Peter Costelli in the transfer portal

It’s hard to keep a kid, especially a QB, when you bring in two more in the next class. 4 kids as Freshman/RS Freshman in 2022 behind an established starter is poor roster management. Someone was always either going to leave or change positions.

Gotta think that this is more of an indication of Rising being back next season than anything else. He’s solidified his hold on the position. Costelli may have stayed if it was between him and Jackson for QB1 next year.

Good problem to have. Jackson, Johnson and the Rose kid fit the mold of Utah’s offense as well. Best of luck to Costelli.

I’d easily choose Costelli over Johnson.  I’d even pick him over JQJ.  I think that the only QB on our rosters since joining the Pac-12 that has a higher ceiling than Peter Costelli, would be Cameron Rising himself.  And if Rising were just one year older, Costelli would have likely stayed.  But as Rising is Sophomore, and Costelli a R/S Freshman, I get why he’s looking elsewhere.

That’s not neccesarily true. Ron McBride said he spoke with Jaxson’s father and the Utes told him that they made a commitment to Costelli and they intend to honor. They would offer Dart, but they wouldn’t feature him in the class. His dad said well we’ll go somewhere else then and the rest is history.

Dart would have come.  

Exactly!

Ghost,

That isn’t true. Costelli was basically 2b to Jackson’s 2a on the team but redshirting. If Rising had gone down the first half of the season we’d have seen a few weeks competition beetween Jackson aand Costelli for the job.

Costelli is leaving because Rising is entrenched – and rightfully so. He sees at least one year, and perhaps two, where he’ll most likely be on the bench with no guarantees given who’s coming in. I can’t blame him but it’s still a loss.

Perhaps the board is forgetting that he’s a four star pro style quarterback whose 40 time is terrific. He’s a carbon copy of Rising with a little more size and perhaps a stronger arm. I think he’d have earned the backup position this off season.

On a related note, I hope Jackson or Johnson will be ready to go in 2023. I don’t believe Rising stays beyond next season. Some say he isn’t NFL material. I think he is and will be ready to take that step following the 2022 season.

Cream always Rises to the top ; no pun intended. I see this as a good thing ; it’s good to have this type of competition.

I do think the December signing day is an issue, I wish it was latter in the month. It was needed to allow recruits to start school in January but I wish it was some time period after the regular season ends. The small advantage for us is if he is going it is useful to know as the recruiting gets very serious. There may be more.

I expect that many QBs wonder if it is better to be part of a great room with competition that makes you wait to start, or is it better to dominate a much weaker room with less wait time. I would think Rising is a good example of rewards for waiting.

Other factors also come into play. This holiday we can be very thankful that some set of circumstances pushed Rising to Utah so as unsettling as it may be we have benefited greatly.