Dec. 6—A handful of local high school grads were among the hundreds of college football players who had entered the transfer portal by the middle of this week.
Most notable and perhaps most likely to have a major impact at his next school is quarterback Cam Fancher.
After redshirting in 2021, the 6-foot-1, 201-pounder from Wayne High School became the starter for the Thundering Herd midway through last season, went 6-1 as a starter and led the team to wins in their last five games.
He finished 2022 with 1,558 yards passing and 10 touchdowns while also running for 466 yards.
This season, the left-hander completed 202 of 309 passes with 11 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also ran for 273 yards (net) and four touchdowns.
He finished with one of his best games of the season, completing 16 of 22 passes for 214 yards and three touchdowns while running for 100 yards and two more scores in a 35-21 win over Arkansas State.
Marshall coach Charles Huff told reporters Fancher was healthy after missing two games and playing through injuries in the month before that.
“The kid’s been banged up for a while, and it got to the point where he was unavailable,” Huff said. “I think if you look at when he’s healthy, probably the last time he was healthy healthy was probably N.C. State (on Oct. 7).
“Obviously he changes the game. He changes the way defenses play. He looked like Cam Fancher. He’d been banged up, a couple different things here and there. Was he hurt enough to not play right after N.C. State? No, but it changes your dynamic. It changes how you are able to feel the defense, it changes how if you feel like you can get to the edge. And then the last couple of weeks he’s been available, completely unavailable. Can’t go.”
Fancher was a three-star prospect in the class of 2021, when he was the No. 72 prospect in Ohio in the…
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Author : Dayton Daily News, Ohio
Publish date : 2023-12-07 02:10:00
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