LSU QB Rickie Collins plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal
The first NCAA Transfer Portal news of the offseason is in for LSU as backup quarterback Rickie Collins declared his intentions to transfer out of the program during the upcoming portal window.
The news, which was first reported by On3’s Hayes Fawcett on Sunday, comes after an 8-4 season that saw Garrett Nussmeier go coast-to-coast as the starting quarterback.
With Nussmeier potentially returning for a second season as the team’s starting quarterback next fall, the news of at least one of LSU’s quarterbacks making the decision to transfer doesn’t come as a surprise in the portal era, which allows one penalty-free transfer to all underclassmen.
Collins spent two years with the Tigers as a backup quarterback. He was 7-for-7 for 38 yards passing in four games played. Collins stepped in as the backup to Nussmeier when he exited the game earlier this season, but Nussmeier’s extended exit while being evaluated for an injury in Saturday’s win over Oklahoma saw former Vanderbilt quarterback AJ Swann, who transferred to LSU this offseason, step in ahead of Collins.
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Collins left Woodlawn High (Baton Rouge) as a 4-star quarterback in the 2023 class, where he was the No. 17 quarterback in the country and No. 234 overall prospect nationally on the On3 Industry Rankings.
Collins passed for for 1,930 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior, and in a five-game season in 2020, he totaled 1,449 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a senior at Woodlawn, Collins was 127-for-209 passing for 1,512 yards and 17 touchdowns. He rushed for another 598 yards and six touchdowns.
Stay tuned to The Bengal Tiger for the latest news as the NCAA Transfer Portal ramps up following the end of the college football regular season.
