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Keanotay Ingram entered the 2020 season atop the depth chart at running back for Texas. Early season struggles and injuries led to Roschon Johnson and Bijan Robinson rising above the junior. After the Iowa State loss, Ingram chose to opt out of the rest of the season and officially put his name in the transfer portal on Jan. 14.
On Tuesday, Ingram announced he would be transferring to USC via Twitter. Here is the statement and thank you note that the running back released.
First off, I want to thank God for the blessing and opportunites he has presented me with!!! Thank you coach Stan Drayton for the opportunity. Thank you, to all the coaches for there opportunity! Thank you to all of the people who has helped me along the way with this decision! To my fellow brothers y’all all know Tay is a phone call away, and love all you guys! Thank you for accepting me with open arms!! To Longhorn nation, I want to say thank you and love you all and bleeding orange will forever be part of me!!!!
Thank you, Ingram
— keaontay ingram (@keaontay_ingram) January 26, 2021
Ingram was a four-star recruit coming out of high school and ranked the No. 6 running back in the country on the 247Sports composite. Throughout three seasons in Austin, the Longhorns’ once featured back ran for 1,811 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also had averaged 7.7 yards per reception on 67 catches.
USC struggled running the ball last season in Graham Harrell’s air raid passing attack. Vavae Malepeai led the team in rushing with 238 yards. As a team, the Trojans averaged less than 100 rushing yards a game and only 3.2 yards per carry.
Ingram should provide a spark in the backfield for Harrell.