Thursday, we noted that Ramsey Rigby was one of two Troy players transferring from the Trojans. A couple of days later, the quarterback has already found a new college football home.
In a conversation with the Dothan Eagle, Rigby’s father confirmed that his son has decided to continue his collegiate playing career at Gardner-Webb. As the Bulldogs play at the FCS level, Rigby will be granted immediate eligibility.
When word of Rigby’s transfer from the Trojans surfaced, it was unclear why the player had pulled the trigger on a transfer. Rigby’s dad, though, indicated that Neal Brown‘s pass-happy offensive system was the overriding factor.
“Ramsey’s not a fit for what they do,” Ed Rigby, a high school football coach himself who served as his son’s head coach, said of Troy. “It’s a Tony Franklin system where they throw every down. While he threw for 2,200 yards (in 2015) and had a high school completion percentage of 70 percent, he doesn’t fit that. He needs a more option-based offense.”
Rigby, also the son of Troy women’s basketball coach Chanda Rigby, enrolled early and competed during spring practice. Thought to be the prime candidate to serve as starter Brandon Silvers’ backup, Rigby, the Eagle wrote at the time of the transfer, “frequently took snaps as the third-string quarterback behind Silvers and fellow early-enrollee Sawyer Smith.”