As it turns out, the transfer drama at the quarterback position for Stanford may have not come to an end after all.
In late December and bleeding on in to early January, there was speculation that Kevin Hogan was not especially happy at Stanford. As the rumors went, the quarterback would look to transfer — Michigan was mentioned as a possibility — or possibly even make himself available for the NFL draft.
The starter squelched that speculation in the middle of that month by announcing that he would be returning to The Farm. Now, though, his backup last season is making his own transfer noise.
Per #StanfordFootball HC David Shaw: #2 QB Evan Crower "is going to see what his opportunities are" for possible grad student transfer
— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) February 12, 2015
Evan Crower spent the 2014 season as the Cardinal’s No. 2 quarterback, completing 15-of-27 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown. The past two seasons, he’s thrown for 324 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing nearly 60 percent of his 42 attempts. The decision to pursue a transfer likely lies in the presence of a pair of touted former four-star prospects, redshirt freshman Keller Chryst and redshirt sophomore Ryan Burns, and the likelihood that the 2015 backup will emerge from that duo.
Crower, a California native, was a three-star member of Stanford’s 2011 recruiting class, David Shaw‘s first as head coach after Jim Harbaugh left for the San Francisco 49ers a month ahead of National Signing Day. Should Crower transfer to an FBS school, he’d be eligible to play immediately in 2015 if he enters a grad program not offered at Stanford.
