Will Muschamp announces the transfer of athlete Lorenzo Nunez
After sitting out the first season of the Will Muschamp era during a redshirt season, sophomore athlete Lorenzo Nunez has decided to transfer from the program. Muschamp announced the news Sunday during his Birmingham Bowl press availability.
Nunez began his Gamecock career as a quarterback, starting two games under center in 2015 before redshirting and transitioning to the receiver position in Columbia after Muschamp was hired to replace Steve Spurrier. Upon his arrival to campus, Spurrier praised Nunez as the potential future of the program at quarterback. Nunez was a four-star quarterback prospect in South Carolina’s 2015 recruiting class.
According to his head coach, Nunez’s decision to leave the program is due to his desire to play quarterback, something that clearly wasn’t going to happen with freshmen Jake Bentley and Brandon McIlwain on the SC roster:
Will Muschamp: "Lorenzo Nunez is going to transfer. He wants to play quarterback."
— Josh Kendall (@JoshatTheState) December 4, 2016
Will Muschamp: "I’m disappointed that he (Nunez) not going to be here but we’re trying to help him, he wants to play quarterback."
— Josh Kendall (@JoshatTheState) December 4, 2016
At this time, Muschamp did not reveal any information regarding where Nunez could eventually wind up.
Makes perfect sense. BMac is just as good of a runner as Nunez while being a better passer, and a year younger. And BMac isn’t even our best QB. Sad to see Nunez leave, but I wish him the best
Best of luck to him.
I wish he would have stuck it out for awhile at receiver. He would make a great outside threat for someone. He could have bulked up a bit and played RB/TE
Hate to see him leave, I can’t blame him though, best of luck to him. We got Ortre Smith coming in next year to compliment our young receivers, so we should be good.