Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada plans to file the paperwork required to enter the NCAA switch portal, a supply instructed ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Sunday.
Rashada, the No. 31 general recruit within the 2023 ESPN 300, didn’t seem in a sport throughout his lone season as a backup for the Bulldogs.
The 6-foot-4, 190-pound redshirt freshman from Pittsburg, California, is reentering the portal looking for a possibility to change into a starter and can have three extra seasons of eligibility at his subsequent college.
Rashada turned some of the high-profile recruits of the title, picture and likeness period of faculty athletics when he flipped from Miami to Florida in December 2022 after agreeing to a four-year, $13.85 million cope with Florida’s now-defunct Gator Collective. Rashada signed with the Gators however didn’t enroll on the college after the NIL collective did not make promised funds and tried to terminate the settlement.
Rashada sued Florida coach Billy Napier, former Florida staffer Marcus Castro-Walker and booster Hugh Hathcock in May 2024, claiming they defrauded him out of thousands and thousands by backing out of the settlement.
The NCAA launched an investigation into Rashada’s recruitment in 2023. In March 2024, the NCAA paused its investigations into collectives and third-party involvement in NIL offers after a federal choose granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit introduced by the attorneys basic of Tennessee and Virginia.
Florida agreed to launch Rashada from his letter of intent after his deal fell aside. He spent his freshman season at Arizona State, his father’s alma mater, and began two video games throughout a redshirt season.
Rashada entered the switch portal in April 2024 after the Sun Devils introduced in Michigan State switch Sam Leavitt to compete with Rashada. Leavitt would find yourself main this system to a Big 12 title and a College Football Playoff look.
Rashada joined Georgia this season to compete with Gunner Stockton for the Bulldogs’ beginning job in 2025. Stockton earned the No. 2 position behind starter Carson Beck this season and helped the Bulldogs defeat Texas within the SEC championship sport after Beck suffered a season-ending elbow damage.
In his first profession begin, Stockton threw for 234 yards and one landing in Georgia’s 23-10 loss to Notre Dame within the CFP quarterfinal on the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Thursday.
