Why coming to TCU was a no brainer for Vanderbilt QB transfer Ken Seals
TCU’s football coaches understood they couldn’t start a new season with just two scholarship quarterbacks after dealing with the worst-case situation in terms of quarterback depth the previous year. After a protracted search, the Horned Frogs finally signed Vanderbilt transfer Ken Seals, a native of neighboring Azle. Seals couldn’t pass up the chance to move closer to his family after starting almost two dozen games in the SEC.
“I grew up in the area, I’ve always been a TCU fan my whole life,” Seals said. “I have a pictures of me from middle school wearing TCU shirts and hoodies, I had a TCU lanyard in high school. So it’s always been my hometown school, so when the opportunity came and Coach (Kendal) Briles reached out to me in the portal, I was like ‘Man, that’d be pretty cool to end up back home.’”
According to Seals, his parents were ecstatic to have him back near them for his last collegiate football season. In addition to the allure of being near family, Seals claimed that Briles’ system—a plot he had carried out when attending Weatherford for high school—attracted him. Seals stated, “It fit with the coaches, the offense, and what they were looking to bring in.” “It was a no-brainer for me in the end because everything kind of fell into place.”
Landing quarterbacks out of the portal can be a challenge because they are so coveted and what made TCU’s task more difficult was the Horned Frogs wanted to find a quarterback that had experience starting, but one that also wouldn’t disturb the balance of the quarterback room.
