Starter Cody Riggs transferring from Florida

[News Bot]

A day of addition was also one of subtraction for the Florida Gators. Head coach Will Muschamp confirmed Wednesday evening that safety Cody Riggs has decided to bid adieu to the UF football program. While Muschamp would not detail the specific reasons behind the transfer, the Gainesville Sun wrote earlier in the day that “Riggs…

Source: CollegeFootballTalk.com

 

[DRU2012]

Kinda strange, on the face of it-- a starter at a major college program bailing going into his senior year...I don't buy the "front story" re his parents and "don't wanna play safety anymore". Is this another instance of Muschamp shedding a kid who somehow "takes more than he gives"? All I really register, after his high recruit-rating, is that he seemed to get a LOT of penalties, and at key moments in games. Maybe that was before they moved him from corner, the tougher position--and THAT played a big part maybe in them moving him in the first place? Just guessing, tho-: Like I say, don't know, just seems like there may be more goin' on in the background here than we're being told.