Once a college football season concludes, plenty of players have important decisions to make. For many it will be deciding between playing another season at their current school, entering the NFL Draft or entering the transfer portal. However, for Ivy League players, they usually have one less option.

Ivy players aren’t allowed to redshirt, so while seniors have one more season of eligibility remaining, they can’t stay at their school. For them the choice is to either enter the NFL draft or transfer portal.  And that will lead to a very interesting decision for one of the top FCS quarterbacks in the country, Jaden Craig of Harvard.

Numerous Ivy League players have made recent splashes at the FBS level after a transfer. Princeton offensive tackle Jalen Travis impressed at Iowa State before being drafted by the Indianapolis Colts, while wide receiver Cooper Barkate went from Harvard to Duke, where he currently leads the Blue Devils with 21 receptions for 409 yards.

But there hasn’t been a quarterback to make the jump successfully. Craig, 6-foot-3 and 230-pounds, has the potential to be the first. But he also has the potential to make the jump to the NFL, where scouts are all very aware of his talents.

The New Jersey native first shined in 2024, by passing for 2,430 yards, 23 touchdowns and only three interceptions. This season, through two games, he has continued to impress. Already with 525 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions, he has also improved his completion percentage to 77%.

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The decision facing Craig is a huge one. Does he transfer to an FBS program in hopes of improving his resume against top-level defenses or is he comfortable with what he has shown NFL scouts and enters the 2026 draft.

Both FBS coaches and NFL scouts will be keeping a very close eye on him over the next two months to see how his senior season concludes and then will wait on his decision.