Trevor Etienne spent the first two seasons of his college career with the Florida Gators where he emerged as one of the top running backs in college football. But he isn’t sticking around at Florida, instead opting to transfer and join the Georgia Bulldogs this offseason. And he explained that decision a little bit recently.
During a recent interview with Tate Ratledge on Real Talk, Trevor Etienne opened up about his decision to leave Florida and join Georgia as he called out his former team for “still rebuilding,” saying there is “a lot of uncertainty” surrounding the program. He went as far as to suggest that Florida would be “a losing team” this season.
“For me, it was like, does the good outweigh the bad?” Etienne said according to On3. “I’ve been with Florida for two years. I went through that whole process of rebuilding, it’s kind of still rebuilding. I felt like there was a lot of uncertainty, so like, a lot of questions were unanswered. There’s a lot of unknown going on. I felt like, I can stay here and do what I’ve been doing for another year or two, or bet on myself and take a chance somewhere else.
“Pretty much to sum it up, it was like, I can either be Running Back 2 on a losing team, or go somewhere – I wanted to play in December, too. That also played a big part in me transferring. So I said, I can stay Running Back 2 on a losing team or go somewhere and possibly be Running Back 1 and win a natty.”
It’s worth noting that Georgia and Florida have a strong and historic rivalry already. These comments will certainly add some fuel to that fire ahead of next season’s game.
[On3]
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