Bru McCoy has had a change of heart yet again, entering the transfer portal on Friday afternoon and reportedly planning a return to USC football.
A few months ago, if I would have told you Bru McCoy would be entering the transfer portal with the intention of heading back home to play for Clay Helton and USC, you would have called me crazy.
Fast forward to May 31 and the stud freshman, ranked the No. 9 recruit in the country in 2019, has gone from USC signee to Texas receiver and now back to Trojan-lean.
On Friday afternoon, a public statement from McCoy was released on Twitter and the internet absolutely exploded.
BREAKING: #Texas WR Bru McCoy just informed the Longhorns coaching staff moments ago he plans to transfer out of Austin and will enter the transfer portal, McCoy's statement below pic.twitter.com/dK7a3aJaYw
— Greg Biggins (@GregBiggins) May 31, 2019
In his statement, he revealed that he was planning on “coming home” which means that USC is the likely destination for his transfer — which isn’t much of a surprise. He spent his time in Austin, probably experienced home-sickness and wanted to come back. Either that or Texas wasn’t what he had expected.
No matter what the reason for his transfer was, it didn’t stop the internet from either displaying pure shock, trolling or just congratulating the young kid.
Obviously, the happiest social media users were USC fans who didn’t think a return was possible a few months back, but there are still plenty of doubters.
How did Twitter respond to the huge news?
https://twitter.com/stainlezzdagoat/status/1134570684418600960
https://twitter.com/EloyLopezIII/status/1134568606929260544
Bru McCoy at Texas: 127 days
— Reign of Troy (@ReignofTroy) May 31, 2019
Seantrel at USC: 106 days
Kim K's marriage: 72 days
Clay Helton at Ark. St: 57 days
Kingsbury at USC: 35 days
Harrison presidency: 31 days
Bru McCoy at USC: 1̶8̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶s̶
Battle of the Alamo: 13 days
Majerus at USC: 5 days
CONFIRMED: Bru McCoy majoring in drama.
— Jason M. Kates (@JasonMKates) May 27, 2019
The funniest part about the Bru McCoy deal is how upset grown men are over the indecisiveness of an 18 year old
— Chris Winkler (@chris_winkler42) May 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/COSam2/status/1134569858522214400
Bru McCoy when he saw that Texans deep fry Butter and Oreos pic.twitter.com/Mu0AuOK6vo
— LA (@LASportsFanatic) May 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/truechains/status/1134570164643618816
BRU MCCOY COME BACK HOME BRO!! USC’s receiving core looks nicer than it has in probably a decade.
— John Hyland (@QuoteThisSports) May 31, 2019
The former five-star receiver and Santa Ana, Calif., native should contend for early playing time whenever he’s ruled eligible, but don’t expect that to be 2019 as he will be forced to sit a year, barring some crazy waiver exception.