Nebraska QB to transfer to Yale

[dbackjon]

Former Nebraska quarterback Patrick Witt, who decided to transfer prior to the start of spring practice in February, has officially chosen Yale as his destination.

The Huskers’ backup signal caller last season, Witt was expected to battle for the starting job this summer in Lincoln, Neb. Instead, Witt chose to enroll as a sophomore at Yale, over Duke, UCLA and South Carolina, he announced Tuesday. Since he will be transferring to a Football Championship Subdivision school, he will not have to sit out a year like he would have had he decided to transfer to an Football Bowl Subdivision program.

The 6-foot-2-inch 225-pounder boasts a 4.0 grade point average in economics at Nebraska. The quarterback said he is attracted to the combination of athletics and academics an institution like Yale provides.

“I want to be around the smartest and the brightest, and Yale gives me the opportunity to expand intellectually as well as playing football,” Witt said in a telephone interview.

Witt’s exposure to Ivy League football dates back to 2007, when he visited the Yale Bowl to watch The Game; his brother Jeff was a quarterback for Harvard at the time. But out of high school, Witt decided to commit to Nebraska over schools such as Oklahoma and Texas A&M, although his high school coach at Wylie High School in Texas, Bill Howard, said schools like Yale were on his radar.

“Education’s always been one of his major priorities,” Howard said in a telephone interview. “He loves football, but grades have always been first in his life.”

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/29020

[Wedgebuster]

A young man with his priorities in order, good for him!

[TwinTownBisonFan]

if he's got the grades, and knows his game likely won't get him the NFL (or that's not what he wants) then this one of the best stories of the year. good on 'em.

[dgreco]

A young man with his priorities in order, good for him!

Going to say the same exact thing.