Ex-Maryland QB Danny O'Brien and LT Max Garcia plan to visit Ole Miss

[jbcarol]

Danny O'Brien, the 2010 Freshman All-American and former ACC Rookie of the Year, will take an official visit to Ole Miss this week, a source has told CBS. O'Brien will be joined on the visit to Oxford by Max Garcia, the Terps former starting left tackle, who also is leaving the Maryland program.

The two former starters are expected to be in Oxford from Tuesday to Thursday.

The 6-3, 210-pound O'Brien, a pro-style QB who still has two years of eligibility remaining, is on schedule to graduate with a Business degree in the spring and would be eligible as a graduate transfer this fall--muchlike former N.C, State QB Russell Wilson was for Wisconsin this past year. However, unlike many of these recent graduate transfer cases, O'Brien has two years remaining, not just one. Even the SEC's new rule restricting graduate transfers would be open to O'Brien because he has two years of eligibility remaining, not just one season.

Garcia, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, would have to sit out the 2012 season.

Ole Miss, which just finished 2-10, suffering its worst season in school history, has glaring needs at both positions. New coach Hugh Freeze, who replaced the fired Houston Nutt, brings an up-tempo scheme...

[Hawg Balling]

Pretty out of character for Ole Miss to go after a transfer quarterback

[Aston Martin 8 dude]

Pretty out of character for Ole Miss to go after a transfer quarterback

? That's pretty much their tradition in the past five years or so...........

[Hawg Balling]

? That's pretty much their tradition in the past five years or so...........

Your sarcasm detector must be in the shop.

[3BoarsDown]

Ole Miss is basically a JUCO that plays in the SEC, they are a dumping grounds for kids.

I take it they have given up on ever developing a QB again themselves.

[Dropkick]

+1, just to even up your karma

[Jackrabbit Hog]

I hear Hugh "Mr. Freeze" has put in a call to Jamarcus Russell to see if he's available for a tryout.  But alas, Jamarcus must fulfill his contractual requirement at SeaWorld so he can't make it.

[Aston Martin 8 dude]

News Flash: For those fans who might be uninformed Ole Miss actually accepts transfers, particularly QBs! I know it's difficult to believe though.

[Hawg Balling]

News Flash: For those fans who might be uninformed Ole Miss actually accepts transfers, particularly QBs! I know it's difficult to believe though.

Yeah, that was my joke you whiffed on.

[Aston Martin 8 dude]

OM: where transfers go to die.

[DeltaBoy]

With Nutt gone this concerns me a little more. 

[Dropkick]

He is probably Penn State bound, O'brien that is. No idea on Garcia.

[jbcarol]

Report: Former Maryland QB Danny O'Brien will transfer to Wisconsin (follow the Russell Wilson ACC model)

Barry Brunetti and Bo Wallace split first-team snaps Tuesday.  Zach Stoudt and Randall Mackey...

have fallen back.

[jbcarol]

Max Garcia visited UGa on Saturday. He played at Norcross.

[jbcarol]

With O'Brien's transfer to Wisconsin, Vandy's tampering allegation that was reported to the SEC will likely not come up again.

[jbcarol]

Max Garcia visited UGa on Saturday. He played at Norcross.

Garcia, who is one of the nation's most-heavily recruited football transfers, rated his official visit to UGA somewhere "between a 9 and 10" on a scale of 1-10.

The 6-foot-4, 310-pound offensive lineman is a former Norcross High School football star who was recently granted a release from Maryland. Garcia will red-shirt next year and have two seasons of eligibility.

Garcia took official visits to UGA and Ole Miss over the last 10 days. He confirmed with the AJC that he will go to Florida on Friday, then take a recruiting trip to USC next week. Garcia is deciding between Wisconsin, Vanderbilt and Clemson for his fifth and final visit. He hopes to announce his college decision by late April.

UGA has been the longtime frontrunner for Garcia, who requested permission to transfer from Maryland because he wanted to play closer to home. During his spring break, Garcia toured UGA on an official visit.

"I rate my visit to UGA between a 9 and 10 because while I was there, I felt at home," Garcia told the AJC. "I enjoyed meeting all the coaches and the players. I had an overall great experience in Athens. I got to see their first spring practice in pads.

"They practiced with great intensity and enthusiasm. It really got me fired up – I wanted to be suited up myself."  Garcia joked that the only reason he did[n't] grade UGA as a "10" is because "I only received about $50 for the gas spent driving to Athens [from the Atlanta area]."