Nebraska Football: 3 best QB options for Huskers in transfer portal

Nebraska football has been mining the transfer portal for a new starting quarterback and here are the three best options available. 

Heading into the 2022 Nebraska football season, head coach Scott Frost has made big changes. He’s got a new offensive coordinator and basically, an entirely new offensive staff.

Frost and Nebraska football will also have a new starting quarterback in 2022. Adrian Martinez has transferred to Kansas State and the Huskers are looking to the transfer portal to find their own quarterback to at least compete for the starting job in 2022.

Right now, the Huskers have Logan Smothers and Heinrich Haarberg both on scholarship, as well as 2022 signee Richard Torres. Smothers started the last game against Iowa and played well at times before making some crucial mistakes in the fourth quarter of a loss.

Both Frost and new OC Mark Whipple from Pitt, have expressed confidence in the current crop of quarterbacks but there’s no doubt Nebraska football wants a transfer, and here are three best options left for the Huskers in the transfer portal.

3. Zach Calzada, Texas A&M transfer

Calzada started for most of the season for Texas A&M following an injury to starting quarterback Haynes King. The Aggies have added Max Johnson from the transfer portal and also have a five-star freshman coming in so the writing was on the wall.

A three-star quarterback that stands 6-foot-4, 205 pounds, Calzada is more of a passing quarterback, and last season he completed just 56 percent of his throws. He did have 17 touchdown passes compared to nine interceptions.

And of course, he did lead the Aggies to a win over Alabama. But he never found consistency and he would be a decent guy to bring in as competition, but he’s not a sure-fire starter for Nebraska football in my book next season if he transferred to Lincoln.