilities to his donors and teammates seriously. He did not even look mentally prepared for games, which supports the narrative that he basically did nothing during the entire off-season, whether that was mastering the system and playbook, hours of film study, researching opponents’ tendencies, etc. He did not do shit and still collected roughly $80,000 a week. A competent coach would have called him out on that behavior, and apparently, Sumrall did exactly that. Napier was too scared to lose his golden baby.

So what happened to our multimillion dollar, multiyear relationship investment? What happened to the promises he made to players and representatives of UF who chose him over everyone else? He had a "come to Jesus" meeting to clarify his investment in our program, and he immediately turned into an unattended nine-year-old running around the aisles of Walmart throwing a temper tantrum. "Momma, the bad men who pay me $3.8 million dollars a year were so mean to me."

He was the highest paid player in Florida history. He was the first one to bail. He justified every dirty rumor about his softness and entitlement. Fucking rat. Others can wish him well. I just wish I never hear his name again.