Georgia football QB enters the transfer portal

Georgia football is now in offseason mode after losing the Sugar Bowl to Notre Dame on Thursday 23-10. Offseason mode means a few things, but in today's college football it means that the transfer portal is taking center stage.

Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs had a few players enter the transfer portal before the Sugar Bowl, but no one who entered was a contributor on the team this season. However, one of Georgia's quarterbacks just entered the portal and while they did not play this season either, losing this player does hurt the future of the program.

Georgia QB Jaden Rashada

According to Pete Thamel with On3, Georgia QB Jaden Rashada has officially entered the transfer portal.

Rashada spent just one season at Georgia as he transferred to UGA from Arizona State last season. Coming into this season, everyone knew Rashada wasn't going to play as the starting job was always going to belong to Carson Beck, but Rashada was someone who everyone figured would compete for the starting job next season and potentially win it. That however will not be happening as Rashada is looking for his third college program of his career.

This loss is big for Georgia because it hurts the competition level for the starting job this offseason. However, Rashada transferring may indicate that he thought he wouldn't win the starting job, so if that's the case then maybe this loss isn't as big of a deal as it originally seemed.

Gunner Stockton appears to be the leading candidate to win the starting job especially after decent showings against Texas in the SEC Championship game and Notre Dame, but that doesn't mean the starting job next year is his. He will have to beat out the other QBs on the roster as well as any new transfer QBs Smart and his staff bring in, which seems very likely to happen after this news.

It will be interesting to see where Rashada ends up, but it's time for Georgia to turn the page and focus on who wants to be part of the program.