{"id":112469,"date":"2026-01-09T23:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/112469\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:42:18","slug":"transfer-portal-florida-quarterback-dj-lagway-reportedly-resuming-visits-before-deciding-whether-to-sign-with-baylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/112469\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer portal: Florida quarterback DJ Lagway reportedly resuming visits before deciding whether to sign with Baylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days after former Florida quarter DJ Lagway reportedly committed to transfer to Baylor<\/a>, he’s now set to visit other schools before he makes a final decision on where to play next season.<\/p>\n

Lagway has “long intended to take a full repertory of visits before making his decision,” ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported on Friday. Thamel reported that Ole Miss \u2014 whose star quarterback, Trinidad Chambliss, has so far been denied another season of eligibility \u2014 could be in the mix for Lagway.<\/p>\n

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Lagway visited Baylor on Tuesday and was spotted attending a Baylor basketball game with Bears football coach Dave Aranda. A day later, Rivals reported Lagway had committed to Baylor.<\/p>\n

Lagway, considered the top quarterback in the 2024 class, turned in a strong freshman season with the Gators. After starting the year on the bench, Lagway was pushed into the starting lineup following an injury to Graham Mertz.<\/p>\n

Lagway threw for 456 yards and three scores in his first start, and then led Florida to a 6-1 record down the stretch, taking down multiple ranked opponents before beating Tulane in a bowl game.<\/p>\n

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That strong finish led to heightened expectations for both Lagway and Florida entering the 2025 season. Florida opened the year ranked No. 15 in the AP poll, and then rose to No. 13 after taking down LIU to kick off the season. But a loss to South Florida the following week dropped Florida out of the top-25.<\/p>\n

That proved to be a harbinger of what was to come. Florida finished the year 4-8 and failed to jump back into the top-25 the rest of the way. Head coach Billy Napier failed to make it through the season, and was fired in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lagway, 20, played a significant role in the team’s demise. After being limited by shoulder issues<\/a> last offseason, Lagway didn’t play up to expectations as a sophomore, finishing the year with just 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in 12 games.<\/p>\n

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Shortly after the season ended, Lagway announced he was transferring from Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Given his immense potential \u2014 and his freshman-year performance \u2014 Lagway would be a significant addition for Baylor, which is coming off a 5-7 season. The team managed that record despite a strong performance from senior quarterback Sawyer Robertson, who threw for 3,681 yards and 31 touchdowns in his final year with the school. Playing in the same offense could help Lagway regain his former promise after a down year in 2025.<\/p>\n

Lagway has plenty of familiarity with Baylor. His father attended the school and played for the Bears in the 90s.<\/p>\n

Prior to meeting with Baylor, Lagway visited both Florida State and Virginia, per Rivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two days after former Florida quarter DJ Lagway reportedly committed to transfer to Baylor, he’s now set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56619,56641,56642,7385,28,30,29,3111,56643,41264,46432,31227,9574],"class_list":["post-112469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-baylor","tag-baylor-basketball","tag-dave-aranda","tag-dj-lagway","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gators","tag-graham-mertz","tag-pete-thamel","tag-sawyer-robertson","tag-trinidad-chambliss","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}