Brennan’s selfless loyalty is his legacy

Let it be known that despite his decision to walk away from the LSU Tigers football team, no one can accuse quarterback Myles Brennan of throwing in the towel.
Brennan has outlasted two head coaches, multiple freak injuries, seen a Heisman Trophy winner, won a national championship, saw more players opt out than he possibly could’ve ever imagined and stuck it out.
Through it all, he stuck it out.
Brennan was preparing for a sixth season of college football under first-year head coach Brian Kelly. It was only this week when Brennan decided to walk away, reportedly after he was informed that he wouldn’t be LSU’s starting quarterback in 2022.
Let it be said that Kelly didn’t owe Brennan anything but an opportunity to prove himself. Kelly gave him exactly that when he asked Brennan to return and compete for the job.
Nonetheless, the writing was probably on the wall for Brennan when Kelly recruited Jayden Daniels to bolster the quarterback room.
It’s hard to imagine Daniels committed to LSU without some sort of wink-nod agreement that he, at minimum, was going to have a significant role at quarterback in 2022.
Brennan had to have the exact same thoughts.
Yet, on he persisted.
Brennan was signed what feels like a lifetime ago by Les Miles.
He sat behind Danny Etling, saw Ed Orgeron bring on Joe Burrow because he thought he wasn’t ready just yet.
It had to have stung to think of what might’ve been had he been the starter in 2019.
He finally got his shot in 2020, and was rock-solid until a freak abdominal injury.
He passed up the chance to become college football’s own Tommy John and have a surgery named after him.
It was never about glory for Myles.
Brennan’s legacy is hard to quantify. The stats don’t back up him being an LSU legend, but the name alone certainly justifies some consideration.
And then there’s the loyalty.
If there’s ever a generation that is ready to tuck and run at the first sight of adversity, it’s this generation of college football player.
Brennan bucked that trend, and returned despite the fact that nothing was guaranteed.
It’s my firm belief that the only reason he’s leaving now is that real opportunity to start a life with his fiance knocks.
Money talks. And for Brennan, he has to listen now that it’s bigger than him.
With a marriage impending, it’s fair to say that the truly selfish move would’ve been to stay with the team for one final year when it had nothing to offer him.
Seflishness has never been Myles Brennan. And with a wife and future children depending on him, the time to get away and do better was now.
Thank you for your time, Myles.
Tiger Nation appreciates all you’ve done for it. Loyalty and all.