During this week’s press conferences, Chip Kelly was quick to downplay the loss of tight end Theo Howard, who announced his intent to enter the transfer portal last Thursday.
As the season goes completely sideways, the mid-season departure of Howard is yet only another blow to the program’s ability to build, well, anything positive under Chip Kelly.
When asked about the significance of Howard’s loss on Sunday, Kelly pinned Howard’s leaving the UCLA Bruins on his potential inability to gain admission to a graduate program. He said:
Grad school isn’t guaranteed here.