LSU football quarterback Myles Brennan considered transferring

LSU football’s Myles Brennan will be the Tigers’ starting quarterback in 2020.

Myles Brennan signed with LSU football in early 2017 with the hope that he’d eventually be the Tigers’ starting quarterback.

Brennan will get that chance in 2020 as a redshirt junior, though his path to the starting job probably didn’t go as he envisioned it would when he signed with LSU.

The Mississippi native played sparingly as a true freshman in 2017 behind Danny Etling, which was expected.

In 2018, however, Brennan was one of the quarterbacks on LSU’s roster fighting for the starting job. Joe Burrow ended up winning the job, which meant two years of serving as the No. 2 quarterback for Brennan.

Going into the 2019 season, it was obvious that Burrow was the guy for LSU. Because of that, it would’ve been incredibly easy for Brennan to transfer.

And despite claims at the time, it’s something that Brennan considered.

Myles Brennan considered transferring from LSU football

Rumors swirled in 2019 that Brennan was considering transferring away from LSU. He denied the rumors at the time, tweeting “BREAKING NEWS: I’m not transferring.. Never have thought about it and don’t see myself doing so.”

It turns out Brennan actually did think about transferring.

“(Transferring’s) been talked about, probably a good bit, and I’ve thought about it. I wouldn’t say a lot, but it’s definitely crossed my mind in recent years,” said Brennan on Wednesday during a videoconference with reporters.

The LSU starter added, “I feel very confident in my decision for staying here”.

You can’t blame Brennan for thinking about transferring. Brennan has always been more than willing to compete. But when you’re playing behind Joe Burrow, there aren’t many opportunities for playing time. Brennan undoubtedly just wanted to play.

However, I think he made the right choice by staying at LSU. Not only is he the starter now (and likely in 2021 as well), but he was also able to learn from Burrow for two years. That experience should prove to be invaluable for Brennan.

I don’t know what the 2020 season will hold for Brennan, but I have no doubt that he’s the right guy to lead the Tigers’ offense this year.