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QB Caylin Newton transferring from Howard

He plans to get degree from university before leaving in May

Maya A. Jones @mjay615
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    6:55 PMHoward University quarterback Caylin Newton has officially made his decision to leave the university.

    In late September, a source told The Undefeated that Newton was “weighing his options about his future” and “hadn’t officially made up his mind yet,” but on Tuesday, the 21-year-old junior took to Twitter to offer a statement regarding his transfer.

    “Making the decision to attend Howard University has been the best decision I’ve made and has caused me to not only grow as an athlete but as a man,” the statement read. “However, after speaking with my family and some of the greats who have played at this prestigious university, they have all contributed to giving me the clarity and guidance to make the decision I think is best for my future. I will finish what I started academically by graduating this May. As of my athletic career, I have officially declared to be put into the NCAA Transfer Portal with two years left of eligibility.”

    Newton played well from the start at Howard, earning the 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year award in 2017 after leading the Bison to one of the biggest upsets in college football history when they beat UNLV 43-40. The quarterback continued with an impressive sophomore year, ending last season with 3,133 total yards (2,629 passing and 504 rushing) and 26 total touchdowns and winning the MEAC Offensive Player of the Year award.

    Newton played the first four games of this season, losing all but one with a 24-9 win over Delaware State on Sept. 21. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that the quarterback would not be playing the following Saturday, Sept. 28, against Bethune-Cookman University, which beat Howard 37-29.

    The Bison will be without Newton as the team travels to Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a historic contest versus Harvard, the first time an Ivy League school has played against the historically black university.

    Maya Jones is an associate editor at The Undefeated. She is a native New Orleanian who enjoys long walks down Frenchmen Street and romantic dates to Saints games.