UCF Football: What does Brandon Wimbush transfer mean for Knights?

Notre Dame graduate transfer Brandon Wimbush chose to head to Orlando to play for UCF. What does landing Wimbush mean for the Knights in 2019 and beyond?

After going 12-3 as a starter over a year and change at Notre Dame, Brandon Wimbush was supplanted as the Fighting Irish starter at quarterback by Ian Book. He ultimately played in six games during the Notre Dame run to the College Football Playoff, throwing for 719 yards with four touchdowns and a half-dozen interceptions on 54-of-102 passing. Wimbush added another 256 yards and a rushing score on 68 carries.

The year before, as Notre Dame went 9-3 while Wimbush was under center managing the offense, was a far more representative sample of his potential. Throwing for 16 touchdowns and rushing for another 14, the quarterback sometimes struggled with accuracy issues in Notre Dame’s offense.

That is where going to UCF comes in. After spending four years in South Bend, Wimbush has the opportunity to work with a former Heisman Trophy finalist and BCS national championship-winning quarterback in second-year head coach Josh Heupel. The Knights are a Group of Five powerhouse that have been to two straight New Year’s Six bowl games.

And they are a team with potential needs throughout the offense. Given the uncertainty about the health of McKenzie Milton, UCF was certainly in the market for someone to push Darriel Mack Jr. at the position in 2019. Here are three things that could potentially happen for UCF after the high-profile Fighting Irish transfer chose Orlando over Penn State.