Former South Carolina QB Robby Ashford Announces His Commitment
01/05/2025 10:34 AM
Robby Ashford will hope his fourth school is the charm.
After spending two seasons as a spectator on Oregon's football program, the quarterback transferred to Auburn in 2022. He stayed in the SEC when moving to South Carolina in 2024.
Ashford will reportedly play for another school and third different Power conference in 2025. According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, the 22-year-old is transferring to Wake Forest for his sixth season.
While Ashford played center field for Oregon's baseball team in 2021, he never saw the gridiron for the Ducks. Ashford transferred to Auburn, where he assumed the starting role in 2022.
Ashford ran for 710 yards and seven touchdowns, but he completed under half (49.2) of his pass attempts for 1,613 yards, seven touchdowns, and seven interceptions. The Tigers fired head coach Bryan Harsin before finishing 5-7 with 24.8 points per game.
Returning to play for Hugh Freeze in 2023, Ashford lost the starting competition to Payton Thorne. He ran for three touchdowns in Auburn's season-opening win but finished the season with 145 passing yards and 217 rushing yards.
Last year, Ashford joined a South Carolina quarterback room that saw Spencer Rattler turn pro. He watched LaNorris Sellers lead the Gamecocks to a 9-4 season with a 65.6 completion percentage and 25 total touchdowns (18 passing, seven rushing).
Ashford played the best game of his collegiate career when replacing an injured Sellers in Week 4. The Alabama native led South Carolina to a 50-7 win over Akron with 243 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 133 rushing yards, and a rushing score.
Ashford will now play for head coach Jake Dickert, who replaces Dave Clawson after three seasons at Washington State.
"Just what Coach Dickert is building, and his vision for the program and wanting to win now," Ashford told Thamel. "And the opportunity to come in and be the guy."
Dickert coached Cam Ward for two seasons before John Mateer accounted for 3,139 passing yards, 826 rushing yards, and 44 touchdowns in 2024.
"You see that, how could you not want to come to play for a coach like that?" Ashford said.
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