Former Oregon QB Austin Novosad commits to MAC team

Former Oregon quarterback Austin Novosad is heading to the MAC.

Novosad, who left UO prior to the Orange Bowl, committed to Bowling Green on Friday, according to ESPN. He has two years of eligibility remaining.

A former top 150 recruit in 2023, Novosad was 1 of 2 for 40 yards in Oregon’s season opener against Montana State but did not play the rest of the season.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Novosad was 2 of 2 for seven yards in 2024 and 9 of 11 for 52 yards while redshirting in 2023.

Novosad is the fifteenth of 23 UO players to transfer this offseason to commit elsewhere, joining running backs Makhi Hughes (Houston), Jay Harris (Kansas State) and Jayden Limar (Washington), cornerbacks Jahlil Florence (Missouri), Sione Laulea (Missouri) and Dakoda Fields (Oklahoma) and safeties Kingston Lopa (Cal), Solomon Davis (San Diego State) and Daylen Austin (Arizona), offensive lineman Lipe Moala (Hawaii), receivers Justius Lowe (San Diego State) and Cooper Perry (Cal), defensive linemen Tionne Gray (Notre Dame) and Ashton Porter (Houston) and outside linebacker Blake Purchase (Ole Miss).