Many reports have it wrong on here. He committed to USCe very early in his SR year, maybe even the summer before. Spurrier was still the coach. And remember Spurrie had Magnus, the former Del Vall College coach on his staff and he recruited PA. Did pretty well. Baseball was definitely a factor and some even had him pegged as a 1st round draftee in the MLB right out of HS, but he wants to play FB in college too. After Muschamp was named the coach he gave us another sniff and even visited PSU in Dec, but decided to stick with USCe. He enrolled early and lit it up in the spring game. He got his shot early in his FR year (I think the starting QB got hurt), but did not look ready. He took off running a few times and got drilled, as SEC defenses are a little different than HS defenses. He fumbled two or three times. And thereafter, most defenses realized he wasn't a passing threat at this time and just teed off. They switched QBs to another less heralded true FR and that kid did pretty good. So now McIlwain was probably sitting at #2 QB at best behind a kid in his own class. And wanting to play basbell during the spring. Tough spot to be in. So, really a transfer is in his best interest, especially if he still wants to play 2 sports.
