The rumors that had been swirling about NaDerris Ward for quite a while turned out to be true. Georgia sports communication director Claude Felton confirmed this afternoon that the Georgia tight end has requested a transfer to move closer to home.
Claude said Ward remains in school at UGA and expects to finish the semester in Athens. Ward appeared in four games last year, but did not catch a pass.
Ward is from Oakland, Calif., so his to-be-determined destination is probably a West Coast school. I've seen speculation on various sites of what that school might be, but I'm not getting into that here since I haven't heard it from the horse's mouth.
Although Ward was rated the nation's No. 2 tight end coming out of high school, injuries and considerable positional depth ahead of him prevented Ward from making much of an on-field impact at Georgia. And things wouldn't have been any easier this year, with Tripp Chandler returning for his senior season, Bruce Figgins a clear No. 2 after a stellar freshman year and Aron White (last year's No. 1 tight end, according to at least one scouting service) coming off his redshirt season, plus true freshman Bryce Ros entering the mix.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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pretty sure he's going to oregon...
he told the ABH either oregon or arizona.
Best wishes NaDerris on the West Coast.
Hope we never have to face your team in a bowl game because you will be a good and tough player.
Hope it all goes well.
Vince
AJC is reporting that the transfer is due to his grandmother's recent illness (he lived with her before coming to UGA). He wants the transfer to be closer to her. Family always comes first. Good luck to the young man.
It wasn't the AJC. It was the ABH.
David,
Any word on when Richt will get a pay raise. After taking us to the Sugar Bowl and a No. 2 national ranking, speculation among many sportswriters, yourself included, I think, was that he would be getting a raise and/or contract extension, and very quickly. Yet there has been no word on this. Anyone know or heard anything about it?
I don't know what to tell you Jamar. I was expecting it by now, as well, because I was repeating what I heard out of some big cheeses' mouths when I posted that around the time of the bowl win. I'd ask around about it if I were in Athens this spring, but I'm not sure if I will be.
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