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Fresno State quarterback Jake Haener withdraws from transfer portal

DerekJohnson
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By Mike Vorel
Seattle Times staff reporter

Jake Haener was once a Washington Husky.

Now, it looks like he won’t be again.

The 6-foot-1, 195-pound quarterback has withdrawn from the transfer portal and will return to Fresno State, according to a report by 247Sports. Haener did not respond to an interview request on Wednesday evening.

There were multiple reports last week that Haener would follow head coach Kalen DeBoer and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Ryan Grubb to Washington, where he signed in 2017 and transferred away from two years later. But Haener told The Times in a text last week that “I haven’t committed anywhere yet. So you can squash all the speculation from all those people as of now.”

Consider the speculation sufficiently squashed. Haener is close with new (and old) Fresno State head coach Jeff Tedford, according to the 247Sports report, and there may have been eligibility concerns related to a UW transfer as well. Because Haener has already transferred once, he would have needed a waiver to be immediately eligible at Washington.

Regardless, the Huskies are missing out on a player who significantly improved after leaving Seattle. In two seasons and 18 games at Fresno State, Haener completed 66.5% of his passes and threw for 5,831 yards with 52 total touchdowns and 14 interceptions.

In the wake of sixth-year senior Patrick O’Brien’s departure and 2022 three-star quarterback Jackson Stratton’s de-commitment on Tuesday, the Huskies are left with just two scholarship quarterbacks on their existing roster: redshirt sophomore Dylan Morris and redshirt freshman Sam Huard.

In 11 starts last fall, Morris completed 60.6% of his passes and threw for 2,458 yards with 17 total touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Huard played in four games and lost his lone start against Washington State, completing 22 of 42 passes (52.4%) for 241 yards with one touchdown and four interceptions.

Indiana’s Michael Penix Jr. — who thrived with DeBoer as his offensive coordinator in 2019 — entered the transfer portal last week as well.

Expect DeBoer and Co. to explore both the transfer portal and the remaining high school ranks to fill out his quarterback room.

Just don’t hold out hope for a Haener homecoming, after all.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,384 Founders Club
    edited December 2021
    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.
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  • PasadenaHuskyFan
    PasadenaHuskyFan Member Posts: 611
    edited December 2021
    DeBoer portaled in haener when he was a fucking nobody and molded him into a great quarterback . No reason he can’t do it again here with a portal qb not on anyone’s radar atm …


    Or he could just develop Sammy
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  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    DerekJohnson said:

    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.
    Lol. Fresno is a bum fuck school that will welcome him back with open arms. Might even commission his statue now. Can't be greedy when your program and city are a fucking dump.

    @Tippman
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  • Houhusky
    Houhusky Member Posts: 5,537
    DerekJohnson said:

    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.
    Hopefully Morris transfers to Fresno State and wins the starting position next year so I can have a belly laugh about it all.
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  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    dnc said:

    Haener Pulls Out would be a more HH worthy headline.

    "Haener staunch opponent of contraception, decides to pull out"
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    dnc said:

    Haener Pulls Out would be a more HH worthy headline.

    "Haener staunch opponent of contraception, decides to pull out"
    "Haener tease causes @SportBlueBall at UW"
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  • TurdBomber
    TurdBomber Member Posts: 20,035 Standard Supporter
    PasadenaHuskyFan said:

    DeBoer portaled in haener when he was a fucking nobody and molded him into a great quarterback . No reason he can’t do it again here with a portal qb not on anyone’s radar atm …

    Or he could just develop Sammy

    Dream on. No coach can fix what's missing in little Sammy.
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  • MikeSeaver
    MikeSeaver Member Posts: 5,800
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.
    Lol. Fresno is a bum fuck school that will welcome him back with open arms. Might even commission his statue now. Can't be greedy when your program and city are a fucking dump.

    @Tippman
    I’m old enough to remember he was being welcomed back with open arms here, too.

    So…
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  • MikeSeaver
    MikeSeaver Member Posts: 5,800
    edited December 2021
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    MikeSeaver said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.
    Lol. Fresno is a bum fuck school that will welcome him back with open arms. Might even commission his statue now. Can't be greedy when your program and city are a fucking dump.

    @Tippman
    I’m old enough to remember he was being welcomed back with open arms here, too.

    So…
    He's a proven QB in Deboner's system and I'd love to have him. What's your point?
    Sounds like maybe it was for other reasons.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,384 Founders Club
    CuntWaffle said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.


    It has only been like a week, but still.
    You're right there's always the rare exception
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    DerekJohnson said:

    CuntWaffle said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.


    It has only been like a week, but still.
    You're right there's always the rare exception
    I think they will welcome a QB who has slayed for them back with open arms.
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    lol
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  • EwaDawg
    EwaDawg Member Posts: 4,335
    MikeSeaver said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    HairyBallsDawg said:

    Rumor is that the NCAA denied a regular transfer and so his only option would be a grad transfer and he doesn't have the credits yet to be in grad school. Its hard.

    Hopefully he didn't burn too many bridges at Fresno. He'll probably take a lot of shit until he leads them to a bowl win in a few weeks.
    Lol. Fresno is a bum fuck school that will welcome him back with open arms. Might even commission his statue now. Can't be greedy when your program and city are a fucking dump.

    @Tippman
    I’m old enough to remember he was being welcomed back with open arms here, too.

    So…
    Ewe knew hear ? Its what we ? do.
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  • Houhusky
    Houhusky Member Posts: 5,537
    Does this mean that Fresno didn't accept the trade of Asa Turner for Jake Haener?

    Can we offer to cover half of Asa's salary and throw in a Sirmon cousin or something?

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