Will Grier is heading to West Virginia to finish up his college football eligibility after being the starting quarterback at Florida.
Last season, Will Grier went from being one of the surprising stories in college football to ending up suspended for a year thanks to a failed drug test. Now, Grier will attempt to restart his career at a new Power Five conference school.
Grier is transferring from the Florida Gators, where he started five games last season for the Gators, to play the rest of his college football career for the West Virginia Mountaineers, according to Travis Haney of ESPN.
Grier entered the 2015 season in a heated quarterback race at Florida with Treon Harris. While he didn’t start the opener, Grier took over the keys to the Florida offense and led them to a comeback victory over Tennessee and a blowout win over then-No. 3 Ole Miss.
Days after a win on the road against SEC foe Missouri, Grier was suspended by the NCAA for one calendar year after failing a test for PED use. Grier admitted to taking an over the counter supplement without checking with Florida athletic department officials first.
This December, Grier announced his intentions to transfer from Florida and reportedly took visits to West Virginia, Miami and Ohio State among other schools.
Since Grier did not obtain his degree from Florida, he will sit out the 2016 season for West Virginia. It is not known yet if he will have to sit out any of the 2017 season to fulfill the rest of the suspension for PED use. Grier will have two years of eligibility left for the Mountaineers if he is allowed to return for the start of the 2017 slate.
Grier was one of the most sought after recruits in the country for the 2014 class, ranked as a five-star recruit and No. 2 pro-style recruit, according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings after a successful prep career at Davidson Day high school in North Carolina.
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