Monmouth Quarterback Tony Muskett Transfers to Virginia Football

Virginia has discovered its reply on the quarterback place. 

Monmouth quarterback switch Tony Muskett, a two-time All-Massive South First Group choice with greater than 5,000 profession passing yards, introduced his dedication to Virginia on Sunday afternoon. 

The transfer to UVA is a homecoming for Muskett, a Virginia native who threw for greater than 7,000 yards in his adorned profession at West Springfield Excessive Faculty in Springfield, Virginia, however did not get numerous consideration on the FBS stage, leading to him starting his profession at Monmouth. 

With COVID-19 delaying the 2020 season to the spring of 2021, Muskett managed to earn the beginning quarterback job at Monmouth from day one, throwing for 1,039 yards and 9 touchdowns to simply two interceptions over the 4 video games the Hawks performed that spring. He was voted the 2020-2021 Massive South Offensive Freshman of the Yr and a First-Group All-Massive South choice on the finish of the season. 

In his 11-game sophomore marketing campaign, Muskett led the highest scoring offense within the Massive South at 30.8 factors per sport, throwing for two,651 yards and 25 touchdowns to 6 interceptions. His 65.1% completion share ranked thirteenth within the NCAA that season and Muskett was named to the All-Massive South First Group for the second season in a row. 

As a junior in 2022, Muskett began the primary eight video games for the Hawks of their first season within the Colonial Athletic Affiliation, amassing 1,997 passing yards and 17 touchdowns to eight interceptions earlier than lacking the final 4 video games with a knee damage. In 23 begins in his profession, Muskett has 5,687 passing yards and 51 passing touchdowns. 

Muskett entered the switch portal on November twenty ninth and picked up gives from a number of applications that took curiosity within the dynamic and skilled quarterback, who stands at 6’2″, 210 kilos. Virginia provided Muskett on December 2nd, becoming a member of an inventory of providing faculties that included Missouri, Coastal Carolina, Miami (Ohio), Georgia Southern, Arkansas State, Bowling Inexperienced, Ball State, and Troy. 

Muskett took a go to to UVA this weekend and clearly appreciated what he noticed, saying his dedication to the Cavaliers on Sunday afternoon. He involves UVA with two years of eligibility remaining and can compete for the beginning quarterback job at Virginia vacated by Brennan Armstrong, who entered the switch portal on December 1st. 

Tony Muskett is the second participant to decide to Virginia out of the switch portal, becoming a member of Saginaw Valley State offensive lineman Daijon Parker, who introduced his dedication to UVA earlier on Sunday. 

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