Auburn QB reportedly enters NCAA transfer portal
The Auburn Tigers were a bit short on scholarship quarterbacks this season after Joey Gatewood decided to transfer.
Now, they’ll be down another guy in the QB room, as a walk-on quarterback who rose to No. 3 on the depth chart in 2019 has entered the transfer portal.
Per AL.com’s Matt Zenitz, Wil Appleton will explore his transfer options this offseason:
Auburn walk-on QB Wil Appleton has put his name into the transfer portal as a graduate transfer.
Was the team’s No. 3 QB the end of the year after Joey Gatewood decided to transfer.
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 4, 2020
Appleton was unlikely to remain at No. 3 on the depth chart behind Bo Nix and Cord Sandberg, so it makes sense that he’d want to go somewhere to get some playing time.
Appleton hasn’t seen any action the last 2 seasons with the Tigers. Where he ends up next remains to be seen.
Appleton played this year FYI.
The effects of Chad Morris. No one wants any part of that crazy.
Yes, a walk on transfer is clearly the sign of a program ready to collapse. Poor take.
Walk on or not. Revolving door at QB is kind of Morris M.O
The majority of team’s nowadays have QB’s that transfer almost every year.
This has also been Appleton’s plan all along if you follow Auburn football.
I totally understand all true Arkansas Fans anger toward Chad Morris. but…this guy has been successful everywhere he’s been…prior to landing at Arkansas. He was a very successfull H.S. coach in Texas, Successful stint as Offensive Coordinator at Tulsa & a tclemson…he instalkled their offense and recruited Deshaun Watson, plus began the recruiting of those tall/fast/sure-handed receivers(which is now a grea reason for their offensiver success). So he’s been quite successful at everywhere except Arkansas. Just maybe…Bret Bielema left that program in such bad shape, that it’ll take a four-year-rebuild ? Probably, that’s the truth.
You know, a Head Coach does not go from being successful to being horribly bad…unless there are factors at his new school that are extremely tough to overcome. I do respect your anger toward him, but the problems at Arkansas were and are great…& it takes a long time to make the program better. I do hope that Pittman can show some upward trajectory in 2020 for all Arkansas fans..
Sorry about the horrible typing…tough to type with a four year old sitting on your lap.
Love the kids! Not a thing wrong when a little one is helping! Re: Morris, I remember when 3 years was the minimum for cutting a coach. Arky has done themselves no favors.
I didn’t realize you were Catholic
Hogs were gonna get lil Morris at qb next year they are all kinds of sour.
Bret Bielema was 69-24 at Wisconsin, but he was only 29-34 at Arkansas. Even motorcycle-wreck Petrino was 34-17 at Arkansas, and who was watching Petrino operate girl-friend-trainer-gate. Just maybe Arkansas has some problems at a higher level than at football coach. One problem for sure are administrators with zero manners/class, like firing a coach on the field after the game or after 17 games as head coach. I know that region is full of good people, I work and play in that area every year, but somebody is handing out administrative jobs/money to unprofessional people in Hog-ville this past decade.
Morris got 22 games, not 17. And he deserved to be fired after the 17th (or thereabouts) which would have been around the SJSU game. SJSU was ranked 122 in the FBS at the time. No SEC team should lose to a MWC team at home. If frank Broyles was alive and the AD he’d have fired Morris on the field at the half and if he didn’t, he’d have definitely done it at the half of the WKU game.
Bielema sent multiple players to the pros. Had a good defense some years (tops in SEC), good offense (tops in SEC), was good enough to compete some weekends, and while I don’t put a lot of stock in bowl games, beat the snot out of Texas (knelt on the 2 yd line, or it would have been uglier, Saban would have scored another 8 with the 2pt conversion). However, Bielema didn’t do a great job recruiting or building depth or keeping his staff together. Really, he got fired because he exceeded expectations and then didn’t continue on the trajectory by working his ass off. Ironically, Pittman leaving was when things started falling apart, both in recruiting and on the offensive line.
All that said, Bielema said after his first season, “when I got here, I thought I had more to work with.” and yet he was somewhat competitive and bowling in years 2 and 3. Chad Morris was looking at going 2-10 in year 3.
Will Appleton was a 3rd string, used to be 4th string walk-on. It’s no big deal trolls.
Will Appleton played in one game this year.
It has been reported for some time that he planned to transfer for his last year. He wanted to go to another school where he might have the opportunity for playing time.
Can you actually transfer back to high school?
“Walk on, walk off, Daniel-son!”
Good Luck Will. Hope you find a spot somewhere
In my opinion that was the stupidest hire,AU could’ve made. He cannot call plays no better than Gus. Mark my word by the end of the 2020 season, Gus will be calling the plays again.. Gus will be fired next year.
Who?