Within the comedy vintage Tommy Boy, Chris Farley’s titular persona informs David Spade’s Richard that he graduated faculty — after just about a decade of education.
“You already know, numerous folks move to university for seven years,” he says.
“I do know, they’re referred to as docs,” Spade quips.
Neatly, Casey Thompson isn’t a physician, however the former Texas, Nebraska, and Florida Atlantic quarterback is becoming a member of his fourth college in seven years.
The signal-caller dedicated to Oklahoma, after enjoying at FAU as a grad pupil ultimate season.
The NCAA granted him every other 12 months of eligibility after Thompson, 25, tore his ACL.
Thompson was once a highschool megastar within the state of Oklahoma, and his father, Charles, was once a signal-caller for the college.
However should you assume seven years is lengthy, College of Miami tight finish Cam McCormick is petitioning for a 9th 12 months of eligibility because of being out from an ankle harm for 3 years.
Northern Illinois linebacker Kyle Pugh performed 8 years after being beset through accidents and the pandemic. In keeping with the NCAA, that’s considered the longest tenure ever for an FBS participant. Luc Bequette got here shut, enjoying six years at Cal and Boston School. In 2021, he quipped, “I performed with Jared Goff, that’s how outdated I’m.”
Goff was once the primary general select within the 2016 NFL Draft, and the 29-year-old guided the Detroit Lions to a playoff berth.
A extra high-profile identify is former Georgia QB Stetson Bennett, who performed six years of school soccer and was once drafted to the NFL at age 25, the place one in all his faculty teammates had already received a Tremendous Bowl and retired in that span.
