Kids’ decisions to stay or transfer are WAY TOO complex with WAY TOO many variables for most any message board poster to have a reasonably informed opinion.
That said, I think it might be fair to say that if Playing Time were the only variable, Mr. Grainger may have been better off remaining at FU and also fair to say that Furman Football MAY have benefitted if he had.
NCAA MANUAL
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model