Myles Brennan spent the past three years as LSU's backup quarterback. During that stretch, the idea of transferring came up "a good bit."
"And I mean I've thought about it," he said. "I wouldn't say a lot but I mean, it's definitely crossed my mind in previous years."
Brennan however opted stay and fight to become LSU's starting quarterback and is now poised to reach that goal.
"I'm still fighting, you know, and I have to earn that position," he said. "But I wasn't going to let adversity or any challenges get in the way and make me crumble, you know."
And Brennan certainly faced some adversity including prepare for his first season as the Tigers starter during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Brennan said that's just another "speed bump in the road."
"I mean, yeah, starting with 2017 and with the coaching change, you know, I mean that's bound to happen in this business, you know, I committed under Les (Miles) and Coach (Cam) Cameron and then they end up getting fired coming in with Coach (Matt) Canada and then a year later he's gone and then, you know coach (Steven) Ensminger comes in and brings his offense and then Coach (Joe) Brady brings his offense and then here we are," Brennan said.
"Then COVID gets in the way, you know, but all that's just going to prepare me to be a better person in the end and to be stronger. And without that adversity. I think I'd not be as strong as I am today."
Brennan has put a lot of effort in to preparing for this season, even during quarantine. Now that he's back on campus, the 6-foot-4, 210-pound junior is focusing on keeping himself safe and ready to play.
"I do live by myself, which is nice in terms of going through all of this stuff right now," he said. "When I get done with football I'm going back to my apartment, I'm eating dinner, I'm watching film, I'm studying and other than that I'm waking up and I'm going right back to football.
"Fortunately, I do have online classes. I won't have to be on campus as much with is nice."
All of that football has Brennan very comfortable with LSU's offense early in camp.
"This playbook reminds me so much of what I did in high school in terms of RPOs and having that run-pass option and throwing the ball downfield and to just really put the ball in our playmakers hands," he said. "Let them go make plays is the biggest thing. So I've felt very comfortable up until this point with the playbook and where we stand and where we're headed."