Elon and North Carolina A&T each added Power 4 transfer quarterbacks this week to strengthen their depth heading into fall camp. Kansas transfer TJ Crews IV is headed to Elon, while Maryland’s Champ Long joins an NC A&T quarterback room beset by injuries in the spring
Here are more details on the latest signal callers to join FCS programs in our state:
🧩 Player: TJ Crews IV
🏈 Position: Quarterback
🔁 New School: Elon Phoenix
📍 Hometown: Lenexa, KS
🎓 Previous School: University of Kansas
📆 Years of Eligibility: 3 remaining
📏 Height/Weight: 6-1, 190
📚 High School: Christ Prep Academy (KS)
🎖️ Prep Honors: Offensive MVP as a senior under Coach Tom Hurley; accounted for 15 total touchdowns
🕳️ College Rewind: Did not appear in a game over two seasons at Kansas
➡️ What’s Next: TJ Crews adds depth and upside to Elon’s QB room heading into the 2025 season. The Phoenix, looking for a new starter after two years with Matthew Downing under center, used three main quarterbacks in the spring: Iowa transfer Marco Lainez (R-So.), Landen Clark (R-Fr.) and Tanner Staton (R-So.).
🧩 Player: Champ Long
🏈 Position: Quarterback
🔁 New School: North Carolina A&T
📍 Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
🎓 Previous School: Maryland
📆 Years of Eligibility: 3 remaining
📏 Height/Weight: 5-11, 202
📚 High School: St. Peters Prep
🎖️ Prep Honors: Threw for 4,541 yards and 51 touchdowns in two seasons as a starter at St. Peters. Also rushed for eight touchdowns as a senior in 2022 … was a finalist for New Jersey high school player of the year in 2022 … also punted for St. Peters, averaging better than 40 yards per kick
🕳️ College Rewind: Completed one pass for 10 yards against Penn State in 2024 … Did not see the field in 2023.
➡️ What’s Next: North Carolina A&T, launching into the Shawn Gibbs coaching era, desperately needs depth at the quarterback position. Starter KJ White and reserve Alston Hooker both suffered injuries in the spring.
FCS Transfer Tracker
Find out who’s coming, going from North Carolina’s seven FCS programs HERE.
