Coach Mike Locksley announced that freshmen QB
Emmanuel Yeager will be leaving the University of New Mexico due to family
issues.
“Emmanuel
has a family issue and needs to be closer to home,” said Locksley. “He
and I
have been in discussion about this over the past month and it was a
tough
decision for him to make, but I respect him for doing what’s best for
his
family. While we hate to lose any player from our program, we wish him
all the
best in the future.”
Unfortunately,
Lobo fans never really were able to see
Emmanuel Yeager’s talent on full display as a couple of days into the
2009
Spring Football season Yeager was suspended for a week. The rest of
spring was
watching Yeager try to catch up and learn, while the other quarterbacks
on the
roster had passed him.
There
is no doubt that Yeager is a talented athlete, unfortunately,
we won’t see that talent at UNM.
Here
is the full release from the University of New Mexico:
UNM
Freshman
Quarterback Yeager To Transfer
ALBUQUERQUE,
N.M. – University of New Mexico head football coach Mike Locksley announced
today that true freshman
quarterback Emmanuel
Yeager will transfer from UNM due to a family
issue and has been granted a release from his scholarship. Yeager
enrolled at New
Mexico in January and
participated
in spring practice after graduating early from Coolidge High
School in Washington, D.C.
“Emmanuel has a family issue
and needs to be closer to home,” said
Locksley. “He and I have been in discussion about this over the past
month and
it was a tough decision for him to make, but I respect him for doing
what’s
best for his family. While we hate to lose any player from our program,
we wish
him all the best in the future.”
Yeager’s departure leaves New
Mexico with five quarterbacks on the current roster: senior Donovan Porterie,
junior Tate Smith, sophomore Brad Gruner, redshirt freshman B.R. Holbrook, and
incoming freshman Darren Jones.
The UNM
coaching staff and players will
have no further comment on this matter at this time.