Will Brennan Armstrong Declare for the NFL Draft?

The deadline for underclassmen college football players to declare for the NFL Draft is January 17th. Multiple Virginia football players have submitted declaration papers for the 2022 NFL Draft, including Jelani Woods, Devin Darrington, Joey Blount, and Nick Grant.

But, there is one name whose decision the entire UVA fan base is waiting with great anticipation to hear about.

Brennan Armstrong.

The Virginia quarterback is coming off of an extraordinary 2021 season that saw him rewrite the UVA record books. A professional career as a quarterback in the NFL is certainly a possibility for Armstrong, but the only question is whether he will pursue that dream this spring or wait until next year after another season of college football in Charlottesville.

On the day that Tony Elliott was formally introduced as Virginia’s next head football coach, Armstrong said that he would not join the mass exodus of Cavaliers who hit the transfer portal following the announcement of Bronco Mendenhall’s resignation.

“I don’t think I’m ever transferring,” Armstrong said on December 13th. “I’m not going to transfer. It’s either here or the NFL. Me and Coach Elliott will sit down and talk about a bunch of stuff and figure things out and then make my decision off that.”