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Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson has entered the transfer portal as a grad transfer and will have one season of eligibility remaining.
Jefferson has started for the Razorbacks since his sophomore season in 2021, when he threw for 2,676 yards and 21 touchdowns. He has started the past two seasons, as well, throwing for 24 touchdowns in 2022 and 19 this past season.
He’s a 6-foot-3, 247-pound quarterback, originally from Sardis, Mississippi, and was a four-star prospect out of high school in the 2019 class.
Arkansas went 4-8 this season and fired offensive coordinator Dan Enos, while bringing back former coach Bobby Petrino to fill the role left by Enos.
Despite having his name in the transfer portal, the NCAA calendar is currently in a dead period, which means Jefferson won’t be able to take visits until Jan. 12, when a contact period opens up. He will be able to have communication with coaches, however, as long as it is not in-person.
Steve Belichick has accepted the University of Washington defensive coordinator job, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Belichick, son of former Patriots coach Bill Belichick, has spent the past 12 years as a defensive assistant in New England, including five as a defensive playcaller.
Steve Belichick, 36, previously worked with newly hired Washington head coach Jedd Fisch in 2020, when Fisch was the Patriots’ quarterbacks coach.
Sources confirmed to ESPN last month that Steve Belichick and his younger brother Brian, also a Patriots defensive assistant, were offered an opportunity to remain with New England under new coach Jerod Mayo.
But Steve Belichick instead will join an overhauled coaching staff in Washington under Fisch, who signed a seven-year deal with the Huskies last month after Kalen DeBoer left the program to become the new coach at Alabama.
Washington’s hiring of Belichick was first reported Sunday by 247Sports.
The Huskies also are hiring former Patriots running backs coach Vinnie Sunseri to work with its safeties and secondary, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. In addition to coaching with the Patriots for four seasons, Sunseri also coached as an assistant under Nick Saban at Alabama.
