South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler will not comment on his future until after the Gator Bowl, he said Wednesday. Once upon a time, Rattler was being heralded as the next big thing and was being touted as the number one NFL draft pick before he even left high school. However, Rattler has struggled at the college level and was benched by Oklahoma in favor of Caleb Williams last season. He then entered the transfer portal and moved to the Gamecocks, where he reached his best form late in the season to deliver to Tennessee and Clemson.
Rattler to announce his decision on the future after Gator Bowl
Spencer Rattler is 100 percent focused on his team’s matchup with Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl. He is so focused that he refuses to even talk about his future after the Gator Bowl. At this time, it is unknown if Rattler will enter the 2023 NFL Draft, enter the NCAA transfer portal, or stay for another season at Columbia.
Spencer Rattler was asked if he made the decision to return to @GamecockFB and why he decided to play in the #GatorBowl:
“The last thing I want to do is talk about my decision. We are concentrating on tomorrow’s game.”
“It’s the right thing to do. This is family.”@wachfox pic.twitter.com/E35aefb2f7
– Matt Dowell (@MattDowellTV) December 29, 2022
“The last thing I want to do is talk about my decisions,” Rattler said. “We have a lot of guys here ready to play tomorrow. We are focused, as I said, on tomorrow’s game, the task at hand. For all of us, our decisions after that will be made. As I said, we are focused on this game tomorrow.”
Rattler had struggled at the college level since he left high school and headed to Oklahoma in 2019. He spent three seasons at Oklahoma and was disappointed during his time there. He was eventually benched for Caleb Williams in the middle of last season.
At the end of the season, he entered the transfer portal and moved to South Carolina under coach Shane Beamer. For most of this season, Rattler continued to be disappointed, but he got the best of it by showing the kind of ceiling he possesses at the end of big wins over Clemson and Tennessee.
