Dequan Finn is no longer a member of the college football team at Miami of Ohio. He quit.
The seventh-year quarterback abandoned his team with two games left in the regular season.
Although his plan is to prepare for the NFL, this kind of decision does not reflect well on his character. Professional organizations are not going to want to draft or sign a guy who left his college football team to fend for itself while still fighting for a bid to the conference championship.
Who is Dequan Finn?
A native of Detroit, Finn committed to play at Toledo out of Martin Luther King High School way back in the Class of 2019. He played five years with the Rockets and started 38 games in total from 2021-2023.
Toledo went 11-2 in 2023. Finn completed a career-high 63.4% of his passes for a conference-best 2,657 yards with 22 touchdowns and nine interceptions. The 6-foot-2, 206-pound dual-threat signal-caller also ran for 563 yards and seven touchdowns. It was an impressive year.
As a result of his strong play, Dequan Finn hit the transfer portal. He ultimately landed at Baylor and won the starting job for Week 1 but suffered an injury that limited him to just three games.
A medical hardship waiver extended Finn’s eligibility into a seventh season, which led him to Miami University in Ohio. He played in all nine of the Redhawks’ first nine games, either as the starter or in a timeshare with Henry Hesson.
Miami lost its starting quarterback with two games remaining.
Dequan Finn was expected to start against his former team, Toledo, on Wednesday. However, he was suddenly and mysteriously ruled out right before kickoff. Nobody saw it coming. Nobody knew why.
Some people suggested it was due to injury. ESPN claimed it was an illness.
It sounds like he just… quit.
Miami head coach spoke about Finn’s status with the program on Friday morning. His seven-year college football career is officially over.
“Dequan is moving on,” Martin said. “We had an 11 good months with him. Dequan did some awesome things. He’s an awesome young man. We spent a lot of time together. At this point, he’s going to move on. He’s got a shot to play at the next level. He’s going to train and get ready to go do that.”
The timing of this decision could not be worse. Both for the Redhawks and for optics.
Miami has two games left in the regular season against Buffalo and Ball State. It is currently tied for second place in the MAC standings with a record of 4-2. A conference championship bid is still very much within reach. Especially because Buffalo is one of the other teams at 4-2.
Finn does not seem to care.
He quit the team to go get ready for the NFL. But who will want to draft him?