The Notre Dame graduate transfer quarterback confirmed what was widely expected Saturday to Fox Sports' Bruce Feldman, adding that he would be heading to Gainesville on Wednesday. The move to transfer to Florida comes after the SEC announced Friday during spring meetings that it would alter its graduate transfer penalty from three seasons to one. The previous rule did not permit Florida to take a graduate transfer until the 2018 season, after two previous grad transfers failed to meet academic requirements during the 2015 season.
Zaire and Florida have been long linked, since Zaire initially announced his departure from Notre Dame in late November. Now, the marriage is finally a reality.
When he arrives on campus, Zaire will have to learn Florida’s offensive playbook and pro-style system quickly, before fall training camp kicks off in August. However, he should certainly be a contender in the quarterback competition, considering the other competitors are two redshirt freshmen (Feleipe Franks, Kyle Trask), two freshmen (Jake Allen, Kadarius Toney) and a redshirt junior in Luke Del Rio who mostly struggled in six appearances last year and who is coming off of two offseason surgeries on both of his shoulders.
At Notre Dame, Zaire’s resume was quite limited, and it’s difficult to truly judge his body of work with the Fighting Irish considering the small sample size. Although Zaire appeared in 17 games, the left-handed signal-caller logged just three starts in four seasons. In his contests, he combined for 816 yards and six touchdowns against zero interceptions.
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