South Alabama backup quarterback Desmond Trotter, a Birmingham native who played at Shades Valley, has one season of college eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer.
Trotter, who played his high school football at Shades Valley, is the grandson of Alabama and NFL great Ozzie Newsome. He redshirted as a true freshman at South Alabama in 2018, then played in seven games with four starts in 2019.
Trotter started all 10 games in which he played in 2020, throwing for 1,917 yards and 11 touchdowns with four interceptions. He also started two games late in the 2021 season while Bentley was injured, but was exclusively a backup in 2022. In 27 games at South Alabama, Trotter completed 292 of 469 passes for 3,477 yards and 24 touchdowns . He added 281 yards and three touchdowns rushing.
Trotter is the third South Alabama player to enter the transfer portal since the end of the regular season, joining fourth-string quarterbackand wide receiver Nae’Saan Dickerson. Neither Gainey nor Dickerson appeared in a game in 2022, and both have three seasons of eligibility remaining. Dickerson, originally from Ellenwood, Ga., has not appeared in a game in three seasons at South Alabama. He announced Thursday he was entering the portal.
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